Head Priest

Description

Head Priest

The Head Priest (神主) is the most importal person of Mibu Village.

As Basket Wearer Shosuke explains, the Head Priest has been encouraging the villagers to drink a lot of sake to become "citizens of the palace".

He sits in a corner of his house, gulpling sake, while a mob of villagers stands just outside his door.

Location

• Water Mill: inside the temple just before the Corrupted Monk. The building can only be entered from under the front porch via a rotating door.

Progression

Fountainhead Palace (Mibu Manor)

Dive down the puddle in front of the Okami Spear-Bearer and the Palace Noble before the Flower Viewing Stage Sculptor's Idol to reach a secret room with a chest that contains the Water of the Palace.

Mibu Village (Water Mill)

Give the Water to the Priest to receive Dragonspring Sake and reload the area to find him transformed into a Palace Noble: kill him for Treasure Carp Scale [x5].

Behaviour and Tactics

• Punch: throws a punch and then follows it with a backhand slap.
• Stab: slowly stabs Wolf with his flute.

Fights like a Red-Robed Noble and as such doesn't pose much of a threat.

Dialogue
Eavesdrop	Priest: Gulp... Gulp... Gulp... Ahhh... Let's see now... Yes... I can feel it... Dissolving... Liquefying... Ooohhhhh...
Ignoring Him	Priest: Gulp... Gulp... Gulp...
Greeting Him	Wolf: Hello? Priest: Gulp... Gulp... Gulp Wolf: Hey, what are you doing? Priest: Ahhh... It feels... Ohh... That's good... It's melting inside... But it's not enough... Keep pouring... Pour until it brims... Come forth, my people! Come forth and drink, drink! Indulge yourselves in the sweet nectar! Come forth... As citizens of the palace... One and all... Aahh... Please, accept us, as your humble servants... Gulp... Gulp... Gulp...
Talking Again	Priest: Gulp... Gulp... Gulp... Ohh... The cup has run dry... But this won't do... It's too dilute... refuses to dissolve completely... Unfit to be citizens of the palace... Oohhh... Ohh... Waters of the palace... Fill our cups once more... Fill them to the brim... To the brim...
After acquiring Water of the Palace	Priest: (Licking the pot) Ohh... Please, please... Accept us as your humble servants.
Not Giving Water of the Palace	Wolf: ..... Head Priest: Oohh... For now we rest... But not yet fully liquefied...
After Giving Water of the Palace	Priest: (Gulping)
Giving Water of the Palace	Wolf: Hello... Head Priest: ...Hmm? Wolf: Take this. Head Priest: Ooohh... This fragrance... Such an esteemed aroma... Finally, we may be accepted... We may serve as their humble servants... ... At last... At long last... You... Let me give you this. (Gives Dragonspring Sake) In that case, you will surrender it to me! (Gulping)

Loot
+530 Skill Experience		87
	Dragonspring Sake (Rewarded after he's given the Water of the Palace)		Treasure Carp Scale x5 (When killed as a Palace Noble)

Trivia

• Can't be infected with Dragonrot.
• The shrine in his attic holds a sakura branch.