Basilisk
- Name
- バシリスク (Bashirisuku)
- Tier
- mythic
- Homeland
- Impel Down
- Status
- extant
- First seen
- Ch. 528
- Name meaning
- Named for the Basilisk of European/Greek bestiary lore — from Greek βασιλίσκος basilískos, 'little king' (king of serpents), via basileús (king) + diminutive -ískos. In medieval legend the basilisk is a serpent-rooster hybrid hatched from a rooster's egg (synonymous with the cockatrice); Oda's on-page gloss 'a snake born from a chicken' maps directly onto that myth. Design realizes it literally: a giant serpent with a rooster head and feathered neck.
mythic · extant · homeland Impel Down · first appearance Ch. 528. Giant chicken-snake guard beast of Impel Down’s Level 2.
Profile
A guard beast of Impel Down’s Level 2 (Demonic Beast Floor / “Beast Hell”). Named on p. 3 of Ch. 528: “Guard Beast Basilisk — it’s called a basilisk, a snake born from a chicken.” Described as a rare mutant beast too dangerous for the outside world (it would eat people), so it is kept inside the prison. Depicted as a giant serpent with a chicken/rooster head and a feathered neck. Luffy defeats this individual with Gear Third (pp. 11–12).
Defining traits
- Ch. 528 p. 3 — a “snake born from a chicken”; a rare mutant kept in Impel Down because it would devour people in the outside world.
- Ch. 528 pp. 11–12 — felled by Luffy’s Gear Third (a single beast, not a depicted population).
Members
| Member | Role / sub-group | First shown as member | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| (unnamed individual) | Level-2 guard beast | Ch. 528 | defeated |
Arc-by-arc updates
Impel Down (Ch. 528)
- First (and only, this chapter) appearance as a Level-2 jailer beast; defeated by Luffy.
Cross-links
- Homeland: Impel Down
- World-Building lore (ecosystem / biology): Impel Down
- Related mythological guard-beasts: Sphinx (Oda’s mythological-bestiary guard-beast pattern), Blugori (Level-1 beast-jailers)
- Etymology : name from the European/Greek basilisk (βασιλίσκος basilískos, “little king” — king of serpents), a serpent-rooster hybrid hatched from a rooster’s egg (= the cockatrice). The on-page gloss “a snake born from a chicken” is a direct retelling of that myth. See
etymology:frontmatter. - Foreshadowing seeds about this species: