Mefudoka

Mefudoka is one of the major antagonists of Heart of Darkness. He is a massive ravenous shadow monster who seems to be of high rank amongst the Master of Darkness' spectres.

Unlike all other spectres, Mefudoka is demonstrated as being capable of speech and alerts The Master to Andy's presence in the Darkland. Also, unlike most spectres, Mefudoka and the two other similarly sized shadow monsters who appear at the beginning of the game are significantly bigger and unique when compared to the enemies regularly encountered. The two other unique spectres do not appear later in the game and only seemingly serve to prevent Andy from escaping Mefudoka in the Canyon of Death.

Like all spectres, Mefudoka will eat Andy himself against the Master's commands to bring him back alive. This ends up being used to Andy's advantage as when Mefudoka swallows Andy in the Master's lair Andy is able to reassemble his Plasma Cannon that Mefudoka took from him in the canyon and blast his way out from inside the great beast.

Mefudoka seems to be impervious from the outside but is just as susceptible to the plasma cannon from the inside. It takes several seconds of plasma cannon fire to break free from his stomach and the resulting animation alerts other spectres in the area.

The visual appearance of Mefudoka differs between 3D model and sprite art. In his 3D model he appears to be purplish-grey in color and has claws and teeth more like a natural animal in appearance. He more closely resembles other spectres in his sprite art and has claws and teeth of the same shadowy texture as his body. It is more apparent in his sprite art that he is meant to resemble an anthropormorphic frog or toad. He is of enourmous size in direct contrast to the emaceated appearance of other spectres but despite this is quite mobile and Andy must run from him in order to escape during their canyon encounter.

Mefudoka saves the Vicious Servant's life when he gets between the servant and a wall of deadly spikes during one of the Master's rage-fueled episodes and his ample belly cushions the blow.