Brandon Heat

Brandon Heat, also known as Beyond the Grave and Grave, is the main protagonist from the Gungrave series.
== Charactah Account ==
A small-time criminal who was in a gang with his best friend, Harry McDowell, along with three other close friends. After their friends were killed, Brandon and Harry joined the crime syndicate Millennion, led by Big Daddy. After joining Millennion, Brandon was assigned to a small collection crew in the West District, where they collected the organization's income from its illegal race track betting and black market operations. After being proven by a special assignment recommended by Harry, his affiliation with Maria and risking his life for Big Daddy, Brandon began to move up within the ranks of the organization. Brandon was trained by Millennion's Bear Walken to be a sweeper (assassin), eventually forming his own elite sweeper unit within Millennion called "True Graves".
As Harry rose to power, Brandon remained loyal to the syndicate. Brandon confronted Harry for betraying the organization but found himself unable to kill his friend. Instead, Harry kills Brandon during his moment of hesitation. Brandon was resurrected by Dr. Tokioka as "Beyond the Grave". His purpose is to destroy the syndicate that he once worked for and the friend who betrayed him. At the end of the anime, Brandon chose to protect Harry instead of killing him out of respect for their old friendship. It's unknown whether he lives or dies when Mika finally arrives. He acts like a parental figure to Mika and told her to move on as he no longer belongs to the living.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Gungrave
=== Video Games ===
* Chaos Wars
* Gungrave
* Gungrave G.O.R.E.
* Gungrave VR
* Gungrave: Overdose
== Trivia ==
* In episode 15, Brandon's tombstone indicates that he was born on year 19635 and died on 5th January 19662.
* Brandon's preferred weapons before he became Beyond the Grave were two Sig Sauer P226 handguns. When he shot, he had a habit of crossing his wrists and holding his guns sideways. This would become a signature shooting style of his that he retained as Grave.
* The game manual lists Grave as being 26 years old. This would apply to him at the time of his death, as more than 13 years pass between Brandon's death and the events of Gungrave.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Brandon Heat at GunGrave Wiki
* Beyond the Grave at GunGrave Wiki
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