Grace

Grace is the protagonist and player character of Stray Gods. She is a college dropout who becomes ensnared in a complex web of intrigue and accusations. She is voiced by Laura Bailey.
In the game, Grace finds herself facing a dire predicament—accused of murdering the last muse. As the plot unfolds, players must guide Grace through a journey of exoneration within a time frame of seven days. This endeavor requires her to interact with a pantheon of Greek gods, including Athena, Apollo, Persephone, and Aphrodite, each with their unique attributes and personalities.
Grace's journey takes an unexpected twist when she discovers her newfound powers of music, which she must wield skillfully to unearth the truth behind the mysterious death of Calliope, the last muse.
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Grace grew up alongside her childhood friend Freddie. They graduated high school together and went on to college. However, Grace had misgivings about her path in college and eventually dropped out. She began to grow distant from Freddie until Freddie asked Grace to be the vocalist for her new band, Edge of Elysium. 
=== Act 1 ===
==== Band auditions ====
Stray Gods opens with the band holding open auditions in a community auditorium. After 4 hours, and finding no promising prospects, Freddie mentions having a dream where she was auditioning for the band naked, and jokes that she thought these auditions went better. The band begins to disperse for the night, with Freddie offering bandmates Kaz and Brian a ride home. Noticing Grace's listless attitude, Freddie asks how her friend is feeling. Grace tells her she appreciates Freddie including her in the band after Grace dropped out of college, but confesses that she's not sure she fits in.
Grace decides to stay behind to close up the auditorium. Freddie leaves, and Grace begins to sing alone in the empty auditorium ("Adrift"). As she sings, a woman enters the auditorium to listen. Noticing her audience, Grace quickly stops singing. The woman apologizes for interrupting her and introduces herself as Calliope. Grace asks if Calliope is there to audition for the band, which Calliope affirms and takes the stage. Calliope begins to sing a duet with Grace, continuing the song Grace had been singing.
thumb|Grace sings a duet with Calliope.
At the song's conclusion, Calliope tells Grace that her song was wonderful and that she understood Grace's feelings of being lost and alone. Grace expresses her wonder at the experience of singing with Calliope, the way the music swelled up from around and within her. Calliope asks after Grace's feelings of being "adrift," which Grace can choose to brush off or be open about. Calliope begins to leave, and Grace offers her a spot in the band. Calliope responds that she hopes to see Grace again, and departs.
==== Becoming a Muse ====
Grace returns to her and Freddie's apartment. Soon after she sits down, she hears knocking at the door. Expecting Freddie, Grace is shocked when Calliope stumbles through the door, clutching a bleeding wound on her stomach. She falls to the floor as Grace tries to understand what is happening and how to help. Calliope apologizes to Grace, saying she "didn't want to do this to [her]," before falling limp in Grace's arms. A golden sphere of light rises from Calliope's body and enters Grace's chest. A wave of energy discharges from Grace, making the lights in the apartment flicker as her eyes glow gold.
thumb|left|Calliope dies, making Grace a Muse.
A moment later, Grace notices a glowing gold light from her doorway, and a person (Hermes) has appeared in her apartment. They tell Grace that she needs to talk to the Chorus. Grace is confused and distraught, so the messenger explains that the glowing orb was what made Calliope a god, and now it was in Grace, making her a god. Hermes pulls Grace through the golden doorway, bringing them to an office. They tell her that the Chorus will explain everything, and leave.
Grace waits in the office until after sunrise. Finally the doors open, and the Chorus enters. Their leader introduces herself as Athena, Goddess of Wisdom. The other members are Apollo, God of Prophecy, Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, and Persephone, former Queen of the Underworld. Aphrodite explains that the Chorus rules over the Idols, gods who live hidden in the modern world. Athena explains that Calliope was the last Muse, and had now "passed on" to Grace. The glowing sphere was her "eidolon," a part of her soul that made her an Idol. As it was now in Grace, she was an Idol herself.
Persephone interrupts, telling Athena they are wasting time. Athena goes on to explain that Grace has been brought to them because they suspect Grace usurped Calliope, taking the eidolon from Calliope rather than being chosen by Calliope to succeed her. The Chorus' rules require that Grace must die. Grace protests that she did not cause Calliope's death, and Persephone retorts that Calliope's blood is literally still on Grace's hands. Aphrodite wavers, seeing Grace's panic, but Athena remains firm that their ruling must be carried out. Grace lashes out at the injustice, and her eyes glow gold. To her confusion, the Chorus begins to sing ("The Chorus is in Accord"), explaining that their laws protect them and cannot be changed. Apollo, however, dissents and encourages the Chorus to allow Grace to prove her innocence. Athena grants Grace one week to discover what happened to Calliope, or she will be executed in order with their initial ruling. She further directs Grace of their rules: she cannot reveal the Idols' existence to the mortal world, including asking the mortal authorities for help; she is not to harm another Idol; she is not to leave the city; she must do as the Chorus commands. Grace is dismissed to begin her investigation.
==== Returning home ====
Grace returns to her apartment and Freddie, who is frantic as she came home to find the door left open and Grace missing. There is no sign left in the apartment that Calliope died there. Grace can ask if Freddie found the body, tell Freddie about becoming a god, or deflect to avoid the subject. As they talk, a man with goat horns enters the apartment. He introduces himself as Pan and offers to help Grace in her investigation 
== Meeting Apollo ==
After getting Calliope's address from Pan, Grace goes to Calliope's apartment to see a complete mess in there. After checking four things in Calliope's apartment, Grace goes upstairs of Calliope's apartment to see Apollo. Apollo states that the apartment being a mess was normal for Calliope, and that she would work on a project for months or years. After when Grace asks Apollo all the questions, Apollo says that Grace wouldn't want his help, but Grace disagrees, and starts Phantom Pains. 
After Phantom Pains, Apollo agrees to help Grace, but is still uncertain. To help, Apollo suggests to meet someone, which is the Oracle at his messy shack. 
Before Apollo met with Grace, he suggested to the Oracle to search up Calliope's apartment, and who owned it. Discovering that it was Persephone who purchased the apartment two years ago before the events of Stray Gods takes place. Grace and Apollo then decide to meet up with Persephone at her nightclub.
=== Facing off with Persephone ===
When Grace and Apollo are at the Underworld, Grace can either talk to Eros, Pan, or Hermes to help find Persephone. Depending on your first trait, Eros can only help Grace if you choose the Clever trait first. Pan can help if you choose the Charming trait first, or decided to pick Pan during I Can Teach You. And lastly, Hermes can only help if Grace chose the Kickass trait.
After the Idol who helped Grace find Persephone, Persephone is angry at Grace and asks if she's a 'accident'. After the questions, Challenging a Queen starts. If Grace has the Charming trait, she can let Persephone win her song. Otherwise, Grace will win, and Persephone will be upset.
After the song, Persephone will lead Grace and Apollo to her office, and will talk about who might of killed Calliope. Grace can also mention that Pan came to see her at her apartment, and Persephone and Apollo will be concerned. Grace can also say if Athena is the killer, but Persephone brushes it off.
When Grace answers all the questions, Persephone and Apollo will fight, and Old Wounds will start. The last choice of Old Wounds will affect the entirely of the game. The last choice will affect who Grace can romance for the whole game (Persephone and Apollo). If Persephone is sided with, Grace will stay in Persephone's office, and talk about a plan for tomorrow. If Grace leaves with Apollo, then Apollo will tell Grace to get some rest for tomorrow. Then, Act 2 starts.
== Act 2 ==
After when Grace returns home from either Persephone or Apollo, Freddie will be in Grace's apartment, and says that Pan lefted a card to meet him at Olympus. Grace can also mention that she can visit Persephone/Apollo on the plan today, and ask the opposite person you sided on to not hurt their feelings from yesterday.
=== Meeting with the opposite person you sided on ===
If you choose to side with Apollo, Grace can choose to talk with Persephone to not hurt her feelings. Persephone says that she doesn't give out second chances. But if Grace has the Charming trait, she can ask for a drink, and gets herself drunk from drinking alcohol. Grace can also flirt with Persephone at this time, but it doesn't work, and asks Grace to leave. If Grace has the Clever trait, she can ask Persephone for her to be allies. Persephone considers it, and asks Grace to leave.
If Grace sided with Persephone, she can visit Apollo to not hurt his feelings. If Grace has the Charming trait, she can talk about Calliope, and asks what she'd say about it. Apollo is convinced, but is unwilling to help Grace now. If Grace has a other trait, Apollo will not help Grace at all.
=== Meeting with Pan at Olympus ===
When meeting with Pan, he says that Grace would need to help him with somebody's lovelife, which is Asterion. Grace can also flirt with Pan at the time.
Category:Idols