Zangthrum Grintovec

**Zangthrum Grintovec** is the main antagonist of **Mountain Top** and one half of Gorald Jirvi. He is introduced through his attempts at genocide atop a mountain range of Auchland before spending time with his wife Ginitha and moving away from the violence of his former life and race.

## Appearance

Zangthrum stands just a few feet taller then the average stone giant, standing upright with a more bulky physique in comparison. His most prominent feature would be his four arms on account of his shobhad heritage, all four arms being of equivalent strength to each other. Zangthrum would lack many of the scars that would normally be found on a shobhad prideful in his culture, as he would leave his home country from a young age to be with his wife Ginitha.

Zangthrum while maintaining his physical fitness would lose some of his muscle and would grow out his hair, becoming much more relaxed after the two years.

## Personality

Zangthrum would experience great change over the course of the story, going from prideful and eager to fight for what he cares about to swearing off violence and trying to forget about his past life and move on. Zangthrum in both cases holds the people he cares about in high regard and is willing to put his life on the line for such in extreme situations. This becomes a problem when the need to risk his life becomes unnecessary, throwing himself into danger and doing more damage to the people that he cares about in the process. Zangthrum does attempt to rid himself of his aggression and is almost successful, only being prevented from fully doing so by the intrusions of Stone Thrower and Yhrom.

## Abilities

* Powers
* Skills
* Magecraft

* **OLYMPUS AGONY(S Rank):** - Zangthrum has the supernatural ability of returning from the dead a limited number of times. Zangthrum is not healed from the injuries he's accumulated before returning from the dead, the ability itself increasing his capacity for taking damage permanently and sending him into a rage for a short amount of time. This ability does not recover after a short amount of time, and Zangthrum is unaware of how many uses of the ability he has left. Zangthrum has only ever used this ability once back in his home country, unaware of what the ability itself originated from. **Zangthrum hoped that the ability would be passed down to someone he cared for.**
* **Corazon(C Rank):** - "the Tyrant would look up into the sky and close his eyes. He would think of her face, their home together, and the life that they would live once he finally cleared the mountains of all worry."

- **Tundra and Lightning(B Rank):** - Zangthrum utilizes four swords created by his wife Ginitha, Sudaruska, Triglav, Khorovod, and Jalovec. While Sudaruska and Khorovod channel earth and lightning, Triglav and Jalovec channel pure frost. The four blades are held together by gems that emanate a strong field of their respective element, holding the floating stones close enough together in order for them to be effectively used as blades. While Zangthrum has been able to use these blades with great success, he lacks experience with the weapons themselves as they're based on terbutje, a weapon that Ginitha had studied from a distant country.

* **Weapon Magic: Elemental Channeling(B Rank):** - Zangthrum's proficiency with magic allows him to channel the abilities of the crystals in his swords using his own magic. Zangthrum usually channels this magic in the form of powerful beams shooting out from the crystals themselves, entering a grounded stance and locking in his shoulders in order to prevent as much blowback as possible. Due to how powerful the crystals Ginitha had infused the swords with were, Zangthrum still finds it difficult to use the magic without difficulties.

- **Writhing and Screaming Heart(C Rank):** - Zangthrum's magic well is almost entirely focused on maintaining his revival ability at all times, preventing him from casting most spells and effectively utilizing his magus abilities with his blades without a proper catalyst. While Zangthrum has asked Ginitha if she could help him train his magical aptitude, she had discovered the peculiarities regarding his mana well and his condition when she had taken the time to inspect his favored elements. In accordance to the elements his mana well aligns with, Ginitha created Sudaruska and Triglav in order to give Zangthrum an easier time at channeling his magic into his weapons. **Zangthrum is unaware of what caused his mana well to develop in this way.**