Gray

Gray on the cover of Shark Wars

### Aliases

A number of rude nicknames aimed for his weight, but most commonly **wide load**.

### Affiliation

**Current:**  Rogue Shiver**Past:** Goblin Shiver, Riptide Shiver, Coral Shiver

## Physical description

### Species

Megalodon (previously believed to be a Caribbean reef shark)

## Appearances

### Appears in

*Shark Wars, The Battle of Riptide, Into the Abyss, Kingdom of the Deep, Enemy of Oceans, The Last Emprex*

### Debut

*Shark Wars*

**Gray** is the main character and protagonist of the Shark Wars series. He originally was believed to be a reef shark, more specifically a Caribbean reef shark, but it was later revealed that he was a megalodon.

## History

### Shark Wars

**Gray** is the main character and protagonist of *Shark Wars.* He lived in Coral Shiver's reef and was good friends with Barkley, a dogfish shark who also called the reef home. Gray is said to be one of the largest sharks in his shiver as just 12 years old. Due to his size, he requires a lot of food to keep growing and to satisfy his stomach.

As a result, he often gets in trouble with his mother, Sandy, and his shiver leader, Atlas, as well as Atlas' Line. Barkley serves as a loyal friend to Gray and attempts to warn Gray away from eating, as he almost always gets in trouble, but Gray doesn't usually listen to Barkley's advice. When he gets into deep trouble for hunting out of Coral Shiver's hunting grounds near Goblin Shiver territories, running into Thrash of Goblin Shiver, a council of all kinds of the reef's residents comes together. Ultimately, they decide that a foolish, growing pup should not be in their reef, endangering their prey populations and their peace with surrounding shark shivers.

Gray is forced to face the Big Blue on his own. However, he finds out that Barkley secretly followed him after a few days. The two travel the open ocean together until they run into four sharks called Snork, Shell, Mari, and Striiker. After some conversation, the sharks quickly bond and form Rogue Shiver. Striiker becomes leader and elects Gray as his 4th.

Rogue Shiver hunts and cares for each other and eventually finds a home in a shipwreck. All goes well for the shiver until they are caught by Goblin Shiver's forces. The sharks are hesitant after being offered the opportunity to join Goblin Shiver, but in the end, they decide to do it to avoid a struggle.

Goblin quickly grows fond of Gray, honoring his size and talent despite being at a young age. He trains Gray individually and with Velenka's influence, tries his best to get Gray on his side, knowing that he's a megalodon that would make a great battler in his shiver.

Gray finds out that Coral Shiver's reef was demolished and every shark was driven from their home. Yappy informs him that Overbiter and Atlas were killed by the bull sharks invading. Gray believed that Yappy seeing only bull sharks meant that the attackers were Razor Shiver, Goblin Shiver's arch-nemesis shiver.

## Gallery

Gray on the cover of *Shark Wars*Gray on the cover of *The Battle of Riptide* Gray on the cover of *Into the Abyss* Gray on the cover of *Kingdom of the Deep* Gray on the cover of *Enemy of Oceans*Gray on the cover of *The Last Emprex*Gray portrayed by the cover artist of *Shark Wars*

## Trivia

### Interesting Facts

* Gray was told that he was a reef shark, but he turned out to be a megalodon. This is why he is much bigger than sharks that are older than him.

* Gray's adoptive mother is Sandy of Coral Shiver. She is a nurse shark, and yet, Gray never noticed or questioned the difference between him and his mother before finding out his true species.

* Gray is the main protagonist throughout the whole series.

* Gray grew larger than his original Shiver Leader, Atlas, before he was 12 years old.

## Quotes

"Hey, I'm not fat! I'm just big-cartilaged!" Gray to Barkley. However, he states this quote multiple times throughout the books.

## Links, Notes, and References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1  *Shark Wars*, page
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2. ↑  *Shark Wars*, page
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3. ↑  *Shark Wars*, page
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4. ↑  *The Battle of Riptide*, page
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5. ↑  *Into the Abyss*, page
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6. ↑  *Kingdom of the Deep*, page
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7. ↑  *Enemy of Oceans*, page
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8. ↑  *The Last Emprex*, page
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