Gunter

**Gunter** is the son of Gael and Greta, the current rulers of Griffonstone. When his parents are crowned King and Queen of Griffonstone, he becomes friends with Prince Star Knight and, through him, he also befriends Jonagold, who becomes his roommate at the Three Great Fairies Academy, and Prince Bramble.

After the Pony of Shadows appears and turns Twilight Sparkle and her friends into stones, Gunter and his friends set out to find the Elements of Virtue, with him being tasked to find Flash Magnus' shield, Netitus, the symbol of the Element of Bravery. After finding, Gunter is able to connect with the element and transform the shield into it.

## Personality

He says that he is not like the other griffons, so it's implied that inherited his parents' personality. This is proven taking into account that two of his best friends are ponies and the other is a deer. However, he still remains proud of his griffon heritage, like the history and traditions of his kingdom and also his capabilities as a flier.

Gunter also possesses a inate bravery that allows him to speak off his mind, even in not so appropriate times. Because of that, he is not affraid of talking back to beings that seem more frightning or powerful. This causes others to not know if he is either brave or stupid.

However, this bravery of his also allowed him to be able to go face a vicious tribe of dragons in order to recover Flash Magnus' shield and save Twilight and her friends and stop the Pony of Shadows. However, despite his bravery, he can be intimidated sometimes. But his most notable feat of bravery was his willing to sacrifice himself to save one of his best friends.

## Skills

He has the same skills as a normal griffon. As descendant of King Grover, he is immune to the power of the Idol of Boreas.

Gunter seems to be a great flyer, being able to make the flying derby main team.

According to Gunter, he is a very good fighter, being able to cause some sweat to some of his father's guards.

Gunter also has been practicing elemental manipulation for some time, showing adeptness in the use of fire and light nature. He is capable of combining those two natures to create the combined nature of flare. With that, he can create balls of fiery light that, once in contact with a certain target, can both burn the body, but also burn their energy away. Apparently, Gunter can guide them to be both quick and precise.

After obtaining the Element of Bravery, Gunter is capable of covering his body with a metallic layer that allows him to become invulnerable. He was able to stand a direct hit from the lava spit of the Dragon King of the Mountain Dragons.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Gael and Greta

They are his parents and they seem to have a good relationship.

#### Gallus

Gallus is Gunter's younger brother. It appears Gunter treats Gallus like a hatchling and that leaves the latter very upset and frustrated.

### Romantic Interests

#### Galena

Although he doesn't admit it, it is implied by his friends that he bickers with Galena, not only due to their kingdoms' rivalry but also because they have a crush on each other. While facing an imminent death, Gunter admited that he regreted not be able to tell Galena what he felt for her.

## Description in the Saga

### Background

He meets Star Knight when his parents are crowned as the new king and queen of Griffonstone.

### *Star Knight and the Nine-Tailed Fox*

In "A Glimpse of the Fox", it's revealed that Gunter was enrolled by his parents at the academy by King Guto's recommendation. He meets Jonagold, who is also his roommate and also Bramble. They then go visit Leafgreen.

In "One-Tail Awakes", Gunter, along with Jonagold and Bramble, are invited by Star Knight to spend the weeken at the castle. There, they see the pony-panthers at close.

In the next chapter, he gets to know the truth about the fact that Star is a Jinchuriki.

In "A Holiday in Ponyville", Bramble says goodbye to his friends before going home for winter holidays, explaining how deers spend the holiday.

In "Star Knight's New Spell", he returns to the Enchanted Forest after the holidays and he and his friends go to a inn at Leafgreen to hang out until Golde Paladin appears to talk with Star.

In "The Demon Fox's Cloat", he attends Star's birthday party, but is put asleep by Leaf Mane's sleeping spores.

In the next three years, Gunter became a popular student, becoming an athlete at the flying derby, teaming up with Star.

In "A Brand New Year", he returns to the academy after summer. Arriving, he reunites with his best friends and, after the reception, Star tells him and the others what happened during his summer. It's revealed that he has bickering behavior with Galena, who is from the griffon kingdom of the Enchanted Forest.

In “The Dark Song of Adagio Dazzle”, he and Star prepare themselves for the tryouts to the flying derby main team, being qualified with him.

In “Moonlight’s Song of Pain”, he, Jonagold, Bramble and Galena tell Star what Moonlight have been doing as a villain. After that, he watches Moonlight and Star’s confrontation, getting happy when the former is reformed.

In “The Capture of Five-Tails”, Star and Gunter runs against the Wonderbolts Junior Academy flying derby team, winning it.

In “The Capture of Six-Tails”, he attends an art class given by Bubble Sweet.

In “The Summit of Regents Begins”, he and his friends discuss about the summit of regents.

In "The Song of the Siren", he helps fighting Ulysses and his army of dark ponies.

### *Light and Darkness - The Shadow of Midnight*

In "The Academy Reception", he reunites with his friends at the academy reception, introducing them to his younger brother, Gallus, who is coming to the academy, despite the latter not being that enthusiastic about the idea. He gets curious about why Star was called by the headmistresses and gets happy when he knows that he is going to move one year foward. He has a brief spat with Galena, before going searching for Gallus when the reception is about to start.

In "A Mysterious Creature at the Academy", he and his friends discuss about the mysterious creature that had been wandering at the academy at the night before.

In "Dancing at the Moonlight", he and his friends discuss about the Silver Wind being a pony-wolf. Gunter is present when Silver Wind is able to control her pony-wolf form and gets her Cutie Mark.

In "The Attack of the Zombie Pirates", he hears from the twins and Silver Wind how they defeated Miss Nettle.

In "Epilogue - A Mysterious Guest", Gunter is seen with his friends talking in the party to celebrate the return of Neverland.

### The Hidden Prince

In "Epilogue - A Brand New Adventure Begins?", Gunter attends Dusk's birthday party.

### *The Elements of Virtue*

In "A Bad Feeling", Gunter is revealed to be spending some days at Jonagold's. The two are beside Sugarcube Corner when they meet Star and Dusk. After that, they meet the Cake twins who are getting out of the store to make some deliveries. Knowing about Jonagold's crush on Pumpkin Cake, Star and Gunter set him off to help her with her deliveries. Later, during the party outside the Golden Oak Library, Gunter sees the arrival of the Pony of Shadows.

In "The Pony of Shadows", he is seen watching Twilight and her friends battling the Pony of Shadows, seeing him turning them into stone. He then watches Star losing control over his powers and attack the Pony of Shadows, only to then be affected by the Curse of the Poisoned Heart.

In "The Pillars of the Pony World", Gunter watches Gleaming Shield curing Star's heart and then Golden Paladin fixing his seal. He, along with the others, goes to the Mirror Library to ask Mirror Coat about the Pony of Shadows. He reveals to only know about his defeat by the Pillars of the Pony World on Ponhenge, as that information had been sealed. Taking a mirror portal by Mirror Coat to Ponhenge, Star is able to use a spell with his sage mode that causes a recreation of past events that showed how Star Swirl and the others defeated him.

In "The Elements of Virtue", Gunter and the others try to figure out what to do with what they have discovered and realize they had to find Star Swirl's book, which had the spell to banish the Pony of Shadows. Knowing that they also need the Elements of Virtue, they are approached by the Lord of Order who explains to them about them. After he indicates them how to find them, Star Knight uses a spell on the Tree of Crisis that gives them the location of the Pillars' objects, with Gunter being tasked to recover Flash Magnus' shield, having to go to the Dragon Lands to start his search.

In "The Element of Bravery, Part I - The King With the Answers", Gunter arrives to the Dragon Lands, where he meets with Spike and Ember and asks them about Flash Magnus. Despite Spike not knowing anything about him, Ember tells him that her father and Flame had once fought gainst him. With Lord Torch dead, they could only turn to Flame, so Gunter and Spike track him down. After locating him, they got shocked to meet him and see that he had reduced in size, as he had placed his greed under control. Gunter asks him about Flash Magnus and Flame tells him the story about how he and Torch fought the ancient warrior. He then reveals that he and the Fire Dragons have anything to do to his disappearance, with it have something to do with the Mountain Dragons, who live in the Enchanted Forest. After they leave, Gunter decides to go to the Mountain Tribe.

In "The Element of Bravery, Part II - Entering Into the Core of the Mountain", Gunter seeks help from King Aspen, as he is the head ruler of the Enchanted Fores, about the Mountain Dragons. However, he reveals that he knows very little about them, as he had never encountered them. When it's announced that King Hard Stone had arrived for his meeting with Aspen, the deer king has the idea of having Gunter asking him about them, as Hard Stone had some experience with them. The king of Stonult directs Gunter to some of the caves made by the Mountain Dragons that can lead to their nest. He is joined by Hawthorn in his mission and, later, by Bramble. They arrive to the cavern in Stonult that was in the map and they get in.

In "The Element of Brvery, Part III - An Act of True Bravery", as Gunter, Bramble and Hawthorn adventure themselves in the Mountain Dragon Caves, they fall to a trap and are captured, being them taken to the presence of the Dragon King, Gunnar, who is revealed to be working for the Lord of Chaos who had warned him about them. After the Lord of Chaos orders him to get rid of the invaders, Gunter sees the dragons preparing to throw Bramble into the magma and tries to save him. Despite being able to do that, his hurt wing causes him to fall into the pit. However, when he hits the magma, he notices that he is protected from the magma. This has to do with Netitus, which not only is protecting Flash Magnus, but also Gunter. When the young griffon approaches it and touches it, it changes into the Element of Bravery and Gunter gets out of the magma with Flash Magnus. He battles the Dragon King Gunnar, using the power of the element to become invulnerable to the latter's lava spit, and his able to defeat him thanks to his flare nature. After that, Heartbeat appears to take them out of the Mountain Dragons' nest.

In "The Element of Sorcery, Part VII - The Return of the Sorcerer", Gunter returns to the Mirrored Library with the Element of Bravery and Flash Magnus himself, but then he and Dusk get out to help Star who was in big trouble with Chrysalis and Obsidia. The two youngsters distract both Chrysalis and Obsidia and, after Star hits Obsidia with a Spiraling Star, Gunter is put in charge of taking her to Golden Paladin.

In "Breaking the Stone", after Star returns with the Element of Sorcery, he, Gunter and the other holders of the Elements of Virtue proceed to use them to free Rockhoof, Twilight and her friends from their stone prison. Despite they are able to free the former, it takes Blue and Star Swirl's combined magic to allow to break the magic of the Elements of Chaos, freeing the holders of the Elements of Harmony.

In "The Tale of Stygian", Gunter watches Star Swirl as he tells everyone about his plan to stop the Pony of Shadows and later the Tree of Crisis revealing to everyone the location of the Pony of Shadows.

In "Facing the Darkness", after talking about the plan to defeat the Pony of Shadows, he and the others go confront the Pony of Shadows at Arimaspi's territory. When they are about to banish him to the Limbo, Star is able to perceive Stygian and Gunter and the others help him pull Stygian out of the Shadow, all while sending it to the Limbo.

In "Epilogue - A Prophetic Warning", Gunter is seen talking with his friends during the party to celebrate the defeat of the Pony of Shadows.

## Appearances

The Hidden Prince

The Prince of the Cursed Kingdom

Legends:

* Y - Appears and have an active role
* N - Do not appears and is not mentioned directly by the characters.
* B - Appears, but have a passive role or his or her appearance is implicit
* M - Mentioned directly by the characters.

## Trivia

* During the summer vacation before his fifth year at the academy, Gunter travelled with his great-uncle.