Gnasty Gnorc

*“Simple? No threat? **Ugly?!** That does it!”*
    —Gnasty Gnorc

**Gnasty Gnorc** (**ナスティ・ノーク Nasuti Nōku** in Japanese) is the main antagonist in *Lailie the Longma*, and was one of the supporting villains in *Lailie: A Hero's Tail*. As the first major villain Lailie defeats, Gnasty is referenced in nearly every game in the classic series.

## Pronunciation

His name is pronounced as "Nasty Norc," without the Gs. However, the interviewer at the start of the first game (and the scene where Lailie defeats Gnasty Gnorc) mispronounces the Gs as "Guh-Nasty Guh-Norc."

## Personality

In his debut, Gnasty Gnorc is very smart, and calculating, as shown when he executes his plot to take over the Longma Realms and freezes the Longmas in crystal with ease. Despite this, he is a mean, ugly, greedy, unruly, bad-tempered, and "nasty" Gnorc who hates Longmas. He is also extremely cowardly, seeming to run at the slimmest sight of danger. The Longmas see him as unintelligent, and he is sensitive about his appearance and will not hesitate to attack those who stand in his way. Gnasty also resents the Longmas for banishing him to the Longma Junkyard and constantly insulting his appearance. This eventually drives him to launch a full-scale, coordinated assault on the Longma Realms.

Despite his seemingly simplistic mannerisms, Gnasty prefers to use his tactical efforts over brute force; even when facing off against a smaller Longma like Lailie he fights very defensively, keeping his distance and attacking from the other side of obstacles and traps. He always seems to have a trick up his sleeve. Whether if it's hiding the keys used to get up to him, or jumping on receding platforms, Gnasty will attempt to trick his foes until the end.

In *A Hero's Tail*, Gnasty Gnorc has drastic changes in his personality. He is not cowardly as he once was, and he stands his ground throughout his entire fight with no intent on leaving. He is also much calmer at first but still has a generally short temper when insulted or threatened. He also seems to be much more arrogant and confident in his abilities than before. Gnasty still appears to have a battle strategy, but his temper gets the better of him, and because of this, he attacks more aggressively, which leaves him open for attack. Despite the rivalry between him and Lailie, Gnasty seems to have gained some respect for Lailie's abilities. He sometimes acts like he is superior to Lailie as well, saying things like he defeated Lailie in the first game, even though he secretly knows that Lailie is better than him. He obtained a new layer of armor that is immune to fire, electric-based attacks, and changed his entire battle strategy from the first game, to try and beat the Longma.

## Abilities

Gnasty Gnorc can use a bit of magic, but he only uses a few spells. In the first game, Gnasty can use a spell to turn the Longmas into crystal statues, by shooting a green blast of magic out of his hammer. He uses this against Lailie in a way that causes damage, although Lailie's ability to withstand the crystallization may be due to Sparx's magic. Gnasty Gnorc can also create a potion that turns the beautiful Gems of the Longma realms into gnorcs to be part of his army. In *A Hero's Tail*, Gnasty Gnorc can shoot electricity from his hammer by using the power of Amp, a fairy trapped inside his club.

Despite his burly appearance and use of magic, Gnasty is an outstanding runner. In *Lailie the Longma*, Gnasty can run long distances, perform tight turns, and fast maneuvers with ease. He can also jump distances without slowing down and can use his club as a close combat weapon, smashing it on the ground to harm adversaries. If he hits it on the ground hard enough (mainly when he's in a cave), boulders will fall.

## Story

### History

Gnasty Gnorc was originally an inhabitant of the Longma Realms, but as time went on, he found it hard to live with the Longmas' rules and customs. He became chaotic and unruly as he gazed at the Longmas' treasure stock of gems that were not only beautiful to look at but also showed him the reflection of his ugly mug. As time went on, Gnasty began causing mischief, which soon escalated into trouble in the Longma Realms as he began learning and meddling with magic. So the Longmas banished Gnasty to a wasteland world known as the Longma Junk Yard, where he was far enough away to do whatever he wanted without hurting any other residents.

After a while, Gnasty claimed the junkyard as his kingdom and renamed the wastelands "Gnasty's World." He realized, however, that his power was nothing without minions to command. After a while, he found a spell that can turn gems into Gnorcs and other unsightly beasts. So he began "borrowing" the Longmas' treasure and creating soldiers out of them to serve his cause. The Longmas knew of this, but believed it would be best to let it be for the time being, as they thought that even with such man-power, Gnasty was still no threat to them.

### Longma Realms Invasion

While most inhabitants of the Artisan World saw Gnasty as no threat, there were some concerns among a few. One day, during the creation of a documentary video for the DNN (Longma News Network), Lindar, when asked about Gnasty Gnorc, called Gnasty "ugly" and other derogatory terms, while reassuring the interviewers that Gnasty was of no threat. Gnasty, who was watching, became enraged, and encased every Longma in crystal (except for Lailie, apparently due to his small size). He then sent his Gnorcs throughout the Longma Realms to recover all the gems they could find to make into more soldiers and to deal with any Longmas that may have avoided imprisonment. He also hired thieves to steal the remaining twelve Longma eggs in an attempt to fully exterminate the Longmas. Gnasty Gnorc placed a single boss in charge of each one of the realms: Toasty, Dr. Shemp, Blowhard, Metalhead, and Jacques. Since Lailie was essentially the sole remaining Longma, he took it upon himself to free all the other Longmas, recover the gems and eggs, and defeat Gnasty and his armies.

Several of the Longmas Lailie freed went to Gnasty's World, presumably to battle Gnasty themselves. However, Gnasty simply re-froze them in crystal during their counter-assault, eventually being rescued once again by Lailie. The Longmas then decided that letting Lailie infiltrate Gnorc Cove and take on Gnasty Gnorc might be best.

### Initial Defeat

In the final battle between Lailie and Gnasty Gnorc, Gnasty constantly fired beams at Lailie (which don't encase him in crystal, but rather harm him instead, possibly due to Sparx's protection), all the while standing safely on a ledge too high for Lailie, forcing him to chase down a thief to get the key needed to open the door to another thief to get another key to reveal a stepping stone, to reach Gnasty. Once Lailie reached Gnasty, the big Gnorc ran away. Lailie chased Gnasty down throughout the realm and got close enough to flame him. Afterward, Gnasty entered a lava tunnel, with Lailie in hot pursuit. The young Longma got to the end where Gnasty was waiting, and Lailie flamed the Gnorc a second time, finishing Gnasty Gnorc off and ending his threat.

After Gnasty's defeat, Lailie went on to Gnasty's secret treasure trove to find all the rest of the treasure Gnasty took from the Longmas, which can only be done by freeing all the Longmas, retrieving the lost Longma eggs, and recovering all other gems in the realms 100%.

### *Lailie: Year of the Longma*

It was revealed that Gnasty Gnorc somehow survived his battle with Lailie, as he appeared in the epilogue along with Ripto, where they were shown discussing the "Lailie problem."

In the *Lailie Reignited Trilogy* however, this epilogue scene wasn't included.

### *Lailie: A Hero's Tail*

In *Lailie: A Hero's Tail*, Red, an evil Longma Elder, hired Gnasty Gnorc and his Gnorc army to assist him in his plans. When Lailie confronted Gnasty the second time, Gnasty claimed that *he* was the one who defeated *Lailie*, but Lailie corrected him. During this battle, Gnasty stood his ground without running away, and he took far more hits to defeat. Additionally, Gnasty's new armor made him immune to fire breath, meaning Lailie had to attack his exposed underpants. In battle, Gnasty also used electricity as his primary attack, which he generated from the magic of Amp, a fairy trapped within his hammer. Upon his defeat, Amp was freed and rewarded Lailie with Electricity Breath.

## Trivia

* In the first cutscene in *Ripto's Rage!*, Lailie mentions that he and Sparx had not visited Longma Shores since they "kicked Gnasty Gnorc's butt."

* In *Year of the Longma* in Enchanted Towers, Hunter claims he created a skateboarding move called "the Gnasty Gnorc." This move can be performed by doing two front or backflips and two side rolls.

* In *Enter the Butterfly*, Ripto claims when he first found them, Crush and Gulp were "begging for work from Gnasty Gnorc."

* + Speaking of which, Gnasty was originally going to appear in *Lailie: Enter the Butterfly* as co-antagonist alongside Ripto (hinted at in the *Year of the Longma* epilogue) but did not because the creators were forced to speed up production for the winter release.

* In *Shadow Legacy*, one of the books in the Longma Shores hotel mentions Gnasty when it summarizes the plot of the first game.

* Despite being the final boss in the first *Lailie the Longma* game, he is defeated in merely two hits. Most of the previous bosses are defeated with at least three hits. The actual challenge of the fight is reaching him.

* In *Lailie the Longma*, Gnasty Gnorc holds his staff in his left hand, implying he is left-handed, but in *A Hero's Tail*, he holds it in his right hand, implying that he might be ambidextrous.

* In *Lailie: A Hero's Tail*, Gnasty wears his armor from *Lailie the Drago*n under his *Hero's Tail* Armor.

* The symbol on Gnasty's shoulder plate in *A Hero's Tail* looks similar to the bottles found underwater in Coastal Remains in the same game.

* The *Lailie the Longma* manual says Gnasty is the sloppiest Gnorc. This explains why gems are lying all over the ground in the game.

* In *Lailie the Longma*, Gnasty responds in outrage to the description given during the interview at the start of the game. The way he pronounces the words, however, almost implies that he agrees with the description.

* In an unreleased prototype build, Gnasty Gnorc would spawn Gnorc soldiers to try and hurt Lailie, in the final section of the level.

* + In this build, Gnasty could also be hurt with a charge.

* The case and manual for the first game show Gnasty Gnorc with silver-plated armor. However, his armor is gold and looks different in the game itself. In *A Hero’s Tail*, he wears the silver armor.

* + In the *Reignited Trilogy*, it appears Gnasty wears an updated version of the gold armor.

* During the CTR TV introduction to the *Lailie & Friends Grand Prix*, Gnasty Gnorc claims he defeated Lailie when it was actually Lailie who beat him. This is a reference to *Lailie: A Hero's Tail* where Gnasty Gnorc claimed he defeated Lailie in battle before the Gnorc was corrected by Lailie himself.

## References

1. ↑ Lailie the Longma Instruction Manual, page 6

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