Gra Cabal

**Gra Cabal** (full name: **Cabal Erue Ruki Foradem Harova Eridl Von Granderia**) is the crown prince of the Gra Valkas Empire and the son of Emperor Gralux. After being and heavily burnt during the Capture of Valkyries Base, he became a political hostage in Japan.

## Appearance

In the light novel version, Gra Cabal is depicted as a tall and tough young man, dressed in a Imperial Military uniform with a royal robe behind his shoulders.

After suffering third degree burn from Wyvern attacks in Leifor, half of Gra Cabal's body is now scarred.

## Personality

Gra Cabal is a charismatic and out-going man as he likes to cheer up the spirit of his country army in the New World War against the force of the New World. Much like all stereotype Gra Valkas officials and royal members, Gra Cabal arrogantly thinks his country is invincible against any kinds of foes to the point of regarding to the transference of Gra Valkas Empire to the New World is the Will of The God to make them the new ruler of the New World. He firmly believes that a country only prospers when the military is powerful, not the civilian sector, showing the conqueror's mindset of him and the Gra Valkas administration in general.

He had the strength and skills of a person from the royal family, excellent both in physique and knowledge, and loved by many in the Empire, that many people cried out of admiration and emotion when standing in front of him. On the other hand, he is so confident with his knowledge to the point he is stubborn, when he tends to disregard the advice of his assistants and insist on doing his own thing, resulting in sometimes he pushes himself to the dangerous. In short, he is terrible at scrutinizing information and he doesn’t understand the divergence between ideals and reality. He can also be quite clumsy and naïve at times like when he bit into a hard Japanese ice cream without knowing how to eat it and blamed the Japanese sweets for hurting his teeth. He also naïve with the horror of war as he was terrified to the point of comatose at the Japanese and World Union attack on the Valkyries Base as it was his very first time witness a real battle with his very own eyes.

It seems that he has a more sympathetic and less arrogant look than the others in the Empire towards colonial peoples, as seen when he easily interacted and played with children in Alue. This is believed to be because he thought that the people there were also very helpful in building and developing the Empire.

However, a stark contrast between him and the rest of the ruling class of Gra Valkas Empire is that he is far more realistic and doesn't let national pride blinds him from reality in front of his eyes. This is clearly shown after he witnessed the vast superiority in technology in both the civilian and military of Japan compared to his home country, he immediately realizes that his homeland warring with Japan is an absolutely reckless and unwinnable venture and pledges to make peace with Japan as much as he could while his own country laughed and ridiculed the truth in front of them.

At the same time, he also greatly admires the spirit of the Japanese people after witnessing the Meiji Restoration and their rebuilding process and prosperity after the country suffered two nuclear bombs from the US in WW2 through the historical video of Japan presented to him.

## Chronology

### New World War Arc

Gra Cabal was first shown when he landed on Leifor to conduct an inspection at the town of Alue, formerly Mu's Border Town. There, he tasted an ice cream bar from a Japanese confectionery shop, only to have his front tooth broken due to the hardness of the ice cream and his inexperience in eating popsicles. After spending enough time inspecting the town, he was scheduled to visit Valkyries Base, the front line Headquarters of the Gra Valkas Imperial Army. He departed from Leifor Airport, heading straight into Valkyries.

Later, he arrived at Valkyries Base to greet the troops there while ignorant of the previous attack on the base by JSDF. After the JSDF and World Union force attacked and decimated the airbase, Gra Cabal fled with his troops but was caught off in an attack by a Wyvern, resulting in the death of his bodyguard while he suffered third-degree burnt.

After being transferred to Japan for treatment, Tanaka tried to talk him out in stopping hostility between Japan and Gra Valkas Empire but Gra Cabal brushed off thinking it was madness for Japan to challenge Gra Valkas Empire. Tanaka then asked Gra Cabal to go for a tour throughout Japan to make him opened his eyes to see what his country was facing.

The tour eventually opened Gra Cabal's eyes as he was deeply dumbfounded by massive technological marvels of Japan has, which are impossible for his country to conjure up ranging from bullet trains with zero derailments; skyscrapers that eclipse any buildings in Gra Valkas Empire as well as devastating military technology. Besides that, he also being educated about the long and bloody history of Japan from the Meiji Restoration to World War 2, causing him to realize that the Japanese had been through far more bloodshed than any things his country or even his home planet Yggdra had endured. This fact made him deeply admired the Japanese.

Fully realizing Gra Valkas Empire's war against Japan was doomed from the start, he desperately tried to negotiate for peace with Japan.

After hearing the grave news of the destruction of the Great Fleet, Gra Cabal made his desperate move to save his country from total annihilation. Gra Cabal met with Tanaka and others Japanese diplomats to offers a peace treaty, albeit in a slightly arrogance tone, in which Gra Valkas will not cause conflicts with Japan any longer and excludes them from the list of countries that are going to be conquered by the Gra Valkas as Cabal states that it is beneficiary for countries with inferior technology and civilization developments to live under Gra Valkas rule as a mean to uplift these primitive countries. He also offers the alliance between Gra Valkas and Japan to rule the New World with the prospect of riches between two countries.

Initially, Tanaka expresses skeptical that whether Gra Cabal actually has the authority to make GVE sue for peace and whether the GVE people might think he is forced by Japan but Gra Cabal ensures that as a next Emperor he can have the influence to make GVE sue for peace. However, in the end, Tanaka refuses and makes it clear that Gra Valkas will have to surrender unconditionally to not only Japan but also World Union as well as pay for the damages they caused to all the countries and people they conquered but most of all Japan values peaceful harmonious relationship with others countries not conquest. Furthermore, Tanaka states that GVE is far too untrustworthy to be ally after ignoring Japan's warning about going to war with them multiple times and willing to attack their homeland. This fact raises the worry that GVE might backstab Japan in the future. Desperate, Gra Cabal screams for non-aggression treaty only for Tanaka to reveal that there is no such things is non-aggression treaty to begin with. With his conquering proposal fails, Gra Cabal gives up his attempt to convince Japan to joint force for world conquest and instead aiming for normal peace treaty.

## Trivia

* While the diplomat states that Gra Cabal is a non-combatant personnel during the negotiation between Dallas and Asada. Little did he realize that due to his position in the Imperial Family, Royalty is always treated as one of the high-ranked officer in the military in laws of Earth.
	+ Additionally, they will be also listed as HVT (High Valuable Target) permanently, at least until their status and influence declined.

## Gallery

Crown Prince Gra Cabal in the light novel illustration.