Ghran/Synopsis

## History

Ghran had a peaceful life. He lived in a small village with a loving wife and children. One day, the village was attacked by a hoarde of Nightmares. Ghran lost everything that day; his home, his family and even the village itself. This event caused a deep-seated hatred of Nightmares in Ghran. He wanted to take revenge by mercilessly killing any Nightmare he would come across. He took action by becoming a Nightmare Hunter, earning money by killing Nightmares.

During his time as a Nightmare Hunter, Ghran met Doga and the two had a fight. It ended in a draw, but Doga felt the rush of a battle for the first time in ages and declared Ghran as his rival.

## Game

### Zahardia Arc

After Azel and the others arrive in the desert, they meet a terrified Michi, running away from a 'giant'. Ghran is following the little Nightmare, threatening to kill him. Azel and the others try to reason with Ghran, as Michi seems innocent, but Ghran doesn't listen. A fight breaks out, but Ghran can't beat the entire group at once. The others question him and he reveals himself to be a Nightmare Hunter. Oliver questions if Ghran was requested to kill Michi and he confirms this, explaining that Zahardia's Nightmares have started acting violent. He then leaves for Zahardia.

When the group arrives in Zahardia, they find an injured Ghran in a broken house. Some Nightmares gathered around him and explain that Ghran saved them from the attack of Moongarde's soldiers. Ghran denies this and doesn't want his wounds to be treated by Nightmares, so he tries to leave. However Michi stops him to give him some of his special medical cream. He takes the cream, but still assures Michi that he will kill him as soon as he is healed. Serena questions Ghran on his job as a Nightmare Hunter, prompting him to reveal his past and why he even became one. Ghran leaves to take revenge on the Moongarde Soldiers that injured him.

After Azel and the others get ambushed by Doga in the temple, Ghran appears and blocks one of Doga's attacks to save the group. Ghran recognizes Doga and explains that he already fought him once. Doga starts laughing and tells Ghran that he missed him and that he would never forget the feeling of their fight back then. Another fight breaks out between them, but Doga also dominates this fight, belittling Ghran for becoming weak.

Doga is disappointed and wants to end the fight by killing Ghran with a hammer swing, but right then Michi jumps in to save Ghran. Michi gets hit by the hammer swing and gets blown away. Azel and the others, including Ghran, stand back up and want to avenge Michi. One more time, the group fights against Doga.

The fight ends in a draw as Doga starts laughing, saying that this fight was even a little bit fun. Right then, he notices Meruru and her white Star Magic Gem. Apparently, bringing Meruru and the White Star Magic Gem to Moongarde is one of his missions, so he tries to kidnap the young girl. He wants to leave, but Ghran throws himself at Doga to stop him from leaving with Meruru.

A Moongarde Soldier appears and tells Doga that the cloud is reaching its limit. They have to leave before it's gone. Doga is annoyed, but agrees. Before he leaves, he urges Ghran to become even stronger, so that they can have an exciting rematch in the future.

Even though the cloud is gone, the nightmares still act violent, so they return to the nomad village. There they find a new Remurias Gate and Azel understands the situation. Together with Ghran and Michi, he enters Zahadi's Remurias to save her from her fears.

After the situation is solved, Michi is starting to become clingy towards Ghran, considering him one of his best friends. Ghran is reluctant, but doesn't outright deny it. His attitude towards Nightmares seems to have shifted. He asks Azel and the others if he can temporarily join the guild to find Doga, and even offers Meruru to train her for her Nightwalker exam.

### Ghost Ship Arc

Ghran joins the group on their trip to Oruha Island. However, none of the captains want to travel there, due to rumors of a ghost ship, so the group asks around. Ghran then tells a story of his past, when he fought some pirates. He had no chance against them, but was saved by another pirate crew who called themselves 'righteous bandits'. He remembers the name of their captain, Hardy, which causes a nearby man to take notice. The man introduces himself as Segerpop and invites the group on his ship to Oruha Island, the Marianne. Ghran recognizes the ship.

The group meets the ship's captain, Marro, and Segerpop reveals that she inherited everything from the previous captain, Hardy. The crew of the Marianne is the same one that saved Ghran back then.

When the ghost ship arrives, the group gets ready for battle, however Ghran becomes pale and starts shivering. Michi thinks that he is afraid of ghosts, but Ghran denies this, while obviously lying.

### Oruha Island Arc

While the others have fun at the beach, Ghran and Meruru search around the island for clues about Meruru's past. They find nothing, but Ghran tries to encourage Meruru to keep searching.

The group later reunites and decides to cheer Meruru up, by visiting a popular tourist attraction, the cave of light. They not only find the Everstone, but also Ouroboria and Rachel. Rachel absorbs the Everstone's power, tells Ouroboria to deal with the group and departs. Ouroboria laughs and shows them his newest creation: Gigantia. Azel notices Gigantia's cries of pain and concludes, that Ouroboria created it by forcefully merging Nightmares against their will. He gets angry and decides to fight, to release Gigantia of its pains. Ghran and decides to help as well.

After beating Gigantia, the group gathers all of their courage and engages Ouroboria in a fight, defeating him in the process. Ouroboria dies in front of the Everstone. Later, the group gets the notification, that Moongarde has declared war on Estrea.

### Dressarc Arc

he group returns to the Royal Capital and sees the chaos. Quinn appears and tells them, that Oliver shall be arrested for causing the war by killing Ouroboria. Oliver tells them that it's fine, and that they should go to Esteo to report what happened on Oruha Island.

In Varcelio's lab, Oliver returns to the group and tells them of their next destination: Dressarc.

When the group arrives in the Dressarc Castle, their path gets blocked by Geko. Ghran threatens the Nightmare, but also says that he doesn't want to hurt him, so he just pushes Geko aside. The group then meets Rachel and tries to talk with her. However, Geko appears once again and opens up a hole in the ground, causing everyone to fall down.

Ghran and Meruru end up together, and explore the basement of the castle. It is riddled with Nightmares, but they eventually find a long-dead body with a note about the Royal Family of Dressarc.

The group later reassembles at the Everstone, where Shion urges Rachel to fight the group. Rachel agrees and a fight breaks out. The fight gets interrupted by the Everstone resonating with Meruru and causing the castle to crumble.

After Geko's death, Meruru remembers a new part of her memory, but reacts terrified and collapses. Ghran and the others take her back to Estrea.