King Guto

* Current
* Cub

* Grenier, Gable, Gemul, Graciela, Gemino, Georg, Gabriel, Genji-Liú Guān, Gunnars, multiple unnamed Griffons (adoptive fraternal nephews/nieces)
* Glyn (adoptive sororal niece)
* Gwyneth's children (adoptive sororal nephews)
* Gallus, Gabby, Gerard, Greedy, Grainne, Giselle, Gaston, Gretchen, Gemma, Gigi, Greta, Griselda, Graff, Gracie, Gilda, Galena, Gavin, Gustave le Grand, Garner, Gunter (foster/adoptive fraternal grandnephews/grandnieces)
* Garmon (adoptive sororal grandnephew)
* Garmon's siblings (adoptive sororal grandnephews/grandnieces)
* Griffin (godson)

### Likes

Spending time with his friends, protecting his kingdom, unity, peace, diversity, equality, his friendship stone, oranges, being accepted, helping others, hugs, rats, joking, theatrical arts, acting, entertainment, black box experimental theater, playing buckball and football with his mates, stargazing

### Dislikes

Violence, discrimination, prejudices, racism, separation from his friends, being away from home, Arimaspi, imprisonment, mistreatment of subjects, anyone causing trouble in his kingdom, his father's strictness, being shunned, wearing his crown all the time, Grandpa Gruff being mistreated/blamed for Arimaspi's attack, Griffinstone in danger

### Paraphernalia

* Tantō blades
* Shurikens and Kunais
* Metsubushi (blinding powder)
* Glyph Magic

## Biographical information

### Distinctive features

Golden sash, crown (currently), purple sash (formerly)

### Status

Unknown

**King Guto of the Griffon Lands**, often referred to as simply **Guto** and known in folklore stories as **Guto the Weak** (changed to **Guto the Brave** by his friends), was the 14th and last of the Kings of Griffinstone, son of Duchess Glynis and Lord Goldstone, and adoptive brother of Grandpa Gruff and Grandma Gwyneth. Sometime after his reign, the Senior Group was formed and the realm became a leadership instead. Guto's reign was defined by his encounter with the Arimaspi, a creature who desired the Idol of Boreas for itself and fought Guto for it. Though Guto and his soldiers put up a valiant effort, the Arimaspi eventually took it but died as it fell into the Abysmal Abyss.

Guto's eventual fate and current state are unknown for the time being, but his legacy lives on his family and friends' loyalty and a large river in a quiet area outside of Griffinstone, which his companions honourably named after him.

## Personality

Due to folklore stories, more notably the one of Arimaspi's attack, Guto has been labeled as "the weakest of all the kings" and someone who "makes bad things happen" by both the historical records and most of his people when he was merely trying to help and protect his soldiers and hometown's citizens and treasure. Despite being disregarded by almost the entire town, Guto is kind-hearted, caring, fairly comical, and possesses a strong love and loyalty for his friends, whom he proudly considers part of his family, and strong devotion to his kingdom, despite most of his subjects' negative perceptions of him.

Despite being a former king, Guto doesn't see himself as above anyone else, and is humble and gentle. Like the Senior Group, his friends, he cares for equality and loves Griffinstone because he believes it is a place where Griffons are equals regardless of whether they are of high or low rank, something that he's very passionate about, believing that "even the lowliest subjects of the kingdom deserve respect." His upbeat and accepting nature shows no limits to how far he thinks of others based on social position or species. He is a very compassionate individual and does not care about a person's background or them having an education or job, which is why he had no problem with accepting Grandpa Gruff as a friend, even after learning he was the town's thief back then. He also calmly, yet firmly, stood up to defend Gruff alongside his friends when the conflicts between him and the town Griffons arose, his peaceful nature showing how level-headed he is in unfair situations such as prejudice. Two of his guards, as well as eventual adoptive siblings, Gruff and Gwyneth, were also shown to be in that category, namely street urchins/thieves, holding true to his values.

Guto is shown to be very brave and proactive as a ruler and leader, actively helping and guiding his guards during battle and assisting his friends when freeing an unconscious Gruff and the other soldiers from the Abyss debris. He always prioritizes the welfare and needs of his friends and subjects over his own. When Arimaspi breaks out of the castle with the Idol of Boreas, having overpowered the Griffons, Guto immediately pushes past his own pain to check on his friends and worry over how they were feeling. Additionally, over the course of the battle against Arimaspi, Guto hardly ever brings up the Idol of Boreas, telling his guards to drive the monster away from the town instead of getting the Idol, and when lightning strikes the bridge which the Griffons corner the goat-like giant to, making him, the Idol, and Gruff and his protégés fall into the Abysmal Abyss, he and his soldiers immediately start searching for them, showing he cares more about his fellow Griffons than his kingdom's treasure being stolen.

He cares deeply for the well-being and safety of his soldiers, showing strong camaraderie with them, speaking to them in an extremely respectful manner, and giving them enough time to regain their composure when they are facing grief, completely ignoring his own original plans to soon retire, once again showing how much he prioritises his loved ones over himself. While he does appear rather stern when giving orders to his guards, he is not as demanding or vocal about it as his ancestors were to their own, supporting them, and is always grateful for their help in battle. He also prefers they refer to him by just his name or "Uncle Guto," as the majority of the guard were his adoptive brother's wards, instead of "your highness" and "king," showing he has a more personal approach towards his army. While he follows his own instincts, he does take a step back to listen to his friends when they have a strategic plan and cooperates.

As a cub, Guto was very energetic and enthusiastic, and loved playing pranks with his friends at the castle. He didn't seem to pay much attention to his duties and would often feel pressured by his father's demanding demeanor. He wasn't very fond of his royal liabilities and wanted to hang out with his friends instead, as well as spend the Blue Moon Festival with them. Despite giving the impression that he had disinterest in his responsibilities, he truly cared for his subjects and put their well-being above all else. Later in his cubhood, Guto became more accepting of his destiny as the future king and took his royal duties seriously. Additionally, being a little brother to one and an older to another, while being a new experience, has had a positive effect on his social and emotional development.

## Appearance

Guto has bluish black fur, darker colored wings, and lighter headfeathers and tail-tuft, with brilliant amber eyes, beak, and talons. He is known to wear a golden sash and a crown, which was passed down from his father and his other ancestors. Like other male Griffons, he appears generally stocky and slightly bulky.

As a young Griffon, he wore a smaller crown without any jewelry and a violetish sash. In his teens, his headfeathers and plumage started growing more around his head and neck, somewhat similar to a brushed-up spiky haircut.

## Relationships

### **With The Whole Senior Group**

Guto is extremely good friends with Gruff, Gonsod, Gyeong, Gareth, Gilbert, and Gideon, considering all of them part of the royal family. All of them grew up together in Griffinstone and have been friends from a very young age. While not getting very annoyed with Gilbert's antics unlike the rest of the group, he hates it when Gruff and Gyeong can't control their temper or when Gareth acts like a Know-It-All. Despite everything, he loves them all dearly. When Guto became king, his six friends were easily recruited into his Royal Guard and worked together to defend Griffinstone. They even fought alongside each other during the battle with Arimaspi. After the fighting stopped and the beast was defeated, they were the ones that Guto named as his heirs to protect Griffinstone after he retired, saying that they are the only ones he knows he can trust. He was openly affectionate and tactile around his friends, and, just liked them, clearly enjoyed their friend-family dynamic. He misses them and longs to be with them, and they miss him greatly in return.

### **Senior Gals**

He seems to get along just fine with his friends' partners, though much like his friends, he doesn't like it when the girls gossip about them.

### **Grandma Gwyneth**

Gwyneth is Guto's surrogate foster sister, until she and Gruff were both eventually adopted by the royal family, making her Guto's younger adoptive sister. Even before Gwyneth was adopted into Guto's family, the two were great friends and enjoyed spending time together. Guto had been very lonely as an only child prior to Gruff and Gwyneth's adoption. Initially, Guto made fun of Gwyneth for not being able to train with them along with Gruff, though to a milder extent. However, despite this, he and Gruff do genuinely care about her, soon showing respect for their younger sister after she tries to take down a pair of moray eels (an event that nearly kills her) and compliment her for it. Subsequently, Guto and Gruff have had a much better relationship with Gwyneth, offering her to train with them, as "it's more fun competing with someone", and generally spending more time together, with the boys becoming very protective of her and Gwyneth being eager to learn from them. Gwyneth is very close to Guto and the two get along very well. She also respects Guto as a ruler and leader, and Guto is usually concerned about Gwyneth's recklessness, often comparing him to Gilbert and especially Gruff whenever she's off patrolling the city on her own or when she's with at least one of them. She misses him after his disappearance.

### **Glyn**

Glyn is Guto and Gruff's first niece. Her birth was unexpected as the boys and Gwyneth were still fairly young at that time. While the two boys were initially weirded out by the idea of their sister suddenly becoming a family woman, they were quick to welcome the new addition to the family. Both Guto and Gruff love their niece to pieces and are a very prominent point in Glyn and the rest of their nephews and nieces' lives. When Glyn was a fledgling, Guto would give his niece piggybacks.

## Skills

**Martial Arts:** He is an extremely skilled martial artist and swordsman, though he chooses violence as a last resort. Like his friends, he is a master fighter and is very agile, able to leap over rooftops and avoid attacks from enemies, including gunfire, weapons, and punches and kicks.

**Healing Power:** Much like his friends, in addition to his natural martial arts and ninjutsu skills, Guto eventually developed the strong innate ability to heal via an enchanted mantra known as "the healing hands." By chanting the incantation and making the right hand seals, Guto is fully capable of revitalizing his inner strength and counteracting even the most lethal of poisons and venom of "the healing hands." He managed to develop and utilize it to expedite his recovery every time he got injured and attempted to use it while tending to Gruff's wards along with Gareth to save them but failed. He and his friends show great gifts as healers and being at the edge of their life has given them "a power that few martial artists can tap."

**Glyph Magic:** Guto was trained as a cub alongside his friends in studying the art of magic. While he possesses passive forms of magic, such as firebreath and cloudwalking, like other Griffons, he lacks the same magical anatomy that ponies have, and therefore can't actively perform magic on his own; instead, he casts spells by drawing glyphs found within the spell circles unicorns tend to use. Unlike his friends, however, he has only mastered a few glyph spells.

**Kyusho Jitsu (Pressure Point Combat):** Along with his friends, Guto has mastered another martial arts maneuver known as Kyusho Jitsu. By hitting the specific nerve-clusters/pressure points, Guto is fully capable of incapacitating an opponent and rendering them temporarily unconscious or incapacitating them through uncontrollable spasming without causing unconsciousness. Aside from combat, he uses this technique to subdue his friends' quarreling without harming them.

**Kenjutsu (Katana):** One of Guto's weapons of choice is a katana sword which he uses and fights in the style of kenjutsu, making him a skilled and excellent swordsman, though he's rarely seen fighting with it. His sword is specifically designed to deliver killing blows, though Guto is much too honourable to want to do so. The handles of his katana blades also double as holsters for smaller tanto knives

**Tantojutsu (Tantō):** Guto's katana has Kogatana knives hidden in its scabbard, that are often depicted as his melee weapon of choice is a couple of tanto blades. He only keeps them if worse comes to worse and proves to actually be very good at fighting with them. Whenever he finds himself without his sword, Guto can take the Tantō from the handle of it and use it for self-defense. When using more than one, he often uses them as fist-held stabbing knives for defense during hand-to-hand combat. Along with being meritoriously good at using the Tantō blades, Guto has mastered the respective martial arts style.

**Shurikenjutsu:** While not his primary weapon, Guto is shown to be knowledgeable about techniques with the use of Shurikens and Kunais.

**Enhanced Strength:** He is pretty strong when it comes to defense and counter attacks, and he is mainly well balanced. He is notably a lot stronger than an average Griffon.

**Enhanced Speed:** Despite being half-lion, he is not slow. He can run fast enough to avoid Arimaspi's fire breath and can fly quite as fast as well.

**Fire Breath:** He has the normal ability of a Griffon to breathe fire.

**Stealth:** Like his friends, he is stealthy, can hide in the shadows, sneak around without being detected, and use hand-to-hand combat.

**Stamina and Endurance:** Due to his martial arts training, he has a great deal of stamina, which allows him to keep up with his training. A good exhibition of his stamina is seen when Guto and his guards fight Arimaspi. He is able to take hits better than Gareth, Gideon, and Gilbert can take, but not as good when compared to Gruff and Gonsod.

**Healing Factor:** He was able to take numerous hits from Arimaspi and the Hydra, seriously injuring himself and was still able to fight.

**Intelligence and Communication:** He has a good line of defense and is exceptional at planning strategies. Like the other Senior Group members, it's shown that he can understand the hand signals Gruff uses to instruct the team. As part of their training, all the Senior Group members have also learned to read lips. While seeming to know some of the basics and being able to understand Gilbert's hispanic sentences, Guto doesn't fluently know Spanish and often needs translation.

## Original Statistics

* **Attack:** ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5)
* **Defense:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
* **Agility:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
* **Range:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
* **Speed:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
* **Power:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
* **Lynx-eyed:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
* **Dodge:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)

## Gallery

Young Grandpa Gruff comforting young King Guto with a GriffinsconeYoung Guto with his friendsSenior Group as CubsSenior Group as Cubs Holiday Promo ArtGruff and Guto with their niece Glyn
## Trivia

* Aside from, obviously, being younger than Grandpa Gruff, it is unclear where Guto stands in the Senior Group in terms of age. Though it is highly possible that he stands somewhere between Grandpa Gruff and Gruncle Gonsod.
	+ It's also mentioned that between Gruff, Guto, and Gwyneth, he's the second oldest/middle child. It's indicated that Gruff is older than the other two by at least 3 days.
		- The fact that Gruff mentions this both when he's with his siblings and with his friends could imply that Guto is older than Gonsod.
* Guto is the first and only one of the group to be devoid of a love interest or children.
* Guto and Gideon are the only members of the group whose names don't end with a consonant.
* After his disappearance, Guto's belongings were stored within the daycare passageways.
* When he was little, he would wander with his siblings and friends through the halls of the castle exploring the rooms, seeing what guests were talking about, and pulling small pranks on a few of them.