GRIFF

Griff is a G.C.P.D. policeman and also one of the founding members of the League of Heroes. He was there at the time the war broke out, being a rookie in police service.

Griff has kind of some Kakashi vibes in the League, not letting anyone close to him get hurt, always getting in the front line. He also sees Kato's purpose not only in the Alpha that people share but also in how those who have more Alpha can protect those who have less. He believes in people's potential. That's why, when talking to Night Ape right after meeting him and taking him to the hospital, he felt this purpose alive and presented him with the idea of being a hero.

Griff was surprised that Night Ape already possessed fighting skills from his past, and had a strong determination, something he respected in a hero. He thinks the monkey is a hero from another date, but he doesn't have enough data to support his theory.

**In the past...**

When the war started, Griff was in his first year as a cop. He was new and young, and just wanted to make money and live comfortably on a cop's salary (if you can live comfortably like that). He didn't care right away when things started to change and continued his work as if nothing had happened.

The young policeman always passed through the neighborhood and was well received by people, especially a candy store that was on a corner in downtown DeGen. There worked **Meera,** an NFT Bull type that always gave a berrie candy on the house. Griff always managed to get there on his shift. Meera was afraid of the place, but she wouldn't leave because it was the only job she knew. Griff, who only minded his own business, told her not to worry because nothing would ever happen to her.

Griff had a partner named **Bower** (TBD). A veteran, Bower was disillusioned by the force, as he believed that the police purpose had been lost. He had a strong sense of justice, and he felt it was their responsibility as policemen that the situation had come to that. By that time, the gangs had also bribed many police officers in the force, and several officers, including the police chief himself (character to be defined). Bower believed that people like the tiger who helped people on the streets were the future of Genesis City.

At one point in Griff's life, he found Kato, who had started trying to help people on the streets. Kato helped Griff in a raid, and they talked a little. Kato left the door open as an invitation to Griff if he changed his mind in the future.

Griff thought Bower was too serious, and that he should take things more lightly. After all, something more serious had never happened...

**In a gang showdown...**

In the third year of the war, the conflict escalated to dangerous levels. People began to be charged for protection, the streets began to have a curfew, and conflicts between gangs intensified. One day, in the center, two factions clashed after one of the Eastern gang members claimed tribute from a resident who was in the western gang-controlled part in a clear provocation. The resident ended up being punished on the street by the gang members, and Bower left there with a group of policemen without even thinking twice. Griff found out later and went after his partner.

The conflict escalated to the use of Alpha and some supers entered the fight, generating destruction in the area. Bower managed to save the resident who was to be killed, but in his place, he himself was caught and wounded. When Griff arrives on the scene, he sees what Bower's last moments would be. “We have to protect those who can't.” That's what you heard before Bower was killed by a super.

It shook Griff, but he wasn't ready for what came next. When he went to help the residents after the conflict had warmed, Griff found Meera's candy store in pieces. And she, in the rubble.

It shocked Griff to the point where he changed completely, devoting more time to protecting the weak. This inevitably ended up putting him in the way of corrupt cops and the police chief. At a certain point, Griff left the police to join Kato on the streets. He would be forcibly reinstated only when the war was over, on Kato's own recommendation, already with the honors of a General.

**Importance in the story:**

Griff will serve as a trigger for the Night Ape. After he loses his powers, the vigilante gets more involved in the investigation in a personal way, and this leads him to discover Genesis City's true enemy’s entire plan, because the more he discovers, the closer he gets to him.