Gris (protagonist)

* Collecting mementos scattered around the world, which in turn will create constellations in the sky that will eventually add color back to the world.

**Gris** is the protagonist of the 2018 indie adventure platformer game of the same name. At some point, she lost her mother and her voice as well, so her goals were to collect mementos scattered around the world, which in turn will create constellations in the sky that will eventually add color back to the world and regain the ability to sing.

## History

After losing her mother at some point before the game, Gris wakes up in the palm of a crumbling statue. She attempted to sing, but as the statue's hands crumble, she started losing her voice, which had then dropped her to the colorless earth below her. After landing, she continued to walk forward and discovers a wide variety of unusual looking structures that seem to be powered by light points that tend to resemble stars. These lights could be collected by Gris to gain new abilities.

After reaching a central tower at some point, Gris could travel to four other locations to collect lights and restore the color back to her world at the statues that are resembling the broken one featured at the very beginning of the game. These areas include a desert filled with windmills, a lush forest, underwater caverns, and a world with buildings made of light. Along the way, Gris encounters a variety of living beings, some of which could help her through her adventure, meanwhile, there is a black ink-like monster which manifests as large creatures that threaten to consume her. The last ability she gains is the ability to sing, which brings life to various plants and mechanical animals. In addition, hints throughout the game from the other statues similar to the original one reveal that the woman that Gris was constantly grieving in front is her late mother.

Gris could then collect enough stars to form a constellation path to heaven, but the final pathway is blocked by the creature, who morphs into a monstrous form of herself and swallows her as a whole. Gris then wakes up in an ocean of toxic black sludge and swims to the surface. As she climbs a tower rising out of the ocean, the creature tries to pull her back. However, Gris begins singing and her mother's statue begins to reform itself through the power of her voice. Just as she is completely consumed by the black oil, the statue of Gris's mother comes alive and begins singing as well, banishing the creature and the sea of despair. Encouraged by her mother singing, Gris continues to sing and the duet fully restores the world back to its color. Gris and her mother tearfully embrace, with Gris giving a farewell kiss to her and she climbs the final constellation path into the light and the unknown, having accepted her mother's death and moving forward with the knowledge of her mother's love still being with her.

Assuming all mementos are collected, Gris's childhood is then revealed in a secret room at nighttime. Gris's child equivalent is in the meadows with her mother. Gris's mother then encloses a firefly between her hands then releases it to fly around the child version of Gris, then under the bright full moon child Gris and her mother embrace.

## Appearance

She appears to be a skinny girl with a white skin tone, blue hair, and skinny legs. She is wearing a black cloak, a gray cloak underneath, and black leggings.

## Abilities

As Gris goes through the chapters/stages of grief, she will be able to gain new abilities. Initially, she has the ability to walk left and right very slowly, but from then, she will start to gain new abilities:

* In Chapter 1, after a short while of walking, the player gains the ability to jump and run.
* In Chapter 2, at some point, she gains the ability to become ‘Heavy’. When pressing K (on PC), Gris will be able to transform into a block with limited movement ability that can break through stone floors and endure violent winds.
* In Chapter 3, at some point, she will be able to double jump.
* In Chapter 5, although a more aesthetic ability, she will be able to gain the ability to sing.
* The collection of stars along the way will be able to make Gris overcome untraversable obstacles.

## Trivia

* In the cover art and poster of the game, she was seen crying from her left eye.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/gris/comments/cwi0a7/whats\_the\_protagonists\_name/