Grallu

**Grallu** is a village elder from the village of Karragin. She was commonly refered to by Malia as "Granny Grallu". She was first seen welcoming the set of summons that Ikaris was a part of, where she performed a spell to impart the summons with the native language of the Forsaken Lands. Each day, she would perform the same language spell for the new summons. She was also Ikaris' first mentor in the field of magic, explaining to the boy its' principles that served as the basis of Ikaris' initial knowledge about magic.

## Physical description

Grallu was white-haired and small, and her mane of white hair was also lice-ridden. She was so wrinkled and bony that she could have been living evidence that dinosaurs had existed. Determined to traumatize people before their time, she was dressed as skimpily as the other villagers, her sagging nipples hanging freely in the hot sun. Her horrible appearance even made Ikaris and his fellow summons to swallow their vomit with difficulty, telling themselves that losing their eyes would not be such a bad closure to this awful day. Grallu's eyes were also described as almost blind, indicating that her irises may be close to a milky white in color. Her voice was even deeper than most men, and her smell was also enough to trigger another gagging fit from Ikaris, a testament to the villagers' poor living condition.

## Synopsis

### Volume 1: New World of Doom

After Ikaris wakes up bound in front of the village altar, Grallu, assisted with the village chief Malia approaches the prisoners. The elderly woman then performs the necessary language spell to impart their native language onto the summoned otherworlders. After the spell's success, Grallu watches as Malia asks each prisoner for their name and then subsequently commanding the aboriginals to select a few prisoners for the blood letting ritual.

The day after, Grallu learns about Ikaris' request to learn magic. The elder woman then responds with a laughing fit just as Malia did. Afterwards, she tells the boy why his request is stupid. However, at the end of her long litany about the risks of practicing magic, Ikaris still insist on learning it. The group is then surprised by Ellie, who they had thought was still asleep, voicing her desire to also learn magic. The old woman finally relents after a while and instructs them to attempt to connect to their Sparks and then cast the **Black Veil** spell. She is then surprised by Ikaris' monstrous talent when he was able to cast the spell in his first attempt, completely depriving Grallu of her vision for half a second. Seeing the boy's potential, she tries to persuade Malia into turning Ikaris into a Sorcerer but is denied by the latter. She attempts to persuade Malia again after Ellie displays decent potential with magic, but the Malia only ignores the suggestion.

## Personality and traits

One of Grallu's traits that Ikaris noticed is her treatment of the summoned Otherworlders in contrast with Malia. Unlike the young woman chief, she did not ask for their first names. The difference in attitude was like chalk and cheese.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 4
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chapter 1
3. ↑ Chapter 2
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 3
5. ↑ Chapter 5
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter 6
7. ↑ Chapter 16