Gryf (World Without)

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* Gryf
* World Without

### Physical appearance

Physically, Gryf is an Elf, with white skin and blue eyes. He has red hair, and his elemental mark is deposited on his forehead. His haircut is very reminiscent of the one he had before World Without.

At the end of volume 21, following the Jaguarian blood injection made by Regen, he regains his fur, his claws, his fangs, his yellow eyes, his lion's tail, and his Jaguarian ears. The scar on his chest, inflicted by the Galina Psycorax, strongly resembles the one Anathos inflicted on him in the original reality.

Twenty years after the end of the Jovénia effects, his features are slightly marked by age.

### Personality

He doesn't get along too well with Solaris, who finds him immature and irresponsible. His character is halfway between serious and clown. His somewhat immature side makes him look like the real Gryf, whose way of thinking and expressing himself he shares.

### Abilities

Gryf masters air, one of the most complicated elements for elemental elves to use. In addition to his magical abilities, he is also good at hand-to-hand combat. After regaining his former identity, Gryf regains his strength and jaguarian senses while retaining his elemental powers. Additionally, he can now become Death-Gryf without the aid of a Katseye.

### Before Jovenia

Gryf and Solaris, during the fight used to decide between them, where they finished ex-æquo

During his training in Arbores Elementa, Gryf is in constant rivalry with Solaris. During the fight to decide between them, they are encouraged by Roccia and Regen, under the eyes of King Kash-Kash. Unable to decide between themselves during this fight, they end up tied, and are both designated Elemental Elves of Astria.

In the years that followed, Gryf and Solaris' relationship didn't improve much, but a deep respect and genuine affection eventually grew between them. We could define their relationship as that of a brother and a sister.

### Before Book 19

A strange phenomenon has been detected in the skies of Astria, a dark formation that is steadily growing. According to the Elves who have studied the phenomenon, it would be a fracture of reality, which they called the Void. They understood that it was sensitive to elemental magic, so they repeatedly sent elemental Elves (thus Gryf and Solaris, among others, as well as Regen, Roccia or Shyska) to try to close it, but in vain. Many Elves died, so a weapon, the Lacrima Elementa, was crafted. It is regularly filled with elemental magic by potentials, so that when the time comes, it can be used to close the Void.

### Book 19

While Solaris is on a mission, Gryf receives orders from Kash-Kash: an "elemental human" has been detected on Alysia. Gryf goes to find Solaris, who is then in the middle of a fight against the brigand Plysken. Gryf gets rid of it, which annoys his teammate who wanted to go it alone. The latter then gives him the king's orders.

The two Elves then go to Alysia, and shortly after their arrival, an earthquake shakes the village in which they are. Gryf saves a resident from a fall, and once the earthquake ends, the mayor explains to them that it is more and more frequent. As they prepare to leave, Gryf sees a strange shape in the sky, just visible to the naked eye, similar in appearance to the Void of Astria.

Guided by their compass, the two Elves end up falling on their "target", the "elemental human", Shimy, in the forest in the middle of the night. They challenge her, she wondering how she could use elemental magic. She is accompanied by a man, her husband Danaël. At this moment, a strange shooting star crosses the heavens.

### Book 20

When Gryf and Solaris ask Shimy to come with them, Artémus Del Conquisador and his disciple Amy suddenly appear to retrieve their companions. Solaris tries to use magic to catch up with them, but Gryf stops him: they are obviously the Legendary's companions. Over the next few days, Gryf and Solaris follow the path indicated in the compass, ending up in Orchidia. They realize that Shimy is in the royal palace. At this moment, Gryf is strucked by a violent headache, and a sudden murderous impulse. What he doesn't know is that it happened when the Fabulous Samael, a Jaguarian, passed by him, and that his symptoms are typical of those of the beginning of a chakounia attack.

Later, Solaris makes a crystaphone call to Regen, his girlfriend. This teaches them that the Void continues to grow and that panic wins the population. At that moment, brigands want to attack the two Elves: they then play a game of rock-paper-scissors, and Gryf wins: it is therefore he who will massacre the bandits. Later in the day, discharges are heard further in the city. When Gryf and Solaris arrive, there are many people down and passed out. While Danaël is busy with the pirate Jadina, Gryf takes advantage of this moment to grab Shimy, who is unconscious. So they open an elven door, and rush through it. By the way, Gryf apologizes to Danaël.

#### Book 21

Gryf and Solaris bring the bound Shimy, who has been awake for a week, to Shyska. She hits them with her sceptre, calling them fools: they kidnapped her, when it would have sufficed to explain the situation to her and bring her peacefully to Astria. Shyska then takes care of explaining everything (Void, Lacrima, etc.). In the evening, Gryf spies on Solaris and Regen, who have just met and share an intimate moment. However, something intrigues him: he sees a small shadow moving on the ground, heading towards the apartments that have been assigned to Shimy. When he rushes to the scene, he sees a Galina, Psycorax, about to murder the young human. He hits him. It responds by hiding in the shadows, through which it can move. He emerges, and takes Gryf by surprise by slashing his chest with his scythe. Shimy manages by exploit to launch an elementary attack, the enemy flees.

Gryf is in a coma, on artificial respiration, and Solaris watches over him. However, Psycorax's weapon was poisoned, and as the Elves and Shimy are near the Void, which has begun destroying the world, he has a violent fit. The poison spreads in his body, and kills him slowly. Regen, who watches over him, decides to inject him with a remedy with magical properties: Jaguarian blood. It works, but has a particular effect: Gryf takes on the appearance of a powerful, aggressive and uncontrollable lion-man. He emerges from his room, and is about to attack Regen (the Void has just been closed). Solaris and Roccia prepare to confront it but Regen intervenes as she thinks this beast is Gryf due to its scar on its chest. It is then that Shimy, who has become an Elf and whose hair has turned blue, confirms this fact. She approaches Gryf, and at her touch, to which is added a short speech of love and promise, he calms down to take on a Jaguarian appearance, that of the real Gryf. He does not really understand the situation, even if he has just recovered his old memories while having kept those of his "elf life". At this moment, Danaël and Amy arrive. Gryf is emotional when he sees his old friend again, even though he doesn't seem to recognize him. However, he understands that he is probably not who he thinks he is. He thinks this world is not real: Princess Shun-Day (whom Gryf recognizes) arrives with Jadina, and affirms that this world is real, even if it was created from scratch by Artémus Del Conquisador.

### Book 22

As they took to the air, Gryf and Shimy hear Danaël screaming from his bedroom. A shocked Shimy realizes that Jadina has slipped into her bed again. Gryf, while eating an apple, asks her if she might be jealous, which annoys Shimy slightly.

A few days later, in the middle of a small arena, Gryf and Danaël prepare to fight, to train. The first warns the other: he still has control of his elementary powers. Danaël strikes immediately, the Jaguarian narrowly dodges. Gryf is impressed as his sword turned gold upon the hit. The former knight asks his friend to help him become the leader of the Legendaries again. Their fight is interrupted by Shimy, then Jadina who join the fight.

One morning, Solaris and Roccia walked through the jungle of Makumba, where they found an elven key, probably belonging to Razzia and Ténébris. Just then, Shun-Day arrives, carrying a very sick Amy on his shoulder. Suddenly, she is enveloped in an aura, and transforms into a demon Chirdirelle under the eyes of everyone. Gryf and Shun-Day see her attacking the others, but they are protected by Jadina with her Eagle Staff. When Roccia tries to attack him, Gryf grabs him by the waist and tackles him to the ground to save him from being hit back by the demoness. At this moment, Amy decides to teleport. This reminds Gryf of his ability to use Teleport Rifts. He decides to enter the portal, followed by the others.

They find themselves in an underground city, and Gryf lands without too much difficulty near Shun-Day, Danaël and Jadina. Gryf explains to Danaël and Jadina that if Amy, earlier, said she was "incomplete", it is because originally this demon had given part of herself to Razzia, as an arm. Thus, they deduce that Razzia is probably in the area, Danaël then charges Gryf and Shun-Day to find him, while he and Jadina take care of Amy.

Moments later, a powerful explosion held back: something is ravaging the city. A few minutes later, a second explosion held back. The large tower begins to crumble, and upon entering a room (Gryf in Deathgryf form), they both come across three people, Toopie, Samael, and Artemus, the latter two being locked in vats. Gryf is surprised to see Toopie, even if she doesn't recognize him, but above all he can't believe he finds Samaël, his childhood friend, the one who was his model during his training to become a Monslav. The irony is that during the "reality shift", this one became a Jaguarian. Gryf grabs the two vats, Toopie accompanies them. They leave the city, it explodes. Gryf and Shun-Day find Jadina and Danaël (Amy has become human again, and Ténébris, "the original", is among them, as well as Razzia), and bring them the vats containing Samaël and Artémus. The latter, having woken up, comes out.

### Book 23

After the events in the City of the Awoken, the Legendaries return to Astria, to be healed of their wounds.

A few days later, aboard an elven flying ship, Gryf goes to one of the auxiliary buildings, the one where Toopie works. He notices that she is in the process of finishing the manufacture of a large automaton. He decides to name it Ding Dong, in honor of the automaton possessed by the original Fabulous. With Samael still in his tank, Gryf expresses his concerns about his potential awakening: indeed, the last time he saw Samael, he had gone mad from Dasyatis' venom. Toopie, upon hearing the name, said he had heard of a Dasyatis, in the service of the corsair Halan. Gryf is terrified at the news.

A few hours later, Gryf interrupts a discussion during which he justifies his choice to deliver Artémus and his diary to the authorities, believing that such decisions are not up to the heroes. The Jaguarian contradicts him, saying that the leader's instinct has already saved the world more than once.

  Suddenly, a voice is heard: a certain Abyss claims Artémus Del Conquisador from the Legendaries, otherwise he will execute the world rulers whom he and Darkhell are holding hostage in the city of Oroban. He also announces his desire to take revenge on the heroes. Everyone meets in the cockpit, Gryf and Shimy explain the origins of this demon, which they no longer thought was alive. Artemus understands that World Without did not affect him because he was in heaven. Danaël asks Amy to teleport to warn Razzia and Ténébris in Casthell, and tells the group that it will be necessary to definitively defeat Darkhell and Abyss. After thirty minutes of travel, they arrive in the city, but are startled to see that Gamera's tree has descended on Alysia and is placed on the royal palace. Arriving near the rubble, they land and see Shamira, who in this reality is a member of the Silver Falcons and human, on the ground and facing Darkhell. Gryf uses his elemental magic to retrieve it, while Jadina and Danaël are accompanied by elemental clones of Shimy and Artemus, hoping to fool Abyss and Darkhell. While Abyss and Darkhell are busy with Danaël, Shimy and Jadina (the subterfuge of the clones having not taken), Gryf takes the opportunity to head towards the place where the hostages are, with Shamira.

Once there, they see the sovereigns, including Kash-Kash and Invidia. King Larbosa is dead, covered with a banner. For the evacuation, the undergrounds leading to the mountains are evoked, Gryf uses the magic of the air to dig a passage in the ground until these undergrounds. Invidia challenges the Jaguarian, explaining that Abyss got information about the Legendaries and Artemus thanks to Shun-Day, who ran away. Invidia demands that her niece be saved. Gryf asks Shamira to guide the sovereigns to the underground, despite her willingness to take part in the fight. He explains that Shimy will resent him if she dies. As the Captain and the Sovereigns are evacuated, Gryf senses the presence of creatures, which approach.

Jaguarians' elemental attacks are useless against monsters. Gryf tries hard to save time, but it seems lost on him, he can't do any damage to them. While he almost gets killed, the monsters get torn to pieces: Samaël, having regained his original memories as well as his human appearance with a curse, has just saved his life. Gryf can't believe it, and starts to cry, before hugging his childhood friend. This one teases him a little, before announcing that he intends to leave to fight against Abyss. They find the demon, facing Danaël. Samael interrupts him. With Gryf, they inform Abyss that the hostages have been released, and following this, Jadina, Ténébris, Amy and Razzia, but also Dasyatis, arrive. Gryf and Samaël are shocked to see that their former enemy is present, and that she can talk, but she is not interested in them. The fight resumes, the fighters are quickly knocked down by the demon. Jadina launches a jade discharge, behind which Danaël hides to attack Abyss, who is held back by Darkhell, who has just stopped him by grabbing him from behind. The knight stabs both of them at once, causing Abyss' body to explode, as in his final moments the Dark Wizard had regained his original memories, naming himself Galen. Ténébris explains to the Legendaries that obviously his father has become the good man he was during his youth.

Suddenly, Abyss, as a parasite, emerges from the rubble, and attacks Amy, but Shun-Day, who joins the fight, stops her. Gryf tells the former disciple of Artemus to move away, Shun-Day being dangerous: indeed, Invidia said that her niece had lost her reason. At this moment, it seizes the parasite and devours it, which makes it merge with it, thus obtaining its powers, and losing control of itself, while metamorphosing. The creature that comes to them as a result is "Raven, Keeper of Truth". This launches a magic projectile in the direction of Oroban, causing it to explode. Someone tells him to stop: it's Artemus, who surprises the audience by throwing his charred newspaper on the ground. All note that despite the destruction of the structure, the World Without effects are still present. Artemus explains that three years earlier when, during the fight against Kalandre during the Battle of Casthell, the godstones exploded, a fragment of one of them was inserted into his forehead, which explains why he is the only one who can write in it. He adds that on several occasions, since their death in the Battle of Casthel, he has tried to bring them back. That's why he used the capabilities of his diary to rewrite reality. However, in each of these realities, the Legendaries eventually died. For his sixth attempt, two years after the first, he therefore decided on something else: to give them new lives, far removed from their original ones. It seemed to work at first, but he finds that fate seems to be pointing them to their deaths again.

Artemus is immediately stabbed in the stomach by Raven, Gryf and the other fighters charge in, but are knocked back. Artemus adds that he believes he is able to conjure up a Void on purpose, these being actually the product of his fears made real by the power of the divine shard. Artemus and Raven are sucked into the Void, with Amy piercing the super-powered creature's heart, preventing it from stopping it all.

After the deaths of Artémus, Raven and Amy, Danaël finds on the ground a fragment of a page from the diary, on which Artémus has scribbled a note, in which he thanks them for having made him a better man, and in which he writes one last change to make to the world: the end of the Jovenia effect. Thus, the initial dream of the Legendaries is granted, and the inhabitants of the two worlds return to their adult size.

#### 1 Year after the end of Jovenia

A year later, in the city of Oroban, under reconstruction, the Legendaries attend the celebration of the first birth since the Jovénia Accident in a tavern. However, robbers, the Eskadros brothers, enter and seize the baby, believing that it will bring them a lot of money. Razzia recovers the young child, returns it to its mother, while the Legendaries massacre the bandits, before leaving the scene. They are caught by the mother, who asks them who they are. Danaël replies that they are the heirs of Artémus, but that she can simply call them the Legendaries.

### 4 years after the end of Jovénia

Four years after the Battle of Oroban, Gryf and Shimy have a son, Shain.

### 9 years after the end of Jovénia

Five years later, Gryf and Shimy end up going their separate ways. Following this, relations between Shain and his father are very complicated.

### 19 years after the end of Jovénia

The gods return to Alysia, 19 years after the Battle of Oroban, and cause the two moons to collide, an event called the Great Cataclysm. Many earthquakes result. The gods then lead a policy of terror, thanks to their Apostles, leading armies of Celestial Guards.

The Legendaries reunite again, traveling to Orchidia to confront Apostle Sokatar as he has just beheaded Queen Invidia. The heroes are doing well. However, when they are about to defeat their enemy, they are betrayed: Jadina sides with him and defeats the heroes, leaving only Razzia who thinks she is the sole survivor.