"Weaponed
to teeth"
The
Grappler Real
name : Ruan Lightbringer
Smiling
over unknown monster.
Imaginary scene - kicking Marquis the pervert.
Together
with the Creature Keeper.
Clan :
White Patched Butterfly
Gender : Female
Age : 13
Height : 1 48 cm
Weight : 41 kg
Hair : Green
Eyes : Blue
Wings : See the drawings.
Role : A fairy who fights in world of 600 years back. An elder sister to the
Creature Keeper.
In Japanese calls herself as : ore (in katakana)
Nickname invented by Dreamdiver Ginji : Mincemeat butcher
Example of speeches :
"Shut up! Drop dead!"
Special technique :
Hand-blade/foot-blade/head-blade/hip-blade
The grappler endows her body with magic to turn it into killing tool.
The
Grappler is the fairy who fights Minions of Muscle in the world 600 years
earlier. The Grappler is a master of enchanted martial art, and uses every part
of her body to smash down her enemies. The grappler habitually smiles wistfully
with her teeth exposed. The Grappler uses coarse language, favoring "drop
dead!" term.
After beating Minions of Muscle who raided her village all by sudden, she began
her quest, together with her twin sister the Creature Keeper she dragged out
forcibly, to destroy Marquis de Hentai, the enemy she assumed to be present in
her time. Later, she met Sumeragi and Silver Swallowtails and destroyed one
Minion after another, but was cornered in the end by sheer difference of
number.
In the 600-years later world, statue of the Grappler stands in Hypnotic City to
commemorate her, the hero who saved the world. Prototype deku has green hair
because Hagane wanted her dummy to liken the strength of the Grappler.
After War of the Minions was ended by sacrifice of the Grappler's sister,
Sumeragi made the Grappler first mayor of Hypnotic City that he founded over
the barren field where War of the Minions ended. The Grappler never forgot what
Sumeragi did to her sister, though. 10 years after the War, Sumeragi threw
Prototype deku (that Hagane developed) down active volcano (Mumin Glenn).
Grappler, knowing that fairies are quickly becoming short of magical power
(longevity, flying ability...), decided to bestow hope in the ever-living
Prototype Deku. The Grappler told the Prototype to someday stop whoever would
send reincarnation energy to the Keeper, then she kicked the Prototype out of
volcano. Then the Grappler herself fell into and melted to death in the hot
larva, while her green hairs were enough to delude Sumeragi that Prototype Deku
was the one melted.
About drawing :
Common with the Keeper : Two fragile golden rings wrap around each
of wrists. Shoes are primsoles, thongs wrap around shins, and knee is covered
by target plate with golden rim and red inner circle. Belt is grey. In her
back, there is a wide opening in clothing to expose wings.
Difference with the Keeper : Gloves are white. Colors of the clothes are as in
the drawings.
From designer :
The Grappler was an initial central character called Kumoko
Gluttony, thus she has largest number of graphics drawn. However, she could
hardly vie other ever-so-twisted characters, so I finally sent her to
"past". Weak personality of the Grappler as the central character is
like Misumaru Yurika in Nadesico, or Bakabon the son in Tensai Bakabon... (wry
smile)
The Grappler was meant to be strongest in close combat among all characters,
but some people like Kamako was just too great...
In ealier story, the Grappler sometimes meddled with Tamako and Kamako who
share same time axis then. But when I invented the Grappler the direction of
game was totally difference, so she was only described to be
"violent", and she never had solid information about her past and
recognizable way of speech. In another word, her character is too flat.
The Grappler is an insinuating character toward observer, so I decided to make
look her amusing by starring her seldom, like case of Laguna in Final Fantasy
8. She became nameless to "decrease thickness as personality". I hope
someday I'll be able to build detailed tales of the world 600 years earlier.