Greygnarl

Greygnarl is a boss and character in Dragon Quest IX. Known as the Hero of the Heavens, he is a dragon that lives high atop Upover at the summit of the Magmaroo volcano.

Dragon Quest monster Greygnarl Japanese グレイナル Romaji Gureinaru Translation Greygnarl First appearance Dragon Quest IX Variants Barbarus Abyssal dragon

Greygnarl has gone on to appear in several spinoff games both as a boss and as a recruitable monster.

Appearances

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Three hundred years before the events of Dragon Quest IX, Greygnarl helped bring about the fall of the Gittish Empire by defeating the black dragon Barbarus. When the Hero reaches the summit of Magmaroo to seek assistance from Greygnarl, the dragon mistakenly believes the hero to be a Gittish warrior come to slay him and attacks them. Greygnarl sacrifices himself to stop the attack by Barbarus targeting the village of Upover.

Greygnarl (story boss) (グレイナル, Gureinaru) Defeated Monster List No. : #269

Image Attributes Family HP MP EXP Gold Attack Defence Agility Dragon & Floating 2,280 50 15,500 0 188 214 145

Resistances Fire Ice Wind Blast Earth Dark Light Drain Magic Whack Dazzle Fizzle 50% -50% 0% 0% 0% -50% 50% 0% 100% 100% 100% Confusion Paralysis Sleep Poison Stun Blunt Deceleratle Sap Spooky Aura Charm 100% 100% 100% 100% 75% 100% 50% 50% 25% 100%

Additional information Spells Skills Locations Dropped items None Flame Breath Claw Slash (125% damage) Blessed Breath Terrible Lightning Magmaroo Dragon scale (100%) Description One-time hero of the skies who watched over the world from up over Upover. Not too fond of Celestrians for some reason. This lizard lord of light chased the Empire out of Upover three hundred years ago, and they've never forgotten the slight.

Greygnarl (grotto boss) (グレイナル, Gureinaru) Defeated Monster List No. : #294

Image Attributes Family HP MP EXP Gold Attack Defence Agility Dragon & Floating 7,400 ∞ 80,000 2,392 478 478 252

Resistances Fire Ice Wind Blast Earth Dark Light Drain Magic Whack Dazzle Fizzle 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% -100% 25% 0% 100% 90% 100% Confusion Paralysis Sleep Poison Stun Blunt Deceleratle Sap Spooky Aura Charm 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 90% 50% 90% 50% 95%

Additional information Spells Skills Locations Dropped items Magic Burst Acts thrice per turn Raging Roar Apocalyptic Lightning Disruptive Wave Blessed Breath Blood of the Berserker Evil Prayer (after casting Magic Burst) Grotto (rank 10-12; suffix: Dread, Hurt, Gloom, Doom, Evil, Ruin, Death) Yggdrasil leaf1⁄64 Orichalcum1⁄128 Dragonlord's map (2%, cannot be stolen) Description The hero of the skies, back from the dead after his supposed slaying, and more mind-blowingly mighty than ever. It was Barbarus the dark who brought back Greygnarl the light, his second brother after Styrmling the sacred.

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Greygnarl (グレイナル, Gureinaru) Monsterpedia No.: #128

Icon Attributes Family Rank Max HP Max MP Max Attack Max Defence Max Agility Max Wisdom S 1,360 280 570 470 500 570 Talents Traits Large-size exclusive traits Dropped items Greygnarl (lv. 1) Zapmeister (lv. 1) Ultra Crafty Magic Drainer (lv. 20) Absorbent Touch (lv. 40) Tactical Commander (lv. 1) Last Gasp (lv. 1) Rando-Oomph (lv. 60) N/A

Resistances Fire * Water * Explosion * Wind * Earth * Ice * Electricity * Light * Dark * Antimagic * 50% -25% 50% 50% -25% -25% 50% 25% 0% 0% Bedazzlement * Confusion * Debilitation * MP Absorption * Paralysis * Poison * Sleep * Stun * Instant Death * 50% 0% 0% 0% 25% -25% 0% 50% 50%

Additional information Description This famed dragon of light did battle with the darkness in ancient times, earning the moniker 'hero of the skies'. These days he likes to take the shape of an old man and while away the hours in happy idleness. Location This monster has no natural habitat

Synthesis Breeding chart X Notable fusions X =

Dragon Quest Tact

Greygnarl appears as a S-rank member of the Dragon family as part of the original Dragon Quest IX event, appearing on his own banner alongside Axolhotl. He can participate in Stella's Battle Road as a party member. As of the most recent update in the Japanese version, he can be recruited from any banner, including the Regular SP Scout.

Greygnarl (グレイナル)

Image Attributes Role Max level HP MP Move Attack 140 1,498 514 2-3 Attack Defence Agility Wisdom Weight 316 587 498 211 50 Resistances Frizz Sizz Crack Woosh Bang Normal Very Weak Half Res Normal Normal Zap Zam Snooze Poison Physical Lock Half Res Very Weak Normal Super Weak Normal Spell Lock Martial Lock Breath Lock Hobble * Stun * Normal Normal Half Res Normal Normal Dazzle Curse Paralysis Confusion Charm Normal Normal Half Res Immune Super Weak Skills Basic skills Awakening skills Stack Breath Conflagrator Globe (Level 36) Fulmination Breath (Level 54) Blood of the Berserker Stats Up Crack Res +25 Stats up Fire Water Restores MP and greatly raises Breath potency/effects for 3 turns at the start of Turn 3. Fulmination Breath Potency +5% Stats up Zap Res +25 Stats up Dragon Scale Heals the user's HP when attacked by enemy. Fulmination Breath Potency +5% Stats up Perks Basic perks Hero of the Heavens: Action start on odd turns until turn 10: Grants all allies Zapforce in a 5x5 area including self for 3 turns (self: 4 turns). Max HP +30 AGL +20 Leader perk Raises Zap-type breath potency for all allies, including himself, by 20% in a 5x5 square around him. Awakening perk Blood of the Berserker: Raises Move by 1 and raises breath potency by 20%.

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Dragris	From the Spanish dragón and gris.
Français	Grizius	From the French gris and the suffix -ius.
Deutsch	Graugnarz	From the German Grau and the verb knarren.
Italiano	Dragriphon	From the Italian drago, grigio, and gryphon.
中文	格雷纳尔	Transliteration of the Japanese name Gureinaru.

Trivia

• The war between Greygnarl and Barbarus seems to be originate from a legend about Heilong River (River of Black Dragon); however, the colour of evil and good dragons have been switched.
• The name "Greygnarl" indicates his colour, as well as his age.
• If you look carefully at Greygnarl in Joker 2, someone wearing the Dragon Warrior armour is riding him. It is most likely a reference to the Hero of Dragon Quest IX.
• It should be noted that before Greygnarl is fought as a grotto boss he mentions something about "Styrmling" being the third dragon (the first two being himself and Barbarus). This could possibly be similar to "Stellestria" where as the conductor had a past life as something different.

Gallery

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  Dragon Quest IX alternate art
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  Monsters: Joker 2 official art
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  Rivals artwork.
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  Greygnarl in Tact
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  Axolhotl and Greygnarl in Tact