Granch
48 years ago - Granch is created by Dark Opal's sorcery, the greatest and most powerful of his monsterous soldiers.
32 years ago - 16-year-old Granch leads the forces of Dark Opal's armies as he stages a coup against House Amethsyt. Seeing the aftermath of the war he abandons his role in the army and is imprisoned.
27 years ago - 21-year-old Granch escapes from his imprisonment with the help of Citrina. He assists her in retaking the fallen House Amethyst.
17 years ago - 31-year-old Granch is sent by Citrina to save Amy Winston when she is brought back Gemworld. He teaches her how to fight and assists her on her quest to unite the noble houses of Gemworld, but sacrifices himself to protect her.
Granch's StoryWhen Amy first arrives in Gemworld she is immedately taken captive by Lord Sardonyx and is led away to be presented to Dark Opal by some monsterous thugs, but she is saved by another towering monster, Granch, who saves her from their castle and takes her to Castle Amethyst where she meets Citrina. Granch really is the very first ally Amy ever meets, we come to find that he is actually the first of the monsterous children of Dark Opal, who cannot have human children himself. Granch rejected his evil father, and as the story goes on he goes to free the other children of Dark Opal and lead them against their father. Their assault fails, sadly, and Granch is executed by his father, making Amy more determined than ever to defeat him. This actually happens fairly early in the series, before the larger supporting cast is introduced.
We are taking a slightly different angle by making Wrynn, the future Lord Mordru, the son of Dark Opal, so Granch is instead one of the monsters born of Opal's sorcery, but we still absolutely want to use him as Amy's ally and early protector. His death actually serves as sort of Uncle Ben moment for her, and we absolutely want to preserve that. |