Greygnarl

Dragon Quest monster Greygnarl
Greygnarl sprite from Dragon Quest IX Japanese Romaji '

Greygnarl (グレイナル Gureinaru)is a large gray dragon in Dragon Quest IX. He lives high atop Upover at the summit of the Magmaroo. He fought Barbarus and the Gittish Empire 300 years prior to the events of Dragon Quest IX.

Appearance

Greygnarl seems to be a (grayish) white Oriental Dragon winged with wings of a Western Dragon.

Synopsis

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• When the hero reaches the summit of Magmaroo to seek assistance from Greygnarl , he mistakenly believes the hero to be a Gittish warrior come to slay him.
• Greygnarl sacrifices himself to stop an attack by Barbarus targeting the village of Upover.
• Death? A shadow of a dragon appears after a villager in Upover offers a jar of Drunken Dragon in the ending scene.

Enemy appearances

#269 - Greygnarl
HP MP Experience Gold 2280 50 15500 0 Attack Defense Speed 188 214 145
Dropped Item
Locations
Skills	Blinding Flash
Spells
Family	Dragon
Capture Rate
Bestiary #	269
Game
Console
Japanese Name
Romanized Jap.
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.

Additional Attributes
Fire	Ice	Wind	Earth	Light	Dark
100	100	100	100	100	100
Blast	Dazzle	Sleep	Death	Drain MP	Confusion
100	0	0	0	100	0
Fizzle	Inaction	Paralyze	Poison	Charm	Magic Res
0	0	0	0	0	0
Blunt	Sap	Decelerate
0	0	0

Grotto boss

#294 - Greygnarl
HP MP Experience Gold 7400 255 80000 2392 Attack Defense Speed 478 478 252
Dropped Item
Locations
Skills	Attacks 3 times per turn, Apocalyptic Lightning, Blinding Flash, Disruptive Wave, Magic Burst, Raging Roar, Recover MP
Family	Dragon
Capture Rate
Bestiary #	294
Game
Console
Japanese Name
Romanized Jap.
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.

Additional Attributes
Fire	Ice	Wind	Earth	Light	Dark
50	150	100	100	50	150
Blast	Dazzle	Sleep	Death	Drain MP	Confusion
100	0	0	0	100	0
Fizzle	Inaction	Paralyze	Poison	Charm	Magic Res
0	0	0	0	0	75
Blunt	Sap	Decelerate
0	0	0

Trivia

• The war between Greygnarl and Barbarus seems to be originate from a legend about Heilong River (River of Black Dragon); however, the color of evil and good dragons have been switched.
• The name "Greygnarl" indicates his color, and that he is old and retired.
• If you look carefully at Greygnarl in Dragon Quest Monsters:Joker 2 someone wearing the Dragon warrior armor is riding him. It is most likely a reference to hero of Dragon Quest IX.
• it should be noted that before Greygnarl is fought as a grotto boss he mentions somthing about "Styrmling" being the third dragon (the first two being he and Barbarus).This could possibly be similar to "Stellestria" where as he had a past life as something different. Interestingly enough though this is never explored further.

References

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