GRANTH SNEZHNY -Urban Legends-
Bittercold Phase 1 - Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Specie: Nephal (Lycanoid)
Physical Description: A tall human with a scar across his chest. He has the forearms, feet, and tail of a cobalt-gray wolf, wearing a matching mask over his head. His only other clothing is a pair of black shorts lined with soft artificial white fur.
Personality: Cool, collected, but with enough brashness to react to anyone that challenges him. He thinks rather lowly of those that act without thinking. This has given him a fierce rivalry with fellow actor Kevin McBlain. He has a love for poetry, especially oriental poems and verses. It seems he found a girlfriend in the kind-hearted (and rather imaginative) rabbit-masked Sagara Larelle.
History: Part of the Animalia Acting Troupe, he was born in the far north of Siberia, Russia. There, he trained his mind, body, and soul by meditating and sparring in the cold. This has awakened a controlled power not seen in many other nephals. He eventually moved to Blitzerph, donning his wolf mask as he takes his wisdom to the stage...and the street fights.
Equipment: N/A
Abilities: Granth wields cryokinesis and aerokinesis, able to control wind, snow, and ice with ease. He is also versed in the arts of sambo and jujutsu. Unlike most nephals, though, he has harnessed the power of Fuyu Soul, allowing him to assume different stances and build psionic power. Only in "Fuyu" versions of moves does he assume his Trance, turning him into a black/blue translucent wolf during the attack.
Other: Thanks to constant training in the snow, his body can handle the intense cold. His cryokinetic abilities also let him cool off more easily in strong heat. Water sometimes accidentally freezes when he makes contact, though.
Specific Moves
- The Iceberg: A defensive stance. Pain is nullified as he stands still, focusing his energy.
- The Typhoon: A gliding stance. Hovers about in a swirling gale as he focuses his energy.
- The Feral: An all-fours stance. Rushes about on his hands and feet as he focuses his energy.
- Chill Zephyr: Sends forth a shockwave of freezing psions.
- Whipper-Wind: A palm thrust that emits a powerful burst of wind, pushing foes back.
- Whipper-Wind Fuyu: The wind pushes foes even harder.
- Cryosphere: Generates a spherical field in place, slowing foes within with intense cold.
- Cryosphere Fuyu: Creates a larger field with a greater slowing effect.
- Wolf's Breath: Sets a psionic charge in front in midair. Can then detonate it to burst with freezing power.
- Wolf's Breath Fuyu: The charge explodes in a greater radius.
- Lupine Palm: A quick, short-range palm strike. A lot of energy is packed into this.
- Backlash Gale: Swings a backhand, commanding the wind to blow toward him, bringing foes with it.
- Backlash Gale Fuyu: The luring wind covers more area.
- Cold Shock: Brings a karate chop downward, hurling a bolt of cold psions to the ground, where it bursts and splits apart into shockwaves.
- Cold Shock Fuyu: Creates bigger shockwaves on the ground.
- Lycan Screw: Leaps upward in a somersault, then cannonballs downward.
- Lycan Screw Fuyu: Surrounds self in a razor of ice psions.
- Siberian Cyclone: Style Lore. Surrounds self in a blistering-cold twister.
- Frosty Finish: Style Lore. Casts a shockwave forth to freeze his foe, then pummels him/her until the ice shatters.
- Crystal Smash: Style Lore. Strikes the ground, making walls of ice grow around.
- Diamond Dust: Legend Lore. Encases his foe in thick layers of ice. After reciting an appropriate poem, the ice's pressure intensifies until it shatters into a fine frosty dust.
Inspirations
- Wolf O'Donnell (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
- Frost Tiger (Viewtiful Joe 2)
- Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat)
- Vulcan Raven (Metal Gear Solid)
- Squigly (Skullgirls)
- Wonder-White (The Wonderful 101)
- Siberia
Trivia
- "Granth" is derived from Grant Goodeve, voice actor of Wolf O'Donnell. "Snezhnyy" is Russian for the adjective "nival", which describes plants that can grow through snow.
- As opposed to the fox-masked Kevin (who has a red color scheme), Granth has more of a blue color scheme.
- The Feral stance is similar to Jill Valentine's Feral Stance in Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
- Cold Shock is similar to a freezing attack used by Marx in Kirby Super Star.
- Lycan Screw is similar in execution to Samus Aran's Screw Attack in the side-scrolling Metroid games.
- Frosty Finish is similar to one of Sub-Zero's Fatalities in Mortal Kombat.
- He may have a "Real Soviet Damage" reference somewhere. Just not as over-the-top.