Gra

Gra

Capital Gra Bastion Government Monarchy Continent Archanea

The Kingdom of Gra (Japanese: グラ Gra) was a small island nation of the Archanea continent, situated in the west between Khadein on the mainland to the north and Dolhr on the large landmass to the south, and neighboring the similarly-sized Altea to the west. The nation was relatively young, existing only for 70 years.

Gra was formed in the year 537. Originally part of the territory of Altea, an inheritance dispute following the death of Altea's King Anri caused a schism in the nobility of Altea; the ascension of Anri's brother Marcelus prompted a faction of Altean nobles dissatisfied with Marcelus to secede from Altea, establishing Gra on the eastern of the two islands of Altea. Despite the circumstances of its formation, Gra remained a close ally of Altea throughout much of its existence.

When the War of Shadows came, the armies of Altea and Gra gathered at Fort Menedy, on the land-bridges between Gra and the Archanean mainland, to combat the encroaching forces of Grust; meanwhile, while Altea's army was off to war, Gra maintained a garrison protecting Altea. However, in the midst of battle, Gra's King Jiol betrayed Altea, and the surprise attack from Gra combined with the offensive from Grust overwhelmed and destroyed the Altean army. From there, Gra led the offensive in conquering Altea Castle and pursuing Marth, Altea's fleeing prince. For the rest of the War of Shadows, Gra played only a minor role in events, apparently considered unimportant by the countries in alliance with Dolhr, and eventually fell to the united Archanean League army under the command of Marth.

Afterward, the remains of Gra were entrusted to Sheena, daughter of the late Jiol. During the War of Heroes, Emperor Hardin pressured Sheena into allying with Archanea, and so effectively controlled the country by virtue of his far more powerful soldiers outnumbering the young and weak remnants of Gra's army. When Marth returned to Gra late in the war, he avoided attacking the fledgling Gra soldiers while eliminating the Archanean occupation, earning Sheena's trust and prompting her to restore the country's alliance with Altea. In the aftermath of the war, Sheena entrusted the country to Marth, and so it became part of the Unified Kingdom of Archanea under Marth's rule.

Characters from Gra

Character	Description	Appears in
Jiol	King of Gra as of the War of Shadows. Betrayed Altea on the advice of Gharnef.	Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, Mystery of the Emblem, Shadow Dragon
Sheena	Jiol's only child, left in charge of Gra by Hardin.	Mystery of the Emblem, New Mystery of the Emblem
Captain	A nameless Captain of Gra who arranged a trap for the young Marth near the beginning of the War of Shadows.	Shadow Dragon
Samson	An Altean mercenary and gladiator hired by Sheena as a bodyguard.	Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, Mystery of the Emblem, Shadow Dragon, New Mystery of the Emblem

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
New Mystery of the Emblem	--	元はアリティアの兄弟国。暗黒戦争ではアリティアを裏切って ドルーアに与したが滅亡し、今はアカネイアの統治下にある。

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Gra	Used in Shadow Dragon.
Japanese	グラ	Officially romanized as Gra.
Spanish	Gra	As above
French	Garr	Used in Shadow Dragon and Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, among the choices for the player's country in their profile card for the latter.
German	Gra	As above
Italian	Gra	As above
Portuguese (Brazil)	Gra	From the epithet of Sheena: Princess of Gra in Heroes.
Korean	그라	Gra; Used in Fates and Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, among the choices for the player's country in their profile card.
Traditional Chinese	格拉	Gra; used in Heroes.