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Grady

Artwork by Kawano Junko

Physical Information

Race

Human

Gender

Male

Birth Date

427

Age

31 (S1)

Meta Information

Appearances

Suikoden

Grady (グレィディ, Gureidei) is a minor antagonist in Suikoden. The military commander of Rockland, Grady steals the money collected from Rockland's taxes and keeps it for himself.

History

Ah! Welcome, welcome, friends of the Imperial Guard. What brings you to our humble country town?

— Grady

Grady served as the corrupt military commander of Rockland, where he engaged in embezzlement by withholding the town's taxes for personal gain. He was also more than willing to use his underlings to drive away any complaining villagers. This unethical behavior caught the attention of Kraze Miles, who dispatched the Imperial Guard to investigate Rockland's tax issues.

Upon the arrival of the Imperial Guard members, Grady deceitfully blamed the lack of tax collection on the Mt. Seifu bandits, alleging that their pillaging activities hindered him from carrying out tax collection. In truth, it was Grady himself who was pilfering the tax money for his own benefit.

Despite the Imperial Guard's primary mission being unrelated to the capture of bandits, they took it upon themselves to apprehend Varkas and Sydonia, the leaders of the Mt. Seifu Bandits, and presented them to Grady as the supposed culprits. Grady promptly imprisoned Varkas and Sydonia, ignoring their protests of innocence and accusing them of being the tax thieves.

In a cunning move, Grady offered the Imperial Guard assistant commander Kanaan a cash bribe as a show of gratitude, falsely claiming it was a gift from the townspeople for their services. After the Imperial Guard left, Grady revealed his true intentions by cruelly binding Varkas and Sydonia to stakes outside his mansion, intending to let them starve to death.

Following their escape to Lenankamp, upon learning of Grady's heartless treatment of the captives, the hero and his party took it upon themselves to aid the Toran Liberation Army in rescuing Varkas and Sydonia. With a diversion provided by Viktor, the group managed to free the bandits and intimidate Grady before making their escape.

As the war neared its end, Grady fled from his position as the military commander of Rockland, much to the relief and delight of the town's inhabitants.

Gallery

Suikoden artwork by Kawano Junko

Trivia

Grady is unusual in that he is one of two characters with official artwork released, but no window portrait. The other one is the Chief of the Elves.

Other languages and releases

Japanese katakana	グレィディ
Japanese rōmaji	Gureidi
Chinese simplified (HDR)	古雷迪
Chinese traditional (HDR)	古雷迪
Chinese pinyin	Gǔ léi dí

English	Grady
French	Grady
German	Grady
Italian	Grady
Spanish	Grady

References

Genso Suikoden Encyclopaedia (ISBN 4-575-16297-3), pages 88-9
Genso Suikoden 108 Stars Character Guide (ISBN 4-7753-0050-4), page 156
Genso Suikoden Kiwami Encyclopedia, page 46

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+'''Grady''' (グレィディ, ''Gureidei'') is a minor antagonist in [[Suikoden]]. The military commander of [[Rockland]], Grady steals the money collected from [[Rockland]]'s taxes and keeps it for himself.
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-}}'''Grady''' (グレィディ, ''Gureidei'') is a minor antagonist in [[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]]. The former military commander of [[Rockland]], Grady stole the money collected from [[Rockland]]'s taxes and kept it for himself.
-==Biography==
+==History==
-===Suikoden===
+{{quote| Ah! Welcome, welcome, friends of the Imperial Guard. What brings you to our humble country town? | Grady }}
-{{quote| Humph. Looks like you're doing very well here. | Kanaan}}
-The corrupt former military commander of [[Rockland]], Grady took Rockland's taxes and kept them from himself. Eventually, [[Kraze Miles]] noticed that Rockland was not paying its taxes and sent the [[Imperial Guard]] in order to investigate the reason behind Rockland's tax woes. When a party of Imperial Guard members arrived, Grady placed the blame for the taxes on the Mt. Seifu bandits, claiming that bandit pillages had kept him from being able to collect taxes<ref>"You see, some bandits have settled on nearby Mt. Seifu, and have been pillaging the local villages. That's why we've been unable to collect taxes and deliver them to you." - Grady ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. Though it was not their mission to do so, the Imperial Guard members went to [[Mt. Seifu]] and brought back [[Varkas]] and [[Sydonia]], the leaders of the Mt. Seifu Bandits. Upon hearing of this, Grady immediately imprisoned the two<ref>"We'll place them in this dungeon here." - Grady ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>, despite Varkas' protest that they were innocent and that it was Grady himself who was the tax thief<ref>"What do you mean, tax thieves? You're the tax thief!" - Varkas ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. Grady thanked the Imperial Guard for their service, and gave them a cash prize, claiming it to be a gift from the townspeople<ref>"Please take this. A small gift from the villagers." - Grady ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. Later, after the Imperial Guard left, Grady bound the men upon stakes outside his mansion, waiting for the two to starve to death.
+[[File:Grady displays the common touch.png|thumb|left|220px|Man, why we do keep electing this guy? Oh right, autocracy.]]
+Grady served as the corrupt military commander of [[Rockland]], where he engaged in embezzlement by withholding the town's taxes for personal gain. He was also more than willing to use his underlings to drive away any complaining villagers. This unethical behavior caught the attention of [[Kraze Miles]], who dispatched the [[Imperial Guard]] to investigate Rockland's tax issues.
-Eventually, however, [[Hero (Suikoden)]] and his party, some of the members of the Imperial Guard who had captured Varkas and Sydonia, learned how cruelly Grady was treating the two men<ref>"Outrageous! Execution without trial! Even by Imperial Law, that's illegal." - Cleo ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref> and, feeling that they were responsible for this<ref>"It's our fault." - Tir McDohl ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>, the group vowed to help the [[Toran Liberation Army]] rescue them. Thanks to a fiery distraction from [[Viktor]], the group was able to free the thieves. Grady would flee his position toward the end of the war, much to the delight of his subjects<ref>"Grady ran away, and hasn't been seen since. Good riddance." - Villager ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>.
+Upon the arrival of the Imperial Guard members, Grady deceitfully blamed the lack of tax collection on the [[Mt. Seifu]] bandits, alleging that their pillaging activities hindered him from carrying out tax collection. In truth, it was Grady himself who was pilfering the tax money for his own benefit.
+Despite the Imperial Guard's primary mission being unrelated to the capture of bandits, they took it upon themselves to apprehend [[Varkas]] and [[Sydonia]], the leaders of the Mt. Seifu Bandits, and presented them to Grady as the supposed culprits. Grady promptly imprisoned Varkas and Sydonia, ignoring their protests of innocence and accusing them of being the tax thieves.
+In a cunning move, Grady offered the Imperial Guard assistant commander [[Kanaan]] a cash bribe as a show of gratitude, falsely claiming it was a gift from the townspeople for their services. After the Imperial Guard left, Grady revealed his true intentions by cruelly binding Varkas and Sydonia to stakes outside his mansion, intending to let them starve to death.
+Following their escape to [[Lenankamp]], upon learning of Grady's heartless treatment of the captives, the [[Hero (Suikoden)|hero]] and his party took it upon themselves to aid the [[Toran Liberation Army]] in rescuing Varkas and Sydonia. With a diversion provided by [[Viktor]], the group managed to free the bandits and intimidate Grady before making their escape.
+As the war neared its end, Grady fled from his position as the military commander of Rockland, much to the relief and delight of the town's inhabitants.
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>
+File:Grady (S1 character art).png|[[Suikoden]] artwork by [[Kawano Junko]]
+</gallery>
 ==Trivia==
-* Grady is one of the few characters to have official artwork released, but not to have an in-game portrait.
+* Grady is unusual in that he is one of two characters with official artwork released, but no window portrait. The other one is the [[Chief of the Elves]].
+==Other languages and releases==
+{{flex}}
+{{Other Names}}
+{{Other Names row|Japanese katakana|グレィディ}}
+{{Other Names row|Japanese rōmaji|Gureidi}}
+{{Other Names row|Chinese simplified (HDR)|古雷迪}}
+{{Other Names row|Chinese traditional (HDR)|古雷迪}}
+{{Other Names row|Chinese pinyin|Gǔ léi dí}}
+{{Other Names footer}}
+{{Other Names}}
+{{Other Names row|English|Grady}}
+{{Other Names row|French|Grady}}
+{{Other Names row|German|Grady}}
+{{Other Names row|Italian|Grady}}
+{{Other Names row|Spanish|Grady}}
+{{Other Names footer}}
+</div>
 ==References==
-<references/>
+# [[Genso Suikoden Encyclopaedia]] (ISBN 4-575-16297-3), pages 88-9
+# [[Genso Suikoden 108 Stars Character Guide]] (ISBN 4-7753-0050-4), page 156
+# [[Genso Suikoden Kiwami Encyclopedia]], page 46
-{{Top icons
+{{Navbox S1 characters}} {{Short description|Military commander of Rockland}}
-|Suikoden= yes
-}}
-{{Suikoden}}