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“There's an audience in place! Gotta let 'em see my face!”
—Ghauri
, Azure Striker Gunvolt 2
Ghauri "The Prism Master" is a member of Eden's "The Seven" possessing the rank of Knight, and one of the antagonists of Azure Striker Gunvolt 2, appearing as the boss of the mission Prism (Prism Highway) in Copen's story route and Crossroads (Prism Highway) in Gunvolt's story route.
A former street dancer with an odd habit of speaking in rhymes, he attempts to combine his Septima with his dance moves to create a true spectacle. He is an Adept with the Septima Prism Cataclysm, which allows him to generate and control crystals at will.
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His “Prism Cataclysm” Septima allows him to create crystals at will. A former street dancer, his constantly amped up, upbeat attitude is quite infectious within Eden. For better or worse, he will speak in rhymes, to the point where a sentence will lose its meaning just so he can complete a successful rhyme.
If he coats the ground with a crystalline material, he can glide along the surface like a roller skating rink. He’s currently working day and night on combining the powers of his crystal generation septima with a hot new original dance.[3]
水晶を自在に生成できる“プリズム”の能力者。
元ストリートダンサーで、
ノリのいいエデン内のムードメーカー。
彼の言葉はグルーヴ感に溢れ、
常にリズムを刻んでいる。
水晶でコーティングした路面上であれば、
さながらスケートのような滑走が可能。
現在は自身の第七波動を
オリジナルのダンスに組み込めないかと
日夜研鑽に励んでいる。[4]
Appearance
Ghauri is a teenager with cyan eyes and somewhat long purple hair. He wears a white short sleeved shirt, a small white-purple sleeveless jacket, blue jeans with lighter blue knees, and white shoes with purple highlights. He also has two purple straps hooked onto his jeans, a black belt with a silver buckle, a black and silver pair of goggles on his forehead, black wristbands, and a black necklace with a silver spearhead pendant.
In his Grimoired form, Ghauri gains much longer, slightly lighter purple hair, and black eyes with purple irises. He is covered in black and white armor, with purple highlights, with large purple crystals sprouting from his knees. His feet also resemble high heels. Ghauri also becomes noticeably taller.
Gallery
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Personality
Compared to some of the more serious and darker members of The Seven, Ghauri is a considerably more light-hearted character, extremely cocky and outgoing. His extreme self-confidence borders on outright arrogance, and, as a result of his days as a street dancer, is a dedicated crowd-pleaser, at one point reversing his Grimoired transformation while being chased by someone out to kill him just so he could show off his true face. However, despite his near obnoxious ego, his upbeat, infectious charm makes it hard to actually hate him.
A former street dancer, his speech is riddled with street slang, and is always rhyming his sentences, which more often than not are more English than Japanese. As a result of this, very little of what he says actually makes sense, though Ghauri doesn't seem to care so long as he can continue a successful rhythm, making it extremely difficult to understand what he actually means, at some points just saying complete nonsense. In battle, he speaks in practically nothing but English phrases and slang, and dances around the battlefield as he tosses prisms everywhere.
Despite his casual, cheerful attitude though, he does show the same hatred towards non-adepts that other Eden members show, describing them as "parasitic", and blaming them for the current chaotic state of the world.
History
Background
Born in America, Ghauri received professional education in figure skating during his childhood. However, during that time period, a movement against Adepts grew support, preventing him from becoming an official skater.
Instead, making use of his agility, he became a street dancer, and developed a dance squad with other Adepts. Their performances, which often mixed in their septimal powers, became well known, however, mistrust of Adepts grew stronger, until one day, when the team was meant to perform at a tournament, the organizers cancelled their performance.
Despite his team's woes, Ghauri performed them an inspirational, improvised rap, which got his team their confidence back, as well as spawning his current speech pattern. Thus, they once more began expanding their performance scope.
However, they continued to receive discrimination, especially from non-adept dance squads, due to the unique nature of their performance. Eventually, an incident with a rival team resulted in Ghauri's squad leader being seriously injured. Despite Ghauri's efforts to keep the team together, the other members lost their passion, and the team disbanded.
That's when Tenjian, a frequent spectator to the team's performances, approached Ghauri with the offer to join Eden as one of its "knights", an offer he accepted.
His passion for dancing still strong, Ghauri now works without rest to merge his dancing and his Septima, Prism Cataclysm, in order to ascend to a higher plane of dance.[2]
Eden's Party
Ghauri is mentioned to be on a mission alongside Milas and Teseo, and is thus absent from the CD's events.
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2
Copen route
Prism (Prism Highway)
Some time after Eden obtained the power of the Muse, Ghauri leads a large squad to attack and destroy a highway. In his grimoired form, he speeds ahead, leaving a trail of destruction behind him, but he is soon tracked down by Copen, who catches up with him on a motorcycle driven by his maid Nori. He unsuccessfully tries to shake them off, before dashing ahead to escape.
Copen quickly reaches him, and is confused to see Ghauri in his normal form. The latter states that he has to let them see his true face, before using his Grimoire to transform again and engaging Copen in battle. During the fight, Ghauri shows his dislike for the "parasite" that is humanity. Copen counters this by saying only humanity can judge itself, but Ghauri just criticizes him for his lack of "flow". Eventually, Ghauri's rhythms get on Copen's nerves, who promptly defeats and kills him, taking his mirror shard.
In Clockwork Daydream, when Copen retrieves the fifth mirror shard the sirens in Prism Highway can be heard in the background, indicating that in it Ghauri was killed after Tenjian, Desna, and Asroc.
Savior (The Garden 3)
At some point, a copy of Ghauri, alongside the other members of The Seven, is created by Zonda with her Mirror septima. He, along with Tenjian, Desna, and Asroc, await Copen as he attempts to reach Zonda. When he encounters Ghauri again, the former greets him with even more rhyming, now more confusing than ever, which at this point have begun to drive Copen mad with their absurdity. Despite this, Ghauri's copy is beaten, and Copen carries on to Zonda.
Zonda later summons an illusion of The Seven to assist her in her battle against Copen, Ghauri among them.
Gunvolt route
Crossroads (Prism Highway)
After Gunvolt defeats four members of The Seven, Ghauri and fellow knight Asroc both break into Copen's house and kidnaps Mytyl, destroying a highway on their way out. Copen confronts them, but Asroc refuses to hand her over, saying she has a role to play in their plans. Ghauri then apologizes on behalf of his "wingman" for his arrogance, but reassures him that his sister is in good hands, in rhyme of course, which only infuriates Copen even more.
Asroc then leaves Ghauri to take care of Copen, when Gunvolt suddenly rushes onto the scene, demanding the mirror shard, much to Ghauri's confusion. Copen then leaves to pursue Asroc, leaving Gunvolt to deal with Ghauri, who launches into a rhyming speech before attacking Gunvolt, who quickly becomes annoyed with his speech.
During the fight, Ghauri asks how Gunvolt can "roll his soul with human trolls", stating they made the world hell. Gunvolt replies that he wouldn't let Eden decided his fate, and that people like Ghauri and Eden are even worse. Eventually, Ghauri is killed, and his Mirror shard is taken.
Other Appearances
Mighty Gunvolt Burst
Desna makes a cameo as collectible pixel sticker #44 in Mighty Gunvolt Burst. One of Aviator's attacks resembles Ghauri's Prism Shoot skill, and coinciding with this, Ghauri's pixel sticker is a Radio Tower stage completion reward.
Powers and Abilities
As a human attuned to the Septimal stage of the Lifewave and a member of The Seven, Ghauri is a powerful Adept who can harness the Prism Cataclysm Septima, which allows him to generate and control crystals of various shapes and sizes at will. Ghauri normally does this by generating a light in his hand which forms the crystal. The crystals are extremely tough, far more so than normal crystals, and can withstand all manner of attacks save for Copen's Twintail Bunkers.
In his normal form, it requires a lot of effort for Ghauri to generate crystals bigger than himself or outside of a five meter radius. With the power of a Grimoire however, his radius and size both increase exponentially. The crystals can also refract and condense light into deadly lasers, due to Ghauri's own willpower.
Ghauri can also coat the ground in crystals, allowing him to skate along the ground as if he was on ice. The crystals also seem to have some power over technology as in Copen's stage, he faces a Sumeragi Spyder unit coated in crystals. Upon receiving a Grimoire, his power grows to the point that he's able to completely destroy a highway. Owing to his former career as a street dancer, Ghauri is incredibly agile, combining his powers with his agility for graceful attacks.
Boss Battle Skills
Medium Boss Battle
| Skill | Description |
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(トルネードボム)[5] |
A spin jump that generates an column of crystal balls which fly at you. The crystal balls can be destroyed via Flashfield or shooting. |
(プリズムストライク)[5] |
Ghauri conjures a medium-sized crystal and kicks it forward. The crystal deflects Copen's lasers and blocks Gunvolt's darts. |
| When Ghauri reaches a gap in the highway, he conjures a trail of spiked crystal balls which remain in place. They cannot be destroyed, only dodged by jumping. |
Boss Battle
| Skill | Description |
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(トルネードボム)[5] |
Similar to the medium boss version, except Ghauri will dash off-screen and then return to perform the attack, jumping in the air while halfway across the arena to create an arc of crystal balls. |
(プリズムシュート)[5] |
An attack where a small prism is shot by a kick. The prism itself can also block your shots, and sticks to the air in front of you if it hits.
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(プリズムストライク)[5] |
Same as the medium boss attack, except Ghauri will stop using it from phase 2 onwards. |
(プリズムブレイク)[5] |
Ghauri starts using this attack phase 2 onwards. He summons a massive prism and smashes it with a kick, causing the pieces to rain down. The smashed fragments are pretty hard to dodge. |
(プリズムプリズマプリズン, Prism Prisma Prison) |
Ghauri’s Special Skill. It's an attack that drops 3 prismatic pillars and traps the player within them. The prism pillars launch lasers that become refracted diagonally upwards or downwards. The pillars themselves become vulnerable where they launch lasers, so a good volley there can crumble them. Alternatively, while playing as Copen, the player can use the Broad Circuit Special Weapon at the right time to easily break all three pillars at once. If any pillars are still standing, Ghauri smashes them in a pair of flying kicks, then followed by a spin to smash it's lower part. |
Boss Battle Voices
| Event | English | Romaji | Japanese |
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| Transform | HEY YO! CHECK IT OUT! HELL! | ||
| Tornado Bomb | DO OR DIE! | ||
| Prism Shoot | PRISM! KICK! | ||
| Prism Strike | OHHH! SCREW YOU! | ||
| Prism Break | OHHH! BREAKING! | ||
| Poetry Slam | UP YOURS... POETRY SLAM! BLING BLING... LET'S DANCE... BUCKLE UP! | ||
| 1st Phase Down | Time to amp up the vibes! | VIBES agete kuze! | VIBES上げてくぜ！ |
| 2nd Phase Down | That's a thug response... | THUG na RESPONSE da... | THUGなRESPONSEだ…… |
| Defeated | Ow...! The magic... It's fading... | Itaaa! Mahou ga… tokeru… | 痛ッツ！ 魔法が……解ける…… |
Special Skill Chants
Poetry Slam:
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English
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Japanese
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English fan translation
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Korean (with Eng tl)
Prism glitters bright
Forming such bewitching bonds
From which none may flee
POETRY SLAM
心踊らす煌きのプリズム
聳え立つよう並ぶプリズマ
逃げ得られないプリズン
A sparkling prism that makes my heart dance
Aligned prisma seem to tower over me
A prison from which you can’t escape
PRISM PRISMA PRISON
가슴을 요동치게 하는 눈부신 프리즘,
하늘을 향해 늘어선 프리즈마,
도망칠 수 없는 이곳은 프리즌.
Hearts racing fast with the flashing PRISMS,
with the sky-rising, towering PRISMA,
nobody breaks free from this PRISON!
PRISM PRISMA PRISON
Quotes
"Welcome to this hellish gate! I see that you didn't wait. But you can't escape fate so for you it's now checkmate!"
—Ghauri, being pursued by Copen and Nori
"Have a ball down this hall! One more step to your big fall!
—Ghauri, after being defeated in the pursue section
"The parasitic arthritic thinks he's a critic! Such pathetic aesthetic must be in your genetics! So get ready for judging, 'cause I ain't sympathetic."
—Ghauri, responding to Copen's criticism
"Yo mac! I'm back on the attack like a whack flap jak! You're on my turf, so it's time to get nerfed!"
—Ghauri, after being revived
"Crack pack flack in a back sack! Quack quack?"
—Ghauri, making no sense
"It upsets, but cool your jets before it leads to regrets! Sorry 'bout my wingman. He thinks he's the king, man."
—Ghauri, apologizing for Asroc's behaviour
"All right. Tight! I can work with this all night. Yer pal didn't like my moves, so it behooves that you improve."
—Ghauri, preaching to Gunvolt
"Where's the moves? Or the rhymes? Lacking both is a crime! So let's you and me dance until we chance to break the trance. By which I mean I'm gonna kick you in the pants!"
—Ghauri, about to face Gunvolt
Designer Comments
Source: Armed Blue: Gunvolt Official Complete Works
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English fan translation
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Japanese
When working on Ghauri’s designs, there was a very brief period in which he was riding in a bike. The goggles are a leftover from that (idea).
--Yoshitaka Hatakeyama
When I made the drafts there was no “setting” at all. Cinderella had glass shoes so… I could make use of it. I thought of him as a boss who used the feet and bluntly added crystal boots. The high heels and the big knees are my own taste. I also was fixated on doing lines I didn’t do when the previous game. Ghauri’s feet worked as a base for each boss’ strong portion or portions they have confidence on (?). They served as a guideline within myself for future designs. I also liked the idea of having him control time but, due to some reasons, it was discarded…
--Munehiro Araki
ガウリはデザインを詰めていく中で、バイクに乗るという設定があった時期が一瞬あり、ゴーグルをつけてるのはその名残でもあります。
--畠山義崇
案出ししている段階では特に設定がなかったので、やはりシンデレラといえばガラス靴...使わない手はない、ということで自分で勝手に足技を使うボスと決めて直球で結晶体のブーツにしました。ハイヒールと大きな膝は個人的な趣味もありますが、前作でやっていないラインを目指したくてこだわって入れております。
ガウリの脚をベースに、各ボスの強い部分というか自身のある部分（？）を大きくするというのが、のちのデザインにおいて僕の中で指針になりました。
時間操作ネタも結構好きだったんですが、諸事情でボツに...
--荒木宗弘
Musical Themes
| Title | Context | Composer | Audio |
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| The Glowing Prism, the Collapsing Rhythm (煌めく |
Prism (Prism Highway) stage theme | Ryo Kawakami |
The theme's melody is intended to express Ghauri's "rap-speak and very high mood" traits.[6]
Trivia
- As part of the Eden top members being based on classical fairy tales, Ghauri is based on Cinderella.
- Ghauri's death phrase "The magic...it's vanishing..." is a reference to the story, as is Gunvolt's line "Oversurge! Azure Striker! Let the clock strike twelve" said when fighting Ghauri.
- As a callback to earlier story drafts, The Seven are all named after missiles.[7] Ghauri is named after the Hatf-5 Ghauri-I, a Pakistani ballistic missile.
- In the Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 Halloween wallpaper, Ghauri dressed in pop superstar Michael Jackson's famous Thriller attire.
Time Adept concept
- The "certain reasons" the concept of Ghauri having a time Septima was scrapped have never been disclosed, but it is often speculated by fans that one reason may be that it was decided to give Xiao a time-related ability (unconfirmed) based on Xiao's prominent time motifs.
- In Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2, Hail is a time-stopping figure skater. When Copen defeats her and gains the time-slowing and -stopping EX Weapon Cryo-Flash, the concept of a time Adept potentially existing in the iX1 world is discussed, but he claims he's never heard of one.
- In the English script, Teseo mentions Ghauri in a hashtag when the former makes a rhyme during his boss fight.
- In the Japanese version, Ghauri has a habit of randomly inserting English into his Japanese speech, especially in his rhymes, usually speaking at least one English word per sentence.
- This has the unintentional effect of making the localization changes in the game's script extremely noticeable, especially when Ghauri speaks full sentences in English.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 3DS Striker Pack limited edition height chart
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dengeki Nintendo magazine and Armed Blue: Gunvolt Official Complete Works, Ghauri's profile
- ↑ English site profile
- ↑ Japanese site profile
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 4gamer.net article about Teseo and Ghauri
- ↑ Gunvolt 2 OST, sound designer Ryo Kawakami's comment
- ↑ Gunvolt Official Complete Works staff interview
