Garnet

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Garnet Grossular is a young boy with an affinity with nature. He is a distant ancestor of one of the thieves responsible for the theft of the Secret Stones five hundred years ago.

A feisty and energetic kid, he loves nature, and claims to hear messages in the wind which assumedly guide him on his quest for the Secret Stones. He believes nature holds the greatest power and could top magic and science any day, though unlike Paz and Rald, he rarely engages in such arguments. Garnet has had a rough history with politicians, what with the State being responsible for the death of his parents and destruction of his orphanage, and he blames them for ruining the peace of the kingdom. Paz is the sole recipient of this anger, and Garnet considers him to be his greatest nemesis.

His ambition is generally to achieve world peace, though how he achieves that varies - sometimes it just involves kicking Paz out of parliament, on one instance he tries to make the world happier by creating a theme park, and sometimes he just announces that world peace has been achieved and leaves it at that.

He has been friends with Thyst since they were children and the two have affections for each other, but being kids each with their own problems (Garnet's a plonker and Thyst is terminally shy) they have difficulty actually expressing this.
He hates Paz's guts and kicking him out of the kingdom is arguably his biggest goal; Paz just sees him as a juvenile nuisance.

Data

name ガーネット=グロッシュラー
Garnet Grossular
age 15才
height 160cm
weight 55kg
hobbies 高い所に登る事
Climbing to high places
month 1月生
January
Secret Stone
(所有秘石)
ガーネット
Garnet

SOURCE: Arcade attract mode (Japanese)

NAME:GARNET
SEX:MALE
BIRTH:1.JANUARY
AGE:13
MAIN STONE:GARNET
HIGHT:160cm
WEIGHT:55kg
CV:MOTOKO KUMAI
風向きが変わったな

500年前に秘石を盗んた
「盗人グロッシュラー」の
子孫。子供の頃、両親が無
実の罪により国家に捕まり
殺された後、孤児院にて暮
らすという過去を持つ。以
降、平和に暮らしていたが,
その孤児院も国家の建造物
を建てる為に取り壊される。
その為「国家゠魔法」が大
嫌いになり、国家やそれに
関わる人間に憎悪を抱いて
いる。それから国家本部に
忍び込んでは情報を盗んで
いた。その時、秘石の話と
その指令を出していた「パ
ーズ」の名を聞く。この事
から秘石を探してパーズの
野望を打ち砕き、平和な村
会を取り戻そうと誓う。性
格は明るく、ちょっとおっ
ちょこちょい。自然が好き
でウソが嫌いな少年。趣味
は高い所に登る事。

SOURCE: Puchi Carat Official Guide Book

A descendant of the thief Grossular, who stole the secret stone 500 years ago. When he was a child, his parents were arrested and killed by the state, leaving him in an orphanage. He had lived there in peace, until later on when the orphanage was demolished by the state to make way for construction.

As such, he had great animosity for the state and its magic users, and believed all states and all magic users harbored hatred for humans. He proceeded to sneak into the state headquarters to steal information. During this expedition he heard of the Secret Stones and Paz's desire to possess them. He swore to recover the stones before Paz, hoping it would shatter his ambition and restore peace to the kingdom.

He has a positive personality, although he's a little scatterbrained. A fan of nature; hates lies. His hobby is to climb to high places.

(translation)

0~7才:シザーズ市にて生まれる。シストとは5才の頃からの幼なじみ。
7才:両親が無実の罪で、国家の人間により殺害されその後、ガーネットは孤児院へ。
7~11才:孤児院にて暮らす。その後、国家の建造物を建てる為に孤児院が壊される。
これらの国家との出来事があり、国家への復讐心を持つ様になる。
11才:放浪の旅に出る。その際、国家と対立する地下組織の人間と知り合い、地下組織「グロッシュラー 」に入部する。
12才:秘石「ガーネット」を手に入れる。
13才:国家の本部へと忍び込んだ際に、「秘石」の話と部下への司令を出していた「パーズ」の名を聞く。この事からパーズの野望を打ち砕こうと秘石探しを始める。

SOURCE: Puchi Carat Original Sound Tracks

Age 0~7: Garnet was born in Caesar City. He has been friends with Thyst since she was five years old.
Age 7: His parents are killed by the State for a crime they didn't commit, and Garnet is left in an orphanage.
Age 7~11: He resides in the orphanage for a few years, until it is demolished by the State to make way for other buildings. Garnet seeks revenge against the State for what they have done to him.
Age 11: Garnet begins travelling aimlessly. During this time there are frequent clashes between the State and resistance movements; Garnet joins the underground organisation "Grossular".
Age 12: The Garnet Secret Stone is found.
Age 13: After sneaking into the State headquarters, talk of the Secret Stones was on everyone's lips, and he overheard orders issued to a statesman named Paz to locate them all. Hoping to shatter Paz's ambitions, Garnet begins looking for the Secret Stones.

(translation)

500年前に秘石を盗んだグ
ロッシュラーの子孫で、干和
と自然をする少年。不幸な
過去を持つためか、ウソと国
家権力を嫌う。シストの幼な
なじみでもある。13歳。

SOURCE: PlayStation manual (Japanese)

Garnet / January / Garnet
His ancestors were involved in the robbery 500 years ago. He is a boy who loves nature and peace. Due to his unfortunate heritage he seems to dislike lies and authority. He is 13, the same age as Shyst.

SOURCE: PlayStation manual (English)

ガーネット / JANUARY / ♂, 14歳
かつて秘石を盗み出したグロッシュ
ラーの子孫。責っすぐな性格で自然
を愛する少年。シストの幼ななじみ。

SOURCE: Game Boy manual (Japanese)

Garnet / January / Male, 13yrs old
His ancestors were involved in the robbery 500 years ago. He is straightforward and loves nature. He is a childhood friend of Shyst.

SOURCE: Game Boy manual (English)

Notes


Garnet hangs out on a hill above Forset Town.

Garnet's age varies between versions; he's 15 years old in the arcade game, 13 in the PlayStation and English Game Boy editions - for some reason in the Japanese Game Boy version he's 14!

His surname is never mentioned in any of the in-game dialogue, and thus doesn't have an official English translation. It can be romanized as "Gurosshura", though it should translate as Grossular to keep the gemstone theme running.

Stories

Beginner Mode (PSX)

Garnet shows you how to play the game.

Arcade Mode (PSX)

Garnet is gonna kick Paz's butt.

Original Mode (PSX)

Garnet wants world peace, and then forgets what he's doing.

Game Boy

The chance to be the strongest man in the world? Oh sweet dog, you know Garnet is all over that.

Attack Pattern


Garnet's attack pattern is to fill the centre row, and three rows on both sides. Functionally similar to C-Mond's, this is efficient at filling the enemy's screen, the centre column particularly good at deflecting the opponent's ball.
When facing Garnet as an opponent, bouncing between the centre column can allow you to easily whittle down the two sides.

SOURCE: Raider's Puchi Carat Jewellery Shop

Images

Sprites (ARC)



Perfect (ARC)

Perfect (PSX)

Cards (Game Boy)