Garr

From Breath of Fire

[edit] Biography

The longstanding Champion of the Tournament of Champions, Garr is one of the Four Guardians created by Myria, the Goddess of Destruction, to eliminate the Brood from the face of the Earth. He, along with his brethren Guardians Gatz, Gaw and Gaist, slaughter the Brood who put up no real resistance. He frees Ryu from the clutches of Balio and Sunder, in order to take him to Angel Tower, and execute him, the last of the Brood. But Ryu defeats him handily, which Garr anticipated, bringing to light the guilt and doubt that he had bottled up within him for centuries since the war's end. He knew the Brood could have eradicated him and the other Guardians had they wished, yet they allowed themselves to be destroyed. In the game's second half, Garr finds Ryu in hiding to beg his forgiveness, and take him to see Myria, to ask why the Brood needed to be killed.

[edit] Use in Battle

Garr's use in battle is extremely straightforward. His only marketable traits are an incredibly high rate of attack power and a good amount of HP and defense (the latter abilities making him a "tank"). His other abilities are below average at best. His magical skills are negligible; his spells are moderately useful, but an abysmally low amount of AP makes it nearly impossible to use his spells to any real effect. Couple this with a very low speed makes Garr a character with a highly specialized purpose. He can be difficult to use, but with appropriate training under certain masters, he can either be a lumbering titan or a trotting behemoth.