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| ~ Griffin Lyons explaining his goal to the Commander. |
Griffin Lyons, also known as simply Griffin, is one of the main antagonists in the Girls' Frontline video game and the overarching antagonist in Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium.
He is the Rossatrist agent who is the member of Project Prometheus as well as both the founder the WAVE Tech and the co-founder of the Griffin & Kryuger alongside his former friend, Berezovich Kryuger.
He was once introduced an ally of the Commander as he assisted him/her in the battle against Paradeus and stop William von Oberstein's goal of terrorist attack. However, he was later revealed to be manipulating the Commander and his/her allies all along and orchestrating the war between the G&K and Paradeus just to take control of the Relic technology in order to pursue the goal of taking over the world by establishing the new world order alongside his superiors.
In Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium, he was voiced by Show Hayami, who voiced as Sosuke Aizen in Bleach, Zarbon in Dragon Ball Z, Yomi in Riki-Oh, Vanilla Ice in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Tokiomi Tohsaka in Fate/Zero, Ghetsis in Pokémon Black and Pokémon White, Gibeon in Pokémon Horizons: The Series, Ginias Sahalin in Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team OVA, Iznario Fareed in Mobile Suit Gundam: IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS, Ark in Kamen Rider Zero One, Juzo Mido in Code Vein, Vholran Igniseri in Tales of Arise, Odin in Record of Ragnarok and Ayanami in 07-Ghost.
Biography[]
Not much was known of Griffin Lyons' past, though
Girls' Frontline[]
Mirror Stage[]
Griffin makes his first appearance in the story where he was sitting in the bar called
Fixed Point[]
Griffin was contacted by the Commander who asked for his help of freeing Kryuger and the other G&K members. Griffin then told him/her that the situation was resolved but not before telling him/her that he/she should make a concession which the Commander must cease Operation Aeneas in exchange
Fountain of Errors[]
Griffin contacted the Commander in the Amos as he congratulated him/her for destroying Avernus and capturing William, though the Commander demanded him of the explanation of the situation and his intention of taking over Paradeus and seizing control of William's technology. Griffin tried to justify the situation to the Commander, only for the latter to coldly told him that he/she used to respect him in the past and knew that he have already made his decision in the end. Griffin then told him that they will meet again along with William before ending the call.
Zero Charge[]
Griffin contacted Kryuger who was staying in the hotel with Helianthus and Persica as he
Convolutional Kernel[]
Towards the end of the battle in Frankfurt, Griffin contacted the Commander and urged them to stop pursuing Paradeus while offering them a gold medal in a hope that the Commander would accept the honor and quit the pursuit. When the Commander insisted to pursue Paradeus, both to avenge the people felled by Paradeus and to protect the civilians, Griffin cut ties with the Commander and invoked the Nidhogg Protocol, an emergency protocol which shuts down all T-Dolls manufactured by IOP and revokes the Comannder's access to T-Dolls in order stop their pursuit. However, Harvey, being sympathetic to the Commander's cause, gave them 12 hours to finish their pursuit, with the protocol being gradually executed. By the time when the Commander's access to all IOP T-Dolls had been completely revoked, they had already accomplished their goal of eliminating Paradeus, thus foiling Griffin's plan of taking over Paradeus in the process.
Following the end of the battle in Frankfurt, Griffin wrote the letter which claimed that the Commander was killed in the battle despite their supposed disappearance.
Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium[]
Griffin appears in the flashback in the beggining of the gain as he was talking to the Commander as the latter declared that he were no longer work for him and self-exile himself after he learned that he were the pawns of Griffin and the rest of the Rossatrists, though Griffin warned him that they were meet again.
Personality[]
At first glance, Griffin was initially portrayed as an affable, friendly, composed, humble and seemingly heroic person as he helped the others to stop the threats and offered hospitality towards the others such as; giving the Commander the base in Berlin and sent him T-Dolls and supplies. He also seems to respect the others as this shown that he praised the Commander's hard works and even respected his capability.
However, this turned out to be a facade as he was revealed to be a ruthless, cold-hearted, demanding, power-hungry, opportunistic, devious and manipulative person who was willing to manipulate those around him as he viewed them as pieces on his chessboard whom he wished to use them to further his own goal of establishing his ideal new world order and then discard them once they outlived their usefulness towards him.
Unlike his fellow Rossartrists who wished to lead humanity into the better future through peaceful though extreme methods, Griffin's goal was contrasted with the other Rossartrists' as he detested idealism and prefer to use a pragmatic and radical moves in order to fulfil his goal. He also had no qualms of sacrificing those who were caught in the line of fire at the same time and care less for those around him as he viewed their fates as necessary sacrifices.
Despite the actions that he have caused, Griffin was not completely heartless and selfish as he was a well-intentional extremist who wanted to save humanity from the tragedies and was willing to go to any length to save the world by any means necessary though he was willing to do the questionable yet noble methods to do so. He also aware of what he was doing as he also believed of what is right and what is wrong, thus managing to retain his morality, though in a warped way.
Powers & Abilities[]
- Intelligence: Griffin possesses an almost genius-like intellect which makes him the most cunning and intelligent person. He was also capable of creating schemes from behind the scenes as well possessing both the knowledge and understanding of the Relic technology and the power it have.
- Master Manipulation: Griffin was also proved to be an excellent master manipulator through various tactics such as stalking and making contact with other people whom he wished to speak to and manipulate the others' flaws in order to get them to work for him to fulfil his desire.
- Charisma: Griffin put up his aura of his gentlemanly charisma towards the other people in order to have them work for him and the sake of his goal.
- Authority: As one of the representatives of the URNC, Griffin possessed
Relationships[]
Allies[]
- Samantha Shaw - formerly
- RPK-16 - deceased
- Carter - deceased
Enemies[]
- Griffin & Kryuger
- Berezovich Kryuger
- The Commander
- Helianthus
- Kalina
- Anti-Rain Team
- M4A1/Lunasia
- ST AR-15
- M4 SOPMOD II
- M16A1
- RO635
- Team 404
- UMP45
- UMP9
- HK416
- G11
- DEFY
- Angelia
- AK-12
- AN-94
- AK-15
- State Security Service
Quotes[]
Trivia[]
- His name was derived of the griffin, a mythological creature which was also served as a symbol of nobility, courage and military might.
- His appearance resembles Eggsy Unwin from the Kingsman movie series. However the only difference is that Eggsy is the hero, Griffin is the villain as he was considered as an expy of Captain Morton.
- During Berezovich Kryuger's briefing on the Commander before the mission in Germany, the former warned the latter not trust Griffin as his cryptic words eventually became true as Kryuger was aware of Griffin's true goal and the motivation of founding the G&K for his own end.
- Later, Angelia also warned the Commander not to trust Griffin as she finds him demanding and condensing.
- In Fixed Point just before the Operation Muromets when the Commander contacted Griffin to help the remaining G&K members to get past the guard border patrol area, the latter seems to comply his/her need though he told the Commander to cease the operation of rescuing Angelia from Paradeus. This was due to Griffin could not have an effort of having someone to ruin his plan of using Angelia to bring Paradeus under his control. If this was the case, he was most likely to be responsible for the event in the mansion which involved RPK-16's betrayal and Angelia's capture.
- It was later confirmed in Zero Charge as Griffin was manipulating RPK by assigning her to infiltrate Paradeus before the event in Dual Randomness and have her giving him an information regarding the Relic technology which he was planning to use for his goal.
- Eventually, Angelia managed to tell the Commander of Griffin's true goal is that he did not want to destroy Paradeus but to take over the organization which shocked the Commander who finally learned of Griffin's true goal and also caused him/her to begin to see him as his/her enemy that needed to be stopped.
- True to Angelia's words as seen in Convolutional Kernel, Griffin contacted William and
- In Fixed Point just before the Operation Muromets when the Commander contacted Griffin to help the remaining G&K members to get past the guard border patrol area, the latter seems to comply his/her need though he told the Commander to cease the operation of rescuing Angelia from Paradeus. This was due to Griffin could not have an effort of having someone to ruin his plan of using Angelia to bring Paradeus under his control. If this was the case, he was most likely to be responsible for the event in the mansion which involved RPK-16's betrayal and Angelia's capture.
- Due to his actions in the game, Griffin was considered as one of the hated antagonists, a distinction which he shared with William.
- However, Griffin was far more evil than William as the former even lacked the redeeming qualities and comedic moments, thus making him the most darkest Girls' Frontline villain.
- Later, Angelia also warned the Commander not to trust Griffin as she finds him demanding and condensing.
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