Editing Griss

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'''Griss''' is a varl Hero character encountered in ''The Banner Saga'' series.
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{{UnitSP
| class = Strongarm
| type = Melee
| promoted = yes
| portrait = strongarm_v1.icon.versus.png
| armormin = 12 
| armormax = 15 
| strengthmin = 12 
| strengthmax = 15
| willpowermin = 4
| willpowermax = 10
| exertionmin = 2
| exertionmax = 2
| breakmin = 2
| breakmax = 4
| baserank = 1
| freepoints = 0
| movement = 3
| attack = 1
| active = Battering Ram
| passive = Return the Favor
}}
==Background==
The model [[Varl]] warrior. Griss doesn't have much distinction to his name and little influence on the politics of [[Varl]], but he's a warrior through and through, having fought in every great war and killed countless [[Dredge]] and [[Human|men]] alike. Dependable, when he's not shooting his mouth off.

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==Active Ability: Battering Ram==

The Strongarm smashes an adjacent unit with his shield knocking it back up to 4 tiles and pushing it ''through'' anyone in the way. Battering Ram does [[Armor]] damage to the target, adding 1 more Armor damage for each unit it passes through.

The ability can be used on both friend or foe, making it versatile in many situations by changing a unit's position on the board. Ramming a Shieldbanger does ''not'' trigger the Return the Favor. 

'''Rank 1:  '''Knock-back and 1 [[Armor]] damage

'''Rank 2:  '''Knock-back and 3 [[Armor]] damage

'''Rank 3:  '''Knock-back and 5 [[Armor]] damage


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==Second Active Ability: Choice==
In the second part of ''The Banner Saga'', when Griss reaches [[Rank]] 6, he can choose a second active ability between:

*[[File:Malice_icon.png|40px]] [[Malice]] (Provoker), like [[Fasolt]]
*[[File:Bringthepain_icon.png|40px]] [[Bring the Pain]] (Shieldmaster), like [[Mogr]]

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==Passive Ability: Return the Favor==
A character who performs a melee attack on a Shieldbanger loses 1 point of [[Armor]] for each successfully landed hit.

Return the Favor triggers every time the Shieldbanger takes Strength or Armor damage from an adjacent enemy, which can make it devastating to hit him with attacks that strike multiple times, like [[Bloody Flail]]. Ranged attacks do not Return the Favor.

==Joining the Party==
'''Saga 1: ''' Early in [[Chapter 3]], Griss will be overheard disrespecting [[Hakon]]. If ''properly'' confronted about it, Griss will be embarrassed and he will later offer to join Hakon's personal guard in order to redeem himself. If Hakon doesn't ''explicitly'' decline his offer, Griss will offer to join one last time: that happens if you emerge victorious in the [[War]] battle against the [[Dredge]] that have invaded the small village before [[Ridgehorn]]. If Griss survives Chapter 3, he will join [[Rook]]'s caravan in the end of [[Chapter 7]].

'''Saga 2: ''' Griss stays with Hakon and the Skogr caravan.

==Possible Death or Departure==
'''Saga 1:''' Griss can be killed during [[Chapter 3]]. If [[Hakon]]'s caravan loses the War against the [[Dredge]] that have invaded the village just before [[Ridgehorn]], Griss' body will be found among the dead.

'''Saga 2:''' He can be killed in early [[Chapter 8]] if he is ordered to lead a charge against the Dredge to buy the caravan some time to safely disembark from the longships following the [[Ormsa River]] into a chasm.

'''Saga 3:''' Griss can die in the second return to [[Arberrang]] in [[Chapter 21]] if you get the varl involved in putting out fires.

==Playstyle==
* Griss starts with high overall [[stats]] along with 2 [[Exertion]], that compensates his short [[Shieldbanger]] movement range (3 tiles).
* He is a very versatile unit that can be used either as a typical Shieldbanger (in this case max out his [[Armor]] and [[Break]]) or as [[Warrior]] (max out his [[Strength]] at 15).
* Battering Ram can be really useful to change the formation of the ally or enemy pieces on the board. For instance, a bulky enemy can be pushed behind other enemy units effectively blocking him out. Or, a high Strength ally (e.g. [[Gunnulf]] or [[Hakon]]) can be given a ''gentle push'' so that he comes in attack-range of an otherwise unreachable enemy unit.
* Battering Ram can also be used for damage-dealing combos in combination with [[Ludin|Impale]], [[Oddleif|Rain of Arrows]] or [[Yrsa|Slag and Burn]], even when Griss himself is injured.

==Trivia==
His name loosely translates to "grey, aged".

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