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The Grandall Empire's flag.

Grandall Empire (グランダール帝国?) is an empire that appears in Soulcalibur III's Chronicles of the Sword mode, where the hero of the story (the player character) fights as a young cadet of the Grandall Empire until Chronicle 16, when they decide to rebel against Grandall.

Its capital city is Parousia (パルーシア?).

History[]

An empire with a well-developed military, ruled by Emperor Strife, who ascended the throne when he was 10 years old after the death of the previous emperor, his father. The political situation was unstable immediately after his ascension, with the young emperor fearing for his life every day.

One day, Strife began to hear a voice coming from deep within the castle. Whenever he sat on the throne, he would hear the voice. After that, anyone who would disagree with him would be executed and those that were suspected of betrayal were tortured. Thanks to his dictatorship, the political situation stabilised.

As the Kingdom of Dalkia and the Halteese Republic waged war with one another, the Grandall Empire would secretly strengthen its military.

One night, a group of bandits were sighted near the borders of Dalkia and Grandall. Although the Grandall forces were able to defeat them, the Kingdom of Dalkia would declare war on them several days later. Thanks to the efforts of The Cadet and their forces, the frontlines were pushed back to Dalkia's capital, Revless. However, before they were able to besiege the capital, reports came in of the Halteese Republic invading Grandall. The Cadet was given new orders to invade Halteese instead, although by the time they reached Epistema, Halteese's capital, it had already been sacked by the Malettan army. Without warning, the Malettan army attacked the Cadets; the two countries were now at war.

The Cadet's forces were able to score victory after victory against Maletta, pushing their forces back to the Malettan capital, Untide. The Grandall forces were able to defeat the emperor of Maletta, Demuth, ending the country. Shortly after, The Cadet returned to Revless and assisted the other Grandall forces there to taken over the capital, of which they were successful.

A year after the fall of Dalkia, General Girardot lead a rebellion against the empire, recognising the suffering of the people. The Cadet was assigned to supress the rebels and, although Strife himself had sent out soldiers disguise as the rebels to attack the Cadet, was able to defeat Girardot. As Girardot tells the Cadet to question who he works for, Strife appears and executes him with Soul Edge. Girardot's words and Strife's actions causes the Cadet to rebel the next day.

The Cadet and his forces, calling themselves "Arthias", march towards Parousia, defeating all the forces that stood in their way, before finally killing Strife. The Empire would crumble afterwards, although the people were able to rebuild and move on.

Members[]

Ressentiment[]

Main article: Ressentiment

The Imperial Armored Guard "Ressentiment" (皇帝親衛重装隊「レセンティメント」?) are a secret imperial guard unit organised by the emperor of Grandall, Strife. They are said to be composed of heroes and generals of past wars but, due to some power, they possess incredible strength that is beyond that of a normal human's, and have since cast aside their lives as human beings.[1]

Trivia[]

  • Despite Chronicles of the Sword taking place in an alternate world from the main canon, Grandall may be hinted to exist in some form within canon due to a flag being seen in the background of the Tranquil Wasteland in Soulcalibur V.

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. ^ Shiga, Yasunori (July 29, 2005). "ナムコ、PS2「ソウルキャリバーIII」 戦略シミュレーションと対戦格闘の融合 「ロストクロニクルズモード」を公開". GAME Watch (in Japanese). Impress Holdings, Inc. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
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