Groovy Gumlet (グルービー・ガムレット) is the Sixth ranking Divine General of the Sacred Vollachia Empire. Though his first appearance was in Ex 4, he made his debut in the main story in Arc 8, where he played a major supporting role.
Appearance[]
Groovy has a small body covered with brown fur with black spots and whiskers on his face. He has cream-colored fur on his chest, his muzzle, and on the tip of his tail. Groovy also wears numerous belts across his body, which he uses to carry his weapons. For defense, he wears a bronze left breastplate and a small shoulder plate on his left shoulder. In addition, Groovy dons both a yellow scarf around his neck and dark olive-green toeless leather pants.
Personality[]
Despite his small stature, Groovy is a hothead who speaks in a rather vulgar manner and is very short-tempered. He is loyal to the emperor and has a sense of camaraderie with his allies, including other Divine Generals like Balleroy and Moguro. In his free time, Groovy restores old buildings or ruins with historic value and tended to the gardens of the Crystal Palace before its destruction.
History[]
Roughly four to five months before Arc 1, a rebellion in Vollachia was started by Gramdart Holstoy and Balleroy Temeglyph. Together, Groovy and Moguro Hagane were dispatched from the Imperial Capital of Lupugana by Goz Ralfon to retrieve the emperor, Vincent Vollachia, while Cecilus Segmunt left on his own accord to accomplish the task. Vincent was kidnapped by Reinhard van Astrea, Julius Juukulius, and Ferris, then in the Empire to negotiate a non-aggression pact alongside Council of Wise Men members Miklotov McMahon and Bordeaux Zellgef. Although Moguro initially took Ferris captive, the Sword Saint later freed him and began turning the tables against the two generals, which allowed for the other two knights to escape with Vincent. Groovy and Moguro were later forced to retreat from Reinhard due to his sheer power, and after running to Cecilus, Reinhard was given a chance to render the Blue Lightning unconscious, forcing the pair into submission and causing them to fall back with the unconscious general. After the rebellion was quelled, Groovy met with Vincent in Lupugana's Crystal Palace alongside Moguro, Goz, and Chisha Gold, where they discussed the incident.
Abilities[]
Extensive Curse Knowledge: Groovy excels in the understanding of curses and curse tools. He knows how to make these tools and can even determine how curses work. It was with this knowledge that he managed to uncover the working of the Curse of Thorns. It is precisely because of this knowledge that Groovy was first sought out by Vincent Vollachia to become a Divine General, and it is the reason he is known as the Master of Curse Tools.
Enhanced Smell: Groovy has an enhanced sense of smell that is considered to be the best in Vollachia, allowing him to sniff out the locations of living things or inanimate objects and differentiate between them from a great distance. The one object Groovy cannot smell is the Fiend Sword Murasame, an Enchanted Sword with a will of its own. Out of hatred directed towards Groovy for reforging it into a katana, Murasame used its ability to sever the perceived of its own scent, thereby deterring anyone from being able to track it through scent again.[1]
Enhanced Durability: Groovy is also rather tough. Despite being poisoned, taking severe throat damage, going for days on end without food, drink, or sleep, taking the Curse of Thorns into himself, taking a wound to the gut from the Yang Sword, and tanking an attack from the Fiend Sword to rid himself of the aforementioned curse, he kept himself alive and still seemed lively despite his heavy injuries.
Anatomical Knowledge: Groovy has a great understanding of the bodies of humans and demi-humans, and this knowledge complements his usage of curse tools, poisons, and the like. On top of this, he understands even the tiniest aspect of his own body, and he uses that knowledge when handling curses and poisons, knowing when his body becomes incapable of withstanding said detriments.
Expert Blacksmith: Groovy has made many weapons while studying curses and curse tools. His skill is great enough that he was able to completely reforge the Fiend Sword Murasame from a regular sword to a katana.
Equipment: Groovy wields an assortment of weapons and curse tools in his arsenal. He is described as a walking venerable armory of weapons and is extremely skilled at using them. He possesses much less a traditional fighting style than he does a high level of instinct, natural physical power, and speed, which all work well with his various tools. As a result, he can turn into a nearly literal and lethal whirling blade of death.
- Blood Hatchets (血斧, Chi Ono): These are curse tools that send an intense vibration through the target upon impact. They were originally made to deal with opponents who wore armor over themselves. They also use their holder’s blood to acquire a target. If a target gets Groovy's blood on themselves or their clothes, the hatchets, when thrown, will proceed to lock on to a target and attempt to land a blow on them.
- Magic Knuckles (魔手甲, Ma Tekkō): Groovy's Magic Knuckles are gloves with magic stones embedded within which allow him to use non-elemental spells simply made up of mana.
- Poison Daggers: Groovy has several daggers that are covered in a lethal poison. A unique characteristic of this poison is that it will nullify the target’s sense of pain. Sometimes, Groovy uses this poison on himself when he is at risk of being overrun by intense pain caused by others, such as the case with the Curse of Thorns. This allows him to fight for a set period of time before his body can’t handle it.
- Kusarigama: Groovy uses a kusarigama with a weighted ball at the end of the chain. The weight is able to knock opponents back with impressive force. The weight is also filled with the explosive “sands” of the Crimson Hills Girall, and the explosion that comes from the weighted ball is powerful and has a wide range.
- Sonic Magic Crystal: Groovy has a magic crystal embedded in his throat. After flicking it, Groovy can use it to amplify his roar and bombard his opponent with a blast of sonic pressure.
- Werewolf Cloak: A cloak made of the skin of werewolves. Due to the method used to make this cloak, it has the Divine Protection of Ambushing built into it, making it harder for one to be detected by others in the vicinity.
Trivia[]
- Groovy Gumlet was the first person to be appointed as a Divine General by Vincent after Chisha and Cecilus, who were already Vincent's pawns prior to him becoming emperor. Groovy's appointment was mostly thanks to his talent.
- An anecdote going around in Vollachia claims that Groovy would be able to catch up to someone in the Empire if they were to flee to somewhere else with just his sense of smell alone,[2] though it is just a rumor that is not known to be true or false.
References[]
- ↑ It meant to get down to the heart of a matter, but in all things there was an appropriate “point”. No matter the object or phenomenon, or even concept, there existed a “point” that signified its essence. The Fiend Sword Murasame, was an Enchanted Sword that severed that perceived “point”―― Murasame hated Groovy, who had melted it down and reforged it in the past, so to never again be hunted for, it cut the point of its “scent”. Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 37, Chapter 3, Section 1.
- ↑ As one of the Nine Divine Generals, the sense of smell of the hyenaman Groovy Gumlet was preeminent even among fellow demi-humans of beast-human lineage. He could probably catch someone if they fled from one end of the Empire to the other, so much so that that unfunny funny anecdote was circulated about. Re:Zero Tanpenshuu Volume 7, Sword Identity, Section 17.
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