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Ghift Brattern(ギフト・ブラッテルン)
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Titles
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Colorless Summoner
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Gender
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Male
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Race
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Human
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Group
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Colorless Faction
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Homeland
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Lyndbaum
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Voice Actress/Actor
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Kobayashi Yuu (Child)
Yusa Kouji (Adult)
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"Thank you very much, ni-san!"
— Ghift
Ghift Brattern (ギフト・ブラッテルン, gifuto buraterun) is a character from Summon Night 5.
Personality[]
Ghift is very competitive as a child, he also respects his older brother very much and is very proud to be related to him. During his childhood, he genuinely believed that his family was striving to do something good. He saw himself as a hero fighting for peace and would view anyone who got in his way as the villains. However, in adulthood, it seems he fully accepted that what he is trying to do is plain evil, so he acts more like a regular villain, laughing loudly like a maniac every time his plans are a success, and contorting his face in anger when he fails.
Background[]
Ghift grew up by the side of his older brother Erst - a very talented Summoner. His brother was a hero to him and he was always trying to grab his attention. He naturally became rivals with the main character who also admired Erst. They would compete many times, especially during swordplay training with wooden swords, but Ghift would always lose to the protagonist's outstanding talent. Ghift was striving to become someone admirable that his brother would approve, but not a Summoner. He decided that he should not try to imitate his brother and be his own person. To accomplish this, he strove to follow his family path and began to study their old and forgotten techniques, in which he finally found something that he was talented at, something that only he could do. He tested his new knowledge in a forest near his village and ended up Summoning Nether Beasts. Being of a very young age, he was still too weak to control those creatures, resulting in them running out of control and causing a incident where his brother and his childhood friend would get involved. Erst was infected by a Nether beast, while his friend nearly died by falling directly in the Netherworld if wasn't for a contract they formed with a mysterious creature. Ghift was eventually met by the remaining members of the Colorless Faction and was welcomed by them to follow their ideals. He firmly believed that soon enough forces from other worlds would come to invade Lyndbaum, and now that they don't have the old summon techniques to force strong creatures to help them, humanity would become totally extinct this time. For this reason, he decides to bet on his technique to create a power strong enough to defend his home planet.
Development[]
After many years, Ghift goes to Savorle City to make a deal with the Crimson Chain and ask them to help with his research by providing him with materials, test subjects and a place to use as a laboratory. In exchange he would give part of his research results to them, thus making their fighting capabilities much higher. During this period, he found the protagonist's Cross walking aimlessly in the middle of a festival. He tried to help, only to reveal that their were on opposing sides soon after, meaning it was just an act to make his rivals be in their most prepared state so he could show he could overcome them now. However, his new powers proved useless before their team play, but he had noticed the Cross's doubts, so he decided to use this to his advantage. Through their following battles, he demostrated how the Nether Beasts could possess other people's bodies and made it so it would look like the same would occur with the protagonist's cross. Trying to save the main character, the cross called for Ghift's help but ended up being deceived and infected by a Nether creature. However, the cross was saved thanks to a mysterious light that was released during during a strong resonance of faith between the two, completely erasing the nether inside the Cross. Ghift's following plans were all ruined by this same light ability and he fell into despair. By using this opportunity, the Eucross was finally able to capture him. Some time later, Ghift was busted out of prison by an entity known as Erst, now fused with his Cross Gaudi and nearly possessed by the Nether. Erst was sure that the Eucross would not give a death sentence, so he captured Ghift to interrogate how many others were able to use the Nether Summons. Upon discovering only Ghift was capable, he was about to kill him, but a group of killers from the Crimson Chain interrupted him. This was already enough to make Ghift mad but it was only when he saw his brother covering the protagonist that Ghift was overcome with total despair and madness. He infected himself with the Nether and used its properties to fuse with his brother and Gaudi, becoming a single entity known as Bratern's Legacy. His powers amplified tremendously, and he summoned so many Nether Beasts that they were enough to form a structure in the sky that rivaled the size of the moon. The main party used the ability of the Thousand Eyes Dragon to travel to the moon and the final battle began. During his final moments, Brattern created a body that looked like Ghift so he could have a final rematch against the protagonist in a sword duel, in which both should have been defeated if it wasn't for the fact that Ghift had wielded the same wooden Toy Sword they used as children. Ghift finally died satisfied that his whole life he spent trying to overcome the main character was indeed worth it.
Ending[]
During the Karma ending, Ghift managed to fuse himself with the gate used to summon Nether Beasts, making his defeat impossible since Nether creatures would be unlimitedly released from his body. To stop him, the protagonist decides to use a little fragment that remained inside the cross so they could obtain a certain level of control over Nether creatures. They combine this power with the purification light, while the main protagonist embraces Ghift to stop him from moving. By doing this, the two are crystalized inside the remaining Nether creatures released from Ghift's body, becoming a giant crystal from, where the two fall into a deep sleep. Years later, Ruelly goes to visit her beloved Senior and rejoins with the Cross that was still alive. They had been transfered next to the Almines Tree to cure the Nether infection. However, the process could take years or centuries and all they could do was to wait.
Trivia[]
- Ghift uses a similar symbol used by the Eucross on his attire, but the colors that would represent each different worlds are erased. This could be to represent the Colorless Faction, it could also represent how his summons don't come from any of those worlds; or it could be simply him mocking his enemy organization.
- During the Opening animation, Ghift and Erst appear side-by-side, like they were meant to be allies. It is unknown if this was in the original plans for the game's plot, or if it was merely a misunderstanding made by Ufotable.
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