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{{Monster Infobox
|title=Greygnarl
|image=[[Image:Greygnarl_artwork.png|center|300px]]
|kanji=グレイナル
|romanji=Gureinaru
|firstappear=}}
'''Greygnarl''' (グレイナル ''Gureinaru'') is a large gray dragon in ''[[Dragon Quest IX]]''. He lives high atop [[Upover]] at the summit of the [[Magmaroo]]. He fought [[Barbarus]] and the [[Gittish Empire]] 300 years prior to the events of ''Dragon Quest IX''.

==Appearance==
'''Greygnarl''' seems to be a (grayish) white [[wikipedia:Chinese_dragon|Oriental Dragon]] winged with wings of a [[wikipedia:European_dragon|Western Dragon]].

==Synopsis==
{{spoiler|start}}
* When the [[Hero (Dragon Quest IX)|hero]] reaches the summit of [[Magmaroo]] to seek assistance from Greygnarl , he mistakenly believes the hero to be a Gittish warrior come to slay him. 
* Greygnarl sacrifices himself to stop an attack by [[Barbarus]] targeting the village of [[Upover]]. 
* Death? A shadow of a dragon appears after a villager in [[Upover]] offers a jar of [[Drunken Dragon]] in the ending scene. 
{{spoiler|end}}

==Enemy appearances==
{{DQ9Enemy
| bestiaryNumber=269
| family = Dragon
| name=Greygnarl
| image=[[Image:Greygnarl.png|200px]]
| size = 300
| hp=2280
| mp=50
| attack=188
| defense=214
| agility=145
| experience=15500
| gold=0
| drop=[[Dragon scale]] (100%)
| description=One-time hero of the skies who watched over the world from up over [[Upover]]. Not too fond of Celestrians for some reason. This lizard lord of light chased the [[Gittish Empire|Empire]] out of [[Upover]] three hundred years ago, and they've never forgotten the slight. 
|location=[[Magmaroo#Summit|Magmaroo - Summit]]
|skills=Blinding Flash}}

==Grotto boss==
{{DQ9Enemy
| bestiaryNumber=294
| family = Dragon
| name=Greygnarl
| image=[[Image:Greygnarl.png|200px]]
| size = 300
| hp=7400
| mp=255
| attack=478
| defense=478
| agility=252
| experience=80000
| gold=2392
| drop=Yggdrasil leaf (100%), [[Orichalcum]] (10%), [[Dragonlord]]'s Map (5%), [[Yggdrasil leaf]] (steal)
|skills=Attacks 3 times per turn, [[Apocalyptic Lightning]], Blinding Flash, [[Disruptive Wave]], [[Magic Burst]], [[Raging Roar]], Recover MP
|spells=
| family=Dragon
| description = The hero of the skies, back from the dead after his supposed slaying, and more mind-blowingly mighty than ever.<br><br>It was Barbarus the dark who brought back Greygnarl the light, his second brother after Styrmling the sacred.
|location=Grotto
| fire=50 
| ice=150 
| light=50 
| dark=150 
| petri=25 
| defdown=50 
| agidown=50 
| mrdown=75}}

As the fiercest Grotto boss outside of Legacy Bosses, Greygnarl is a truly dangerous foe. Combining the power of three actions per turn with highly damaging abilities, Greygnarl is a very difficult boss. Not only does he have access to the extremely powerful [[Magic Burst]], but he can also incapacitate your party members with [[Raging Roar]]. Also noteworthy is his ability to temporarily raise his [[Attack]], [[Defense]], and [[Agility]], as well as preventing the party from matching his stat boosts by casting [[Disruptive Wave]]. Luckily, unlike members of the [[??? Family]] who have no weapon weaknesses, Greygnarl can be hit for extra damage by [[sword]]s and the powerful [[Dragon Slash]].

===''[[Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2]]''===
Greygnarl is a great two-slot Rank X monster. He can be synthesized by combining a [[Dragovian lord|dragovian lord]] and a [[Barbatos|barbatos]].

===''[[Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional]]''===
==Trivia==
* The war between [[Greygnarl]] and [[Barbarus]] seems to be originate from a legend about [[wikipedia:Amur_River|Heilong River (River of Black Dragon)]]; however, the color of evil and good dragons have been switched.
* The name "Greygnarl" indicates his color, as well as his age.
* If you look carefully at Greygnarl in Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 someone wearing the Dragon warrior armor is riding him. It is most likely a reference to hero of Dragon Quest IX.
* it should be noted that before Greygnarl is fought as a grotto boss he mentions something about "Styrmling" being the third dragon (the first two being he and Barbarus). This could possibly be similar to "Stellestria" where as he had a past life as something different. Interestingly enough though this is never explored further.

==References==
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