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Greta of Danesti

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Greta's family arrived in the area that would become Danesti generations before her, escaping from the Romans according to her knowledge. Alucard suspects Greta could trace her family lineage back to Carthage. They came to that area back when it was "just a wide spot in the road" and settled it, along with others who would travel from scattered locations seeking a community to call their own. She became the head woman of the town in her time, acting as its leader and commander.

When night creatures began attacking the village seemingly out of nowhere, it was Greta who organized the village's defense and sought to find aid from "The Alucard" in Dracula's castle, which was the nearest location to the village.

When Alucard arrived, Greta made a point of making it clear she wasn't going to let him half-heartedly aid her people, as they were her responsibility and her calling on him fell to her if it went badly. When he affirmed that he was sincere in his offer of aid, Greta decided that Danesti was no longer defensible, and the decision was made to relocate the villagers to Dracula's Castle, which would offer more protection. Along the way, Greta made mention of her ability to sense magic in people and its affiliation as a result of living remotely and closer to nature, and used the opportunity to voice her distrust of Saint Germain, who'd taken up refuge in Danesti recently and traveled with the group. She also made evident her ability to fight, taking out night creatures single-handedly.

Upon arriving at the castle, Greta took to setting up the rest of the villagers. As a settlement was constructed, Greta started going through the castle's pantries, looking for ways to stretch the foodstuffs the villagers brought further, and talked to Alucard about the castle's defense, coming that she hoped the castle doors would keep people away. By nightfall, however, the grounds around the castle were invaded by the vampire Dragan and his armies, following the instructions of Saint Germain in the hope of performing Dracula's resurrection. Greta mounted as much of a defense as possible, which could help to fight the night army, but was forced indoors by the onslaught. Eventually, however, Trevor Belmont and Sypha Belnades were teleported to the castle to aid Alucard, and the three pushed back against the monsters while Greta helped defend her people.

After the armies were defeated and the conspiracy to resurrect Dracula was thwarted by the trio, Greta talked to Alucard and had come to the decision that the Danesti refugees would settle a new village around the castle and the Belmont Hold instead of returning to their old lives.

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Greta is a leader, whether it be naturally or through necessity of running such a remote village as Danesti. As the head woman of the community, she has the responsibility of keeping everyone safe and provided for; thus, she is a strong-willed and straightforward woman who emphasizes the priorities of the villagers over everything else. She doesn't hold back on her observations and opinions, such as her blunt breakdown of her views pertaining to both Alucard's arrival at Danesti and her suspiciousness of Saint Germain.

Greta is not just about delegation, though, and will be the first to lead her people in both defense and offense. She will not hesitate to run into battle against night creatures –seemingly without fear– and will throw her weight behind rallying her people into battle.

Before meeting him, Greta was suspicious of Alucard but quickly came to admire him. Greta is impressed by his strength in defending her community and his intelligence. She truly warms to Alucard after seeing his kind behavior with the orphans of her village. Greta and Alucard develop a banter that blooms into attraction throughout Danesti's migration to his castle.

When the Castlevania anime debuted, the one complaint many fans had was that it was lacking a character very specific to Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse: Grant DaNasty. As the series was (loosely) based on that game (at least for its first two seasons), fans wondered why Grant was the only character not included in the series. The three other heroes -- Trevor, Sypha, Alucard -- were there, but not poor Grant. What happened to the guy?

Well, whether intentional or not (and the series producers swear it wasn't intended), the series did eventually get a kind of Grant DaNasty analogue: Greta of Danesti. A warrioress, and village leader in the town of Danesti, Greta becomes the fourth hero of the group in the final season of the anime. And as much as the producers swear she's not meant to be Grant, the parallels are pretty obvious. She wears green, she fights with a swashbuckling style, and she is an equal warrior to the other three members of the team. Even if she's not meant to be Grant, she's the closest the show ever got to having that hero represented.

Whatever you may think about her origins there's no denying that Greta is a great addition to the series. She's a solid hero, and her attitude towards Alucard (respect tinged with anger that he spent so long not helping the people around him, all of which grows into affection over time) gives her depth of character and a strong arc on the show. Whether or not she ever appears in the larger Netflix Castlevania run, her inclusion in season four helped to give the team, and the series, much need balance.

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