Grogar

Grogar
Grogar in The Beginning of the End - Part 1
Kind	Ram
Sex	Male
Residence	Skull-shaped lair
Occupation	Emperor of Ancient Equestria (formerly)
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Eyes	¤ Pale apple green with moderate red pupils
Mane	Light cobalt bluish gray
Coat	Moderate cornflower blue
Horns	Dark azure
Nicknames	Grofar
Voice	Doc Harris (English)

Grogar is a male ram and the main antagonist of the ninth and final season of Friendship is Magic. He is first mentioned in a children's story in A Flurry of Emotions, and he makes his physical debut in The Beginning of the End - Part 1. He is an ancient tyrant who forms an alliance of villains to defeat the Mane Six and take over Equestria.

Development

Grogar shares his name and overall design with the Generation 1 villain of the same name from the My Little Pony 'n Friends four-parter "The Return of Tambelon", from which elements of his backstory are also drawn.

Depiction in the series

Grogar is first mentioned in the season seven episode A Flurry of Emotions as the antagonist of the children's storybook Gusty the Great, which Twilight Sparkle reads to a group of sick foals at Ponyville Hospital. In the story, Grogar battles a group of unicorn warriors led by the titular hero.

Grogar forges a team of villains.

In the season nine premiere The Beginning of the End - Part 1, Grogar is revealed to be real when he summons Queen Chrysalis, Lord Tirek, Cozy Glow, and King Sombra to his underground lair. As the villains explain to Cozy Glow, who is unfamiliar with Grogar, he is a legendary tyrant who once declared himself emperor of a young Equestria, creating foul monsters to wreak havoc across the land until Gusty the Great took his mystical bell and banished him, leaving him weakened.

Having spent the past millennia recovering his strength and observing his fellow villains' defeats, Grogar proposes that they work together to overcome the Mane Six and conquer Equestria. When Sombra objects to this alliance, Grogar makes a proposition: he can either retake the Crystal Empire on his own, or inevitably fail and suffer the consequences if he still refuses to submit.

Grogar warning the other villains to obey him.

In The Beginning of the End - Part 2, Grogar witnesses Sombra's demise at the Mane Six's hands from his crystal ball, which he shows to the other villains as a warning to secure their loyalty to him. In Frenemies, "Grogar sends his legion of doom on a mission to become allies. Unfortunately, his plan works too well and they almost become friends."

Magic

Grogar creating a magical sphere to rejuvenate Tirek.

Grogar is a wielder of incredibly powerful magic, capable of transporting creatures to and from seemingly any location, including the depths of Tartarus, and restoring King Sombra's body after it was obliterated by the Crystal Heart. He demonstrates his power by using a small sample of his magic to rejuvenate Tirek into his second form, which he previously only attained after absorbing the magic of numerous unicorns in Equestria.

Grogar is known in legends as the "Father of Monsters", having allegedly created dangerous beasts that plagued ancient Equestria. However, the true source of his power is a mystical bell that was taken by Gusty the Great, which weakened him for millennia. He also possesses a crystal ball resembling a goat's eye that allows him to observe anything from inside his lair.

According to the storybook Gusty the Great, Grogar gained power through the fear of others, which allowed him to free himself from a beam of magic stronger than a thousand armies.

Depiction in comics

The G1 version of Grogar appears in Princess Eris' casino on My Little Pony: Nightmare Knights Issue #1 page 12.

Personality

Grogar is a power-hungry tyrant, described in A Flurry of Emotions as "treacherous", with a desire to claim dominion over all that he sees dating back thousands of years. His creation of violent and evil monsters also indicates a cruel nature. He is a cunning and patient strategist, preferring to work from behind the scenes in his plans to conquer Equestria. He is also somewhat vain, evidenced by his displeasure when Cozy Glow fails to recognize his name.

Although he disdains ponies and any villain defeated by them, Grogar acknowledges the power of the Mane Six's teamwork and does not underestimate them. It is the ponies' very strength in unity that inspires Grogar to forge an alliance with other villains, demonstrating a unique insight towards his enemies that most of his fellow villains lack. Despite this, he is domineering in his ways of commanding his allies, securing their obedience through fear and intimidation rather than loyalty and trust.

In spite of his own vanity, Grogar has little patience for the arrogance of others; he sneers at Sombra's claim that he can win by himself, and grows irritated enough by the unicorn's boasting to teleport him away mid-sentence.

Appearances

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Quotes

"I have been away too long if my name no longer strikes fear into the heart of one so tiny."

— To Cozy Glow, The Beginning of the End - Part 1

"My reign was a glorious, fear-soaked epoch of darkness in Equestria."

— The Beginning of the End - Part 1

"Where one is weak, another is strong, and thus unified, they are a formidable force! But we shall use their own strategy to defeat them."

— The Beginning of the End - Part 1

"Such confidence. Go! Try to take back your kingdom. I shall send you there myself. If you prevail, you may keep it. But when you fail, you will submit to me!"

— To King Sombra, The Beginning of the End - Part 1

"I'd say he gambled and lost! But at least he can serve as a warning to those who doubt continuing with my plans."

— Referring to King Sombra, The Beginning of the End - Part 2

Gallery

Grogar image gallery

See also

• This article's speculation page