The kingdom of Kounat.
Kounat (Korean: 코우나트, Kounat) was one of the three kingdoms that ruled on Archimedia, the other being Zeruel and the Thunder Hammer. Founded at least 3300 years ago by humans with guidance from the Three Goddesses—Ernasis, Lisnar, and Amenias, it was the legendary kingdom of magic engineering and home to the most advanced technology the world has ever witnessed—Magitech. This union also led to the birth of Celestial civilization which held supreme authority and power over the kingdom, and, to an extent, Aernas.
Kounat was ruled by Kings that hail presumably from the Kounat Royal Family, and within the kingdom were the Kounat Army and its military branch of Highlanders who ensured the safety of its people. Despite the absence of deities, the development of Magitech only continued to accelerate—so much so that the once god-worshipping nation had begun to put their blind faith in magic engineering. All of this would culminate in the Great Explosion of Kounat caused by Prime Minister Baldinar who sought to become the new Creator himself.[1][2] Whilst a remnant of a long-forgotten past, the tragedy left ripples in time that continue to haunt the people of the present.
Unlike Serdin and Kanavan, Kounat is not a region of its own in the game because of the story continuity—though players may still experience it through the dungeons Relics of Kounat and Kounat's Collapse. In Grand Chase Dimensional Chaser, it is the third unlockable area with three regular dungeons and an Epilogue dungeon.
Background[]
At the beginning of time, a time so long ago that it cannot be determined, the Creator had created deities, the ones who will be responsible for the creation of the universe, and the demons, who will be responsible for the destruction.
Sometime before Kounat was founded, the Gods descended to the Archimedia Continent of primitive Aernas. These Gods included Ernasis, the Goddess of war and valor, Lisnar, the Goddess of charity and spirits, and Amenias, the Goddess of intelligence and harmony.
At that time, primitive humans, dwarves, and elves who just started the tribal society were living in Aernas. The Three Goddesses chose humans, the most valorous and creative of all, as the race with whom they would perform the creation of the industry together.
Deities and humans worked together to create various life forms and develop the civilization in the center region of Archimedia called Kounat. While doing so, some of the deities fell in love with humans, and children were born amongst them. These people showed more capabilities than ordinary humans and started to show prominence among the humans. Called Celestials, they were eventually aggrandized in number and helped the deities lead the humans and made haste on the development of the magical civilization in Kounat.
The magical civilization of Kounat has expanded throughout Aernas with the capital of Kounat as the center of its influence. Dwarves and elves who were living in the southern and northern regions of the group were influenced by the civilization of Kounat and accepted the superior culture through communication with the Celestials. Through this, elves were able to use more powerful magics, and dwarves were able to make significant developments through advanced technology of mechanical science.
After the territory of the Celestials was settled with Kounat as its center, deities chose the most capable of the Celestials and designated him the king; thus the Kingdom of Kounat was built. And it soon forged an alliance with the elven and dwarven kingdoms, which were developed enough as nations, and declared the first year of the Divine Calender.
However, this peace was not to last.
Many years later, the demons of Elyos invaded Kounat, initiating the First Demon War. In Elyos, unsatisfied by the destruction set by the Creator, the extremists who supported the indiscriminate demolition began to gain power.
The conflict led to the birth of two factions within Elyos, the Hardliners and the Moderates. The leader of the extremists was a high-ranking demon, Heitaros Cratsus, who led his demon army through the Dimensional Portal and destroyed countless stars, and now set Aernas as his next target.
Because of Heitaros, a Dimensional Portal had opened on a certain region in the eastern territory of Kounat in Archimedia, and countless demons started to infiltrate through this. Their first order was to destroy the powerful magic civilization of the deities and charge into the kingdom of Kounat. After hearing the news about the extremist invasion, the Burning Canyon clan sent Dio to Aernas as a missionary.
After being informed of the invasion, the Three Goddesses and the King of Kounat led Kounat's regular army to the Artione Field, which is the gateway to Kounat, and engaged in battle against the demon army. During this fierce war, many casualties were brought about.
The Kounatians were at a disadvantage in battle, because their magic rituals were difficult to use in combat until the kingdom's most capable Rune Caster created a magical artifact that allowed the efficient conversion of magical force into infinite ammunition.
In addition to operating teams' Gunslingers, the Kounat Army initiated the Aernas Hammer, the final ordinance of Kounat, which allows the power of the Gods to be used through the divine power repertory device reconstructed into a weapon, albeit unstable.
Heitaros was critically injured and fled back to Elyos through the Dimensional Portal. The first wave of the demon army was nearly decimated, and after losing their leader, the soldiers scattered to the whole regions of the continent.
However, after losing almost all of their power due to the war against Heitaros, the Three Goddesses sealed the Dimensional Portal and returned to their world as well.
Story[]
Some hundred years after the First Demon Wars, the royal member of Kounat, Hadunak Myu Ornette was gifted a daughter, Mari Ming Ornette.
Baldinar, the Prime Minister of Kounat, took possession of the Klara Libri, the legendary tome that held every secret of their world. He learned about the secrets of the creation of Aernas, including the Creator, and how He gave life to the deities and demons. Baldinar started to lose his sense of reason as time passed by, and set his goal as becoming the Creator himself possessing both Celestial and demonic power, while immediately putting the scheme into action.
By studying about the demons roaming around the world, he obtained demonic power. He created the Soul Stone, the crystal formed of the divine power of the deities. Baldinar attempted to amplify the power of the Soul Stone using the Aernas Hammer in order to obtain the power of God.
The Great Explosion of Kounat caused by the Aernas Hammer.
However, because Baldinar lacked the "Geas" imposed on the Kounat Royal Family, the Hammer refused to accept him as the possessor of its divine power. The weapon, already unstable to begin with, released all its uncontrollable power over a gigantic explosion that spread, consuming the entire kingdom of Kounat as a sacrifice.
Mari was secured in the escape pod according to the royal family evacuation strategy, but because the explosion's progress was mostly proceeding, the pod failed to receive the requisite power and failed to launch.
Though the Kounat Royal Family was annihilated, Mari was successfully saved thanks to Duel who was observing her for his own purposes. However, after receiving impact, the pod malfunctioned and entered hibernation mode to protect its passenger.
Both elven and dwarven kingdoms have lost their kings due to Baldinar's strategy and deemed each other enemies by placing blame on each other. This led to an endless war between the two factions.
Notable households[]
Kounat Royal Family[]
- Main article: Kounat Royal Family
The Kounat Royal Family was a dynasty of Celestial lineage that governed Kounat and was responsible for the advancement of magic engineering in the kingdom. Entrusted by the gods, they were the only people capable of withstanding the "Geas" which came with the ability to control the Soul Stone and the Aernas Hammer.
Arsad, Mari, and their retainers Baldinar and Ai are notable members of the Kounat Royal Family.
Other residents[]
- Agnesia: She was the Goddess of life and purity who descended to Aernas with the Three Goddesses. Although she did not lead the creation, Agnesia was regarded as the fourth Creator Goddess in Kounat according to Mari.
- Brammashell: He was one of the notable Highlanders in Kounat during its very beginnings. Agnesia had personally chosen Brammashell to be her Prime Knight.
- Esnar Din Kanavan: She was a General in the Kounat Army. A commoner who started from the bottom and became a war hero, Esnar won the hearts of many including the King of Kounat himself—earning her the epithet of "Sword Saint".
- Scarde Vi Serdin: She was an Arch Mage of the prestigious House of Serdin from Kounat. Having great magical aptitude since she was a child, Scarde was unparalleled among her peers in magic engineering and had been compared to the likes of Baldinar and Grandiel.
- Kassias Grandiel: He was a Court Mage of Kounat who held a replica of the sacred Klara Libri. Grandiel also served as an adviser to one of the earliest elven kings in Zeruel.
- Fermat: He was a biomedical scientist at Kounat. Below his lab was a passageway that led to a large research facility beneath the royal palace. It was where Fermat would commit heinous experiments on several residents—a catalyst for the eventual rise of the Demos civilization where Sol and Saxon hail.
- Nia: She was a soldier in the Kounat Army and held the dangerous Magitech weapon, Railgun. Nia was affiliated with Fermat and would pursue subjects who tried to escape from his lab.
- Kalissa: She was a soldier in the Kounat Army and held the dangerous Magitech weapon, Chain Sword. Kalissa was affiliated with Fermat and would capture unknowing victims for his experiments.
- Varonas: He was a soldier in the Kounat Army and held the dangerous Magitech weapon, Gunfist. Varonas was scouted by General Kanavan to her troop and later served as her battle adjutant.
- Narushi: He was a soldier in the Kounat Army and a junior colleague to Kanavan. Narushi was scouted by the General and later became a commanding officer to her troop.
- Tevez: He was a soldier in the Kounat Army and a junior colleague to Kanavan. Tevez was scouted by the General and later became a chief strategy officer to her troop.
- Berri: He was the chief warden of the Alpawtraz Prison in Kounat. Berri ended up being a prison officer in the facility after he left Dimensional Trade Exchange.
- Graham: He was the leader of the last generation of Highlanders in Aernas. It is said that the Highlander forces dealt with an enraged Duel at one point, and they had not been seen in the Kounat Kingdom since.
- Elrenius Sieghart: He was an assault commander in the Kounat Army. Elrenius had always led the charge on the frontlines even though he was neither Highlander nor immortal and was described by Kanavan as very stubborn and a "single-minded idiot".
- Jean-Sanque Gulio: He was the most esteemed Rune Caster of Kounat. Gulio's invention of the Maverick, a powered gun designed to fire magical rounds while conserving the operator's own energy, gave rise to the elite legion of Gunslingers who trained to use this weapon—which proved to be a success—and shifted the course of the First Demon War in their favor, ending with the surrender of the Demons.
Unlocking[]
Thunder Hammer and Zeruel must be completed to proceed in Relics of Kounat and Kounat's Collapse respectively. In Grand Chase Dimensional Chaser, players must clear Epilogue 2.5: The Last Avatar of God to access Kounat.
Dungeons[]
Click on the icons to view the dungeons.
Locations[]
Others[]
- Kounat's Secret Arena
- Fermat Research Laboratory
- Alpawtraz Prison
- Artione Plains
Trivia[]
- In Grand Chase Dimensional Chaser, it is said that the destruction of Kounat happened approximately 1500 years prior to the current timeline, and the reason behind it as shown in the mobile sequel was because the Grand Chase traveled through time back to a few days before the Great Explosion. This led to a series of events where they successfully stopped Baldinar who was on the verge of becoming the new Creator, causing the already built-up energy in the Aernas Hammer to explode and annihilate Kounat. Had they not acted as such, Baldinar would have become the new Creator and ended the current world.
- In Grand Chase Dimensional Chaser, the character Elesis Sieghart rejoined the Grand Chase in this world while Grandiel parted ways from the team.
- In EP 9: Eternal Country of Mari's Likability, she expressed her desire to rebuild the fallen kingdom in the future—naming it "Neo-Kounat".
- Kounat was named "Cownat" in the Philippine server of the original game.
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