Record of Grancrest War
Japanese light novel series
Record of Grancrest War (Japanese: グランクレスト戦記, Hepburn: Gurankuresuto Senki) is a Japanese light novel series and tabletop role-playing game written by Ryo Mizuno and illustrated by Miyū. Fujimi Shobo have published it in ten volumes from 2013 to 2018 under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation of the first two light novels with art by Makoto Yotsuba was serialized from June 2016 to June 2018 in Hakusensha's seinen manga magazine Young Animal. It has been collected in seven tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures aired from January 6 to June 23, 2018. A strategy video game for the PlayStation 4 was published on June 14, 2018.
Plot
Once upon a time, the world was ruled by Chaos. Chaos is one of many features of this mysterious world. Its concentration distorts the laws of nature, which leads to the emergence of demons and natural disasters, which people call "the scourge of Chaos." Then came "a man with a holy seal" and "returned the order". He was called the Lord.
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