Grant Danasty

Grant DaNasty is a fictional character in the Castlevania game Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse. Grant was a former pirate whose entire family was killed by Dracula. When Grant stood against him, Dracula laid a curse upon him that metamorphosed him into a monster, condemned to guard the Clock Tower. Trevor Belmont freed him of Dracula's Curse, and in return Grant promised to help him vanquish Dracula.

Interestingly, Grant's surname (DaNasty) might imply that he was one of the Dăneşti, a junior line of the Wallachian royal family that spent many years in a vicious feud with their cousins, the Draculeşti; this would agree quite well with Grant's claim that Dracula – a member of the Draculeşti line – murdered his entire family. Noted Dracula scholar Radu Florescu wrote in his book Dracula: Prince of Many Faces that "in terms of its violence [the Dracula-Dăneşti feud] can be compared to the Lancaster-York conflict in England, Shakespeare's Capulet-Montagu rivalry, or the Burgundian-Capetian antagonism in France."

Called into action

 * 1476 - Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
 * A zombie impersonating Grant appeared in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
 * A mimic of the boss battle from SotN can be found in the within the nest of evil in Portrait of Ruin.

Animated Castlevania
Grant, along with the other Dracula's Curse characters, is featured in concept art for an animated Castlevania series by Project 51 Productions. He will not be making an appearance in the first Dracula's Curse Animated Movie, although he is likely to appear in a second one if they are able to make it.

Grant in Fan Fiction

 * Future of Darkness (supporting role) - Grant returns to Trevor's side along with Sypha to stop Count Dracula to rule his empire, in order to save their future.

Trivia

 * Grant posed as a thief because of his outfit in the Castlevania game, like Sypha as a mage, which inspired Final Fantasy class characters.
 * Grant was the only character that doesn't appear in Captain N cartoon version.

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin