G'raha: Breathes
Community: "This is our husband."

G'raha is literally a shippers dream. He can either be your best friend, love interest, or best boi.
He is intelligent.
He is powerful.
A lovable dork.
A short King.

What I love most about G'raha is how he is so obviously the hero of the First. He is everything he attributes to the Warrior of Light and more. He took this desperate longshot plan to save the world knowing it would take many, many decades for him to maybe accomplish and applied himself fully to this task without question, mirroring Emet Selch. He does all of this and still thinks he owes you an apology. He doesn't owe anyone anything. Everyone on the First and everyone on the Source owe a great debt of gratitude to him instead. By the end of all of this the thing that brings him to tears is someone acknowledging him as himself again after over 100 years. For 100 years this man has been nothing but his mission and in that moment he is a person again. He years to stand tall like the heroes of eld, when he already does, enough time just needs to pass for him to enter history.

My favorite Raha scene remains his 15-second villain arc before Emet shoots him in the back. The goofy implication that he remains the kid we met in ARR and thinks of everything as a grand story, that for one minute he could be the WoL’s villain is so absurd and precious. This will keep him in my heart forever, everything after is just the frosting on top. Best fanboy, S tier.

We love him because he's like that stray kitten you bring into your house who is very cuddly and loves head pats.

Remember if Graha did not do what he did the Warrior of Light would have died, no ifs no buts, died to black rose.

"G'raha downgraded after 5.3" To sum up very poorly, this bro agreed to give up everything a tower on a theory that he could cross time and space to avert an apocalypse, wakes up in another apocalypse, builds a sanctuary, averts 2 apocalypses all while turning into a damn popsicle. Man, I'll be in a good mood if I wake up after a full 8 and my bones don't hurt. Bro got a literal second chance at life and he ain't wasting it for a second. I respect the hell out of that.

Raha, so utterly sweet and kind and nice and delightful that the moment he tried to play the villain everyone was just "We dont believe you."

The real reason the Exarch wears a hood: Raha could never act evil with a straight face; his cinnamonrollness would always show through.  Also his ears were probably flapping excitedly under the hood the whole time and his tail was doing that swishy swish thing like in 6.1

I adore that it eventually gets stated that the reason G'raha learned to do any role Tank/Heal/DPS is specifically so he can complement the WoL's wild-card status.

G'raha is a great character because he is all too "human" for lack of a better term. He has wants, desires, fears, anxiety, and Trauma. He feel relatable to the players because he wears it all on his sleeve and he's well written enough that the characters around him can sense his flawed acts but also see the pure heart behind his intentions. So they go along with it anyway. He has such a force of character that he isn't even aware of because he is constantly comparing himself to the living legends he surrounds himself with.

The man was the savior of the first and the source. Through his actions were both worlds spared. He didn't summon the scions and sit idle waiting for them to hand him salvation. He stood, fought, cried, and bled every step of the way.

Let it be known that when the worlds needed a savior the most G'raha stood and was not found wanting.

I think my favorite G'raha moment was during the blasphemies invading Radz-at-Han and he slips back into the Crystal Exarch, calm and level headed, commanding and reassuring that they will see tomorrow. It gave me chills and all I could do was try to not fangirl so much!

I like how you more clearly explained why I love Raha than my usual line of  "I love a highly competent man who respects my opinion enough to get flustered when I point out at all that he's competent"

I think the best scene with 'Raha is in the post-EW content, when you come to ask him if he'll go explore some ruins with you, and he is Literally Vibrating from ears to tail-tip because he really really wants to go, but has all this work to do, and Krile just rolls her eyes and tells him to go, and the sheer look of Absolute Joy on his face because not only is it going to be New Discovery from the Past, he's going to be going there with his BEST FRIEND!  😀

I think we all need a friend like Raha in our lives.

I have never felt so protective of a character in a game as much as I for Graha.

When I finished Heavenward, I cried in my fiance's arms because of the scene where you save Estinein. I fell hopelessly in love with Haurchefant and my fiance knew that. He told me "There's someone in ShadowBringers you'll simp for even more." I did not believe him. Cue that hood being pushed back and all you hear from me is "WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!" I fell in love with G'Raha in the Crystal Tower Quests before he even hit the ground after jumping off the platform. After all those cutscenes ended in SB I asked my fiance "Was that G'Raha?" and he said "Yes, and he's been waiting for you here this whole time." G'Raha is the best ally and friend we could ever hope for! Even though there are romantic tones to him it's never forceful! You can perceive it as he cares deeply for the WOL or he is in love with WOL. I love you G'Raha and I'm so happy to have you in my life.

The best part is that his English VA, Jonathan Bailey, took the role shortly before finding fame in the Bridgerton series. I was worried that he wouldn't be able to come back to do G'raha in future expansions because you know, career advancement and all that.
But Bailey himself has said that he wants to continue doing G'raha as long as he can because the writing is so good for him. He called it "Almost Shakespearian".
So he kept doing the voice lines during the day while doing 8 shows a night as part of a theater company to the point where his tongue became enflamed from all the work.
TL;DR: G'raha is such a well-written character, he inspires loyalty even from the people who play him. :)

A slight correction. Krile and the WoL calling him Raha, isn't a nickname, it's just his name without the Tribal letter attached. G'raha just means Raha from the Gryphon Tribe. Saying a Seeker Miqo'te's name without the tribal letter show a level of closeness between the characters. As stated Matoya does the same with Y'shtola, and Lyse with M'naago.

It should also be noted that we've encountered Miqo'te with the same first names before. In addition to G'raha there is also H'raha Tia, from the Heavensward Monk quests. And there are T'kebbe Morh, the Miquitten in Idyllshire, Khloe's friend, and V'kebbe, the Miqo'te from the Rogues guild.

G'raha cemented himself as my favorite character when I played through ShB, and that's because he was just so well written, like the video pointed out. He feels genuine, and that's something you don't see too much in support characters. He feels like he would be the best friend you ever had.