A series of [[gamebook]]s by J.H. Brennan. 
It was published in Japan from 1985 to 1987 by Futami Shobou"[1]":[/wiki_pages/36171#dtext-external-links] under the title "Dragon Fantasy Series." 

A guy who was working at Futami at the same time, handled that edition's illustrations using the pen name of HUGO HALL"[2]":[/wiki_pages/36171#dtext-external-links]. His impressive [[graphite_(medium)|graphite]] artworks were well-received, and there are enthusiastic fans even today. The most popular was the Poetic Fiend, which was modeled on Klaus Nomi"[3]":[/wiki_pages/36171#dtext-external-links]. 
He has stated that because the editor-in-charge was unwilling to pay the copyright royalties for the original illustrations of John Higgins"[4]":[/wiki_pages/36171#dtext-external-links], the editor asked him to do them because he just happened to be close by. Moreover, it seems that because the illustrations were for foreign books, in order to create a certain tone he made sure to use a foreign type of PN. He is currently active as an illustrator, tabletop game designer, and game book writer. 

Additionally, a message from the author to his Japanese readers was published in "Voyage of Terror" ~You can add 5 life points to this adventure, but in exchange 'You are forbidden from using judo or karate against the monsters that you encounter.' ~ 

Soudosha"[5]":[/wiki_pages/36171#dtext-external-links] began republishing the Japanese translation in 2004 using the original title of "グレイルクエスト".

h4.Characters

* [[pip_(grailquest)|Pip]]
* [[Excalibur Junior]]
* [[Merlin]]

h4#external-links.External links

[1] Wikipedia(JP): "Futami Shobou":http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%8C%E8%A6%8B%E6%9B%B8%E6%88%BF
[2] http://twitter.com/GotoHugo
[3] Wikipedia: "Klaus Nomi":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Nomi
[4] Wikipedia: "John Higgins (comics)":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Higgins_%28comics%29
[5] Wikipedia(JP): "Soudosha":http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%89%B5%E5%9C%9F%E7%A4%BE

* Wikipedia: "Grailquest":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grailquest 
* HUGO HALL's webpage: http://hall.fool.jp/ 
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