A guard from the Gran species, along with a bounty hunter, served as protectors of a village. During a raid on the village by bandits led by a Sith named Kouru, the protectors intervened to shield the villagers, prompted by a signal from the village chief. Following Kouru's elimination of their Trandoshan commander, another group of bandits eliminated all the guards with the exception of the Gran, making him the sole survivor of the battle.
Subsequently, the Gran guard made his way to Osou, where he fabricated a report claiming that the village he was assigned to protect was assaulted by the Ronin, a former Sith. Upon arriving at a cantina, the Gran recounted tales of a Sith bandit who had terrorized the village for several months, which would have accurately described Kouru, but he intentionally portrayed the Ronin as the culprit. Consequently, "Wanted" signs featuring the Ronin were displayed throughout the city, leading to a pursuit of the Ronin by the Genbara military at the Osou spaceport.
The Gran's initial appearance was in "The Duel," a short film that is part of the Star Wars: Visions anthology. Takanobu Mizuno directed it, Kamikaze Douga produced it, and it premiered on Disney+ on September 22, 2021. Shinya Takahashi provided his voice in the original Japanese version, while Neil Kaplan voiced the character in the English version.