Some designs I did for Grimmold and Arsène’s future babies. I ended up going with #6. They had triplets! The boys are named Gracian and Ardel. The girl’s named Ararinda.
Next set of regional grimms, aka Water Grimms. These two are Grayl and Grahamm.
Grayl
She's a Water Grimm.
She's 45 years old, she's a woman, and she's bisexual.
She’s cautious, skeptical, a worrywart, a little quick-tempered, somewhat of a helicopter parent, but ultimately loving.
Having lost children consecutively (stillborn, 2 miscarriages), she became very protective of Grahamm when he was born. She vowed to never let anything happen to him.
Unfortunately, Grahamm being an extremely curious, naive, and dumb little boy, he’d often wander into trouble and mischief. She was at least very busy.
Despite her helicopter parenting, having met other grimms, she’s learning to let Grahamm be independent.
She initially didn’t get along with Griswalda, but after some talking and trying to understand each other, they became closer.
She has a habit of giving her kids fish related nicknames, like “guppy”, “shark”, etc.
Grahamm
He's a Water Grimm.
He's 10 years old and he's a boy.
He’s extremely bubbly, friendly, naive, an airhead, and unfortunately not very bright.
These traits often lead him into trouble as he can be easily manipulated by others. Luckily his mom always comes to his rescue before anything serious happens.
Despite being easily swindled, he tends to make bad situations into good ones
He loves his new baby sister, Gratiella and all his cousins. He often pesters his mom to go visit his cousins.
He often wishes for more independence which his mom is finally giving him.
Despite Grayl's protectiveness, he loves her a lot.
Their Story
Grayl lived a relatively normal life growing up. She lived with her mom and her younger brother. Her mom eventually passed away due to natural causes and it was just her and her brother left. Eventually, her brother migrated south permanently due to being tired of the cold waters, so it was Grayl left alone in Shellstead Sea. Her loneliness grew and grew. After some back and forth letters between her and her brother, seeing his child, inspired her to have kids of her own.
Unfortunately for her, the first child she had was a stillborn. She became more depressed and lonely. Once she finally pulled herself out of that rut, she tried to have a child again, only for her to more or less, have a forced miscarriage due to being stabbed by a pirate, in saving some bugs from being pillaged on sea. At this point she just gave up, growing more depressed and let herself be carried by the tide to wash up on shore and die.
She was found by a snail, named Aina, who was a biologist looking for samples. After observing her for days, she finally talked to Grayl, and eventually invited her to her home. She helped Grayl deal with loss again and the two eventually became close. They soon started dating all while Aina continued her tests. In the time they lived together, Grayl became pregnant again and the two were happy about a child. Once again she had a miscarriage causing Grayl to spiral into a depression again. Luckily this time she had Aina for support.
A while after that Grayl gets pregnant again. By the time she gives birth to a healthy living child, Aina has disappeared without a trace or a goodbye. Grayl was heartbroken, but raised his new child, Grahamm, regardless. She raised him to the best of her ability, albeit, being a bit of a helicopter parent. Grahamm’s carefree nature eventually led them to meet more Grimms and helped them reconnect with their roots and other family members.
She reunited with Aina a while after meeting other grimms and after finding some common ground and hearing her story, the two decided to have a relationship again. One thing led to another and the two had another child, who was more or less Grayl’s stillborn reborn. They named her Gratiella. Grayl and Grahamm are living a happy life with Aina, being a new mom to Grahamm, and Gratiella being a long-lost child to Grayl and a new baby sister to Grahamm!
Info about Water Grimms
Instead of growing out of their tails, water grimms keep the tail. It helps them swim.
They do start off with tiny hind limbs, but they ultimately grow out of them.
They're amphibious. They can live out of water, but do need to soak after a while. They gave both lungs and gills.
Their fins also double as wings. They use them for both swimming and occasionally flying. Their fin-wings are also super sharp and can be used as a means for attack.
They have fire magic and some water magic. Their water magic usually includes scalding water or small whirlpools.
They're often thought to be sirens as they usually like to sing.
2/5 of my Grimmchildren, it’s the dashing, Grimmold!
Pronounced grihm-mohld.
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Grimmold's Ritual was incomplete. The Troupe was banished and he lived with them until he was old enough to return to the kingdom on his own. Growing up with Grimm was hard as he was very strict and overprotective. He didn't really have a close bond with Grimm and often saw him as cruel. So when he got to go to his own kingdom and make his own troupe he was quite happy. He felt like he was finally free.
Grimmold’s Childhood
His ritual was very, very brief. He was given to his summoners in the morning and by the time the evening rolled around, they banished the Troupe. Grimm, of course, went back for his child and the charm and left as quickly as he could with his Troupe in tow. At this point, he still wasn’t over losing Grimmhilda so there were a mixture of emotions swirling around in him. He had to work double time; collecting for the Heart and for his child. He was exhausted and depressed, which led to limited patience with the rambunctious Grimmold.
Grimm was very strict, over-protective and cold towards Grimmold for several reasons. He wasn’t over Grimmhilda by the time Grimmold was born and he definitely didn’t want to lose another child again. Another reason is because he broke his horn as a toddler due to Grimm’s negligence. He feels terrible and guilty for that happening, so he wanted to avoid things like this happening again. Due to being depressed he often would rather spend time alone or just with Brumm as Grimmold was way to wild for him. Both his overprotectiveness and his coldness led Grimmold having both mixed feelings about him and trouble with attachment and showing affection to others.
Brumm took care of Grimmold the most, so he felt that he’s more of his father than Grimm. Around six, he was living in a separate tent from Grimm as the Ritual for his younger sisters had begun. This basically sealed the deal of Brumm being his father figure as Grimm wasn’t very present for about a year or two. As he got older, he grew more and more distant from Grimm and would often rebel against his dad’s rules and sneak out a ton. Through his sneaking out, he learned to tap dance as he’d sneak into a dance studio. Around 13, he moved out on a whim. Grimm didn’t expect it at all, while Brumm sorta knew it was coming. There was no convincing him and he went back to his kingdom.
When Grimmold was living on his own, he’d send letters to Brumm. Grimm was unaware of these letters, as they were addressed to Brumm alone. Brumm did let Grimm read them, so he could at least know he was ok. Grimm felt remorse for pushing his one child who survived away. Meanwhile, Grimmold was a lot happier and felt free. He mostly caused mischief in the kingdom and played with kids his age. So he wasn’t really seen as a monster, just as that silly bug who performs and plays pranks.
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About Grimmold
Grimmold is generally chipper, fun-loving, and loud. He is also pretty impulsive, somewhat short-tempered, and very blunt (which makes him come off as rude at times). He used to be hate being touched in any affectionate way (hugs, snuggles, kisses, etc), but grew used to it and more comfortable with it through meeting his siblings. He doesn’t like his Troupe referring to him as “master” and prefer that they use his name. He loves bugging his siblings, but often times can go a little too far which usually leads to him getting into scraps.
Grimmold is around 20 years old and is a gay man. He loves singing, dancing (specifically tap), playing his harmonica and banjo, pranks, and looking at art. He dislikes excessive mushy-gushy stuff, strict rules, being bossed around or lectured, people harassing his siblings, and being hugged/snuggled/kissed too much.
Grimmold lives a relaxing life in his kingdom. He just does the things he likes and chills. His Grimmkin usually scout the kingdom for flames in case they feel he’s low on them. He doesn’t actively seek out flames, but he will collect/eat them should he find them. Most of his time is either spent: doing music (singing, harmonica, banjo), dancing, playing pranks, or thinking of pranks. He’s a simple man and he likes what he likes.
In the past, he and Arsène hooked up and were very much in love. Unfortunately, Grimmold had a serious aversion to most affectionate actions which put strain on their relationship. Grimmold suggested that they break up and Arsène said he would wait for him. Five years down the line, Grimmold did come to find him and they got back together. They’re taking baby steps and right now they can hold hands and hug. Arsène also immediately moved in/joined his Troupe upon getting back together and he’s very happy with the decision. He often paints Grimmold and his Troupe.
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Grimmold’s Troupe and Performance Life
His Troupe consists of:
Grimmurr, his first Grimmkin and best friend
Beauregard, his friend and the Troupe musician
2 Grimmsteed
A bunch of Grimmkin
Grimmold hates being called “master” and prefers that his Troupe calls him by his name. His Grimmkin still usually prefer to refer to him in a formal way, so they call him “boss“ which Grimmold seems ok with. When he has an issue he’s usually most comfortable talking to Grimmurr about it. On rare occasions he’ll talk to Beauregard, as sometimes Grimmurr can be naive about certain topics.
Grimmurr loves Grimmold a lot. He’s different from other Grimmkin as he was made with the intent of being a friend and the fire he was bestowed with had love. He’s almost always by Grimmold’s side, save for the time where he wants to spend some time with Arsène. He’s always learning and observing things as to be a better friend to Grimmold and also to know how to properly help. Beauregard is a good friend to Grimmold as well. He loved Grimmold’s wild spirit and Grimmold had an appreciation for his music style. That alone was enough to make him want to join Grimmold’s Troupe. Now the two do some really upbeat performances.
Grimmold loves singing and dancing. The singing and music is either ragtime, swing, or upbeat jazz. He occasionally will play the banjo or harmonica in his performances. Beauregard usually will play the piano, but can also play the saxophone as well. The dancing is tap and he incorporates fire arts in it as well. On super rare occasions, Grimmold sings some blues. He usually did that to lament his issues and missing Arsène before they got back together. He doesn’t really need to anymore since they’re back together and happy.
