A monster who aspires to be a great mage. He will eat anything and everything, and his tendency to get carried away often gets him and the main character into trouble.
Appearance
Grim very closely resembles a cat. His fur is grey with a white patch at his chest and pink paw pads, and he has electric blue flames blazing from his ears. His eyes are also bright blue. Around his neck, he wears a black-and-white striped bow tie which is torn at the ends; it also bears a light purple gemstone that rests against his chest. His tail is shaped like a pitchfork.
Personality
The first time MC meets Grim, he acts devilishly and mischievously, causing trouble wherever he goes. He can be quite narcissistic and prideful, often bragging about his magical abilities, despite not showing much magical prowess. At times, he goes to extreme lengths to achieve the things he desires, such as burning the welcoming ceremony hall to show off his magic in an attempt to get accepted to NRC. He likes getting attention from other people, as he joined the Spelldrive tournament just to get exposure through the show.
Aside from that, he is somewhat easy to impress and quite curious of things he is unfamiliar with, such as learning about the The Great Seven. He is also easy to taunt, such as when Ace insulted MC and Grim for not knowing who the 7 figures were. Grim is shown to enjoy teasing people around him, most notably MC, Ace and Deuce.
As the story progresses, he starts to enjoy the company of his friends, which includes MC whom he spends most of his time with. Grim also becomes quite attached to MC, often acting protectively or possessively over them. Although Grim does not usually act considerately or selflessly with other people, Grim does sometimes make an effort to do something nice for MC or look out for them.
Background
Almost nothing is known about Grim's past and even he is unable to recall memories of his childhood other than waking up alone, hungry and cold.[8] The only thing that is known is that at home he was called "Grim The Digger", but isn't known by whom or whether this is instead a nickname he invented for himself. [9]
After a stormy start for causing chaos on campus, Grim finally manages to qualify to join Night Raven College along with MC. While MC waits to find a way home and Grim to become a great wizard, both try their hand at their current school life. As time progresses, Grim gets to know various students located in the school's seven dorms and learn about the more dangerous sides of magic: Overblot.
MC and Grim are, in fact, involved in seven Overblots, which sees seven mages “blot” their magic wands due to negative emotions and thus abuse their magic. Since the Prologue after the defeat of each Phantom, Grim has managed to get his paws on a black stone and devour it, however, apparently at a cost.
Until Book 4, in fact, no repercussions had ever been seen but after eating the black stone leftover from Jamil's overblot, he began acting very strange and became addicted to eating more black stones. [10] Grim's behavior became even more unstable after he ate the stone from Vil's overblot and grew more hostile. When he sensed MC nearby at the colosseum, Grim attacked MC in his belief that they were there to steal the stone from him.[11]
Because of his "berserk" state and his disappearance, Ace, Deuce and MC rely on Crowley to know how to deal with Grim. In Book 6, we find out from Crowley more about the black rocks eaten by Grim, explaining that he suspects that they are actually 'concentrated blot crystals'.
However, the Headmage is also quick to downplay that his attack could have been a result of his true nature as a direbeast. Given his feral state and attacking someone, after all, Crowley drops the possibility of expelling him. His arrest by S.T.Y.X and the capture of Grim, though, never let this event happen.
At the end of Book 6, Grim seems to greatly regret attacking MC, apologizing repeatedly once he has been saved. Later Crowley shows particular interest in Grim after his experiments on the study of the blot. [12]
Magical Skill
In addition to having a natural ability to use fire magic, Grim has shown the ability to draw on other magic and spells but with no strong talent. He has a problem with the precision of magic.
In Book 6, Idia confirms that Grim is not very powerful but the analysis team has detected ancient magic layered on top of each other within him that makes it impossible to accurately track Blot's accumulation. The current theory is that he possesses a curse or blessing that is activated only under conditional circumstances. [13]
Always in Book 6 Riddle claims that Grim's magic is even cruder than Ace and Deuce's, further confirmed by S.T.Y.X researchers.
Trivia
- His name may be a reference to Grimm's Fairy Tales, a popular fairytales collection which includes the tale of Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and so many more.
- Grim can use fire magic.
- It is said by Riddle that he once caught Grim scratching up the sofa in the Heartslabyul lounge.
- It is still unclear the reason and interest behind Crowley's attitude, after Grim returns from the Island of Woe. [12]
- His apparent apprehension could be due to Grim's previous, but now disappeared, berserk behavior. This could have raised suspicions, considering his excellent physical and mental health.
- Grim believes that Malleus' mother was a frightening woman.[14]
References
- ↑ Heartslabyul Manga Chapter 7 Page 69
- ↑ Heartslabyul Manga Chapter 21 Page 152
- ↑ Heartslabyul Manga Chapter 1 Page 38
- ↑ Heartslabyul Manga Chapter 3 Page 124
- ↑ Heartslabyul Manga Chapter 1 Page 39
- ↑ Heartslabyul Manga Chapter 4 Page 145
- ↑ Cloudcalling on the Savanna/Story/Chapter 3-10
- ↑ Book 4/Chapter 1
- ↑ Book 4/Chapter 16
- ↑ Book 4/Chapter 37
- ↑ Book 5/Chapter 75
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Book 7/Chapter 86
- ↑ Book 7/Chapter 42
- ↑ Book 7/Chapter 83 • Seeking in the Dark - Part 16