#grayl

Aina

She's a snail and a scientist, specifically a biologist. She's also Grayl's wife.

She’s 44 years old, she’s a woman, and she’s a lesbian.

She's soft-spoken, bashful, and passionate. 

She came upon Grayl while searching the beach for creatures to study.

She and Grayl were in a relationship a couple years before Grahamm was born.

She felt guilty about disappearing from Grayl’s life all those years and is thankful they were able to fix their relationship.

She loves both Grahamm and Gratiella very much. Even though she wasn’t there for most his life, he sees her as a mom and she sees him as a son.

Gratiella

She’s a Water Grimm/snail hybrid. She’s Grayl and Aina’s daughter as well and Grahamm’s baby sister.

She's 1 month old and a girl.

She's very shy, easily startled, and likes to take it easy.

She is technically Grayl's first child but reborn. Her first child was a stillborn. With NKG's magic, she was able to put that child's spirit into a new body. The thing that proved it was the same child was a star birthmark on her chest which both babies have.

When startled she often retreats into her shell. 

She has the amphibious traits of her Grimm side. 

Their Story:

Gratiella was originally born as a stillborn. After she was buried, Grayl tried for another child a year later. After a scuffle with pirates she ended up losing another child. She fell further into depression and ended up letting the tides wash her up on shore. Aina found her and initially was going to study her. Upon realizing she was sapient, she completely changed her tune. She ended up taking Grayl home and nursing her back to health. She also helped her bury her child as well. She and Grayl ended up living together for years and became a couple.

Grayl suffered another miscarriage and she helped her through that as well. Years after this incident, Grayl decided to try one more time for a child. She was out at sea when she laid the egg and when it hatched into a healthy child. On land, Aina’s findings had made a scientific breakthrough, so scientists from Termesdon City more or less took her to the city so she could continue her work. She didn’t even get time to tell Grayl what was happening and that she was leaving. When Grayl returned with her new baby, Grahamm, she was heartbroken to come home to an empty house.

Almost a decade later, Aina finally got them to be more lenient and she was able to return back to Shellstead Shores and continue her work there. She went back to her same home and was surprised at how “lived in” it still appeared. Grayl thought someone had broken in and almost attacked her and was surprised to see Aina. She promptly tried to attack her again and wondered why she even came back. They were having a lil argument until Grahamm came to investigate. He was worried about them arguing so they promised not to argue around him. Grayl and Aina sat down and actually talked about what happened a decade ago. Grayl is unsure how to feel about her and the situation, but ends up letting her stay since it was technically still her house.

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.