Grima (Male)

Profile: Birth of "The Creation" Grima originally had no name and was just referred to as the Creation. Engineered by a mad alchemist named Forneus in a bid to create the perfect lifeform, he was the product of many materials, including the blood of a Divine Dragon, something that Forneus had taken a great risk to acquire. With it, Forneus mixed the blood with human fluids, certain herbs, and nectar, and sealed the concoction inside a vial for 40 days. This mixture resulted in the birth of the Creation.

At first, the Creation was tiny, merely the size of a thumbnail, and resembled a human fetus. Keeping the Creation under the temperature of a horse's womb, each day, Forneus gave the Creation his blood. On the 80th day, the Creation began to transform. It began to resemble a human less, sprouting eyes, extending its neck, and even growing a tail. Slowly, it began to take the appearance of an unusual dragon, not like that of a Divine Dragon that it was created from.

The Creation had six eyes that stared at Forneus through the vial, seeming to smile, indicating that it seemed to have developed a consciousness and was possibly smiling at Forneus. Eventually, the Creation grew to the size of a puppy, but it was said to have a terrifying power and seemed to have moments of rampage that Forneus attempted to control before the Creation reached full maturity.

The Creation's voice began to connect with Forneus, where both were able to see inside one another, and Forneus began to sense the dark and violent thoughts within the Creation, enough to make his heart tremble, while the Creation stared at Forneus trembling, and smiled at him reassuringly.

Eventually, it reached a point when Forneus realized that his creation was too powerful to ever be controlled, and he sought to destroy it. It is unclear exactly what happened afterward, but it is presumed that the Creation killed Forneus in retaliation for his treachery.

If the player goes inside Thabes Labyrinth in Act VI of Echoes, they eventually reach the end of the maze to encounter the Creation itself. After a fierce battle, the Creation is defeated, but despite that, it is mentioned that the malevolent presence that filled the place with a sense of dread never faded, implying that the Creation's spirit lived on.

The First Exalt Around a thousand years afterward, the Creation returned, under a new name, calling itself the Fell Dragon, Grima. Grima presumably made a pact with a human and tried to destroy the continent of Ylisse, but both were defeated by the First Exalt of Ylisse and Naga, with Grima put into a long slumber. A cult that fanatically worshiped Grima as the god of annihilation, the Grimleal, formed a country, Plegia, in order to revive their fallen master. For centuries, the Grimleal tried to create a suitable vessel for Grima to take, someone who held the Mark of Grima.

Awakening The most recent leader of the Grimleal, Validar, was yet another failed potential vessel. Nonetheless, a suitable host finally appeared. The death of Chrom in the original future of Awakening at the hands of one of his closest allies led to the resurrection of Grima. With his might restored, Grima laid waste to the future, leaving only a small number of survivors remaining. Among them was Chrom's future daughter Lucina as well as the children of the Shepherds. In hopes of changing this future, Naga opened a portal of time into the past to change the ruined future.

The Future Past In this alternate timeline, Grima managed to control Robin's body and, at the same time, indirectly control Morgan. Like in the alternate future, Grima manages to plunge the world into despair. However, Ylisstol continues fighting despite being heavily outmanned by the Risen. Grima orders both Morgans, who lead a group of Risen, to stop the children from obtaining the Gemstones needed to perform the Awakening. As a unit, Grima remains in Robin's body but summons a spectral version of his true form's head to attack.

He is the mysterious cloaked figure that attempts to kill Lucina, but Tiki takes the hit instead and dies from her wounds.

At the top of Castle Ylisstol, Grima appears and demands the Fire Emblem and the gemstone. Lucina refuses, and Grima sends a shockwave through her, Severa, Laurent, and Gerome, severely wounding them. However, as fate would have it, Chrom and his Shepherds from the main timeline appear and assist them in defeating Grima and his hordes of Risen. After the battle, Grima attempts to kill Chrom, but due to being weakened, is stopped by Robin, who then teleports Chrom and the Shepherds back to their own timeline.

Should all the children survive, Grima will taunt Lucina, telling her that her friends are most likely dead as he had sent Risen on them. However, they appear, and Grima correctly deduces that both Morgans have failed him. Despite this, he still taunts her as the Awakening can only be performed at Mount Prism, far enough for Grima to regain his strength and finish them off. However, as his Risen overran Mount Prism, the holy energy searched for the next source closest to Naga: Tiki, whom Grima had carelessly left inside the castle. Tiki also becomes the new Naga of this world, and because Tiki's body is the holiest source in the land, Lucina is able to perform the Awakening on the spot and finishes off Grima. Robin, freed from Grima's control in their body's death, thanks everyone for ending their torment and apologizes to the Morgans for allowing them to fall under Grima's manipulation.

Should Lucina be the only child to survive, Grima will taunt Lucina, telling her how he killed her father, scores of Ylisseans, and her friends. Robin, who temporarily regained control of their body, tells her to complete the Awakening before he wakes from his slumber. Robin wished to be free of Grima's possession so that none of the events would have happened in this timeline. Lucina notes that their voice seems painfully familiar and expresses that she wants to save them, but they refuse, as they are speaking freely as Grima is weakened. After Grima manages to take temporary control of their body, Robin claims that it is now impossible to separate the two and leaves for his slumber, waiting for the day Lucina will kill him.

Personality: Ominous and foreboding, Grima is in all aspects the antithesis to Naga. From his very creation, he has held a deep-seated loathing of humanity and desires nothing more than their total annihilation and suffrage in the process. He makes no illusions of his hatred of humans, and even his fanatical loyal cultists are but mere pawns in his vision of the world, yet oddly, they are so enthralled by him that they follow him regardless.

The sheer power that he holds rivals that of a god, and he sees himself as nothing less than one. He scorns humanity, seeing them both as weak and contemptible by nature. Heroes expands on this, explaining though his possessed Hierophant that he hates humanity for their hypocrisy as they beg the gods for help only to shun them after their prayers are answered. He views goodwill as merely a means of self-indulgence and selfishness, and that his form is but a reflection of humanity's ugliness, and he is merely an envoy of their image of evil.

He is highly tactical and manipulative, guiding Validar to make certain moves over the course of Awakening and even personally reviving him for the purposes of fulfilling his plans. Before the start of the final battle against him, he casually weakened the Shepherds to near death and gave Robin an impossible choice to willingly merge with him to spare their comrades or watch them die by his hand, never intending on sparing them had Robin chosen the former. Grima embodies his quote that he is the "wings of despair" as he enjoys instilling fear and despair upon humanity at all opportunities. He is also shown to be extremely prideful, regarding humans as "worms" coupled with a God complex of sorts, as evidenced by his tendency to refer to himself as a god and/or claiming that he is unkillable.

However, when briefly conversing with Lucina in his original draconic form during one of her flashbacks, he seems to speak in a far more brash and aggressive tone - so much so that he appears to yell at her. Though it is possible that he was simply reveling in his victory at the time, this apparent tone shift is most likely just his natural way of speaking due to his massive size, or a combination of the two.

Grima holds great arrogance due to the sheer power he possesses and the fact that, in the original timeline, his inevitable genocide of all humanity was nearly complete. He holds a similar belief that destiny is set and cannot be changed, which he uses to inflict further despair on his foes, as history stays on the track it was on. However, this turns out to be somewhat false as he decided to follow the children into the past, as he believed that their meddling could actually change the future. Likewise, his tendency to spare certain individuals solely for the sake of attempting to inflict more despair on them has given humanity many opportunities to counterattack on multiple occasions in Awakening. Loath as he is to admit it, he is reliant on his human host to be able to even be a threat to the world. Ultimately, Grima underestimates the tenacity and will of humanity to face him despite the insurmountable odds, especially finding Robin's willingness to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the world alarming.

Gender: Male

Skin Tone: Pale / very light complexion

Hair Color: White

Hairstyle: Short to medium length with layered, slightly messy strands; angled bangs partially framing his face

Eyes: Red

Build: Lean with a toned but slender frame; tall and imposing posture

Outfit: A dark, high-collared black and deep purple robe with gold geometric trim and structured shoulders. The coat flares outward dramatically and features layered panels with purple feather-like accents at the hips. Underneath, he wears a light inner tunic, fitted pale trousers with button detailing, and dark boots.

Accessories: Large dark purple-black wings extending from his back, clawed black gloves with red markings, horn-like protrusions near his head, a wide belt with a circular gold buckle.