Grubbs Grady
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Grubitsch "Grubbs" Grady is one of the main character in The Demonata
series by Darren Shan
. He is the protagonist of the first book (Lord Loss
), the third (Slawter
), the fifth (Blood Beast
) the sixth (Demon Apocalypse), the eighth (Wolf Island
) and the tenth (Hell's Heroes). Grubbs makes appearances in the seventh book (Death's Shadow
) and the ninth book (Dark Calling). In Blood Beast Grubbs is afflicted by Lycanthropy
.
Grubbs' paternal uncle Dervish Grady releases him from the institute after telling Grubbs that he knows demons are real and Grubbs moves in with him. Grubbs starts a new life with Dervish in a little village called Carcery Vale. The pair share a cruel taste in pranks and a dark sense of humor.
Grubbs is distantly related to Bec MacConn (for whom the fourth book was named) and has an unexplained relation to Juni Swan a.k.a. Nadia Moore.
. In the time of Grubbs, the curse's origins are unknown, but it is later revealed in the fourth book of the series that 1600 years earlier, when the Demonata invaded Ireland
, the MacGrigors bred with lesser demons and thus created a lycanthropy gene that could appear in any member of the clan. Since Bec was part of this clan, she is a distant ancestor of Grubbs (this was confirmed in the book Demon Thief).
One of Grubbs' ancestors, the magician
Bartholemew Garadex, discovered that the demon master Lord Loss possessed the ability to cure the curse. Bartholemew summoned him to ask for such a favor, but in keeping with his demonic nature, Lord Loss had no interest in performing any such charitable act. However, Bartholemew discovered that the demon master possessed an obsessive fascination with the game of chess
, and managed to strike a deal: Bartholemew would play a series of games with Lord Loss, but for each game which he won a Garadex would be cured.
Eventually Bartholomew died, as every person must. For a long time no one knew about the games which were played between Lord Loss and Bartholomew until eventually one of Bartholomew's descendants unlocked the secrets of his diary and contacted Lord Loss, eager to renew the challenges. However, Lord Loss sought a new twist to the game as he was humiliated by Bartholomew but longed to play chess, so the rules became thus, a family member could challenge Lord Loss. However there needed to be two people involved in the battle, one person would have to fight Lord Loss's savage familiars while the other pitted themselves against Lord Loss at chess, these games were played on 5 simulations boards. This challenge takes place in a mid point between world, half human and half demon universe. If they could win three of the games, the curse would be removed, but the one who faced Lord Loss in chess would fight him alone in the Demonata's universe. If they lost the chess match or the fight with the familiars, then Lord Loss would be allowed to kill the two challengers and the inflicted child.
, in a house where the playing of chess is enforced strictly by both of his parents. Grubbs sneaks home from his aunt's house one night to find the demon Lord Loss and two of his minions, Artery and Vein, toying with the remains of his murdered family. After fighting the demons, Grubbs is traumatized and admitted to a mental hospital. The doctors try to convince him that what he saw was a hallucination
, but Grubbs will not believe them. After a few months, his Uncle Dervish visits him at the hospital and tells him that what he saw was real and that he can explain to him the truth of it all- but only if he cooperates and pretends to accept that what he saw was a hallucination.
Grubbs then moves in with his uncle in Carcery Vale and befriends a child called Billy Spleen, (who prefers to be called 'Bill-E'). This boy reveals that the reason he often spends time with Dervish is because he thinks that he is actually Dervish's son. After looking through books and noting Dervish's behavior, Bill-E and Grubbs begin to suspect that Dervish is a werewolf, but when the two of them follow him into the woods, Grubbs discovers that Bill-E is the actual werewolf. Dervish tells Grubbs that he always knew Bill-E was a werewolf, as Bill-E is Cal's other son. He also explains to Grubbs about the family curse, the nature of Lord Loss and the other Demonata, and the perilous battle which they must undertake in order to save Bill-E .
They summon Lord Loss into the cellar of the house, where Dervish confronts the demon master in a game of chess while Grubbs fights the familiars. Half way through, Grubbs is struggling and due to Lord Loss's fondness of him, he decides to bend the rules this once and allows Grubbs to swap places with Dervish. Initially, Lord Loss beats Grubbs easily, but once Grubbs realizes that the demon feeds off his discomfort, he manages to gain the upper hand by behaving in a calm happy and very "teenage" fashion. This allows Grubbs to win the chess match, resulting in Bill-E being cured and Dervish going to the Demonata universe to fight Lord Loss alone. When Bill-E comes to, he doesn't remember turning into a werewolf, so Grubbs lies to him saying that Dervish has been cured but is under a spell to keep him calm. Dervish's body continues to function in the normal universe but with no discernible personality, as his soul
is still fighting Lord Loss. After many months, Dervish returns, seemingly well and unharmed.
In Slawter, when Grubbs is about fourteen years old, horror movie producer Davida Haym offers Dervish a chance to work on the set of her new movie, "Slawter", which is about demons. He quickly accepts the job, thinking that it will be a good chance to help him recover from his battle with Lord Loss, and he and Grubbs move to the town in which the film is set. Grubbs soon finds out that Davida has made a deal with Lord Loss, promising to bring Dervish and Grubbs to work on the movie in exchange for being allowed to film the Demonata. Dervish, Grubbs, Bill-E and the psychologist
Juni Swan attempt to flee the town, but strike a barrier which sends them into a dream state. After waking, the Gradys and Bill-E run into the town trying to warn people to get away, claiming that there is a gas leak which will soon cause a catastrophic explosion.
No one heeds their warnings and Davida sets the Demonata upon the unsuspecting cast and crew. However, Lord Loss betrays and kills her (this is not seen but is implied). Grubbs and a few other children lure a demon to the invisible force field that surrounds the town, then magically combust it to create a hole through which to escape. This done, Grubbs finds himself forced to battle multiple demons with power he never realised he had in order to buy time for the people to get through. An unlucky few are still trapped inside, left for the Demonata to slaughter. After escaping, they see Davida's assistant director sitting on the ground; Bill-E stops Grubbs from harming him, but when Juni arrives, she kills him with magic she discovered behind the barrier. Back at Dervish's house, Dervish scans Grubbs for any sign of magical power. Grubbs unconsciously hides it from him, but later discovers that he does indeed possess magical powers even away from the Demonata, confirming that he is a magician.
. On top of this, his magical prowess is growing all the time: He makes water change direction as it goes down the plughole (defying gravity) and wakes from his nightmares levitating. By this time, Grubbs has managed to get his life back to normal and has a circle of friends, including Loch Gossel, who constantly bullies Bill-E. He also finds himself attracted to Reni Gossel, the sister of Loch. Desperate to retain this stability, he ignores his developing magic, and attempts to convince himself that these nightmares are only normal. However, while Dervish is away, Grubbs wakes to find himself a werewolf. He somehow transforms himself back, but is forced to face the truth of his affliction.
Along with Bill-E and Loch, Grubbs decides to go looking for Lord Sheftree's treasure
, but wakes one night to find himself moving rocks away from the hole which they had dug. Bill-E accidentally stumbles upon a tube leading to a large cave. They start looking for the treasure but find none, and Bill-E and Loch decide to climb a wall of the cave. At this point, Grubbs begins to feel very ill (possibly because of the full moon) and looks to the floor of the cavern. In the rock, he sees the face of a girl similar to his sister, whispering in a strange language, but then she suddenly goes silent. Grubbs hears a scream from behind him, and turns to find Loch lying on the floor bleeding from a head injury. While Bill-E leaves to get help, Grubbs attempts to heal Loch's wounds, and indeed needs to resuscitate
Loch several times. The first two times it works, but Loch dies after the third attempt. The whispering starts again, startling Grubbs. When he calms down he looks at Loch, and lifts up his head and notices something odd - all the blood is gone.
Eventually Dervish and Bill-E turn up at the cave, however there is nothing that can be done to save Loch's life and Grubbs soon realises that there is no ambulance. At Dervish's insistence, the three move the body to a nearby quarry
and throw it over the edge. Dervish explains that the cave is the former site of a tunnel to the Demonata's universe (the same cave from Bec). Dervish has been given the duty to protect the cave and make sure nobody else can unleash the Demonata.
Returning to school, Grubbs discovers that the psychologist has left and that Juni Swan(from Slawter)has been hired as a replacement. She helps Grubbs, Bill-E, and their friends to cope with Loch's death, and soon everyone seems to be fine. However tensions increase as Juni and Dervish become romantically involved, and they eventually move in together. In the following days Grubbs becomes more aware of the impending doom of his curse. Not only that, but he begins to notice a tramp coincidentally appearing around Carcery Vale. The tramp implies that Dervish may have called the Lambs to kill Grubbs, and Juni confirms his suspicions. However, she also tells Grubbs that she sees him as her own son, and will do whatever it takes protect him.
At Grubbs' insistence, Dervish locks him in a cage as his lycanthropic transformation worsens. While he is in the cage, Juni suggests that Dervish should leave while she performs a dangerous spell to help Grubbs. Once Dervish is gone, she frees Grubbs from the cage, then passionately kisses him when he shows his desire to die at the hands of the lambs, claiming that she will not let him be killed while there may be hope. She says that they should go to meet up at the cave. He then breaks out of the cage, and battles three of what he believes are Lambs, dispatching them easily. Grubbs runs to the cave, where he loses control again and turns into a werewolf. When he returns to his normal state, Grubbs finds that he has killed Ma & Pa Spleen, Bill-E's grandparents and legal guardian
s. Juni says that the two of them need to run away from Dervish and the Lambs to protect Grubbs, both from his own death and the deaths of others.
The two of them board an airplane, on which Grubbs falls asleep. When he awakes, the cockpit opens and demons appear on the plane, Artery first and then the scorpion-like creature(Spine)from the front of the book, along with another rabbit-like demon(Femur). They begin killing the passengers on the plane. Finally, Lord Loss appears, stunning the passengers. Juni appears next to him and reveals that she summoned him and is actually an agent of Lord Loss. Grubbs is saved just in time by Beranabus and they both jump from the plane, flying to a cave in a desert
which is a cave closed by magic. There Grubbs meets Kernel Fleck
, who appears disdainful of him, and discovers that Juni was the one who killed Bill-E's grandparents and his werewolf side was trying to protect them.
Inside the cave Bill-E and Dervish are being held prisoner by Lord Loss, Juni and his familiars. As Juni performs the spell to open the tunnel, Beranabus, Grubbs and Kernel battle the familiars. Grubbs frees his uncle and brother, who now knows of his true parentage thanks to Lord Loss' tauntings. Dervish battles with Juni and kills her by dropping her on a stalagmite
. However, the spell is not broken, leading Grubbs to the realisation that Bill-E is the "key" to the tunnel's opening, due to his unintentional sacrifice of Loch (as Loch clung on to the rock, Bill-E had offered his hand, but whipped it away just as Loch plunged to his death. Loch did this many times to Bill-E in the previous book). Grubbs makes the hard decision to kill his brother to stop tunnel from opening (although he claims that it's to save him from an eternity of torment by the Demonata). Bec enters Bill-E's dead body(she had travelled back in time inside Grubbs) and casts powerful spells destroying Artery and Spine. Lord Loss flees, taking Juni's body with him.
Bec transforms Bill-E's body into her own and is reunited with Beranabus, whom she had known as Bran when they first met in Bec. Beranabus reveals that he is a half demon, and battles with that evil side of himself every day, just like Grubbs has to fight his inner werewolf. Grubbs joins Beranabus and Kernel in the Demonata Universe, leaving Bec to catch up on the last thousands of years and look after Dervish.
Grubbs had a very small and unimportant role in Death's Shadow
. He is seen for a few minutes and then runs off to find out what caused the werewolves to attack in Carcery Vale. He takes Meera Flame and Shark with him.
, Grubbs is both the primary character and the narrator of the story, following on from where Death's Shadow left him off. Grubbs, Meera and Shark discover with the help of one of Shark's old friends, Timas Brauss, the location of the Lambs' headquarters. Here they make some shocking discoveries regarding the lycanthropic gene. Prae Athim (from Slawter
) appears to have fled to a secluded island taking all werewolves with her. Here she has manipulated some genetically, making them far superior to all others. Shark gathers a team of Army men who, along with Antoine Horwitzer, lay siege
to the eponymous "Wolf Island". Once there however they discover that Antoine is in league with Juni Swan and Lord Loss. Most of Shark's team are killed by the Lambs private army along with hundreds of trained werewolves. In order to assist in the escape, the Kah-Gash part of Grubbs tells him to let loose his wolven side. He does so but instead of being consumed by it, he realises he can find a middle ground between human and wolf. He prefers this deformed body since he feels complete as part Human, Werewolf and Magician. Having done this he rallies the wolves and assaults the lab again. He ends up locked in one on one combat with Juni. She appears to get the upper hand but stops short of killing him, saying that she has had a vision that Grubbs will destroy the human universe. She retreats leaving Grubbs pondering whether he should kill himself to halt the prophecy. They locate Antoine trying to escape by boat. Grubbs threatens him to gain information about Dervish. Antoine tells him that he is being relocated to a city where he can be treated for his heart attack. Grubbs does not stand by his promise of redemption and allows his wolfen retinue to savagely kill Antoine. This done he heads to Dervish's side. The end of the book sees this happy reunion cut short by the appearance of a window and the promise of a fight.
In Dark Calling
, Grubbs is revealed to be the "trigger" of the Kah-Gash. Bec wants to destroy Shadow/Death and free Beranabus's soul but Grubbs disagrees and wants to kill more demons. Grubbs finally agrees to do it when he found out Bill-E's soul is also trapped. Together with several Disciples, he enters the body of Death, and there encounters the imprisoned soul of Beranabus. The group manage to destroy Death's body from the inside, only to find themselves surrounded by thousands of demons. They battle this army, Meera sacrificing herself to kill Juni, and are ultimately forced to leave Bec in the clutches of Lord Loss. Once back on Earth, Kernel informs Grubbs that he has given up hope of saving Earth, and announces his intention to help the Old Creatures protect their 'Ark'. Grubbs blinds him so that he can not use his powers to return to leave Earth, then sits with his mortally wounded uncle. After Dervish dies, Grubbs digs his uncle's grave.
Here they confront Bec and her new master. Grubbs is unable to stop the girl from killing thousands of humans whose souls Lord Loss has imprisoned within the Earth's first chessboard, and watches as Death creates a new body for itself out of these murdered souls. Escaping from Lord Loss, Grubbs decides to join Kernel in meeting one of the Old Creatures. He asks the Old Creature to recharge the Earth's lodestones and protect humanity from the demons, but the request is refused. As Kernel prepares to leave with the Old Creature, Bec arrives (now sharing her body with Death). She kills the Old Creature, but confuses Grubbs by letting him and Kernel escape.
Resigned to the destruction of Earth, the remaining Disciples decide to at least forestall the world's downfall. They enter a cave in which Bec and Lord Loss are opening a particularly large tunnel, and attempt to stop them. Although Grubbs and Kernel are able to combine their powers and incapacitate Lord Loss, their foes prove too strong, and the tunnel opens to admit many powerful demon masters. It is noted that Grubbs is taken aback by the superiority of these masters to Lord Loss.
Desperate to stop Bec, Grubbs attacks the girl with tremendous amounts of magic. However, she absorbs this, and takes control of all three parts of the Kah-Gash. After Bec winks at him, Grubbs makes the split-second decision to trust that she has in fact remained on their side, and increases the power being directed at her. The three teenagers unite their parts of the weapon, destroy both universes, and restore the original, single universe which existed prior to the Big Bang
(see Dark Calling, Old Creatures#Before the Big Bang for more information).
Bec explains that her betrayal was indeed a charade, and that the three now have the power to restart the Big Bang and allow time to play out as before. Grubbs protests that his is pointless, since the demons will simply cross and slaughter the new creation as they did before. However, Kernel and Bec remind him that the three are now the Kah-Gash. As such, their power over the contents of the universe is absolute, and they will have no difficulty in simply killing the Demonata. Although Grubbs pushes for the total annihalation of the demonic race, Bec persuades him that it would be unjust to kill the numerous weak and harmless demons. Therefore, the three use their new power to rid the universe of any demons which have the power to threaten their control.
They leave Lord Loss untouched in this kull, wishing to kill him personally. However, when Grubbs moves to kill the last demon master, Bec intervenes, saying that she had made a deal with Lord Loss: he would help and protect the three if they would spare him and grant him dominion of the familiars they spared. Grubbs refuses to listen at first, but finally relents (albeit gruudgingly) when Lord Loss reminds him that he (Grubbs) would never have discovered heroism within himself had not the demon master 'put [him] through hell'.
The three teenagers prepare to restart the Big bang within a black square, but Grubbs realises that a certain amount of intervention will be necessary to prevent their creations destroying themselves as before: Death must never become conscious, the Kah-Gash' soul must not wander the universe, and there must be no war with the demons. He also proposes several more personal changes: sparing some of the Disciples and giving Dervish a stronger heart. Then, as the trigger of the Kah-Gash, he detonates the Big Bang with the words: "In the beginning Grubbs created the Heavens and the Earth and everything was dark. Then Grubbs said 'Let there be light'. "And there was light.""
, even more so than his uncle who calls himself a "real paranoid freak". In the series Grubbs frequently says "Coolio!" as his catchphrase. It also seems that Grubbs mistrusts his uncle more than most,in light of the fact that on several occasions, especially Book 5 (Blood Beast), he suspects his uncle of being dangerous.
It is also stated that Grubbs is a coward
who fears demons more than anything else, and is only willing to fight them under life threatening circumstances or when protecting his loved ones, such as Bill-E Spleen or Dervish. Being as Grubbs is one part human, one part Kah-gash, and one part Werewolf it could very well be that Grubbs could turn evil or demonic from his bloodline (being that the cause of the Grady curse is caused by his ancestor mating with a demon) much as Beranabus feared that his own demonic bloodline would take over and kill many humans. The final straw in the hat is when Juni Swan (Nadia Moore) states that he, Grubbs, will cause the destruction of the Human universe. What she did not see is that Grubbs would rebuild a better universe from the ashes from the old one.
However, by the end of Demon Apocalypse, Grubb's attitude towards fighting demons has vastly changed, as he accepts an offer from Beranabus to go and fight demons in their own world. This shows he is fighting his fear of demons or he is trying to rid himself of his cowardice. In other words he is trying to change his ways. This could have been prompted by his hatred of being called a coward. Despite having admitted to being a coward many times, he has shown great bravery and cockiness in battle in previous books when he has had to defend loved ones, civilians and himself. Beranabus also reasons with Grubbs and talks him round by saying that everyone with magical powers, especially magicians like Beranabus, Grubbs and Bec, are slaves of the universe, and that it doesn't matter if one of them is afraid, which, as Beranabus admits, most are. All that matters is that they get over it and fight for the sake of mankind. This prompts Grubbs to accept Beranabus's offer and to sign himself over to a life of bravery and fighting, even though he may not like it or whether he is afraid or not.
After transforming into a werewolf, his personality and attitude towards death dramatically change. This is shown when Dervish is dying from a wound to his chest and he states that Dervish deserved it for allowing himself to be attacked (but says it tearfully). He becomes more dismissive toward the death of the few (thousands) for the mass, people now say he has a resemblance to Beranabus, which ironically in earlier books he was strongly against.
Some people have magic within them, however it usually remains dormant unless the person sees something magical like a demon attack, or uses magic in an area where lots of mystical energy is present, and they become aware that they have powers. From this the Disciples, (others that have become aware of their powers and answer to a magician known as Beranabus), can contact the person that has become aware and attempt to recruit them in to the ranks of the other Disciples to travel around the world and stop demons from passing into our Universe.
Most of the Disciples have very limited powers unless in the presence of the Demons or in the Demon universe. However, Grubbs managed to disable large security flood lights and turn concrete blocks to mud-like sludge so they can be scooped out of a wall in Slawter
. However, there were demons close by at that point, so he may have been tapping into their magic. He does a few spells that are average in power but near the end creates a barrier that demons cannot pass, something which Dervish could not do. At first Grubbs believes he was only able to use magic in the presence of demons but at the end of Slawter he tests his powers, when not in the presence of demons and finds that he can make his reflection disappear and change light. Only a few people can use magic outside of the demon universe, and to be able to do it without training means that Grubbs is extremely powerful and is also a magician. Beranabus confirms this in Demon Apocalypse, while the two are falling to the ground after being attacked on the plane by Lord Loss, and Grubbs proves him right by flying to ground with Beranabus.
He has shown great cunning, emphasized in his chess match with Lord Loss. When he realizes that the demon master is feeding off his disappointment in losing pieces, he puts on a bored,uninterested facade and defeats him. Although he wasn't as good at chess as Lord Loss, he confused the demon which caused him to make mistakes.
He also has the power to fight off his own wolfen gene, which no other Grady has done before, and is able to retain at least a certain degree of awareness when he turns into a wolf.
Due to this potentially immense power, it is confirmed in Demon Apocalypse that, like Kernel Fleck, Grubbs is part of the Kah-Gash when, in that book, he, Kernel and Bec link hands and travel back in time, which is also supposed to be impossible, even to masters of magic like Beranabus, Bartholomew Garadex and Lord Loss.
He also has the power to change his form freely from human to werewolf and even a mixture of both, as seen in Wolf Island. In this novel, he changes into a werewolf to save the group from being eaten but changes part of himself to human again so that he can communicate with the humans of the group. Grubbs states, however, that he prefers being part werewolf/part human to being fully human. This is because he can be with his family (Grady's who have been affected with lycanthropy) and his human friends, and communicate with both, also he admits that when he is part werewolf/part human he feels complete for the first time.
The Demonata
The Demonata is a series of books by best selling author Darren Shan. It deals with the world of demons . The series is told by three different protagonists: Grubbs Grady, Kernel Fleck, and Bec MacConn, the latter of which is the first female protagonist in a Darren Shan book...
series by Darren Shan
Darren Shan
Darren O'Shaughnessy , who commonly writes under the pen name Darren Shan, is an Irish author. Darren Shan is also the main character in Shan's The Saga of Darren Shan young-adult fiction series. He also wrote The Demonata series as well as the stand-alone books, Koyasan and The Thin Executioner...
. He is the protagonist of the first book (Lord Loss
Lord Loss
Lord Loss is the first novel in the fictional Demonata series book by best-selling teenage horror author Darren Shan. It was originally published in the UK on 6 June 2005. Soon after, it appeared in Japan and America, where Shan's previous series, The Saga of Darren Shan, had sold millions...
), the third (Slawter
Slawter
Slawter is the third book in the The Demonata series written by Darren Shan. Even though all the Demonata books can be read separately this book follows on from the 1st in the series, Lord Loss and the 2nd in the series, Demon Thief...
), the fifth (Blood Beast
Blood Beast
Blood Beast is the fifth book in Darren Shan's The Demonata series and was released 4 June 2007. It is narrated by Grubbs Grady, the narrator of Lord Loss and Slawter. The plot is part of a two part story, along with book six. Though the previous four books have not been in chronological order,...
) the sixth (Demon Apocalypse), the eighth (Wolf Island
Wolf Island (novel)
Wolf Island is the eighth installment in Darren Shan's The Demonata series. It was released in Ireland and the UK on September 22, 2008, and in the USA on May 2009. The book is narrated by Grubbs parallel to the events of Death's Shadow....
) and the tenth (Hell's Heroes). Grubbs makes appearances in the seventh book (Death's Shadow
Death's Shadow (novel)
Death's Shadow is the seventh installment in Darren Shan's The Demonata series. It was released in May 2008 in the UK, and November 2008 in the USA.-Plot:...
) and the ninth book (Dark Calling). In Blood Beast Grubbs is afflicted by Lycanthropy
Lycanthropy
Lycanthropy is the professed ability or power of a human being to undergo transformation into a werewolf, or to gain wolf-like characteristics. The term comes from Greek Lykànthropos : λύκος, lykos + άνθρωπος, ànthrōpos...
.
Family
Grubbs is son of Cal and Sharon Grady, brother of Gretelda "Gret" and half-brother of Billy "Bill-E" Spleen, all of whom died. After seeing his parents and sister brutally murdered Grubbs was institutionalized. He was not accepted by his maternal family mentioned in Lord Loss (Mike and Rosetta (Sharon's brother and his wife) and their three children, Connor, Lisa and Laura) when he tells Connor, Lisa and Laura about the demons and exactly told them what happened. He was then thrown back into the mental institute.Grubbs' paternal uncle Dervish Grady releases him from the institute after telling Grubbs that he knows demons are real and Grubbs moves in with him. Grubbs starts a new life with Dervish in a little village called Carcery Vale. The pair share a cruel taste in pranks and a dark sense of humor.
Grubbs is distantly related to Bec MacConn (for whom the fourth book was named) and has an unexplained relation to Juni Swan a.k.a. Nadia Moore.
The family curse
The Garadex (or Grady, as they are currently known) family have a curse in their blood line which has existed for more than a thousand years. At any time in their teenage years, a Garadex child can turn into a werewolfWerewolf
A werewolf, also known as a lycanthrope , is a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or an anthropomorphic wolf-like creature, either purposely or after being placed under a curse...
. In the time of Grubbs, the curse's origins are unknown, but it is later revealed in the fourth book of the series that 1600 years earlier, when the Demonata invaded Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, the MacGrigors bred with lesser demons and thus created a lycanthropy gene that could appear in any member of the clan. Since Bec was part of this clan, she is a distant ancestor of Grubbs (this was confirmed in the book Demon Thief).
One of Grubbs' ancestors, the magician
Magician (fantasy)
A magician, mage, sorcerer, sorceress, wizard, enchanter, enchantress, thaumaturge or a person known under one of many other possible terms is someone who uses or practices magic that derives from supernatural or occult sources...
Bartholemew Garadex, discovered that the demon master Lord Loss possessed the ability to cure the curse. Bartholemew summoned him to ask for such a favor, but in keeping with his demonic nature, Lord Loss had no interest in performing any such charitable act. However, Bartholemew discovered that the demon master possessed an obsessive fascination with the game of chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
, and managed to strike a deal: Bartholemew would play a series of games with Lord Loss, but for each game which he won a Garadex would be cured.
Eventually Bartholomew died, as every person must. For a long time no one knew about the games which were played between Lord Loss and Bartholomew until eventually one of Bartholomew's descendants unlocked the secrets of his diary and contacted Lord Loss, eager to renew the challenges. However, Lord Loss sought a new twist to the game as he was humiliated by Bartholomew but longed to play chess, so the rules became thus, a family member could challenge Lord Loss. However there needed to be two people involved in the battle, one person would have to fight Lord Loss's savage familiars while the other pitted themselves against Lord Loss at chess, these games were played on 5 simulations boards. This challenge takes place in a mid point between world, half human and half demon universe. If they could win three of the games, the curse would be removed, but the one who faced Lord Loss in chess would fight him alone in the Demonata's universe. If they lost the chess match or the fight with the familiars, then Lord Loss would be allowed to kill the two challengers and the inflicted child.
With Dervish
Grubbs Grady (approximately 13–16 years old) grew up in IrelandIreland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, in a house where the playing of chess is enforced strictly by both of his parents. Grubbs sneaks home from his aunt's house one night to find the demon Lord Loss and two of his minions, Artery and Vein, toying with the remains of his murdered family. After fighting the demons, Grubbs is traumatized and admitted to a mental hospital. The doctors try to convince him that what he saw was a hallucination
Hallucination
A hallucination, in the broadest sense of the word, is a perception in the absence of a stimulus. In a stricter sense, hallucinations are defined as perceptions in a conscious and awake state in the absence of external stimuli which have qualities of real perception, in that they are vivid,...
, but Grubbs will not believe them. After a few months, his Uncle Dervish visits him at the hospital and tells him that what he saw was real and that he can explain to him the truth of it all- but only if he cooperates and pretends to accept that what he saw was a hallucination.
Grubbs then moves in with his uncle in Carcery Vale and befriends a child called Billy Spleen, (who prefers to be called 'Bill-E'). This boy reveals that the reason he often spends time with Dervish is because he thinks that he is actually Dervish's son. After looking through books and noting Dervish's behavior, Bill-E and Grubbs begin to suspect that Dervish is a werewolf, but when the two of them follow him into the woods, Grubbs discovers that Bill-E is the actual werewolf. Dervish tells Grubbs that he always knew Bill-E was a werewolf, as Bill-E is Cal's other son. He also explains to Grubbs about the family curse, the nature of Lord Loss and the other Demonata, and the perilous battle which they must undertake in order to save Bill-E .
They summon Lord Loss into the cellar of the house, where Dervish confronts the demon master in a game of chess while Grubbs fights the familiars. Half way through, Grubbs is struggling and due to Lord Loss's fondness of him, he decides to bend the rules this once and allows Grubbs to swap places with Dervish. Initially, Lord Loss beats Grubbs easily, but once Grubbs realizes that the demon feeds off his discomfort, he manages to gain the upper hand by behaving in a calm happy and very "teenage" fashion. This allows Grubbs to win the chess match, resulting in Bill-E being cured and Dervish going to the Demonata universe to fight Lord Loss alone. When Bill-E comes to, he doesn't remember turning into a werewolf, so Grubbs lies to him saying that Dervish has been cured but is under a spell to keep him calm. Dervish's body continues to function in the normal universe but with no discernible personality, as his soul
Soul
A soul in certain spiritual, philosophical, and psychological traditions is the incorporeal essence of a person or living thing or object. Many philosophical and spiritual systems teach that humans have souls, and others teach that all living things and even inanimate objects have souls. The...
is still fighting Lord Loss. After many months, Dervish returns, seemingly well and unharmed.
In Slawter, when Grubbs is about fourteen years old, horror movie producer Davida Haym offers Dervish a chance to work on the set of her new movie, "Slawter", which is about demons. He quickly accepts the job, thinking that it will be a good chance to help him recover from his battle with Lord Loss, and he and Grubbs move to the town in which the film is set. Grubbs soon finds out that Davida has made a deal with Lord Loss, promising to bring Dervish and Grubbs to work on the movie in exchange for being allowed to film the Demonata. Dervish, Grubbs, Bill-E and the psychologist
Psychologist
Psychologist is a professional or academic title used by individuals who are either:* Clinical professionals who work with patients in a variety of therapeutic contexts .* Scientists conducting psychological research or teaching psychology in a college...
Juni Swan attempt to flee the town, but strike a barrier which sends them into a dream state. After waking, the Gradys and Bill-E run into the town trying to warn people to get away, claiming that there is a gas leak which will soon cause a catastrophic explosion.
No one heeds their warnings and Davida sets the Demonata upon the unsuspecting cast and crew. However, Lord Loss betrays and kills her (this is not seen but is implied). Grubbs and a few other children lure a demon to the invisible force field that surrounds the town, then magically combust it to create a hole through which to escape. This done, Grubbs finds himself forced to battle multiple demons with power he never realised he had in order to buy time for the people to get through. An unlucky few are still trapped inside, left for the Demonata to slaughter. After escaping, they see Davida's assistant director sitting on the ground; Bill-E stops Grubbs from harming him, but when Juni arrives, she kills him with magic she discovered behind the barrier. Back at Dervish's house, Dervish scans Grubbs for any sign of magical power. Grubbs unconsciously hides it from him, but later discovers that he does indeed possess magical powers even away from the Demonata, confirming that he is a magician.
Discovery of magic
By the time of Blood Beast, Grubbs is beginning to feel alarming symptoms in connection with the full moonFull moon
Full moon lunar phase that occurs when the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun. More precisely, a full moon occurs when the geocentric apparent longitudes of the Sun and Moon differ by 180 degrees; the Moon is then in opposition with the Sun.Lunar eclipses can only occur at...
. On top of this, his magical prowess is growing all the time: He makes water change direction as it goes down the plughole (defying gravity) and wakes from his nightmares levitating. By this time, Grubbs has managed to get his life back to normal and has a circle of friends, including Loch Gossel, who constantly bullies Bill-E. He also finds himself attracted to Reni Gossel, the sister of Loch. Desperate to retain this stability, he ignores his developing magic, and attempts to convince himself that these nightmares are only normal. However, while Dervish is away, Grubbs wakes to find himself a werewolf. He somehow transforms himself back, but is forced to face the truth of his affliction.
Along with Bill-E and Loch, Grubbs decides to go looking for Lord Sheftree's treasure
Treasure
Treasure is a concentration of riches, often one which is considered lost or forgotten until being rediscovered...
, but wakes one night to find himself moving rocks away from the hole which they had dug. Bill-E accidentally stumbles upon a tube leading to a large cave. They start looking for the treasure but find none, and Bill-E and Loch decide to climb a wall of the cave. At this point, Grubbs begins to feel very ill (possibly because of the full moon) and looks to the floor of the cavern. In the rock, he sees the face of a girl similar to his sister, whispering in a strange language, but then she suddenly goes silent. Grubbs hears a scream from behind him, and turns to find Loch lying on the floor bleeding from a head injury. While Bill-E leaves to get help, Grubbs attempts to heal Loch's wounds, and indeed needs to resuscitate
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is an emergency procedure which is performed in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person in cardiac arrest. It is indicated in those who are unresponsive...
Loch several times. The first two times it works, but Loch dies after the third attempt. The whispering starts again, startling Grubbs. When he calms down he looks at Loch, and lifts up his head and notices something odd - all the blood is gone.
Eventually Dervish and Bill-E turn up at the cave, however there is nothing that can be done to save Loch's life and Grubbs soon realises that there is no ambulance. At Dervish's insistence, the three move the body to a nearby quarry
Quarry
A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. Quarries are generally used for extracting building materials, such as dimension stone, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, and gravel. They are often collocated with concrete and asphalt plants due to the requirement...
and throw it over the edge. Dervish explains that the cave is the former site of a tunnel to the Demonata's universe (the same cave from Bec). Dervish has been given the duty to protect the cave and make sure nobody else can unleash the Demonata.
Returning to school, Grubbs discovers that the psychologist has left and that Juni Swan(from Slawter)has been hired as a replacement. She helps Grubbs, Bill-E, and their friends to cope with Loch's death, and soon everyone seems to be fine. However tensions increase as Juni and Dervish become romantically involved, and they eventually move in together. In the following days Grubbs becomes more aware of the impending doom of his curse. Not only that, but he begins to notice a tramp coincidentally appearing around Carcery Vale. The tramp implies that Dervish may have called the Lambs to kill Grubbs, and Juni confirms his suspicions. However, she also tells Grubbs that she sees him as her own son, and will do whatever it takes protect him.
At Grubbs' insistence, Dervish locks him in a cage as his lycanthropic transformation worsens. While he is in the cage, Juni suggests that Dervish should leave while she performs a dangerous spell to help Grubbs. Once Dervish is gone, she frees Grubbs from the cage, then passionately kisses him when he shows his desire to die at the hands of the lambs, claiming that she will not let him be killed while there may be hope. She says that they should go to meet up at the cave. He then breaks out of the cage, and battles three of what he believes are Lambs, dispatching them easily. Grubbs runs to the cave, where he loses control again and turns into a werewolf. When he returns to his normal state, Grubbs finds that he has killed Ma & Pa Spleen, Bill-E's grandparents and legal guardian
Legal guardian
A legal guardian is a person who has the legal authority to care for the personal and property interests of another person, called a ward. Usually, a person has the status of guardian because the ward is incapable of caring for his or her own interests due to infancy, incapacity, or disability...
s. Juni says that the two of them need to run away from Dervish and the Lambs to protect Grubbs, both from his own death and the deaths of others.
The two of them board an airplane, on which Grubbs falls asleep. When he awakes, the cockpit opens and demons appear on the plane, Artery first and then the scorpion-like creature(Spine)from the front of the book, along with another rabbit-like demon(Femur). They begin killing the passengers on the plane. Finally, Lord Loss appears, stunning the passengers. Juni appears next to him and reveals that she summoned him and is actually an agent of Lord Loss. Grubbs is saved just in time by Beranabus and they both jump from the plane, flying to a cave in a desert
Desert
A desert is a landscape or region that receives an extremely low amount of precipitation, less than enough to support growth of most plants. Most deserts have an average annual precipitation of less than...
which is a cave closed by magic. There Grubbs meets Kernel Fleck
Kernel Fleck
Cornelius "Kernel" Fleck is the protagonist of Demon Thief, the second book of the series The Demonata by Darren Shan and Dark Calling, the ninth book in the Demonata series. He is one of the three main characters in the series...
, who appears disdainful of him, and discovers that Juni was the one who killed Bill-E's grandparents and his werewolf side was trying to protect them.
Battling the Demonata
Beranabus convinces Grubbs to go to the Demonata's Universe, but when faced with danger, Grubbs flees back to the cave where he waits seven weeks for them. After they return, Sharmila arrives at the cave and informs them that demons entered through the tunnel and are being organised to take land as well as kill. Beranabus realises that this is what Bec was trying to warn Grubbs about. The four take Sharmila's private jet to meet the remaining Disciples at Carcery Vale, where they plan to enter the cave and destroy the tunnel. Beranabus, Kernel and Grubbs head directly to the cave opening while the others battle demons. Lord oss appears and taunts Grubbs by showing him the heads of his uncle and friends, however Bill-E and Juni are not there. Bec appears in the ground at Grubbs' feet, they join hands, and together they create a magic barrier to protect them from the demons. When Kernel joins them the three form the Kah-Gash (a weapon that can destroy a universe at a time), and somehow travel back in time to the night the tunnel was opened.Inside the cave Bill-E and Dervish are being held prisoner by Lord Loss, Juni and his familiars. As Juni performs the spell to open the tunnel, Beranabus, Grubbs and Kernel battle the familiars. Grubbs frees his uncle and brother, who now knows of his true parentage thanks to Lord Loss' tauntings. Dervish battles with Juni and kills her by dropping her on a stalagmite
Stalagmite
A stalagmite is a type of speleothem that rises from the floor of a limestone cave due to the dripping of mineralized solutions and the deposition of calcium carbonate. This stalagmite formation occurs only under certain pH conditions within the underground cavern. The corresponding formation on...
. However, the spell is not broken, leading Grubbs to the realisation that Bill-E is the "key" to the tunnel's opening, due to his unintentional sacrifice of Loch (as Loch clung on to the rock, Bill-E had offered his hand, but whipped it away just as Loch plunged to his death. Loch did this many times to Bill-E in the previous book). Grubbs makes the hard decision to kill his brother to stop tunnel from opening (although he claims that it's to save him from an eternity of torment by the Demonata). Bec enters Bill-E's dead body(she had travelled back in time inside Grubbs) and casts powerful spells destroying Artery and Spine. Lord Loss flees, taking Juni's body with him.
Bec transforms Bill-E's body into her own and is reunited with Beranabus, whom she had known as Bran when they first met in Bec. Beranabus reveals that he is a half demon, and battles with that evil side of himself every day, just like Grubbs has to fight his inner werewolf. Grubbs joins Beranabus and Kernel in the Demonata Universe, leaving Bec to catch up on the last thousands of years and look after Dervish.
Grubbs had a very small and unimportant role in Death's Shadow
Death's Shadow
Death's Shadow is the first episode of the second season of Midsomer Murders and the sixth episode overall. It stars John Nettles as Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby and Daniel Casey as Detective Sergeant Gavin Troy.-Summary:...
. He is seen for a few minutes and then runs off to find out what caused the werewolves to attack in Carcery Vale. He takes Meera Flame and Shark with him.
Tranformation
In Wolf IslandWolf Island
Wolf Island or Wenman Island is a small island in the Galapagos Islands and was named after the German geologist Theodor Wolf, who also has the volcano Wolf on Isabela Island named after him...
, Grubbs is both the primary character and the narrator of the story, following on from where Death's Shadow left him off. Grubbs, Meera and Shark discover with the help of one of Shark's old friends, Timas Brauss, the location of the Lambs' headquarters. Here they make some shocking discoveries regarding the lycanthropic gene. Prae Athim (from Slawter
Slawter
Slawter is the third book in the The Demonata series written by Darren Shan. Even though all the Demonata books can be read separately this book follows on from the 1st in the series, Lord Loss and the 2nd in the series, Demon Thief...
) appears to have fled to a secluded island taking all werewolves with her. Here she has manipulated some genetically, making them far superior to all others. Shark gathers a team of Army men who, along with Antoine Horwitzer, lay siege
Siege
A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by attrition or assault. The term derives from sedere, Latin for "to sit". Generally speaking, siege warfare is a form of constant, low intensity conflict characterized by one party holding a strong, static...
to the eponymous "Wolf Island". Once there however they discover that Antoine is in league with Juni Swan and Lord Loss. Most of Shark's team are killed by the Lambs private army along with hundreds of trained werewolves. In order to assist in the escape, the Kah-Gash part of Grubbs tells him to let loose his wolven side. He does so but instead of being consumed by it, he realises he can find a middle ground between human and wolf. He prefers this deformed body since he feels complete as part Human, Werewolf and Magician. Having done this he rallies the wolves and assaults the lab again. He ends up locked in one on one combat with Juni. She appears to get the upper hand but stops short of killing him, saying that she has had a vision that Grubbs will destroy the human universe. She retreats leaving Grubbs pondering whether he should kill himself to halt the prophecy. They locate Antoine trying to escape by boat. Grubbs threatens him to gain information about Dervish. Antoine tells him that he is being relocated to a city where he can be treated for his heart attack. Grubbs does not stand by his promise of redemption and allows his wolfen retinue to savagely kill Antoine. This done he heads to Dervish's side. The end of the book sees this happy reunion cut short by the appearance of a window and the promise of a fight.
In Dark Calling
Dark Calling (novel)
Dark Calling is the ninth installment in Darren Shan's Horror/Adventure book series The Demonata.-Plot:Since rebuilding his eyes, Kernel has been able to see new lights that he cannot move, and which seem to be whispering to the Disciples, manipulating them. However Kernel realizes that he is...
, Grubbs is revealed to be the "trigger" of the Kah-Gash. Bec wants to destroy Shadow/Death and free Beranabus's soul but Grubbs disagrees and wants to kill more demons. Grubbs finally agrees to do it when he found out Bill-E's soul is also trapped. Together with several Disciples, he enters the body of Death, and there encounters the imprisoned soul of Beranabus. The group manage to destroy Death's body from the inside, only to find themselves surrounded by thousands of demons. They battle this army, Meera sacrificing herself to kill Juni, and are ultimately forced to leave Bec in the clutches of Lord Loss. Once back on Earth, Kernel informs Grubbs that he has given up hope of saving Earth, and announces his intention to help the Old Creatures protect their 'Ark'. Grubbs blinds him so that he can not use his powers to return to leave Earth, then sits with his mortally wounded uncle. After Dervish dies, Grubbs digs his uncle's grave.
Final days of Earth
Hell's Heroes deals with Grubbs' attempt to protect Earth from the onslaught of thousands of demons which emerge all over the globe. Upon discovering that Bec has apparently joined Lord Loss and has agreed to show the demons the locations of lodestones, Grubbs undertakes to destroy as many of these stones as possible before the demons can use them. He consents to allow Kernel join the Old Creatures, and takes him to a supposedly safe world in the Demonata's universe so that he (Kernel) can rebuild his eyes. However, they are attacked by demons and forced through a window into Lord Loss' realm.Here they confront Bec and her new master. Grubbs is unable to stop the girl from killing thousands of humans whose souls Lord Loss has imprisoned within the Earth's first chessboard, and watches as Death creates a new body for itself out of these murdered souls. Escaping from Lord Loss, Grubbs decides to join Kernel in meeting one of the Old Creatures. He asks the Old Creature to recharge the Earth's lodestones and protect humanity from the demons, but the request is refused. As Kernel prepares to leave with the Old Creature, Bec arrives (now sharing her body with Death). She kills the Old Creature, but confuses Grubbs by letting him and Kernel escape.
Resigned to the destruction of Earth, the remaining Disciples decide to at least forestall the world's downfall. They enter a cave in which Bec and Lord Loss are opening a particularly large tunnel, and attempt to stop them. Although Grubbs and Kernel are able to combine their powers and incapacitate Lord Loss, their foes prove too strong, and the tunnel opens to admit many powerful demon masters. It is noted that Grubbs is taken aback by the superiority of these masters to Lord Loss.
Desperate to stop Bec, Grubbs attacks the girl with tremendous amounts of magic. However, she absorbs this, and takes control of all three parts of the Kah-Gash. After Bec winks at him, Grubbs makes the split-second decision to trust that she has in fact remained on their side, and increases the power being directed at her. The three teenagers unite their parts of the weapon, destroy both universes, and restore the original, single universe which existed prior to the Big Bang
Big Bang
The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological model that explains the early development of the Universe. According to the Big Bang theory, the Universe was once in an extremely hot and dense state which expanded rapidly. This rapid expansion caused the young Universe to cool and resulted in...
(see Dark Calling, Old Creatures#Before the Big Bang for more information).
Bec explains that her betrayal was indeed a charade, and that the three now have the power to restart the Big Bang and allow time to play out as before. Grubbs protests that his is pointless, since the demons will simply cross and slaughter the new creation as they did before. However, Kernel and Bec remind him that the three are now the Kah-Gash. As such, their power over the contents of the universe is absolute, and they will have no difficulty in simply killing the Demonata. Although Grubbs pushes for the total annihalation of the demonic race, Bec persuades him that it would be unjust to kill the numerous weak and harmless demons. Therefore, the three use their new power to rid the universe of any demons which have the power to threaten their control.
They leave Lord Loss untouched in this kull, wishing to kill him personally. However, when Grubbs moves to kill the last demon master, Bec intervenes, saying that she had made a deal with Lord Loss: he would help and protect the three if they would spare him and grant him dominion of the familiars they spared. Grubbs refuses to listen at first, but finally relents (albeit gruudgingly) when Lord Loss reminds him that he (Grubbs) would never have discovered heroism within himself had not the demon master 'put [him] through hell'.
The three teenagers prepare to restart the Big bang within a black square, but Grubbs realises that a certain amount of intervention will be necessary to prevent their creations destroying themselves as before: Death must never become conscious, the Kah-Gash' soul must not wander the universe, and there must be no war with the demons. He also proposes several more personal changes: sparing some of the Disciples and giving Dervish a stronger heart. Then, as the trigger of the Kah-Gash, he detonates the Big Bang with the words: "In the beginning Grubbs created the Heavens and the Earth and everything was dark. Then Grubbs said 'Let there be light'. "And there was light.""
Mental stability and moral integrity
Grubbs seems to be the weakest in constitution of the three parts of the Kah-Gash. This is shown by his stint in a mental institution after seeing the recently murdered corpses of his family (being as it's commonly stated that he actually saw the murders of his family even though he didn't witness them being killed). He also seems to have many emotional problems. He is shown many times lying to those he is close to, often only to protect himself. He also has problems sharing his fears even with people he supposedly trusts, evidence that he is paranoidParanoia
Paranoia [] is a thought process believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality and delusion. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs, or beliefs of conspiracy concerning a perceived threat towards oneself...
, even more so than his uncle who calls himself a "real paranoid freak". In the series Grubbs frequently says "Coolio!" as his catchphrase. It also seems that Grubbs mistrusts his uncle more than most,in light of the fact that on several occasions, especially Book 5 (Blood Beast), he suspects his uncle of being dangerous.
It is also stated that Grubbs is a coward
Cowardice
Cowardice is the perceived failure to demonstrate sufficient mental robustness and courage in the face of a challenge. Under many military codes of justice, cowardice in the face of combat is a crime punishable by death...
who fears demons more than anything else, and is only willing to fight them under life threatening circumstances or when protecting his loved ones, such as Bill-E Spleen or Dervish. Being as Grubbs is one part human, one part Kah-gash, and one part Werewolf it could very well be that Grubbs could turn evil or demonic from his bloodline (being that the cause of the Grady curse is caused by his ancestor mating with a demon) much as Beranabus feared that his own demonic bloodline would take over and kill many humans. The final straw in the hat is when Juni Swan (Nadia Moore) states that he, Grubbs, will cause the destruction of the Human universe. What she did not see is that Grubbs would rebuild a better universe from the ashes from the old one.
However, by the end of Demon Apocalypse, Grubb's attitude towards fighting demons has vastly changed, as he accepts an offer from Beranabus to go and fight demons in their own world. This shows he is fighting his fear of demons or he is trying to rid himself of his cowardice. In other words he is trying to change his ways. This could have been prompted by his hatred of being called a coward. Despite having admitted to being a coward many times, he has shown great bravery and cockiness in battle in previous books when he has had to defend loved ones, civilians and himself. Beranabus also reasons with Grubbs and talks him round by saying that everyone with magical powers, especially magicians like Beranabus, Grubbs and Bec, are slaves of the universe, and that it doesn't matter if one of them is afraid, which, as Beranabus admits, most are. All that matters is that they get over it and fight for the sake of mankind. This prompts Grubbs to accept Beranabus's offer and to sign himself over to a life of bravery and fighting, even though he may not like it or whether he is afraid or not.
After transforming into a werewolf, his personality and attitude towards death dramatically change. This is shown when Dervish is dying from a wound to his chest and he states that Dervish deserved it for allowing himself to be attacked (but says it tearfully). He becomes more dismissive toward the death of the few (thousands) for the mass, people now say he has a resemblance to Beranabus, which ironically in earlier books he was strongly against.
Powers and abilities
Grubbs Grady is a magician even though he hid it from himself, and has large amounts of power at his fingertips, even when demons are not around. He was even able to hide his magic when Dervish probed into his brain, something that is supposed to be impossible. The exact extent of his powers is unknown, but he was able to severely hinder Lord Loss in Slawter while Dervish couldn't even cause Lord Loss to flinch.Some people have magic within them, however it usually remains dormant unless the person sees something magical like a demon attack, or uses magic in an area where lots of mystical energy is present, and they become aware that they have powers. From this the Disciples, (others that have become aware of their powers and answer to a magician known as Beranabus), can contact the person that has become aware and attempt to recruit them in to the ranks of the other Disciples to travel around the world and stop demons from passing into our Universe.
Most of the Disciples have very limited powers unless in the presence of the Demons or in the Demon universe. However, Grubbs managed to disable large security flood lights and turn concrete blocks to mud-like sludge so they can be scooped out of a wall in Slawter
Slawter
Slawter is the third book in the The Demonata series written by Darren Shan. Even though all the Demonata books can be read separately this book follows on from the 1st in the series, Lord Loss and the 2nd in the series, Demon Thief...
. However, there were demons close by at that point, so he may have been tapping into their magic. He does a few spells that are average in power but near the end creates a barrier that demons cannot pass, something which Dervish could not do. At first Grubbs believes he was only able to use magic in the presence of demons but at the end of Slawter he tests his powers, when not in the presence of demons and finds that he can make his reflection disappear and change light. Only a few people can use magic outside of the demon universe, and to be able to do it without training means that Grubbs is extremely powerful and is also a magician. Beranabus confirms this in Demon Apocalypse, while the two are falling to the ground after being attacked on the plane by Lord Loss, and Grubbs proves him right by flying to ground with Beranabus.
He has shown great cunning, emphasized in his chess match with Lord Loss. When he realizes that the demon master is feeding off his disappointment in losing pieces, he puts on a bored,uninterested facade and defeats him. Although he wasn't as good at chess as Lord Loss, he confused the demon which caused him to make mistakes.
He also has the power to fight off his own wolfen gene, which no other Grady has done before, and is able to retain at least a certain degree of awareness when he turns into a wolf.
Due to this potentially immense power, it is confirmed in Demon Apocalypse that, like Kernel Fleck, Grubbs is part of the Kah-Gash when, in that book, he, Kernel and Bec link hands and travel back in time, which is also supposed to be impossible, even to masters of magic like Beranabus, Bartholomew Garadex and Lord Loss.
He also has the power to change his form freely from human to werewolf and even a mixture of both, as seen in Wolf Island. In this novel, he changes into a werewolf to save the group from being eaten but changes part of himself to human again so that he can communicate with the humans of the group. Grubbs states, however, that he prefers being part werewolf/part human to being fully human. This is because he can be with his family (Grady's who have been affected with lycanthropy) and his human friends, and communicate with both, also he admits that when he is part werewolf/part human he feels complete for the first time.
Appearances
- Lord LossLord LossLord Loss is the first novel in the fictional Demonata series book by best-selling teenage horror author Darren Shan. It was originally published in the UK on 6 June 2005. Soon after, it appeared in Japan and America, where Shan's previous series, The Saga of Darren Shan, had sold millions...
- SlawterSlawterSlawter is the third book in the The Demonata series written by Darren Shan. Even though all the Demonata books can be read separately this book follows on from the 1st in the series, Lord Loss and the 2nd in the series, Demon Thief...
- Blood BeastBlood BeastBlood Beast is the fifth book in Darren Shan's The Demonata series and was released 4 June 2007. It is narrated by Grubbs Grady, the narrator of Lord Loss and Slawter. The plot is part of a two part story, along with book six. Though the previous four books have not been in chronological order,...
- Demon Apocalypse
- Death's ShadowDeath's Shadow (novel)Death's Shadow is the seventh installment in Darren Shan's The Demonata series. It was released in May 2008 in the UK, and November 2008 in the USA.-Plot:...
- Wolf IslandWolf Island (novel)Wolf Island is the eighth installment in Darren Shan's The Demonata series. It was released in Ireland and the UK on September 22, 2008, and in the USA on May 2009. The book is narrated by Grubbs parallel to the events of Death's Shadow....
- Dark CallingDark Calling (novel)Dark Calling is the ninth installment in Darren Shan's Horror/Adventure book series The Demonata.-Plot:Since rebuilding his eyes, Kernel has been able to see new lights that he cannot move, and which seem to be whispering to the Disciples, manipulating them. However Kernel realizes that he is...
- Hell's Heroes.