Talk:Nuckelavee/@comment-70.164.250.74-20170921180915/@comment-73.153.102.93-20180222111558

One thing to note is that, considering revelations in Volume 5, most of the prominent huntsmen and huntresses at Haven were sold out by Lionheart and assassinated. Though not specified, such a body count could have accumulated over the course of years. By the time RNJR reached Anima, the only veritable threat to this thing's primacy on the continent would have been the Branwen Tribe--specifically Raven. But they're known to avoid Grimm, rather than fight them, if they can help it.

No doubt, it was an imposing creature to any single huntsman or huntress, and probably near-impossible to best when flanked by other Grimm, as it was during the destruction of Kuroyuri. Why it came back there to face RNJR alone is something of a mystery to me, but it might well be the only reason they got so lucky. Flanked by Nevermores, the thing would have torn them apart.