User blog comment:Akemi zerro/Beowolves and Henchmen/@comment-26563366-20150727192109

I feel as though you deserve at least some form of an answer or response, and so hello: I shall be your 2 year belated reply! :D

When you say that they could be half Beowolves, do mean physically or mentally? In terms of appearance, they do have black and red in common with the Grimm but I think a more accurate portrayal of Grimm as part of the 'human' population would be displayed by the White Fang. Their masks give us a solid link toward the Grimm and within this lies a similar palette. I just can't see Monty implementing their colour scheme as a link to the Grimm when the White Fang already has a much stronger link.

In terms of other features though, it must be said that they do share some qualities with Grimm. They are always seen to be part of a group or at least you never see one of them travelling around alone (insert quote from Oobleck about how Grimm never wander far from their pack, Volume 2 near the end). In addition to this we can observe their fighting style. Both the Henchmen and the Grimm act impulsively; they don't wait to plan their next attack, they are ravenous and jump straight in. This can be demonstrated in pretty much any fight that they are in throughout. It could then be said that this isn't true as in Volume 1 Episode 1, Torchwick has to command them to act before they go 'animal', but all we have to do is look at the opposite end to the very last episode in Volume 2. The King Taijitu effectively commands the attack; before this all the Grimm were pretty much still.

The reason why I think they follow on from the Nevermore in the Intro is because of their likeness in intentions. The Grimm feed off of fear and thrive on taking down civilisation, likewise the criminals do the same. The Henchmen thrive off of the fear of the general public and use it to their advantage and so get what they want: in this case, Dust. And what does this dust stealing ultimately achieve? As Torchwick says, Dust prices are through the roof and the economy will begin to collapse, not to mention the human dependence on Dust as explained at the start of V1E1.

Sorry this was so long! Hopefully this should make up for the 2 year gap! :D