Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-12443850-20130808003319/@comment-4830106-20130808040656

I have several ideas, and I'm about to go insane. Bear with me if I totally nerd out here.


 * If there are "Beowolves", there should be Alpha-Beowolves called "Grendels" in keeping with the Beowulf thing.


 * Humanoid Grim to be the central guiding hierarchy of the Grim. I really liked WC-83's idea of Devils that can bloodbend. I think the actual intelligent humanoid Grim should have their own characteristics--for example, my oft-belabored "Cloaked in Roses" episode suggestion featured an enemy called "Graurim" (Sindarin Elvish for "Shadow People") that was basically a humanoid mass of smoke wearing a business suit and an oni mask. Graurim had power over dust, he could shape-shift individual limbs, and any physical attack would simply go right through him.


 * Under normal circumstances, let's say that the spirit of a fallen Hunter chooses a new body to inhabit (Summer Rose--Ruby Rose), but it would be possible for said soul to be captured and corrupted by the Grim.


 * The names for known Grim:


 * The crow could be called a Roc


 * The snake could be called either a Hydra, or a Jormund (Sea Serpent, Norse mythology)


 * The boar could be called Arrawn (Lord of the Underworld in Celtic mythology, frequently associated with Wild Boar)


 * Krakens, called "Watchers". But not as OP as in Pirates of the Caribbean.


 * Dragons. There are so many different ways they could be done, I won't go into it.


 * Let's assume that the more powerful humanoid Grim have the abiliity to take purified Dust and corrupt it, making Grim Dust, or "Smoke". Smoke would then be used as an animating force for mechanical constructs--for example, a group of Mecha Men could be attacking a humanoid Grim, they would use a "Smoke" attack, then all the Mecha Men would fall under the Grim's control. Also a possible explanation for the Giant Armor.


 * If there are Human Dust specialists, there need to be "wizard-class" Grim as well. I'm not entirely sure how that would work, though.


 * On the whole, I would like to see some of the more underrated creatures from mythology as Grim monsters. I mean, look at the Aztecs--their over-god was a freakin' Feathered Serpent, and another important one was a human with crocodile claws and fangs. The Aztec pantheon is almost completely untapped in that regard.


 * I got this idea from Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic. There is a large and bulky insectoid Grim monster called a "Harvester". The Harvester consumes Dust and converts it into smoke (lower case, different from the other one) that is used to create more Grim monsters. It's a terrible irony--the Humans' greatest weapon being used against them.


 * Okay, last one. Another ability Humanoid Grim should have is using smoke to conjure "mirror images" of their opponents, only the mirror image could actually do physical damage with its attacks. The mirror image would be almost a perfect copy, except the eyes would always be completely black with red irises. So imagine Ruby, only with the eyes I just mentioned, and the real Yang having to fight it. The mirror images could also take the form of a deceased loved one.