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Sir, we've never fought a Grimm this big.
—First Mate, to the Captain

The First Mate is a character that appears in "Of Runaways and Stowaways". They are a senior crew member on the ship Blake Belladonna and Sun Wukong boarded for Menagerie.

Appearance[]

The First Mate has brown skin, light brown eyes and short, chocolate brown hair parted on the left. Their ship uniform consists of three-quarter length blue sailor pants with gold buttons at the pockets, a blue and white striped T-shirt, orange neck scarf, brown knee-high boots and brown gloves. In addition to the uniform, they also wear gold stud earrings.

Personality[]

In their first appearance, the First Mate is shown to be worried over fighting a Sea Feilong, claiming to have never fought a Grimm that size before. They are shown to be competent under stress. After Yang's trip aboard the ship, the First Mate is shown to be friendly to the passengers.

Trivia[]

  • Kai Ziegler, the First Mate's English voice actor has stated that their headcanon for the first mate is the name Matte Skye[1] and that the first mate is nonbinary.[2] Ziegler also consistently uses the pronoun 'they' when talking about the character. However, this has yet to be publicly confirmed by Rooster Teeth.
    • Matte is a German name meaning "meadow", bringing greens to mind. Skye is derived from sky blue.

References[]

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