Grubbs Grady
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Grubbs Grady, short for Grubitsch Grady is 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, and the sixth book, of which the title has not yet been announced.
Like his Uncle Dervish he also has a cruel taste in pranks.
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[edit] Family
The Garadex (or Grady, as they are currently known) family has a curse placed upon it. At any time in their teenage years, a Grady child can turn into a werewolf. In the time of Grubbs,the curse's origins are unknown. It is later revealed in the fourth book of the series Bec that many years before, when the demons invaded, their clan, The MacGrigors, had bred with lesser demons, thus creating a lycanthropy gene that could appear in any member of the clan. Bec was part of this clan, so it is possible that she is very distantly related to Grubbs.
[edit] Close Family
Cal Grady
Cal was Grubbs father and Dervish's brother. It appeared that he was happily married to Sharon, his wife, but it turned out that while visiting Dervish in Carcery Vale he had a one night stand with a local woman, resulting in the birth of Bill-E.
Sharon Grady
Sharon was Grubbs mother. She didn't like visiting Dervish, which is why Cal often went alone. She insisted calling her children by their real names. Not much else is known about her, but she was very good at chess.
Gretelda 'Gret' Grady
Gret was Grubb's only sister. She was infected with the family lycanthropical curse and was killed along with her parents by Lord Loss and his familiars because they lost the chess match that could permanently rid her of the curse.
Dervish Grady is Grubbs' uncle who revealed the truth about demons and the family curse to him. He adopted Grubbs after his parents died and told him about the Disciples, the Lambs, Lord Loss, his parents death and Billy Spleen. He was Grubbs partner when they saved Billy.
Bill-E Spleen
Billy Spleen (also known as Bill-E) is Grubbs' half-brother, but he believes that Dervish is his father. He suffered from the same disease that led to the death of Gret Grady at the hands of demons. Dervish and Grubbs saved his life but he was not informed of that fact until a few months later. He also has a noticeably lazy eye.
[edit] Powers
Grubbs Grady is a practicing mage. He 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 was meant 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. Dervish believed he might be a magician like Beranabus or Bartholomew, but he found no evidence of this.
Some people have magic with in them, however it usually remains dormant unless the person sees something magical like a Demon attack, or uses magic in an area with lots of magic in it 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. Some people choose not to get involved and some do.
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. There were demons there inside D workshop in the Book Slawter so he might have been able to tap into the demons magic at that time. 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, where he is 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 may be a magician like Beranabus.
He has shown great cunning, emphasized in his chess match with Lord Loss. When he realized that the demon master was feeding off of his disappointment in losing pieces, he put on a happy facade and defeats him. Although he wasn't at good as chess as Lord Loss; he confused Lord Loss which caused him to make mistakes.
Due to this potentially immense power, it is has been speculated that, like Kernel Fleck, Grubbs is part of the Kah-Gash without Beranabus knowing, but this has not been confirmed.
[edit] Appearances
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| Released Novels | Lord Loss · Demon Thief · Slawter · Bec |
| Upcoming Novels | Blood Beast · Demonata book 6 |
| Protagonists | Grubbs Grady · Kernel Fleck |
| Other Characters | Dervish Grady · Billy 'Bill-E' Spleen · List of characters from The Demonata |
| Demons | Lord Loss (character) · Artery (character) · Vein (character) |
