#Creatures of Grimm

[thepariahcontinuum]

MARZ Rising - Chapter 152: Saviour

The reveal of the final, missing piece of the plan.

FF Net

Ao3

[didyoutrydynamite]

Quick Grimm Idea: A Trapdoor Spider Grim that hides underground until prey comes by, which it then springs out, snatches the prey, paralyzes it with a venom, then drags it back underground. There it doesn't outright kill the victim, but holds it captive and feeds on the terror of it's prey being buried alive with a spider monster, continously dosing it with paralytic venom until it either succumbs to asphyxiation or dehydration.

[rwac96]

No Plan is Perfect (A Crossover Shitpost)

Mad Scientist: *cackles insanely* "I've done it! I've finally done it! I created the perfect device: The Dimensional Tide!" *he steps back from the device*

*he steps back, and the machine lights up and turns on, making a giant rift, in reality, appear*

Mad Scientist: "With this, I'll hold the nations of the world hostage with the horrors from the worst of dimensions. Nothing in this world can stop me!!"

*suddenly, a swarm of black-skinned monsters with bone-like armor, The Grimm, escapes the rift as the machine sparks with ominous electricity*

Mad Scientist: *blinks, gulping as screams and explosions can be heard* "Oh, it seems my device had malfunctioned and opened multiple rifts...Well, it can't get any worse."

*THOOM!....THOOM!!*

*The rogue scientist runs towards the window, seeing an unmistakable beast*

"SSSKKKREEEEOOOONK!!!"

Mad Scientist: *grimaced* "I...I spoke too soon."

[papillaee]

I think Grimm should target everything other than just humans and faunus.

Why? Because that makes them a big treat even when they don't kill people directly. The Grimm were supposed to destroy everything the God of Light has created, according to what Qrow told about the gods in volume 4, yet we only see them kill humans.

I think that allowing Grimm to destroy nature as a whole and kill animals would make them even more of a plague for humanity. This would affect the ecosystem, the economy and the survival of the people of Remnant.

Imagine a hunter being called to a village because there is a Grimm killing livestock. Or because all the wild animals in the local habitat are being killed, which affects the entire ecosystem, and also makes the life of a hunting and gathering communities more difficult. Simple things like that would just make Grimm a bigger problem.

[bobauthorman]

Zapp Ironwood

(While watching the battle against the Grimm from the safety of Atlas Academy)

Ironwood: Stop exploding, you cowards!

[short-wooloo]

I don't like how some RWBY fanfics set in the hypothetical post series have that "magic goes away" thing

Like, A. That idea is played out and dumb in fiction as a whole (and I'm pretty sure RWBY is leading to a "magic comes back" world)

But the lengths some people take it with RWBY after the end fics...

Like, you see fics not just doing away with the relics or maidens, those are at least kinda understandable (but not really), some have the Grimm and semblances, and even dust go away

Why would you want that?

Why would you want to strip away everything that makes the world of RWBY special and unique? Why would you want to reduce this incredible setting to just "our world with different geography, a busted moon, and animal people"?

[jeddyartdump]

The Fixing RWBY episode with my art is now out - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCPOf9Vhah0 So I can start posting these. I again lent out my services to Celtic Phoenix's Fixing RWBY series on Youtube. He gathered a team of talented artists to help bring his RWBY rewrite to life.

This is Set 1 art. The scene I was assigned to 1st back when we started work last fall. Like last time, I'm not gonna explain the scene. Best leave that to Celtic.

[innocentlymacabre]

30 Days, 30 Lines Challenge: Day 2 post your favourite line that you wrote or edited that day

Eda stared at Sal and just barely managed to reign in her shock and maintain a neutral expression. Sal’s eyes were even more sunken than usual, as if they desperately wanted to be absorbed into her head. Her skin was no more than patches of colour, a canvas of a spilled mistake of rotting greens and bruised purples. Sal smiled at her when their eyes met; Eda looked back at a psychotic corpse.

~~ Now They Call Me the Plague [x]

[eris-builds-a-world]

Before I start volume 9 I have to say the grimm are my favorite part of RWBY. such good designs. the Hound, the Apathy, the whale...spaceship, even earlier ones like the Death Stalker and the King Taijitu and how there were hints that the Goliaths were intelligent. Love me some pointy legs and spooky, unnatural body parts. Love me some evil ooze and defying what the characters believe to be possible. Good content right there.

[collective-remnants-rwby]

RWBY AU: The Tarrasque

The Tarrasque is the designation given to a Titan-class Creature of Grimm of unknown but supposedly remarkable intelligence that first made landfall off the coast of Vytal eleven years ago. In the resultant decade it has reappeared thrice, with two of those occasions being cataclysmic attacks resulting in heavy casualties of both civilian populations and responding military and Hunters, each event only ending with the arrival of Ruby Rose on the field of battle.

It is widely recognized as being the single greatest threat to Remnant since Salem met her end over twenty years ago. An accurate assessment, to be sure.

Appearance

Due to its highly variable morphology, The Tarrasque’s appearance varies which each attack, so much so that until the third attack it was thought that the Tarrasque was multiple individuals belonging to a single, highly morphologically variable strain of Grimm. 

It’s only constant feature is a narrow, wide mawed head covered in a sloped bone carapace with the mark of Salem displayed on the front, and a signle, giant, burning eye. But despite this, the Tarrasque’s forms seem to mostly favour a lithe body capable of both bipedal and quadrupedal movement, and a long tail as a counterbalance and additional weapon. 

Abilities

The Tarrasque, as appropriate for a Titan Grimm, possesses truly monstrous strength and durability, capable of shrugging off warship grade weapons, static defenses and is even capable of withstanding a full assault from a Seasonal Maiden or beings of similar power such as Oscar Pine or Yang Xiao Long.

But its true danger comes from a variety of abilities ranging from the esoteric to the downright mystical, all of which combined conspire to render it a foe even Silver Eyes seem incapable of ending permanently.

Adaptability: Foremost among the Tarrasque’s unique powers is the ability to shift its morphology, not necessarily in reaction to threats, but rather to enact its own strategies in accordance to its shifting Modus Operandi.

A list of notable adaptations:

Rapid ejection of armour plates and shedding of mass to act as a distraction and heighten speed and agility.

Rapid mass/armour gain to increase strength and durability.

Adoption of traits from other Creatures of Grimm, including acid and claws.

A single shot back mounted “Blister Speargun” used to engage warships over Vytal, which tore through one ship, destroying it, and catastrophically damaged a second, with the Grimm protoplasm attached to it forming into an army that would see it destroyed as well.

Electrified porcupine quills serving as a countermeasure to grappling by a Lung Dragon, and projecting a dome of EMP capable lightning.

A series of Nevermore wings used to kick up a sandstorm and shoot off its feathers as fletchettes.

A thick, tanklike armour covering that could shrug off capable grade warship weapons and the full attention of multiple Seasonal Maidens.

Multiple draconian heads capable of breathing fire, lightning or acid.

The scream of an apathy with a mile long area of effect.

The ability to absorb and incorporate metal & machinery into its body.

Grimm Control: The Tarrasque’s presence has a peculiar effect on lesser Grimm, one that has thankfully served as a warning indicator, as seen in its letter two appearances. Upon landfall, any Grimm in the vicinity will proceed to freeze in place, displaying no aggression towards humans or faunus, even when attacked. Additionally, any Grimm drawn to the intense negative emotions will automatically succumb to this upon entering a three mile boundary, and remain this way until the Tarrasque breaks off its attack.

This may be counted among the few positives of Tarrasque assaults, as defenders are free to concentrate their firepower on the creature itself without worry of interference. Though this has proven a double edged sword...

Grimm Protoplasm Control: In lieu of control over lesser Grimm, The Tarrrasque has proven capable to control the tar like protoplasm Grimm are made of. 

While immediately useful for its adaptation and regeneration, it has also displayed the ability to “dissolve” Grimm into their component protoplasm and manipulate it, drawing it into its body to supplement its abilities.

It may even use this power offensively, using the corrosive properties to deal horrific damage to organic targets, as seen most prominently in it’s initial assault, whereupon it turned a Spawning pit and its accompanying pack into a tidal wave that demolished a village and killed over a dozen Hunters, their Auras broken and bodies ravaged by the tide, or simply left helpless in the face of the monster itself.

Regeneration: While many Titan grimm are capable of a form of regeneration, The Tarrasque’s seems to be truly endless. Whatever damage it sustains is oftentimes healed within minutes. It is also seemingly neverending, even when considering the Protoplasm it uses to supplement itself.

It is a juggernaut, utterly unstoppable and capable of ignoring all damage short of a direct blast from a Silver Eyed Warrior. Even then, the core of the creature remains, allowing it to slip away from the engagement.

Intelligence: The Tarrasque is just another example of a worrying spike in intelligence among powerful enough Grimm.

It displays noteworthy tactical knowledge, prioritizing warships and keeping them at distance with aerial screens of varied nature (Blister cannon, sandstorm, dragon heads) eschewing it’s usual “brawler” style of combat in the face of Seasonal Maidens, dropping body parts to escape the “Slow Zone” Semblance of Oscar Pine, and retreating whenever a Silver Eyed Warrior enters the field.

Behaviour

The Tarrasque is a juggernaut in both physicality and spirit. It is first and foremost a stubborn creature, and one seemingly confident in its own abilities. It meets every threat to it with the force it deems appropriate to counter before attempting to bulldoze it over, seemingly only shifting strategy once it tires. Likewise, it will not break off an assault until Ruby Rose arrives, willing to go toe to toe with veritable armies of Hunters, soldiers, warships, and Seasonal Maidens.

Its goals are...odd, by Grimm standards. Its Modus Operandi shifts with each attack, but it never seems motivated solely by the desire to feed upon negative emotions. Its power and ability would be more than enough to render it a threat to major settlements or even the capital cities themselves, but all of its attacks have been against sparsly populated regions, or seemingly have nothing to do with inhabited areas of all.

But there are theories that is attracted to locations Branched In during the Battle of Requiem, which would place the fledgling Kingdom of Armonia, with the presence of the Branched In city of Residuum, as the only such settlement under threat.

And then their are the theories that every attack so far have only been probes, designed to gauge the Kingdom’s defense and the response times of its greatest defenders...

History: A Recounting of All Four Sightings

Vytal: The Tarrasque was first spotted eleven years ago off the western shores of Vytal, using a massive storm to mask its approach and screen itself from an aerial assault. Despite this, it was engaged by warships, two of which it destroyed using a rudimentary artillery piece. 

It would spend the next hour rampaging down Vytal’s western shore, even engaging Winter Maiden Penny Polendina and Yang Xiao Long before Ruby Rose arrived and petrified it. A hole was discovered in its thigh, but it was thought to be simple degradation of the body, and the beast itself killed.

During Vytal, it sported a heavily armoured semi amphibious bipedal form, but it quickly shed its armour in lieu of its more esoteric abilities. Its target was theorized to be a Branched In shrine at the southwestern tip of the island.

Vacuo: The Tarrasque reappeared three years later, making landfall along a vacant stretch of land on the Vacuan side of the Central Sanusian Border.

At first it was thought to be a second beast similar to the Vytal monster, as it sported a quadrupedal form with mole like fore claws and a series of wings meant to kick up sand as a cover against air retaliation and tear apart attackers with its fletchetes. 

The battle would last three hours and would once again involve Yang Xiao Long, alongside Oscar Pine and the Summer Maiden, who would unfortunately lose her life in the ensuing struggle.

Ruby would arrive, petrifying it, but the monster would escape by bursting out of the main bodies chest cavity and burrowing a tunnel back to the sea. Its target was theorized to be a series Branched In ruins bordering the Great Desert.

Mistral:

Four years following the second attack, a trail of paralyzed Grimm and upturned trees heading inward from the South Central Anima coast would lead Mistrali forces to discover the Tarrasque’s third incursion.

It’s form would be massively altered from its previous appearance, sporting a sluglike body covered in a thick armour covering and a series of draconian heads acting as homemade artillery. Its most devastating ability would be a screech whose effects mirrored that of The Apathy, with a mile-long radius, forcing warships to engage it at long range.

Over the next five hours it would drive a slow approach towards the Branched In New Kuroyuri, harried by warships and the full attention of two Seasonal Maidens. Upon Ruby’s arrival however, its outer shell would fall apart and release a massive hoard of Grimm which Hunters would be forced to engage in order to prevent a second fall of Kuroyuri.

It was in the aftermath that a unique Creature of Grimm with the name general appearance as the previous assaults would be spotted fleeing back into the ocean, and thus the dots would begin to be connected...

North Sea: Within the last year, a routine warship patrol spotted the Tarrasque on an approach to the southern coast of Solitas and engaged it, but it would promptly “dissolve” into a swarm of flying and aquatic Grimm.

As of yet, its trail has gone, and the necessities of life have forced resources to be turned back to normal operations.

But if the theories prove true...Armonia may be facing a trial by fire not seen since Salem’s final gambit almost three decades ago...

[solarzilla]

Surprisingly never done much rwby fanart but planning on changing it. Do like the "proto" design seen in the red trailer, wonder what the other Grimm designs would've looked like if they went down this road.

[thepariahcontinuum]

MARZ Rising - Chapter 153: Getaway

Now that the Hunters know the big evil plan they've gotta escape to be able to do something about it. (Also readers on FF Net please excuse any changes/issues in formatting as the site is continuing to be utterly useless)

FF Net

Ao3

[didyoutrydynamite]

Have you ever considered a Grimm that can breathe out sleeping gas? That way it can get their prey much easier.

I can only really see that working if this kind of Grimm also had a form of Nightmare Powers, that way the Grimm can get a proper feeding of negative emotions they would be missing out on if their prey were just simply knocked out. I can imagine a creepy scenario where this Grimm sneaks up on already sleeping humans and induce sleep onto them to keep them from waking up from night terrors.

[scattered-winter]

ranking the Creatures of Grimm (part 1)

I love monsters too much. here we go

The Geist

points for looking spooky. your general run-of-the-mill evil spirit that can possess shit (Arma Gigas my beloved). all in all I'd say it's a good monster. 6/10

Deathstalker

oh ho ho!! a giant scorpion with a big stinger!! Monkey Brain sees this as a threat. arachniphobia go brrr. points for a badass name. 9/10

Sea Feilong

SEA SERPENT SEA SERPENT SEA SERPENT!!!!! looks badass and also knows hyper-beam. 6-year-old me was so happy watching a sea serpent fuck some people up. 46/10

King Taijitu

snek :] you think you beat it, but then WHAM the other head gets you. iconic. 27/10

Lancer

ANOTHER giant bug monster!!!!! this one has evil lil squinty eyes. they travel in swarms. I want to study them. docked points for being used as one of Weiss's summons too often. boooo 11/10

Apathy

hell no. HELLLLL no. horrifying. I got nightmares from this thing. this whole episode was like a horror movie. I loved it. 3857/10

Monstra

*side-eyes the Leviathan trilogy*

all jokes aside: meh. big and scary. should've wrecked some cities or something. 5/10

Beowolf

ah, the classic Grimm. points for glowing eyes and big chompers. a Very Good Boy that will also rip your face off. 40/10

Griffin

scored low on account of only being in one (1) scene at the Fall of Beacon. boooo I wanna see them fuck people up. 3/10

(part 2)

[bobauthorman]

Ten Years Ago, On A Night Like This...

A Little Girl Went Out For A Walk In The Woods...

She Was Found By A Pack Of Wolves...

...And The Slaughter Began.

[lepetitdragonvert]

Grimm’s Household Tales

Edited and partly translated anew by Marian Edwardes

E. P. Dutton & Co

New York

1912

Artist : R. Anning. Bell

Princess and the Dragon