[ROR] Father Grimm
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ALIAS
"Father Grimm"
"The Hermit"
AGE
Over 200
GENDER
Cis Male
SPECIES
Human?
OCCUPATION
Writer
Willhelm Carl Grimm, or Father Grimm, is a writer living in the middle of the woods with his 6 adopted children. Some even call him the "wizard in the woods". He doesn't go outside much as he's afraid the world might judge his strange looks and demeanor. But at least he's happy in his library and all the books to read.
But he wasn't always this reserved. He and his brother Jacob loved going out adventuring and telling their stories. But something had happened to Jacob, leaving Willhelm to shut himself out of society.
Willhelm was born in the 24th of February in Hesse, Germany. He and his elder brother Jacob would roam the streets of Europe to find people to tell their stories to. They had fun together, with Jacob's spirit of adventure and Willhelm's knack for storytelling.
They wanted nothing more but to tell their tales to everyone in the world, but they knew they wouldn't be able to live that long to acomplish that dream. Travelling was fun, but they also picked up a lot of diseases and injuries while doing so. Medicine at that time wasn't as developed, it was easy to think they could perish tommorrow. And so they decided to go to the magical route. They wrote of witches and fairies but had never attempted witchcraft themselves. But they must, as their tales must live along with them.
For Will, it worked, for Jacob, he immeadietly passed away. The younger brother was heartbroken and decided to never go out adventuring again. He locked himself away from his friends and adoring readers, afraid of what they might think when one of the Grimms brothers died due to unsafe witchcraft. He spent his years indoors writing like he used to, but also learning the art of magic, perhaps to get him brother back
But after decades, he found out it was impossible. He greived at this revalation, but instead he heard a knock at his door. He thought is was strange, as no one had came near these woods in over a century. He found a small boy, pleading to let him inside. Grimm reluctantly agreed, but wanted the boy to leave quickly to resume to his books. The boy introduced himself, Solomon Grundy, and confessed that he was in a cult and is trying to hide from it. Grimm was slightly confused at first, but seeing Solomon's scared look, disheveled clothes and the way he described his former residence, Grimm offered to let him stay.
Over the years, more and more children came to him for his aid. They were all from poor or abusive households and he didn't know how to say no when they ask to stay with him. Eventually, he needed to magic up ingredients to make food for 6 mouths. But people outside the woods started to spread rumors, saying if you go in the forest, the strange man will take your children and kill them. Grimm heard of legends like these when he was younger, mildly shocked that they still make tales like those today. But at least he's happy alone with his new family.
- Grimm used to be an alt design for the Shadelight Roblox Myth character FatherGrimm but I made him my own guy
- He plays piano, violin and the flute
- He sometimes needs a walking cane as he doesn't get up that much, also cause he old- His cane is literally a tree branch shaped like a walking cane
- His house can be extra dark so he usually have candles or use matches. In fact, the kids would know Grimm is coming by hearing the match scratches
- His scar and crooked nose was there due to an unhappy audience while storytelling that lead to a brawl
- Gets mistaken for a vampire
- He refuses to wear anything overly modern, stays with his old victorian-esque fashion or something similar to Dark Acedemia
- His 6 kids are named after nursery rhymes. Solomon Grundy, Henry "Humpty" Alexander Dumpty, Jason "Jabber" Wocke, Hickory Doc, (Blind) Terry "Three" Doc and "Old" Kingsleigh Cole
- All his kids are British and have British accents while he is extremely German
- Hates any and all romance so don't even try 💀💀 He loves all of you but not in THAT way
- He has over 10 pen-names for writing
- He really likes chilling by the fireplace with a good book
- He loves all his children equally and DEFINITELY DOES NOT PLAY FAVORITES (This is a lie, he does but doesn't want anyone to feel bad so he keeps his "rankings" a secret)
- Is super hella supportive of all his kids
LIKES
BOOKS
Being indoors
Music
Warm Fireplaces
His kids
DISLIKES
Romance novels
Bad behavior
Writer's block
Loud noises
Interuption
Solomon is the eldest of his sons and the first to come to his aid. He had lived with extremely religious parents and followed a cult similar to Christianity, but clearly different. They restricted him to any freedom he had and made him do strange rituals. Whenever Solomon gets sick, they just prey for it to go away, not once ever giving him medicine. Often their leader and some others would visit their house and gather Solomon and a few other children for checkups in case of evil spirits. Their punishment if they ever find said spirits is often physical brutality, an exorcism or being locked alone in a dark room with nothing but candles and holy water, with some cases ended up staying in there for weeks. Eventually after enough punishments, he ran away and knocked at the first house he saw, which so happens to be Grimm's. Grimm, though never taken care of a child himself, felt bad for Solomon and took him in. Solomon later grew up from a scared mess to a more organized and confident boy. He loves following rules and snitching on his brothers whenever they cause trouble.
The second eldest and 5th child to come to Grimm's help. Henry lived with a rich family and was constantly judged for his weak "crybaby" nature, both from his family and peers at school. He is very fragile and emotional, often being hurt both physically and mentally. Everyone always assumed that since he has money, his problems don't matter as much. He thought the world wanted to break him. So he fell off the tall brick wall surrounding the woods. Luckily, 3 brothers Solomon, Hickory and Three were able to catch him when they were playing nearby. Henry was later brought back to the kids' home and consoled with by Grimm. Henry saw the loving and kind nature of Grimm and how well he takes care of his sons, so he decided to run away and stayed with Grimm instead. He grew up to still be a bit shy, but far happier than he was before.
Third oldest and the latest child who got adopted by Grimm. Jason used to live in the streets, constantly moving for new places to stay. He never knew his family and gets bullied by the nearby children, so to make friends, he takes others' valuables to impress them. When he gets caught, he gets into fights. One day, he saw some kids going inside the woods. Jason had heard tales of a scary wizard in there, but seeing their delicious food tempted him to follow them. He found a house with an open window and many pasteries inside. He ate them, but the noise caught the attention of Father Grimm himself. Grimm was furious, but seeing his starvation, he lets him eat some cookies and go back home when done. But when Jason said he doesn't have one, Grimm became worried. He asked Jason to stay here instead, if he wanted. Jason reluctantly agreed. He hasn't warmed up to Grimm yet and still sometimes go back to his old ways, but his health has improved since then.
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