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This article is about the Chain Grim.
You may be looking for Pandora Hearts Chapter 11 "Grim"; or Anime Episode 10 "Grim".

Grim ( (グリム) , Gurimu) is a character from Jun Mochizuki's Pandora Hearts. He is an Illegally Contracted Chain whose Contractor has some kind of connection to the infamous serial killer, the Headhunter. As a result he is wanted heavily by Pandora.

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Grim is Illegally Contracted to William West, father of young Phillipe West. Their family the Wests had lost all their fortune after William had taken some bad advice from a friend, and soon after William's wife and Phillipe's mother grew sick and died. With such a growing tragedy around him, William grew desperate to fix things and create a good life for his son somehow. It was for this reason that he Contracted Grim and allied with the Headhunter, willing to do anything for that desperate goal. At one point William and Grim got captured and detained by Pandora, but immediately after Oz Vessalius's escape from the Abyss he managed to escape.

Appearance[]

Grim looks like a giant teal colored caterpillar, with multiple red eyes and numerous stubby, round feet. On his face, Grim has numerous tendrils coming out of his mouth. He has a yellow underbelly and at the end of his tail is a giant white arm, which has two much smaller arms protruding from it.

Plot[]

Grim and William West had only recently been captured by Pandora, though they managed escape with Vincent's help, killing the six Pandora members guarding them in the process. Reim Lunettes informed Sharon Rainsworth and Xerxes Break of this, and Break surmised that Grim was most likely in Reveil, where Oz, Alice and Gilbert just so happened to be.

While Oz Vessalius was with Phillipe West, whom he had saved earlier, and Echo, Vincent's servant, Gilbert and Alice wondered through the streets of Reveil.

Alice sensed Grim's presence and together with Gil went looking for him as he could potentially have one of her memories. Gil had wanted to return to Oz's side, though Alice informed him that it was too late for that because Grim was already there, watching them from above.

Alice greeted Grim and told him that he was "as revolting as ever". Grim was overjoyed at finding her, as destroying her would greatly please the Intention of the Abyss. Alice scoffed at this and told Gilbert to release her powers, though the two realized that Oz wasn't with them so they couldn't. Gil and Alice ran for their lives until Echo jumped down from overhead and sliced through Grim with her knives.

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Echo distracts Grim.

Oz also arrived on the scene, where he saw that William was an Illegal Contractor. He became uneasy at the sight because he had promised Phillipe that he would bring his father back to him. Echo continued her fight with Grim, though Gilbert insisted that she couldn't win against him. She is quickly knocked out of the way by Grim who also destroyed the bridge that Oz was standing on, sending him falling to the ground below. Gil ran to Oz's side, and William noted how Alice was all alone now.

Echo attempted to get back on her feet, but Vincent came up from behind and simply told her to stay and observe what happened next. William asked Grim how they should kill Alice, though Alice smugly said that she'd tear them to pieces, which confused him. Alice then stated that she'll chop Grim to bits so that his sorry figure would improve a little bit, and Gil released her powers. Alice began slicing through Grim with her scythe, and Oz noticed that William felt Grim's pain due their contract.

Oz told Alice to stop attacking Grim, but to no avail. Oz thought that it was hopeless, but in his subconscious, Jack Vessalius told him that he could control B-Rabbit's power and Oz is then able to seal Alice's power by himself. The injured Grim faded back into William's body as Oz began approaching William himself.

William pointed his gun at Oz and Oz asked him why would he make an Illegal Contract. William explained that it was to change the past, making it so that he didn't believe what his friend had told him, which led to his family's fortune being ruined, his wife getting sick and eventually dying and Phillipe's supposed unhappiness. Oz asked William if he was serious as he ran up to him. OZ told William that if he really cared about Phillipe, he should be with him, as that would be enough, something which Oz knew well because of the constant absence of his father, Xai Vessalius.

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Grim's Contractor William shot by Vincent in the back

William realized that what Oz had said was true, though Gilbert saw William pointing his gun at Oz and so he drew his own and aimed it at William. Oz shielded William and told Gil not shoot, but Vincent killed him anyway.

Vincent explained that he had shot William because he'd "thought" that William was going to hurt Oz. He then brings Oz, Echo, Alice, and Gilbert to the Rainsworth mansion, where he is promptly escorted out by Break, who subtly hints that he knew Vincent's real motif.

Anime[]

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Grim as seen during Chain Invasion.

Within the Anime, Grim plays the same role in the manga, with small differences. In the Anime, Grim never faded back into William's body, and so when William died, a path to the Abyss opened and dragged Grim into the Abyss alongside William's corpse.

Also, during the Chain invasion, it becomes apparent that within the Anime, Grim is not a singular Chain like he is in the manga, more over, he is a part of a sub-species of Chain. Many of Grim's species of Chain invade Reveil, though all of them met their eventual demise at the hands of Pandora and the Baskervilles, as well as the power of Mad Hatter, which killed most of them.

Powers and Abilities[]

  • Supernatural strength and speed
  • Can shoot fingernails out as missiles (anime-exclusive)
  • Can sense the power of other Chains

Gallery[]

Appearances[]

Manga Appearances

(*) - Denotes that the character did not appear physically, but as a part of another character's memories.

Trivia[]

  • The inspiration for Grim's appearance seems to have come from the Caterpillar from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

Navigation[]

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Characters

Main: AliceGilbert NightrayOz Vessalius
Vessalius: Ada VessaliusAda's CatsJack VessaliusMrs. KateOscar VessaliusRachel CecileSara VessaliusXai Vessalius
Nightray: Bernard NightrayBernice NightrayClaude NightrayEchoElliot NightrayErnest NightrayFred NightrayHansLeoMrs. FinnRaymond NightrayVanessa NightrayVincent Nightray
Rainsworth: EmilySharon RainsworthShelly RainsworthSheryl RainsworthXerxes Break
Barma: Arthur BarmaCalum LunettesGrunerMiranda BarmaReim LunettesRufus Barma
Baskervilles: CeliaDugFangGlen BaskervilleGlen Baskerville (♀)JuryLacieLeviLilyLottieNoiseOswald
Abyss: The Core of the AbyssThe Intention of the Abyss
Other: Flower GirlThe GeneralHarris WatsonHeadhunterIsla YuraJyantaMariePhillipe WestRytasTurnerWilliam West
Chains: AlbusB-RabbitBandersnatchCardsCheshireThe CookDemiosDodoDormouseDuldeeDuldumEquusFawnFlower Girl's ChainGrimGryphonHedgehog ChainsHumpty DumptyThe Intention's DollsJabberwockLacie's ChainLarsLeonMad BabyMad HatterMarch HareOwlRavenRocking-Horse-FlySnap-Dragon-FlyTove
Caucus Race: Dahlia GarlandGarland ButlerGeraldGreat MotherJosephineMarcelMia

Nobility Barma DukedomBaskerville ClanNightray DukedomRainsworth DukedomSinclair FamilyVessalius DukedomWest Family
Terminology Species & Factions: Black Winged ChainsChainsContractorsIsla Yura's CultPandora

Objects: Arthur Barma's Memoirs"Chains"Doors to the AbyssJack Vessalius' Pocket WatchKeys to the DoorsSilent Clock TowerStone Seals
Events: Coming-of-Age CeremonySuccession CeremoniesTragedy of Sablier
Miscellaneous: AngelsChildren of Ill OmenLacie (Song)Holy KnightStatice

Locations AbyssBarma HomelandCarillonDimensional PlaneÉbaucheHouse of FiannaLacie's TombLuca's GateLutwidge AcademyReveilSablierTower
Volumes IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXXIXIIXIIIXIVXVXVIXVIIXVIIIXIXXXXXIXXIIXXIIIXXIV
Omake Maidora HeartsBumbling Sleuth BreakMagical Girl Ill-Omened❤LaciePandora Academy
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DVDs IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXBonus Story
Guidebooks & Artbooks 8.518.524 + 1Official Animation Guide〜Odds and Ends〜「There is.」
Light Novels 123
Drama CDs Pandora Hearts Drama CDNightmare of Vessalius Academy!Alice's Tea PartyAnimedia Radio SpecialRadio Special 1Radio Special 2Radio Special 3Retrace 42.5Another Story of A Promise Lost
Soundtrack OST 1OST 2Parallel HeartsMazeWatashi wo MitsuketeEverytime you kissed me
Character Songs Swear to...Kinjirareta AsobiTruth
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