The Granny

## Appearance

The Granny is a malnourished looking monster that resembles an old lady. Her head is bald with little hair across the back of her head and behind her ears. She wears a tattered rag or cloth.

## Summary

The Granny is a rather mysterious character, as she seems to serve no purpose and doesn't contribute to The Maw like the other monsters. The Granny resides in the depths of The Maw, where (presumably) most of the waste and sewage is. The Depths were once living quarters, as it can be infered from the furniture, but are now flooded and used as sewage space. The Granny's presence is hinted at right from the very beginning of the Chapter. During the introduction, the Runaway Kid is seen swimming in an empty, gloomy body of water. The Runaway Kid struggles to swim through the fluid, with his movement becoming increasingly restrained as he pushes on. Eventually a hand appears from below the surface, gripping the Runaway Kid tightly and dragging him into the murky depths, causing The Runaway Kid to awaken suddenly from the apparent nightmare.

## Strategy

The Granny dwells in large, open chambers filled with water that cannot be drained. The Granny typically remains out of view, her only indication of movement is rippling motion on the surface of the water followed by a bubbling, bellowing growl that grows louder as The Granny approaches the player. The Granny cannot harm the player if they are not in the same body of water as her. Knowing that, the player can navigate through a room across floating platforms or objects without worrying about being grabbed by The Granny, however The Granny will try to (and can) lift up, break, or submerge objects in an attempt to push the player back into the water where she can grab them. The player cannot outrun The Granny when swimming.

Later on during the Chapter, The Granny is first encountered, in person, in one of the flooded rooms. Once The Kid jumps into the water, a black shadowy figure can be seen chasing him, eventually grabbing him and pulling him into the water when it is close. The Granny is seen a few more times before the end of the DLC, one instance when her head is seen above the surface and another where she is seen sitting on a chair.
Upon noticing The Kid, she leaves her chair and goes back into the water to subdue him. Eventually, The Kid gets cornered on a wooden platform. The Granny begins to pull at the wooden girders of the platform, but the The Kid pushes a nearby television off the platform, causing it to land into the water, zapping it and electrocuting The Granny, killing her.

## Trivia

* Whenever the Granny pulls the Runaway Kid underwater, closer examination reveals that she is giving him what would appear to be a hug. It is possible that the Granny is trying to love and protect children, but has been isolated for so long that she is unaware they cannot survive underwater, therefore accidentally killing them.
* It is possible that the Granny is the mother of either The Janitor or The Lady; she bares a resemblance to the Janitor in that she possesses very long arms, though her face bares a resemblance to The Lady's reflection in the DLC "Secrets of the Maw". It is possible that The Lady banished The Granny to the sewers due to her love of children, which posed a disruption to The Lady's plans of maintaining her eternal youth.
* It is possible that the Granny was once the geisha that controlled the Maw prior to The Lady, who may have banished her to the sewers after overthrowing her for unknown reasons. There is a portrait in The Lady's Quarters of The Lady standing in front of four other geishas, who are turned facing her direction. It is possible The Granny was once one of these geishas.