Grell Sutcliff (Black Butler)

## First Appearance

### Debut

Persona Record: On a Road Of Time - Chapter 5 (First Appearance) The Forces of Grim (Mentioned Multiple Time and By Mia Sutcliff and William T. Spears

**Grell Sutcliff** (or Grelle Sutcliff), is a **Grim Reaper** and Supporting Character in The **Persona Record Series**, They are part of the Retrieval Division of the Grim Reaper Dispatch. Grell initially posed as Angelina Dalles's butler and conspired with her as Jack the Ripper. They were suspended for some time as a result, but are now a fully active Grim Reaper.

## Appearance

Grell is an individual "covered in red." Grelle has long dark-red hair, shark-like teeth, and red-framed glasses accessorized with a chain with skulls. Like other Grim Reapers, Grelle has chartreuse phosphorescent eyes.

Grell's typical attire consists of a vest; gloves; a red-and white-striped bow around their neck; and red and black 4.33-inch (11-cm) high-heeled ankle boots. Grelle also sports a red coat they took from Angelina Dalles after fatally wounding her; they often wear it slung off their shoulders with the sleeves rolled up to their elbows.

Grell has specially modified their Death Scythe to operate like a chainsaw because they deem the average Death Scythe old-fashioned.

When posing as Angelina Dalles's butler, Grell had brown hair, which was tied with a red ribbon, and they dressed in plain black clothes.

## Personality

Grell is an outspoken, flamboyant individual who unreservedly expresses themselves and their desires. They possess a strong predilection for the color red, which they believe can be used to achieve beauty.

Combative, Grell is quick to turn to violence to eliminate hindrances and has had numerous clashes with Sebastian Michaelis because of such an inclination. They have little to no patience for those who are bogged down by their emotions, having ruthlessly slain partner-in-crime Angelina Dalles for hesitating to kill her nephew.

At first, Grell was dismissive of the principles of Grim Reapers, which includes staying neutral in human affairs, as evidenced by their unlawful partnership with Angelina. However, after a period of suspension, Grell has come to respect said principles, enough to preach the importance of soul-reaping to fellow Grim Reaper Ronald Knox. Nevertheless, due to their impulsive nature, they are still liable to transgress these principles, such as when they were about to kill Aleister Chamber, ignoring Ronald's warning that killing humans is prohibited.

Grelle is fond of incorporating double entendres and referencing plays and theatre in their speech; for instance, they described Angelina's death as a "falling of curtains" and compared their relationship with Sebastian to *Romeo and Juliet*.

When posing as Angelina's butler, Grelle was timid and ineffective at their job; they failed to properly prepare tea and got lost while driving a carriage.

## Background

### Partners with William T. Spars

He was Rank A in His Grim Reaper Train But was also Reckless and Failed in a Number of Other Grim Reaper Training, He was soon Partnered with William T. Spars who was just a Rank B at the Time, Set to Observe a Person on the To-die list as Thomas Wallis. They were to Determine if he were to die or not, in the end William makes the decision to End Thomas's Life, This Gets Him into a Fight with Grell, and After Beating Grell, William Completes The Assamient But then is attacked by Thomas Wallis Will to Live, Grell arrives and cuts William free from the Cinematic Record and returns his glasses, and they finish the reaping together. Thomas dies in the middle of the road, in a pool of blood, right on time at 4 pm. After the reaping, William and Grell are granted their official glasses, which are awarded only to grim reapers who understand the significance of human life.

### Partners with Angelina Dalles

When Angelina Dalles began murdering pregnant prostitutes as Jack the Ripper and consequently filling up the soul retrieval list, Grell followed her and took an interest in her. They sympathized with her since they could relate to her troubles—the inability to give birth—and decided to assist her, defying the Grim Reaper code of neutrality. Grell disguised themselves as the Burnett family's butler to avoid suspicion.

### Grell as "Jack The Ripper"

Grell is with Angelina Dalles, their mistress, and Lau in Ciel Phantomhive's London townhouse, searching for tea. They accompany Ciel, Sebastian Michaelis, Lau, and Angelina while they gather information on Jack the Ripper. They later attend Aleister Chamber's party with them, where they briefly leave in order to commit another murder.

Afterwards, Grell, in Mary Jane Kelly's house, brutally kills her. When Ciel and Sebastian enter the scene, Sebastian comments that it is an excessive murder as blood has splattered all over the floor. Grell comes up with a feeble excuse for being there, despite being covered in the prostitute's blood. Challenged by Sebastian, Grell discloses that they are a Grim Reaper. When they are questioned about why they have broken the Grim Reaper's code of neutrality, they reply that they were captivated by "a certain woman."

Grell confronts Sebastian with their Death Scythe. They claim that their Death Scythe can slice through anything, and sadistically trifles with Sebastian, stating their desire to tear up his body. They add that they love the color red and enjoy using blood to do makeup for ugly women. Sebastian points out Grell's violation of the Grim Reaper rules and deems their butler principles sickening, and Grell remarks that even so they are still the "butler of death." Their battle continues, and Grell inflicts a small slash on Sebastian's left arm, revealing a brief Cinematic Record of Sebastian's past and his first encounter with Ciel. Grell explains the general purpose of a **Cinematic Record**, which is to replay memories for assessment by the Grim Reaper, and Sebastian dismisses it as a "spying activity."

Grell then has Sebastian pinned against the wall. However, when Ciel's life is endangered, Sebastian rushes off, in spite of Grell's Death Scythe (which deals a considerable wound to his arm). They comment that Sebastian has commendable endurance, and order Angelina to kill Ciel. They notice her hesitation and insist that she carries out the task. When she admits that she cannot because she views Ciel as her own son, they are gravely disappointed and proceed to stab her in the chest with their Death Scythe. They denounce her as an "ordinary woman" and complain that they have gone to great lengths to aid her, but were uncompensated. They remove the red coat from her corpse and proclaim that she is not fit to wear red.

Grell turns to leave, and Ciel orders Sebastian to kill them. While battling, Sebastian intentionally aims for Grell's face, much to their anger for they greatly cherish it. Grell asks if Sebastian is afraid to perish once he is critically hit by their Death Scythe, and the latter asserts that he is not. Grell states that a demon and a Grim Reaper are unable to reach a mutual understanding; thus, their relationship is like the "tragic love story of *Romeo and Juliet*." Grelle rams their own forehead against Sebastian's and deals a strong, upward slash across his chest. Much to their dismay, they perceive a rather mundane Cinematic Record which consists simply of Sebastian's daily life as a Phantomhive butler.

Subsequently, they attempt to end the battle with the next blow. Sebastian uses a shred of his ruined, woolen tailcoat to jam Grell's Death Scythe. He then, pummels Grelle in the face, ignoring the victim's pleas to spare it. However, before Sebastian can kill them with their own weapon, William T. Spears intervenes. William lands on Grell's head and lists off all of the rules that Grelle has violated. He grudgingly apologizes to Sebastian, retrieves Grell's Death Scythe, and drags Grell away by their hair. Grell later faces suspension for their offenses.

### Grell's Time During Suspension & The Noah's Arc Circus Case

In regard to the case involving the Noah's Ark Circus, the Grim Reapers are assigned various tasks. While William T. Spears and Ronald Knox are to collect the souls at Baron Kelvin's manor, Grell, whose suspension period has recently ended, is responsible for collecting the souls at Phantomhive Manor—a mission they are very excited about, as noted by Ronald.

### Grell on the Campania

Grelle is assigned to work with Ronald Knox to collect souls and investigate the Bizarre Dolls. They watch as *Campania* crashes into an iceberg. They then leap on the ship's deck and behead several Bizarre Dolls.

They meet with Ronald and make Ronald hold them by the waist as they enjoy the night breeze. They soon stop, however, deeming Ronald unexciting. Ronald reminds Grelle that they both should be focusing on their duty, for they have approximately another one-thousand souls to collect and they must investigate the Bizarre Dolls as well. Grelle tells him that soul reaping is a Grim Reaper's most important job and that the investigation part can come at a later time. They then urge Ronald to hurry, for they wish to go home and do not want to risk another suspension order.

In the first-class suite, Grell and Ronald destroy numerous Bizarre Dolls while complaining about the sheer quantity of them. Grell notes that dealing with the Bizarre Dolls is a waste of time, and Ronald agrees, stating that *Campania* will sink in one hour.

After they carry out their task in the first-class front hallway, Ronald informs Grell that they must descend five floors to reach the third boiler room, much to Grell's annoyance. While they discuss the enigmatic Bizarre Dolls, a Bizarre Doll on a carriage led by a couple of Bizarre Doll horses appears. Grelle swiftly annihilates them

In the second class restaurant, Grell and Ronald encounter Sebastian Michaelis, Ciel Phantomhive, and Elizabeth Midford. Grell prevents them from running away and starts battling Sebastian. During the fight, Grell accidentally slashes a window with their Death Scythe, causing water to rapidly enter the ship. While Grell is distracted, Ronald takes their place and fights Sebastian.

After a brief intervention with Elizabeth eliminating a number of Bizarre Dolls, Elizabeth goes after Grell, intending to attack them, but Sebastian stops her. Grelle plans to resume their fight with Sebastian but overhears Ciel telling Sebastian to concentrate on finding Rian Stoker, who has constructed the Bizarre Dolls. Ronald shows Grell Rian's information in the soul retrieval list, and after they both read it, they leave with urgency to learn more about the Bizarre Dolls from Rian.

In the first-class passenger lounge, Rian falls due to *Campania* tilting, and Grell catches him by the leg. When they ask for a method to stop the Bizarre Dolls, Rian discloses that there is a device in his room that can render the absolute salvation ineffective. Grell, Ronald, and Rian go to the Rian's first-class guest room, where they discover that the device has been stolen. They return to the first-class passenger lounge, where Ciel, Sebastian, Undertaker, and Aleister Chamber, who has taken the device, are. When Grell states their desire to kill Aleister, Aleister threatens to destroy the device, and Ronald stops Grell.

A legion of Bizarre Dolls arrives, the number of them bewildering them all. Grell, Ronald, and Sebastian are forced to fight them. Irritated by Aleister's theatrics, Ronald asks to kill him, and Grelle scolds him for stopping them earlier. Grell then shouts at Aleister to activate the device, but Aleister refuses to until they perform the dance of the Phoenix to pledge their loyalty to him, much to Grell, Ronald, Ciel, and Sebastian's exasperation. They reluctantly recite the lines and do the pose.

A satisfied Aleister then turns on the device, but it does not work. Fed up with what they consider a farce, Grell deftly kills several Bizarre Dolls, which impresses Ronald, and lunges at Aleister, despite Ronald's cry that they must not kill humans. Undertaker blocks Grell's Death Scythe and attacks Grelle with his sotoba.

Grell, Ronald, and Sebastian note Undertaker's chartreuse phosphorescent eyes, and realize that Undertaker is a Grim Reaper. Grell and Ronald are shocked to learn that Undertaker created the Bizarre Dolls by editing the deceased's Cinematic Records. On Undertaker's encouragement, Grell views a couple of Bizarre Dolls' Cinematic Records and is appalled to see that Undertaker has indeed connected fake records following the "End" mark for the bodies to mistakenly believe that life is still continuing. Undertaker further explains how Bizarre Dolls function, and admits that *Campania* was merely an experiment to see what will happen when the same amount of humans and Bizarre Dolls are together. Grell and Ronald decide to apprehend Undertaker, who is most likely a "deserter," and the former adds that they can never forgive Undertaker for injuring their face.

Grell and Ronald attack Undertaker. Sebastian kicks Ronald, to Grell's surprise, and says that he would be in trouble if he were to let Grell and Ronald haul Undertaker away, for Ciel wants to take Undertaker into custody as well for Queen Victoria's sake. Grell and Sebastian tell each other to stay out of their way. They all then decide that whichever team is the fastest can take Undertaker. In sub-sequence, Grell, Ronald, and Sebastian attack Undertaker simultaneously.

While fighting, they discuss Grim Reapers' nearsightedness, and Grell points out that Undertaker must be at a disadvantage for he is not wearing any glasses. Grell is astonished that they are able to cut through Undertaker's sotoba, even though they could not before. Undertaker kicks Grell, and Ronald rushes over, but his glasses are thrown off by Undertaker. Grell tosses Ronald's glasses back to their rightful owner, but Sebastian knocks them away. Sebastian and Undertaker battle while Ronald retrieves his glasses with Grell next to him. Grell and Ronald mention that they are running out of time since the ship is tilting heavily, and attack Undertaker head-on. Undertaker blocks their Death Scythes successfully, revealing his own and slicing them both with it. Grell and Ronald are shocked, with Ronald commenting that his Death Scythe should have been confiscated when he retired, and Undertaker implies that he smuggled it out with him. Undertaker then destroys a pillar near where they are at, causing it to collapse on them.

After a battle between Sebastian and Undertaker, where Undertaker manages to view Sebastian's Cinematic Record, *Campania* begins tilting upward, causing great chaos and many deaths. Rian falls to his death, and Grell immediately assesses and collects his soul, stating the dates of his birth and death. They tell Sebastian that they do not have much time and that they will take Undertaker. While Grelle fights Undertaker, Ronald fights Sebastian, "the weakened one."

During their battle, Undertaker recalls that Grell was Madam Red's butler and remarks that they also tampered with people's lives. Grell calls him nosy and assures him that they are not going to leave, albeit the time constraints. Grell is about to take a swing at Undertaker, but Sebastian hurls a beaten Ronald at them, making them both crash into a wall. As *Campania* sinks and water floods the area they are fighting in, Undertaker tells them that he must go. Grell and Sebastian make a concerted attack on him, causing him to drop his chain of lockets, which Ciel catches. Undertaker entrusts it to Ciel, splits the ship into two with his Death Scythe, and escapes.

An unconscious Grell floats face-down in the water. William T. Spears rescue Grell and Ronald, and force them to wake up. Grell is thrilled that William has arrived, and tries to leap on him, but falls back into the water instead. William tells them that they must collect the souls despite their injuries and that once they are finished they must report to headquarters and immediately file a report on the "violator," Undertaker.

### Grell During The Emerald Witch Case

Grell and William T. Spears travel to Germany, where they meet the German Grim Reapers Ludger and Sascha. Ludger remarks that Grell's greetings are flashy as per usual. Sascha hands documents to William, who complains about being sent all the way to Germany. Grell says that they are actually enjoying their trip with William; William responds by hitting them with his Death Scythe. William then tells Sascha and Ludger to inform the English Branch if they receive any information about the "seceders" before leaving with Grell.

### How Grell Met Mia

Grell met Mia along with Ronald and William, It was During This a Young Girl Named Mia, Used her Parent's revolver to fool around with while her family was away and she was attending the House had let Grell, Ronald and William Thinking they were Guests Waiting for her Father to Return to Speak to Him, They were actually looking for information on one of the Family Member's of Mia who was set to die and looked to see if they were to Live or Not. It Turned out once Mia had shot herself she became a Grim Reaper, Not Knowing what to do they took her in, and Grell Called her There Daughter.

### Events In Persona Record Series

Grell has been Mentioned inside The Force of Grim, He made his Appearance in Chapter 1 of Persona Record: On a Road of Time, as Cameo when talking to **Pernelle Flamel**, They Reappear in Chapter 5 of the Same Story.

## Trivia

* Grell's favorite color is red. Additionally, they like the scent of roses and musk, and dislike tea.
* Grell is, in fact, stronger than William.
* Grell is an okama and uses onē kotoba (Meaning "Older Sister Speech).
* "Grell(e)" can either mean "gaudy," "lurid," or "grating/piercing" in German.
* Grelle may have been named after Peter Sutcliffe, a British serial killer responsible for the death of thirteen women, also known as "The Yorkshire Ripper." (Surprising Peter Sutcliffe Died of Covid-19 after refusing treatment).

### Outside of Persona Record

* Grell's voice actor, Jun Fukuyama, originally auditioned for Ciel Phantomhive, Sebastian Michaelis, and Finnian before being given the role of Grell
* Grell's VA also Voices The Persona 5 Protagonist aka in Persona Record: **Ren Amamiya**
* The Writer of Persona Record Series, As Grell likes to call them and Sebastian *Romeo and Juliet*, Ren and Iroha are also referred to as a modern day *Romeo and Juliet* by there friends due to them being different by being a Persona-User and Magical Girl Falling in Love.
* Even so that Grell is Confirmed to may be Transgender, The Writer likes to call Grell a Male due to his Characteristics but does keep a female personality to Grell by wanting Mia to call them mother, though Mia just calls them dad.

## Relationships

### Sebastian Michaelis

Grell Loves Sebastian, and Likes to call him Bassy, Though Sebastian is Annoyed by it and does not like Grell at all, even to how many advances Grell shows to him.

### Pernelle Flamel

Is Possible her and Grell have a History together as they seem to know each other, however it's not exactly known how.

### Mia Sutcliff

Grell took Mia in has there daughter, Mia calls them dad which can annoy him as they like to be called "Mother" instead

### William T. Spears

Grell likes William but William is annoyed by him