Grey Crow

**Grey Crow** is an NPC and later, a boss in Death's Door. He once was a Reaper and stole a soul from The Reaper. Players can meet him rather early in the game at Death's Door, which the Grey Crow desires to open. He gives the player hints on where to find the three Giant Souls required to open the Door.

## History

### Life as a service bound Reaper

Much like The Reaper, Grey Crow started out working as any other Reaper in the Commission. He was assigned Souls to reap, and brought them in the Soul Vault in order to conclude his assignments and regain his longevity, something that cannot happen if an assigned Soul is lost.

One day, The Grey Crow was assigned a very special Soul : the Soul of The Mortal who Opened The First Door. This task was, however, impossible, since this Soul was lost to the Aether when it fused with Truth. Not knowing this, Grey Crow kept searching for his assigned Soul, eventually making his way to Death's Door, thinking that it had somehow gone through the door. He then spent the next centuries trying to find ways to open the door, to finally end his assignment and stop his aging.

## Synopsis

### Meeting the Reaper

After The Reaper defeats Demonic Forest Spirit, the Grey Crow appears behind The Reaper and knocks them out before stealing the Giant Soul. After arriving in The Lost Cemetery, the Grey Crow can be seen walking on top of the path over where the player is standing, presumably in order to get to the Summit.

Once they reach the Summit, The Reaper sees Grey Crow using the Demonic Forest Spirit's Soul to try to open a door, but to no avail. Grey Crow turns around, greets the Reaper, and apologizes for knocking them out in the Grove of Spirits. The Grey Crow explains that he used to work for the Reaping Commission just like the player. When one of his assignments evaded capture, Grey Crow tracked them down to the Summit, and discovered it had passed through the door there, which so happens to be Death's Door, the end point for all life. Grey Crow theorizes that they would require a monumental amount of power to open the door, since even Demonic Forest Spirit's Soul was not strong enough.

### The Quest for the Giant Souls

Grey Crow explains to The Reaper that they are both in the same situation, since now that The Reaper's assigned Soul is now also trapped behind Death's Door, both crows would just slowly age and die, unable to finish their assignments if they cannot find a way to open the door. Grey Crow speaks of three beings from around the islands, who have lived for so long that their combined Giant Souls could be powerful enough to open the door: The Witch of Urns in the North, the King of the Swamps in the forest of the East, and a Beast atop the mountain of the West.

Grey Crow apologizes once again for having entangled The Reaper into his quest, seeing as his body is too old and too weak to find the Giant Souls. He gives the player two choices. The Reaper can explore the islands, find the Souls, and open Death's Door, or, choose inaction, and suffer the same fate as the older Reaper. Grey Crow stays at the Summit for most of the game, giving advice to The Reaper on where to go next if the player needs it.

After having defeated The Witch of Urns, The King of the Swamp, or Betty, returning to the Summit will make The Reaper offer the Giant Souls to Death's Door, and the Grey Crow will compliments to The Reaper, claiming he accomplished nothing in comparison to the young crow. He will then guide the player to where the next Giant Soul is located.

### Opening Death's Door

When The Reaper returns with all three Giant Souls, The Grey Crow is very impressed, calling the younger crow a "much better Reaper than him". The pair then use the Giant Souls to open Death's Door, and both step into what The Grey Crow calls "The Other Side".

Once in The Other Side, both Reapers look around, astounded by the void surrounding them. Suddenly, a voice greets them, and once the crows turn around, they meet the only other being there, Death. The Grey Crow and Death chat about the Original Reaper, Death's Door, and the location of the assigned souls. Death explains that all Souls that pass through Death's Door are automatically absorbed into the Aether, meaning the two crows can never return their Souls to the Commission.

Upon hearing Death's story, The Grey Crow doesn't believe Death, and is sure that his Soul passed through the Door, and so could still be found. Death, however, is still certain that there is no hope for the Reapers, which causes The Grey Crow to go in a state of denial, claiming he spent centuries searching for that Soul, and that he refuses to die. Death realizes that Grey Crow is "a little bit past your Best Before Date", meaning that he stayed alive for too long, and, like he explained in his story, Souls that stick around too long with nothing to tie them to mortality decay into demonic forms. Grey Crow loses his mind, roars and attacks The Reaper, but not before Death vanishes, leaving the two crows to duel.

## Boss Fight

Having completely lost his mind, Grey Crow attacks The Reaper. He now travels on four legs, instead of how he would normally walk, and seems to have gone feral. He uses a variety of attacks, all based on the abilities The Reaper possesses, but powered up either by his transformation or simply by his old age.

#### Attacks

***Chain Dash***: A chain will appear in a straight line across the arena. After staying there for a second, it will pull the Grey Crow across the arena quickly. Later on in the battle more chains will appear, tracking The Reaper's path.

***Smoke Bird Cough:*** The Grey Crow will occasionally cough up puffs of smoke pursue The Reaper. These smoke birds can be dispelled by hitting them with a Weapon or Ability.

***Bird Swarm:*** Later on in the battle, The Grey Crow will scream as a swarm of mini birds flying out of his mouth. These birds will circle The Reaper, making it very hard not to roll right into them. The birds can be killed with The Reaper's Weapon.

After a long and emotional battle, The Reaper defeats Grey Crow, who collapses on the ground, finally dead and free from his assignment.

## Trivia

* He calls the Reaper "Fledgling".
* There is a crossover in Fall Guys in which there is a skin called Crow.

## Gallery

Chain DashSmoke Bird CoughBird SwarmThe Grey Crow, as seen in the official artwork for the game.