Grendan Highforge

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**Grendan "Grandma" Highforge** (US: /'gɹɛn.dən·'gɹæn.mɑ·'haɪ.fɔɹd͡ʒ/) is a character in *Drawtectives*. He is played and created by Nathan Yaffe.

Grendan is a gender-fluid dwarf druid who considers himself a pet detective and dog whisperer, but is simply a dog walker.

## Biography

### Grendan Highforge: Pet Detective

Grendan comes from the Highforge clan, an upper-class blacksmith family that makes weapons for the rich. He decided he didn't care for that way of life, partly because he did not want to learn about different weapon shapes, and instead became a self-described pet detective, although in reality he was simply a dog walker.

Grendan applied for a job as a detective so he could branch out in his occupation and made it onto a team of two other new detectives, Gyorik Rogdul and Rosé, led by P.I. Jancy True. His first case was the Murder at Crescent Hill, the murder of Sorin Justice, a rich paladin captain.

### The Murder at Crescent Hill

When the Drawtectives arrived at Crescent Hill, they met the B-squad of police officers, which consisted of Sergeant Pierce Steel and Officers Inna Urfass, Till Bogan and Flem Mucowsy. Officer Urfass had already sorted the witnesses into the rooms of the mansion. The Drawtectives went upstairs to the master bedroom, where the murder took place. Grendan met Officer Bogan and they soon became friends, both sharing a liking for dogs. The Drawtectives were then tasked to draw their theories for how Sorin was killed. Grendan hypothesized that he was killed in the midst of a "lady duel" between Lotta Justice and a woman named Tulip. When Sergeant Pierce Steel suggested that Justice was killed by a rhino, he and Grendan speculated that Tulip was actually a shape-shifting rhino.

The Drawtectives later met Lotta Justice, a sad, grieving woman. She informed them about the threatening letter sent to them which led to the murder of her husband. They then went downstairs to the kitchen and met chef Buzz and interning chef Don Jovi. The entire detective team was instantly enamored by Buzz and his adorableness. Don Jovi then asked the team to inspire him by drawing delicious food creatures. Grendan in turn drew a herd of dumplings, which are small and very delicious beings.

Soon after, the Drawtectives arrived in the conservatory, where they met Avis Smythe and his son Ogalvy. Ogalvy had the three detectives draw three of his favorite cartoon characters upside-down. Grendan was forced to draw a three-headed, six-legged dog riding a bicycle on two of its legs.

After their encounter with the Smythes, the detectives moved to the parlor and were introduced to Faucon, a famous musician, who had the three draw album covers for some other musicians. Grendan was tasked to draw a cover for Electric Tom's *Goodbye Yellow Slick Toad*. Grendan also decided to make the last letter of his name silent, inspired by the way Faucon pronounces her name. This eventually evolves into "Grandma" over the course of the night.

The Drawtectives then went to the backyard, where they met Harper Justice the daughter of Lotta and Sorin. She made the detectives draw themselves in sad or compromising situations, with Grandma having to draw himself losing a dog-walking competition to Todd Walker the Dog-Walker. In the end, Harper didn't give them a clue at all.

After the disappointing encounter with Harper, they moved to the pantry and met Sam Ug, who they had previously seen an arrest report of. Sam denied the fact that she had been arrested previously, until Grandma used his Dog Whisperer ability to get the truth out of her. She confessed and told the detectives that Lotta actually used to be a legendary thief and led a secret information network of thieves. After the confession, Sam tasked them to draw different portraits, making them change their tools constantly throughout the artwork. Grandma ended up drawing a very distorted portrait of Sam.

The detectives moved on to the dining room, where they met Emery Justice, the son of Lotta and Sorin. He told the trio everything he knew about the night and then proceeded to ask them for flattering drawings of himself. Grandma was asked to draw a portrait of Emery defeating the murderer of his father, so she of course drew him proudly killing a rhino. After completing the drawing challenge, Emery gave the detectives a blank notepad he found in the master bedroom, which (with the help of Jancy) they found out was hiding something. By rubbing graphite over the page, a list was revealed of all the people the Justice family trusted in case of an emergency.

After their interaction with Emery, the Drawtectives entered the study where they met Dr. Susan Fontaine, a world-renowned surgeon. Dr. Fontaine told them about her history with the Justice family and then asked them all to draw pictures of her favorite celebrities, so Grandma drew a portrait of Dev Praytell.

Moving onto the final room, the library, the Drawtectives met famous inventor and animatronics maker Llarm Alasa. Before giving them any clues, he tasked them with designing his ideas for future inventions. Grandma was asked to design a method of detecting intrusive ghosts, so she came up with a contraption that would pour ghost milk onto ghosts and prevent them from entering through a doorway. After the drawing challenge, Alasa showed them a bloody knife that he had pocketed, evidently the murder weapon.

After having interrogated all the witnesses in Crescent Hill, the Drawtectives began speculating about their suspects. They once again spoke to Lotta, who revealed more information about her thief network. They also realized they had not found the missing gems belonging to the murder weapon, so decided to pay Ogalvy another visit. Ogalvy, who was hyped up on chocolate, denied that he had stolen the gems, so the detectives began talking to his father, Avis. Avis eventually admitted to the detectives that he was not invited to the party by Lotta or Sorin; he was invited by Emery. With this new revelation, the Drawtectives revisited the dining room to interrogate Emery. By putting him in "arm jail" and patting him down, the team was able to find the missing gems in his pocket. Emery confessed to the murder, explaining that he was upset by his parents' constant denial to give him money and valuables, so he sent them a ransom note and killed his father at the party. The A-Team arrived to arrest, or in their words, "axtract", Emery, leaving the Drawtectives to have a final talk with Lotta.

The Drawtectives went back to the office, where they changed into new clothes before heading out to Huck E. Heese to celebrate the success of their first case. Grandma, York and Rosé used their Dunking ability on the basketball hoop game, breaking the machine and leaving it out of order.

### The Disappearance of Harold

Two months after the Crescent Hill murder, the Drawtectives were called in by Jancy True for the first time since the previous case to find where a missing dog went.

The first person they talked to was Harper Justice, who admitted to stealing the dog, Harold, earlier that day, although it wasn't the theft being investigated. She described the rest of her day up until the dog being stolen from her. This happened while she was yelling at Norm Elmahn, during which a car accident occurred nearby.

Next, the team spoke to Norm himself, who described his day, arriving to when he walked through the park to get to a grocery store. He reported that while being yelled at, a car crash happened nearby, so he went to investigate if the drivers were okay, but there was only one car, and the front was entirely crushed.

    Following Norm, they spoke to Ogalvy Smythe, who was asked by Rosé what he had stolen that day. He mentioned a sandwich, and after the promise of stealing model trains with Rosé later, he also admitted to stealing candy and dog treats. Mentioning he saw a dog, he asked if the Drawtectives wanted to know what it looked like. This led to Grandma drawing a sketch of Ogalvy's description.

The next witness was Dachs Hund, who turned out to be the "dog" Ogalvy saw. He discussed that he was reading his "newspapey" at the park until he noticed Norm. Afterward, he was too enthralled with how handsome Norm was to notice when, or even if, Harold was stolen. He gave a description of Harold which Rosé sketched, along with a visual of Harper for Dachs.

Once they ran out of witnesses, Jancy informed the Drawtectives of a newly-found witness, Noah Crimnal, who had clearly stolen many objects of other witnesses. During the interview, he refused to cooperate, and tried to gaslight the Drawtectives until York put him in arm jail. After a bit of threatening, he admitted to stealing almost every item on his person, but he remained in claiming he didn't steal Harold.

Jancy took the Drawtectives aside to discuss what they knew so far, but nobody could come up with the answer. Finally, Jancy revealed that the HPD had recovered Harold, and he was just hiding in a bush the whole time, because Harper let go of his leash, and the car crash scared him.

After the case, Harper and Harold went home to take a nap, and the Drawtectives went to Huck E. Heese to celebrate the end of a case, and the agreement to do cases together more often in the future.

### Between Cases

During the following interim, Grandma had reestablished contact with Jancy, Rosé, and York, keeping up with them regularly. With the small amount of fame they gained due to solving the Murder at Crescent Hill, his dog walking business became slightly more popular. With the extra money, Grandma purchased a flowery romper.

During York's first fashion show, they and Rosé attempted to sneak into the stadium and begin a wave in the audience, but were told it was not appropriate. Jancy later bailed them out from a scuffle with security. On on occasion, they and the other three went to the zoo to see some rhinoceroses, where Jancy explained the concept of sex to Grandma as York and Rosé were stuck in the snake pit.

### The Celestial Spear

Two months after finding Harold, the Drawtectives found themselves aboard the Celestial Spear Express without any memory of boarding. In the first-class car, Conrad Uctor explained to them that they would need to enter every individual cabin in order. Searching their pockets, Grandma found their ticket, which they hadn't remembered purchasing. A mysterious man accompanied them, also completely unaware of how he ended up on the train, as well as of his entire identity. After Rosé asked him if his name was Eugene, prompted by a note that was in her pocket, he decided to use that as a name for the time being. Once Conrad had finished his orientation, the group entered the first cabin, only to discover what looked like the master bedroom of Crescent Hill.

Entering the room in confusion, the Drawtectives and "Eugene" were greeted with a scene from a film which seemingly matched their own experience during the Murder at Crescent Hill case. Film director Anne Daction noticed the team on set and welcomed them, explaining that she was filming an adaptation of Uhreigh Ture's bestselling novel *Death of a Paladin*. While "Eugene" snuck away after spotting the film crew's sandwiches, the Drawtectives recapped their own experience with the murder case, comparing it to the events of the film. Grandma began by drawing the team's first encounter with the B-Team and their introduction to the case. After the team recapped the events of the case, Daction revealed that she was part of the Celestial Spear Program and that she had signed up to host the first "experience". Then, they retrieved "Eugene" and took a pocketful of sandwiches, saying goodbye to Daction and speaking to Conrad Uctor again. They also witnessed the Ticket Taker take someone's ticket at the end of the first class cabin, much to their terror.

In a panic, "Eugene" ushered the Drawtectives into the second experience, where they found themselves outside a circus tent. There, Grandma, Rosé and York decided to unofficially adopt "Eugene", thereon treating him like a son and taking on the responsibilities of parents such as teaching him how to read. They started by reading a sign next to them, which gave a brief look into the circus ringmaster, Harvey Hornswoggle. Excitedly, "Eugene" ran into the tent, his parents soon following. A rude mime named Checkers greeted them with a middle finger at the ticket booth before Harvey Hornswoggle himself arrived to give the Drawtectives a proper introduction. He directed them into his office, where he explained that while practicing his disappearing act, he accidentally made his best tricks vanish, thus asking the Drawtectives to draw them back for him. Grandma drew Harvey's main act, which consists of a grandma assistant sawing another grandma in half to reveal a smaller grandma emerging from the box. In gratitude for rejogging his memory, Harvey let the Drawtectives take one item, so Rosé adopted Threegene as yet another son. Harvey also gave "Eugene" a business card from the actual Eugene Finch and the Drawtectives a spirit box, which upon opening, lit up completely. Harvey ended up performing to great success and the Drawtectives left the experience, only to see the Ticket Taker carrying Conrad Uctor's limp body over one shoulder.

## Special Ability

### Dog Whisperer

This once-a-season ability allows Grandma to get an honest answer out of somebody for 20 seconds.

The ability was used in S1E07 in order to get Sam Ug to confess information regarding the murder. Sam ended up telling the truth about Lotta Justice's past and how she leads a secret information network of thieves.

## Appearance

As they are a dwarf, Grandma is the shortest of the detective team, with a height of around 4 feet. They have a large goatee and sideburns as well as a brown mop of hair.

### Clothing

#### Season 1

* Straw hat with leaves attached
* Tea shade glasses
* Fur-lined denim jacket
* V-neck t-shirt
* Suspenders
* Capris
* Sandals

#### Season 2

* Straw hat decorated with flowers and leaves
* Flowery romper with a white ribbon around their waist
* Sandals

### Equipment

* Walking Stick - Grandma uses this bone-shaped stick to hook dogs' leashes onto it and walk them. If dogs attempt to bite the stick, they whisper to them (as they are a dog whisperer).
* Box to stand on
* Artbox full of stamps, patterned papers, colored pencils and more - it is never shown on screen.

### Pocket Items

* Leaves
* Roll of dog waste bags
* Dog treats
* Crumpled paper

## Trivia

* Grandma has been confirmed to be gender-fluid by Nathan Yaffe on the Drawfee Patreon Discord. They do not mind what pronouns are used to refer to them. They also use all of the names they have used throughout the series.
* In S1E05, Grandma mentions that his pockets are sticky, because he keeps forgetting that he put candy bars in them.
* Throughout the series, it has been implied that Grandma is standing on a box at all times in order to be seen.
* The art box that Grandma supposedly carries around serves as a justification for why the characters can use all the tools that exist within Photoshop during drawing challenges.
* Cilantro tastes like soap to Grandma.
* Originally, Grandma was intended to be a "lazy shithead", but seeing that the viewers liked the character, Nathan decided to improve their behavior.

 Season 1: Avis Smythe • Buzz • Don Jovi • Emery Justice • Faucon • Harper Justice • Llarm Alasa • Lotta Justice • Ogalvy Smythe • Sam Ug • Susan Fontaine • Tina Crusher • Todd Walker • Tulip
Season 2: Abayomi • Aeris • Anna Log • Anne Daction • Conrad Uctor • Felix • Harvey Hornswoggle • Joebeans • Kingston Munch • Sharron Lutz

1. ↑ Drawtectives Season 2 Behind The Scenes at 1:10:01