Grandpa Gruff

* Current
* Wintertime
* Young
* Cub

* Gum-Gum, Gruffles, darling, sweetie, honey, babe, dear (all by Grandma Grizel)

### Age

* 68 (currently)
* Between 16-18 (flashbacks)
* Between 6-9 (debut)

### Occupation

* Patriarch/Co-leader of Griffinstone
* Historian
* Caretaker
* Storyteller
* Regent of Griffinstone (briefly)
* Prince of Griffinstone (formerly; technically still is)
* Thief, royal guard (both formerly)

### Affiliations

* Senior Group
* Guto's Soldiers
* Senior Gals

### Residence

* Gruff's House, Griffinstone
* Griffinstone Castle (formerly)
* Streets of Griffinstone (formerly)

### Relatives

* Grandma Grizel (girlfriend/fiancée)
* Grenier, Gable, Gemul, Graciela, Gemino, Georg, Gabriel, Greg, Genji-Liú Guān, Gunnar, Gertrude, Grizzle, multiple unnamed Griffons (adoptive children)
* Gisella (adoptive daughter-in-law)
* Gerson (adoptive son-in-law)
* Duchess Glynis (adoptive mother)
* King Guto (adoptive younger brother)
* Grandma Gwyneth (adoptive younger sister)
* Gallus, Gabby, Gerard, Greedy, Grainne, Giselle, Gaston, Gretchen, Gemma, Gigi, Greta, Griselda, Graff, Gracie, Gilda, Galena, Gavin, Gustave le Grand, Garner, Gunter (foster/adoptive grandchildren)
* King Gideon IV (adoptive great-grandfather)
* King Grover (adoptive ancestor)
* Kings (distant adoptive relatives)
* Glyn (adoptive sororal niece)
* Gwyneth's children (adoptive sororal nephews)
* Garmon (adoptive sororal grandnephew)
* Garmon's siblings (adoptive sororal grandnephews/grandnieces)
* Griffin (godson)

### Likes

Telling stories, caretaking of children, teasing, playing pranks, comedy, Grandma Grizel, protecting Griffinstone, his family, spending time with his friends, coffee (especially Cubano), Gruncle Gonsod's cooking, helping others, hugs, acceptance, giving advice, chess, hydrangea flowers, being a good leader, his protégés getting along, art, unity, equality, peace, singing, diversity, playing buckball and football with his mates, planting oak trees, spending time with his family

### Dislikes

His friends and protégés in danger, failure, inadequacy, dishonesty, dogs, losing his temper, troublesome kids, PDA, his friends rowdiness, violence, discrimination, prejudices, racism, mistreatment, oppression, arguing, dishonesty, rudeness, injustice, being called "heavy", insults, Gilbert's silliness and pranks, his friends not following his orders, bullies, disrespect, losing his temper, Arimaspi, being mistreated/blamed for Arimaspi's attack, Guto's disappearance, Griffinstone in danger, his wards' deaths, Grizel's other admirers (when it's clear they make Grizel feel uncomfortable)

### Powers and abilities

* Physical strength
* Master of archery
* Magic of The Kings

### Paraphernalia

* Bow and arrows
* Quiver
* Pocketknife
* Ration pack
* Glyph Magic

### Biggest Fears

Losing his friends and family, letting his team down and failing as their leader

## Biographical information

### Distinctive features

Scar down his left eye, bling left eye, bushy eyebrows, usually seen with a fez on his head

### Status

Active

**Grandpa Gruff** is an old Griffon from Griffinstone and one of the elders of Griffinstone. He's the partner of Grandma Grizel, the adoptive older brother of King Guto and Grandma Gwyneth, the foster parent/caretaker of various other Griffons, and the adoptive grandfather of Gallus, Gabby, Gilda, and Gavin, amongst others. He's the undisputed leader of the Senior Group and the head of Griffinstone.

## Personality

Grandpa Gruff is many things to the Griffons of Griffinstone - A wise teacher and storyteller, defensive parent, strict but loving grandfather, an authority figure, a quirky master, and a fatherly approach to every kind creature he meets. He has acquired a number of bad traits during his youth as a young 'street rat', being deceitful, quick-dealing, and having the air of a con artist. However, these bad qualities stem from neither ambition nor malice, but rather absolute desperation to protect his hometown's citizens and purely for survival purposes. His arrogance is also revealed to provide a false sense of optimism as the thief was highly vulnerable and capable of showing and feeling legitimate emotion. Despite matching what his run-down appearance and name may suggest, Gruff, at his best, is a charming, creative, and deeply family-oriented man who is determined to train and protect those he cares about at all costs, including his own life.

While his name implies him (quite rightly) to have a rough demeanor and nature, he almost never loses his cool; when any of his grandchildren misbehave or Grizel might attempt to get his attention (to a greatly lesser extent recently), Gruff's only reaction is a brief annoyance. However, he still has quite the attitude, is pretty tough, and gets irritated rather easily if pushed hard enough, even if he tries to remain calm. He can lose his temper from time to time, to the point where being described as way more aggressive and irascible than everygriff in Griffinstone put together, even scaring the Griffons and other creatures at times. Still, when Gruff gets angry and someone stops him, he usually listens and stops himself. Quite often, he threatens to hurt his wards when they're not behaving or is annoyed by them, but never actually hits them, unless really irked, even then only flicking them with a finger as some sort of "warning." To his protégés, he can get a little physical in expressing his displeasure or when he feels he needs to emphasize his point, but once he has their attention, he almost always tries to be patient, understanding, and sincerely helpful in his position as their guardian.

Gruff can be very strict when it comes to training and letting his wards venture outside of Griffinstone, as seen on many occasions. At certain times, he may use harsh methods in order for them to learn a lesson, such as tying their wings up so they can learn to move outside of their typical environment. Nonetheless, the vulture-like elderly Griffon is a loving father-figure/grandfather who only wants what is best for his protégés and will do anything that he can to protect them from harm's way.

Grandpa Gruff seems to dislike anyone that lays a hand on his friends and protégés. This is emphasized as he battled Arimaspi because he threatened to harm them. Grandpa Gruff's absolute worst fear is losing his found family all over again to any threat. His fear of losing his cubs caused him to become extremely protective of them upon doing something out of his control to the point where they often become exhausted, stressed, and antsy; though he does eventually apologize for it. It is very possible that Gruff fears the fact that his protégés will leave him someday. Though his wards are getting older and mature, Gruff is still the strict and doting father and grandfather as always and can humiliate the youngsters whenever he feels like it, indicating a playful sense of mischief in him.

Grandpa Gruff is not good at showing his emotions, instead suppressing them in order to better perform his duties. However, as mentioned, he is shown to panic when out of control, and also often shows affection to those he is close to, such as his friends and protégés.

Gruff is a creative genius and an immensely talented artist. His brilliance is most prominently on display within his storytelling and parenting skills, which are brought up numerous times by everygriff. He, additionally, possesses a great talent in haggling, dissecting every single little detail of a purchase before making it, without taking a single word said at face value. On top of that, he is shown to be a very cunning and calculating individual three steps ahead of everybody else, able to plan out clever solutions to problems in a short time. He's full of comebacks that he's quick to use to defend others whom he believes are being mistreated and seems to be quite an expert in pranks. He is also a master manipulator, demonstrated by his dodging of palace guards in his youth using coaxy and wheedling trickery. He likes making witty and sarcastic remarks at the expense of others. Grandpa Gruff's creativity is also on display in his movements. While most Griffons move as they do in everyday life, Gruff has found all manner of creative ways to move his half-eagle, half-lion body. The elder also seems to have an interest in wordplay as he often makes bad puns, with Gallus or someone else requiring him to backtrack for a better one.

Even though Grandpa Gruff has quite the skills in manipulating and pranking others, he's not a good liar and hates lying (except for the rare occasions he has to) and being told lies. He doesn't like it when he loses his temper and despises it when others accuse he's uncaring because of it.

He is the wisest, most experienced, and balanced of his team and demonstrates many important qualities needed in a leader. Like the other members of the Senior Group, Gruff is a brave and fierce Griffon who is committed to defending and protecting the Griffon kingdom, using his experience and skills from previous occupations to his full advantage when in combat, facing a problem, or other situations. Gruff does his best to lead the Senior Group, but he sometimes second-guesses himself.

Grandpa Gruff generally refers to the Griffons who are much younger than he is as "his cubs", "kids", and "children", even though the majority of them are adults. Gruff doesn't seem to have processed the fact that his wards (The First Pack) and older grandkids have grown since he first started looking after them, threatening them with time-outs and allowance cuts. He is generally pleased when he sees them working and interacting with each other peacefully and doing what they are supposed to. However, he does at times take issue with Gallus' mischievous behaviour, Gabby's hyperactivity, Garner and Gunter's endless fighting, and Gilda's short temper, among other things his grandchildren do which try his patience. When it comes to his wards, he shows a very responsible side and, despite having to deal with their personalities, Grandpa Gruff loves them to the point where he will do everything in his power to protect them from evil beings that want to do harm unto them, and he will also protect them from themselves whenever disputes and situations arise. As mentioned above, despite his strictness and ways of keeping his grandchildren in-line, he is sometimes seen playing with the cubs or participating in their silliness, and doesn't hesitate to pull pranks or humiliate them every so often.

As Gruff tries to spare every Griffon's feelings unless it's necessary, he has the tendency to keep something secret if he feels that addressing it would extremely upset or distress any of them. A great example of this is hiding the truth behind Arimaspi's attack and the passing of a couple of protégés from the first pack of Griffons he looked after, the parents of his grandchildren, either out of fear that his grandcubs might hate him, not wanting to cause agitation, or not wanting to let his problems upstage their own, but either way, he only wanted to help them out.

Gruff also seems to have some sort of control over his wards and grandchildren as when he raises up his claw either to call a halt to their fights or make them stop talking, they immediately fall silent once they notice. This is often followed by the elder snapping his fingers and pointing in a particular direction (usually beside or in front of him), to which they quickly comply. This has been shown to be his way of handling his protégés' misbehaving.

Something that Gruff has shown is that he is a multi-faceted person. Thanks to a life of looking after numerous children, each of different generations and with a different personality, he is adapted to different personas and can communicate with anyone and help others with their activities without a problem.

He also seems to be a little clumsy, as he often tumbles down the stairs in his house.

## Appearance

Grandpa Gruff has violetish-grey fur, darker colored wings and tail, light grey chest fluff, and light yellow beak and talons. His head is bald, but he has some small headfeathers right under his ears that he can flop as if they're part of his ears. His left eye is blind and he has a huge scar down it. His eyebrows are rather bushy. He does not wear clothing on a regular basis, aside from his dark-cherry-colored fez which he is almost never seen without and the green muffler scarf and earmuffs he wears during wintertime.

As a youngster, he commonly wore a pale brown crossbody bag, had very little to no spots at the back of his neck, and his torso was slightly skinny due to his limited access to nourishment at that time.

## Background

According to the townsfolk, he "came from a dangerous background" and "had no parents. Or at least, no one would admit to being his parent." Due to being orphaned so early, Gruff never received a formal education, nor had a positive role model to guide him through life. With no form of income, he was forced to learn to survive on the streets of Griffinstone to fend for himself. Lacking other means, he stole only to survive, but his good heart often moved him to donate his stolen goods to those who are as poor, if not poorer than him, making him a Robin Hood-like figure. Additionally, while being physically strong even at a young age, Gruff often used nonviolence to solve conflicts or protect other cubs from bullying. At some point, he first befriended Gonsod; with them meeting a few more Griffons their age and introducing them to each other, their friend group was eventually formed.

When he was around 6-9 years old, he stole a crossbody bag pair and a hooded cloak from a clothesline to carry stuff and better hide in crowds and during the night.

At some point, after a series of events, Gruff was adopted into the royal family, having been taken in by the then queen of Griffinstone, Glynis, and subsequently becoming the adopted older brother of Guto and Gwyneth.

Gruff and his siblings used to play by a creek as cubs.

During their mid-teens, when they began basic training, Gruff and Guto would tease their younger sister Gwyneth. They would demean her, trick her, prank her, and overall disrespect her. It was more or less just a phase, as they had only begun to tease Gwyneth during that particular time for some reason (though it's implied that them training as future king and member of the royal guard somewhat gave them a big head), while seemingly trying to impress their mother.

As a teenager, due to his good skill with the town kids and babies, Gruff became Griffinstone's babysitter, helping parents take care of their children.

## Original Statistics

### **As a Soldier**

* **Attack:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
* **Defense:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
* **Agility:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
* **Range:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
* **Speed:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
* **Power:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
* **Lynx-eyed:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
* **Dodge:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)

## Gallery

Grandpa Gruff with his friendsYoung Grandpa Gruff comforting young King Guto with a GriffinsconeGrandpa Gruff and Gruncle Gonsod arm-wrestlingUntitled1129.pngGruff's friendly ribbing on GonsodGruff confronting Gonsod after he accidentally crashed into himGruff to the movies with Gallus and Gruncle GonsodGremlin (Gallus) and Professor Gruffold (Grandpa Gruff)Grandpa Gruff and GallusGrandpa Gruff and his grandchildrenGrandma Grizel, Gallus and Grandpa Gruff's annoying houseguestGrandpa Gruff ushering Gilda and Greta out of the house, while their parents are fightingSenior Group and GalsGrandpa Gruff and Grandma GrizelGruncle Gonsod sleeping with Gallus and Grandpa GruffGruncle Gonsod with Gallus and Grandpa GruffGruncle Gonsod catching Grandpa Gruff playing with Gallus and GabbyThe Senior Group and Grandpa Garvey's Gang having a bar fightGrandpa Gruff and Gruncle Gonsod on a double date with Grandma Grizel and Grandma GwynethGrandpa Gomez blaming Grandpa Gruff for his son's deathGrandpa Gruff and Grandma Grizel Promo Holiday ArtGrandpa Gruff and Grandma Grizel Promo ArtGrandpa Gruff and Grandma Grizel Promo Valentine's Day ArtGrandma Grizel and Grandpa Gruff's first encounterUntitled1538.pngYoung Grandpa Gruff carrying young Gruncle GonsodYoung Senior Group (Snack Pack)The First PackGrandpa Gruff and Gallus taking a selfie (while Gabby's uncles are in the background)Greg and Gerson comforting Grandpa GruffGrandpa Gruff and Gruncle Gonsod as cubsGrandpa Gruff and Young First PackGrandpa Gruff hanging out with Grandma GwynethGrandpa Gruff and Grandma Gwyneth as CubsSenior Group Promo ArtSenior Group as Cubs Promo ArtSenior Group (Guto's Soldiers) Promo ArtGrandpa Gideon and Grandpa Gareth using the pressure point attack on Grandpa GruffGallus with his grandfathers Promo ArtGruff and Grizel RelaxingGruff and Guto with their niece Glyn
## Trivia

* He's the oldest of age Griffon in Griffinstone.
	+ Even though he is the same age as his friends, he is the oldest of them.
* His full name "Gruffudd" stands for both his personality and its meaning of "lord" or "prince", indicating his eventual adoption to the royal family.
* His friends never refer to him as "Gruff." Instead, they call him "Gruffy." Grizel calls him "Gum-Gum", a name that baffles him at first, but eventually warms up to.
* A large part of the personality and elements of Gruff's character are inspired by Bees Meliss' father, right down to being the oldest of three siblings with a brother and a sister.
	+ The difference is that, while Guto is the middle child and Gwyneth the youngest, Bees' aunt is actually the second oldest while her uncle is the youngest.
* Based on how Gruff wheezes and coughs occasionally, it could be implied that he has a lighter form of asthma as anything near him that is either dusty or has mold, will result in him starting to cough.
* Before he met his friends, Gruff was unable to fly, though unlike Gallus, he could fold his wings without them popping back up.
* As a street child, Gruff had a bounty of 10,000 bits for his capture. Given how famous and popular he was among the people, however, it was doubtful if anyone would want the money enough to turn him in.
* While it's unclear what happened to his biological parents, it's claimed that he "came from a dangerous background" and "has no parents. Or at least, no one will admit to being his parent," at least according to the townsfolk. They're most likely deceased in the present.
* Ironically, while Gruff states that he doesn't like long names (despite he himself having one) because he can't remember them, all of his protégés have overly long names and Gruff remembers them all. It is later revealed that the reason he names them like that is both to be given the chance of coming up with nicknames for them and in the hopes of helping them get away from tough situations, such as getting fined for speeding.