PROJECT GRIMM

## GRIMM-493

**PROJECT GRIMM** (Codename GRIMM-493) is a PROJECT Command Line soldier. His armour was an early prototype, a rudimentary, prototype piece of technology that he customised and modified to his liking, much to the anger of the firm. Equipped with a collapsible sword that can be unfolded and folded at will, he can choose to slice large, small, or hook his enemies by drawing them to him to seal their unfortunate demise.

Specially assigned to track down PROJECT traitors; As a result, his sole purpose in the *PROJECT-G/NEX War* was to jingoistically serve the corporation and eliminate traitors, particularly SCYLLA-028. He will not stop until he ends his rival's life.

He sadly didn't saw his objectives come true, his relentlessness to complete them became his true downfall.

## Biography

### Background

**Heimdall Quinones Boyka** was an Evalkan inventor who had his inventions rejected because they were crude, ugly, or rudimentary. However, he understands that his inventions are worth more than their physical appearance. He is also a renowned swordsman in the earliest days in the empirical era of the nation Evalka; Implying that he be a Nevian Alpha as well. His soul was taken by The Fourth Reaper after attempting to kill him and completely trapping his soul from the physical world for hundreds of years. He has vowed to escape, and potentially kill him.

After Nicholas Wolfgang Bale has decided to step down as the fourth reaper after a century, Heimdall's soul was returned to him after an eternity in the void. As a result, he was resurrected disfigured, but tall and muscular, with extraordinarily intact recollections of his past. He then recalled being dubbed "The Swordsman of Evalka" back in the empire's early days. Heimdall spent his new existence preparing for and searching for the Fourth, even though the person who personified such reaper had chosen to let go of the powerful entity, nowhere to be found.

Heimdall struggled to adapt to modern life, culture, and technology, often expressing contempt for the era. He spends his new life in Evalka, though, because he later learned of PROJECT, a megacorporation so huge that its ascent to power is unavoidable, and was discovered by Muldoon Lundgren himself. Despite his inclusion in the Corporate Draft, Frazier Lashley instead provided him with superior weaponry and gadgets rather than cybernetics. He did, however, steal certain armour components from a factory after being unsatisfied with the doctor's apparently inadequate combat suit that he designed for him.

### Foreboding Rivalry

In the year 2999, GRIMM was becomes an elite soldier of the megacorporation; And his platoon, were deployed into Valenthia in an effort to colonise the country to full effect, and abduct or analyse the finest Valen warriors present, knowing that their skills and talents can enhance the effectiveness of the PROJECT warriors when the data absorbed is applied to their system. GRIMM simply slaughtered the majority of the warriors associated with the *Rebellion*. He has, however, only disabled Craig Taggart after bringing down hundreds of tonnes of rubble of him, but has attempted to target one member; Scylla, a former Guild of Thieves member. GRIMM effortlessly defeats her as physically assaulted her and knocked her out, taunting that it was due to being part of the corporate draft.

Despite her defeat, she is carried by him and proceeds to kick him in the helmet with no effect at all, before being sedated and brought to the one certain place: Brimstone, Freya.

### A Call to Arms

During the events of the *A Call to Arms*, GRIMM was found in an injured state, apparently, he is wounded due to being stabbed by Scylla in the throat. When the megacorporation decided to draft him, he instead found his own PROJECT armour and used whatever scrap metal and electronics that he can find to improve his own body and after that, he made his way back to Brimstone, Freya, to the SUPREME headquarters. GRIMM was heavily chastised for his crude-looking gear, but his quick demonstration of killing a random traitor in the building quickly earned the megacorporation's respect. PROJECT MEDARDA regularly mocks him on a daily basis due to his appearance.

The PROJECT corporation's defection rate was *exceptionally* high, to the point where Muldoon Lundgren authorised a full-scale manhunt for all the megacorporation's traitors, intending to eliminate them and acquire their technology. Muldoon designates GRIMM as the primary operative for such a manhunt, after he successfully attends a scheduled meeting with the executive boards. "Operation: SEIZE THE ROOTS" was the name given to the manhunt. It was a huge success, as he killed precisely 26% of the defecting warriors in their ranks. Not to add that he mutilates those who constitute a significant danger to their ranks.

### PROJECT-G/NEX War

GRIMM is PROJECT's most dependable elite soldier, entrusted with eliminating traitors and infiltrators equally. As a result, he is famed for his high success rate, a frighteningly collapsible sword, and unyielding attitude, pursuing down his opponents until his last breath. As a result, he is known as the *Hunter of PROJECT*.

#### Rampancy: 3005

GRIMM seems unconcerned with the ongoing Rampancy situation, instead focusing on his mission to track down and murder any PROJECT enemies, particularly traitors. He comes upon SCYLLA-028 as a result of slaughtering a whole battalion of RUBICORE soldiers in Heliga. Before they started a fight, the two had recognised each other and began insulting each other. The two are clearly evenly matched, but GRIMM is noticeably larger and stronger, allowing him to overwhelm and cripple her. He mocks her before attempting to sever her throat. The rebel assassin tries to fight back, piercing GRIMM's chest with her scythe, allowing her to escape and attack him.

He fights back, but is slightly intimidated by her fighting abilities. GRIMM, humiliated, becomes enraged and chains her, allowing him to strike a fatal blow. SCYLLA-028 was saved from death by FIONA-384, who deflected his blade before crippling his body with precise strikes and a few hard kicks that sent him crashing to the ground, unconscious. As a result, the resistance was able to evacuate SCYLLA-028 after her successful infiltration was thwarted by him while fighting off dozens of reprogrammed bots, and he was later picked up by LILIAN-395, much to her chagrin. While on the way back to Brimstone, Freya, GRIMM tells LILIAN-395 to kill ASHE-159 if she had the chance, likely annoyed by her group's interference to save SCYLLA-028.

Back at the base, he was derided for his failed effort to kill SCYLLA-028. As a result, PROJECT MEDARDA criticised him for losing a fight against her, prompting the two of them to engage in a Hand-to-hand combat, with GRIMM winning. LILIAN-395 brought them to a halt. PROJECT SHADOW also warned MEDARDA about her attitude, knowing that insubordination can break the megacorporation's continuous global dominance. As a result, they no longer display great hubris and hatred against each other when confronted with the full resistance group in the future. GRIMM also persuaded the entire megacorporation to keep an eye on the Corporate Assassin's attitude at all times, unable to bear her attitude towards him any more.

Afterwards, he proceeds to kill an impressive, whole group of PROJECT traitors, to compensate for failing to kill SCYLLA-028. Among his kills are DEXTER-139, GAREN-564, ZEDRA-007, HYUNDAI-029, KOJIMA-033, PETER-118, ROSEBUD-330, XAVIER-002, CRUMBLE-004 and BAXTER-001.

#### The COALESCENCE: Traitors Unavailable

During the events of The COALESCENCE, GRIMM was perplexed by the lack of betrayal among the megacorporation ranks, since in prior years, defecting employees occurred every three to five days in any month, ranging from twenty to five hundred people. As a result, he becomes increasingly bored with time, even going so far as to assist in a heist-related operation in Rutherland. However, he was quickly halted as Muldoon Lundgren only desired three warriors to complete it, and are currently carrying out the operation. Due to his boredom, he left the SUPREME headquarters, and went to the SIGMA headquarters in the Glaz'Ian Islands.

In the SIGMA headquarters, he simply joined the Command Line forces, particularly the espionage unit to hunt down the corporate traitors. Fortunately, SHADOW wasn't aware of leading his unit on a directed mission that he didn't expect.

#### Going All Out

In Avarshi, he was present on Avarshi killing people as expected; But he was immediately ordered to kill ASHE-159 alongside the two others after learning that LILIAN-395 had lost a fight against her. They are immediately halted, however, thanks to the Archer's cunning tactic of implanting explosives throughout the AVALANCHE headquarters, preventing any of them from escaping or returning to the headquarters as the vast structure falls. Much to his dismay, he witnessed her rescuing the Iceborn population, who are still alive despite the ruckus; it is clear that the Iceborn Archer rescued her own people who were imprisoned in the structure. GRIMM swiftly made it out of the building before it crushed him into pieces as it slowly falls down the ground.

As a result of the failure, he was picked up by SHADOW, and he immediately questions to the fact that LILIAN-395 didn't report to them, he concludes that she will defect soon, to which SHADOW disagreed, stating that she is a staunchly loyal warrior of the megacorporation. As the G/NEX are deploying to Supremandy, GRIMM took advantage by shooting down their craft and causing the rebels to split up. To make it things work in his own benefit, this was deliberately planned to isolate SCYLLA-028 and kill her by his own means. GRIMM immediately finds her after that crash. However, she soon exposes him as a sadistic hunter of the corporation, naming all of the defectors he has killed on orders or for personal benefit.

   As a result, GRIMM immediately tackles her, cracking her visor open and leaving her stunned, crouching in the ground, anticipating her opponent. He had always suspected her of being a turncoat, even going so far as to remind her of her "patrols" in *A Call to Arms*. SCYLLA-028 is perplexed, as he has managed to see through her deception and infiltration. He even insults for attempting to surpass PSYLOCKE-832, the assassin from the COALESCENCE that has managed to exploit every aspect of PROJECT. She tries to shrug, but she cried in anger while raising her scythe against him.

Less trustworthy than even MEDARDA, he is more than willing to kill his own men or leave his commanding officers behind if it means getting what he wants. The pain and trauma she had inflicted on SCYLLA-028, from said rebel's torture to the brutal execution of her comrades at Valenthia, have given them a vicious, bitter history, and both will stop at nothing to kill each other.

### Death

A brutal fight follows. The two didn't held back against each other, unleashing all their skills and tricks to dominate the fight, and end the rivalry in the process of death. SCYLLA-028, on the other hand, gradually outmatched him in melee combat, causing him to injure her left arm in order to gain an advantage as GRIMM continues to overpower her with his strikes. When he gains the upper hand, he stabs her in the thigh and traps her with a boot to the throat, preparing to finish his sole rival. He swiftly mocks her attempts to beat him because she is too rebellious to defeat him properly, but she avoids having her head chopped off by using her *TWILIGHT SMOKESCREEN* ability and vanishing from his hands.

GRIMM, now disoriented, throws his swords everywhere as he wonders where his foe has gone. He checked his own HUD for her position to easily counteract her evasive manoeuvres. He quickly reacts to the shuriken thrown at him, only for SCYLLA-028 to leap at him at blinding speeds, knocking him off his feet and destroying his armour. He retreats to rethink of possible tactics to kill her, as SCYLLA-028 seeks out his hiding spots, taunting her through the use of speakers. However, before he can counterattack, she used her ultimate ability, the SCYTHE EXECUTION; Cleaving him into four pieces as he screamed in agony, until his corpse drops down to the floor.

His death was a massive loss for PROJECT corporation.

## Personality

PROJECT GRIMM is a tenacious individual who is known for achieving all of his goals at any cost. As a result, he is a highly respected soldier of PROJECT corporation, where he effectively utilises his unwavering dedication to completing objectives in order for them to defeat the resistance, no matter the odds. He is also a short tempered person, and does not tolerate second-rate performances, even lashing out his anger when his subordinates fail his commands. GRIMM's hunger of vengeance combined with technology turned him on an amoral being with little to no nevian traits whatsoever, only filled with perfectionism and relentlessness.

However, via GRIMM's encounters with other characters in the novel, we can see that while working alone all the time, being relatively tolerable at his own way, and even being trustworthy to those who support him, GRIMM has no issue working with team mates if the situation necessitates it.

## Abilities

GRIMM is characterised for his mishmash armour, created from scrapped materials found in PROJECT's scrapyards. Nonetheless, it served him enough to become an efficient soldier and a hunter. However, he can only expect so much from it, as his current outfit is merely a functional prototype. His blade however, is issued to him through request.

### Technological Capabilities

* **SKEWER**: GRIMM stabs his opponent, or pulls the opponent through him for a close-range execution.

* **CLOKE DRIVE**: GRIMM's active camouflage system for stealth and infiltration purposes. May be utilised for sneak attacks as well. Invisible to optics, but can be seen with naked eyes or targeting systems.

* **THE UNDERTOW**: He throws a blade that will stab the enemy from beneath.

* **DEATH FROM THE ABYSS**: GRIMM's signature killing ability. He overloads his swords' power, allowing to crush the enemy with a huge explosion that will send them crashing down to the void.

* **Arsenal Mk. 4**: Equipped with an endless amount of JHG nanotech swords.

### Skills

* **Master Tracker**: GRIMM is undeniably PROJECT's best tracker, since he is known to hunt traitors. His tracking and interception skills allow him to track even the most elusive targets, such as SCYLLA-028 and PSYLOCKE-832. His ability to track stems from his Evalkan origins, where he used to track down targets all by himself through expert cues such as listening to the background noise and the footprints left by his target.

* **Master Swordsman**: Being over a thousand years old, it is certain that he is an extremely skilled swordsman.

* **Master Engineer**: GRIMM is an extremely skilled engineer. His PROJECT armour is a prototype, but it works in pristine condition due to his own modifications.

* **Expert Combatant**: GRIMM is a skilled combatant. Though he relies on brute force over a nimble fighting style in hand to hand combat. His skills with a sword is also impressive, and its design allow him to use it as a hook as well, pulling his target in front of him for a counter attack or a quick kill.

## Trivia

### General

* He is best known for his feud with SCYLLA-028. The two despise each other intensely.
* GRIMM's helmet is fashioned from a stolen Paladin Mk. V helmet, which explains its nearly indestructible shell, but its aged appearance makes it appear vulnerable.
* His thumbnail photograph depicts TRISTANNA-651 in the background, which is actually a clone that was destroyed at some point in 3017.
* It was difficult for GRIMM to serve in the PROJECT. He has disagreements with the majority of the Command Line's soldiers and operatives, including PROJECT MEDARDA and PROJECT GRANDIOSE.
* According to SCYLLA-028, GRIMM has been cooperating with the scientists to create cybernetic warriors, to a considerable degree.

### Developmental Notes

* GRIMM was originally meant to be a Cromatian as his mannerisms are similar, but instead being an Evalkan allowed him to become immersive in the final version.
* His sword is basically inspired from Skewer blades found in Cromatia. As typical for HF weapons issued by PROJECT, they are empowered with Redstone for maximum effect.
* His name is directly referencing two characters from the Undisputed movie series, which are Quinones, and Boyka, respectively.
* GRIMM's sword is terrible for parrying.