Grandpa Gyeong

* Current
* Wintertime
* Cub

* Donatello and Raphael from *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)*

**Formerly:**

* Royal guard
* Royal Inventor of Griffinstone

### Likes

Wood-crafting/carving, reading, chemical and mechanical engineering, inventing, metallurgy, physics, chemistry, inventing machines/gadgets to help his friends, playing with his granddaughters, checkers, Grandma Gavya, protecting Griffinstone, telling stories, his grandchildren, spending time with his friends, coffee (especially Macchiato), Gruncle Gonsod's cooking, Grandpa Gruff's stories, helping others, hugs, acceptance, his monkey wrench, the smell of sawdust, sharpened pencils, teaching, learning, mathematics, science, solving math and physics problems, giving homework, giving advice, sharing facts, hand-to-hand combat, CarrotDogs, snacking while working, multitasking, unity, equality, peace, dancing, singing, parties, pictures, showing off his skills, diversity, playing buckball and football with his mates, the Blue Moon Festival, honeycomb

### Dislikes

His friends in danger, not getting answers, dishonesty, Gruff's tendency of stressing and sacrificing himself, Gilbert's silliness and pranks, his friends stealing his snacks, bullies, Galicia's death, customers yelling, Arimaspi, Grandpa Gruff being mistreated/blamed for Arimaspi's attack, Guto's disappearance, Griffinstone in danger, The Grand Galloping Gala (as he finds it dull; mildly)

### Powers and abilities

* Leadership and authority
* Keen eyesight
* Physical strength
* Master Shuko Spikes Fighter (ability to weapon)
* Magic of The Kings
* Flight
* Intelligence
* Genius-Level Intellect and Logic
* Durability
* Acrobatics
* Semi-feline adaptations
* Chemical and Mechanical knowledge
* Engineering
* Technology Specialist

### Paraphernalia

* His inventions
* Set of chisels
* Shuko spikes (weapon)
* Shurikens and Kunais
* Metsubushi (blinding powder)
* Ration pack
* Glyph Magic

## Biographical information

### Distinctive features

Scars on right leg, slightly jagged beak, prosthetic right wing

### Status

Active

**Grandpa Gyeong** is an old Griffon from Griffinstone, one of the leaders of Griffinstone, and the third-oldest/middle of the Senior Group. He's the husband of his new wife Grandma Gavya, the father of Gru and Gage, and the grandfather of twins Gally and Gweni. Formerly one of the six most experienced soldiers in the Royal Griffon Guard of his time, he's currently working as a mechanic, carpenter, architect, repairer, and wood-crafter whose stubbornness and somewhat smart aleck attitude occasionally frustrates his teammates, though he always has their best interests at heart.

Using his keen sight, Grandpa Gyeong's position on the team and primary duties are to report on activity in the Griffon lands, especially vital to informing of emergencies, such as attacks by enemies, to Grandpa Gruff and being sent out to check on Griffinstone's surroundings, alongside Grandpa Gilbert.

## Personality

Gyeong is brazen, fearless, and shrewd, always speaking his mind and not hesitating to joke around his friends. He is brave, daring, free-spirited, and while Gilbert is the comedian of the group, Gyeong is, on par with Gruff, the most sardonic and sarcastic. While he can still be rude, tough, and quite sarcastic, he's more of a wise guy with a smart aleck attitude than a hot head with anger issues. However, Gyeong can easily become cranky and can even lose his temper when annoyed or upset, but he doesn't get into a violent rage and seems to have a bit of control over his vexation.

His main prominent character trait seems to be his stubbornness, even if it's mostly well-intentioned. For example, when something is bothering a loved one of his, he doesn't let things rest or calm down until he has answers. At times, he is very inflexible, causing him to be hostile toward others or incapable of seeing alternate solutions to a problem. Gyeong can also be impatient or rush to judgment with others, but he doesn't hesitate to apologise after he realises he made a mistake. Someone criticizing or insulting him only encourages him to work harder.

Having no fear of confrontation, Gyeong is a kind and thoughtful soul who detests seeing others get picked on or are being ill-treated. When the Griffinstone citizens begin acting hostile and cursing towards him and his friends after "the accident", he quickly jumps to his companions' defense, at no point acknowledging his curse and only concerning himself about his friends' curses.

He is incredibly intelligent and knowledgeable. Time and time again, his gadgets help save the day; he is frequently praised for having "a way with machines" and is a skilled scientist, engineer, mechanic, carpenter, architect, repairer, and wood-crafter. He also has cunning and intuition when dealing with obstacles, often using situations to his advantage. When face-to-face with enemies, he cleverly lures them to very dark spots where he can use both his strong eyesight *and* his half-species' inherent ability to see in the dark in order to defeat them. This shows that he is aware of talents his species has that others do not. Like the other members of the Senior Group, Gyeong 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. Unlike his teammates, he does not seem to actively fight when they're in battle, but still jumps in to help them if things become precarious, instead staying off to the side and keeping watch for his teammates. This, however, is by no means a sign of cowardice as Gyeong does this not to ensure his own safety but so he may keep watch over his teammates when they are fighting. Because of this role of his in battle, Gyeong is considered a valuable member of the guard and his teammates greatly appreciate his aid. Having spent decades in the royal guard with his friends fighting off monsters seems to have hardened Gyeong, as well as his friends, to an excessive degree, being subsequently more confident and courageous, and less cowardly, to the point where he literally has no fear and isn't afraid of anything that would otherwise petrify others, thus making him unable to feel any sort of fear, terror or even any intense anxiety. Even when he is scared, he is capable of quickly suppressing said fear and staying calm as he normally is. As a result, he's often left utterly unphased when coming across genuinely creepy and horrifying imagery or creatures.

Amongst the other Griffinstone leaders, Gyeong uses the skills he has developed during his time as a royal guard to his day-to-day activities the most, most notably while inventing and whittling. For instance, while he is often seen completely focused while building, inventing, and instructing, it is shown that he is completely aware of his surroundings during his work, consciously deflecting or grabbing things thrown from mid-air before they can hit him or someone near him and setting them down without once looking up from his handiwork.

Gyeong's intelligence, diligence, and good heart means that he is very reliable. Much of the solutions and accomplishments of the team, such as their inventions have been thanks to him (sometimes accompanied by Gareth). However, this does mean that much of the burden is put on him, sometimes by himself. This makes him beat himself up when he feels he's let the team down. Gyeong also has a habit of comparing himself to things that are out of his league; although he has a great amount of confidence in himself and his skills, and is always happy to work alongside other scientifically-inclined individuals, at the same time, he feels inferior to those around him, especially when his intellect is challenged. While Gyeong and Gareth get along really well, there are moments when Gyeong feels intellectually inferior to his friend, as his knowledge differs from his. When he expresses his self-doubt about this, Gareth reassures his friend that it has nothing to do with intelligence and that their respective knowledge differs simply because they're both educated in different fields and thus have learned different skills, while complimenting Gyeong's ingeniousness in his own right.

It seems when Gyeong was young he used to build and fix his own (and his sisters and friends') toys. No one knows the exact age he found out he was a natural technician and builder, but when he did, he was the one who hooked up the electricity and fixed all of the junk from the household into their own furniture and supplies when the Senior Group were roommates in the castle. When he wouldn't practice his martial arts skills with the others during free time, little Gyeong would be tinkering with some kind of mechanical device. Even from day one, Gyeong has been the genius carpenter and builder of the team.

While he can, sometimes, comes off as kind of a jerk, Gyeong is overall a compassionate and well-intentioned individual and would support his family and allies anytime.

## Appearance

Gyeong has light brown fur, darker-coloured plumage and tail tuft, and even lighter underbelly and wings. He has dark brown markings around his eyes, two-tufted ears and long, fluffy bangs. He has bright green eyes and his beak and talons are brilliant gold. As an adult, his beak becomes slightly jagged. Later, during Arimaspi's attack, large debris fell over him, which left him with three large scars on his right hind leg. Even in his golden years, he has maintained an ambiguous elderly but fit physical age.

He is revealed to have a bionic right wing after he was forced to amputate it somewhere above the bottom of the humerus. The circumstances behind this are unknown, though it is clarified that it happened during a mission, and apparently Gyeong didn't tell anyone, as his friends never knew of his limb until he made Gonsod's wooden leg. For a while, and with the assistance of his unicorn friends, he uses a glamour spell to conceal his wing. Still, as the glamour spell only alters how something physically appears, it cannot conceal or mimic the feel or sound of the metal wing when he's flying or hugging someone. He also wears a set of dentures.

As a young Griffite, he wore a blue, striped bandanna around his neck and resembled his granddaughters Gally and Gweni.

During winter, Grandpa Gyeong wears a thick, light blue waist-length scarf with matching gloves, accompanied by a small snowflake attached to his ear.

## Background

Gyeong was born in Griffinstone as a honeymoon baby to two hard-working but mostly absent parents. Between the ages of 8-9, he became a big brother to three girl triplets.

At an undefined point in time in his past, though most likely during his adolescence, Gyeong began training to become a royal guard, along with the rest of his friends. At one point during a mission, he lost his right wing and was forced to amputate it somewhere above the bottom of the humerus. Apparently, Gyeong didn't tell anyone, as his friends never knew of his limb until he made Gonsod's wooden leg. In the present, he has replaced it with a bionic prosthetic.

Some time in his adulthood, he married a Griffoness named Galicia, with whom he sired two sons, Gouge and Gear. Likely sometime after their second son was born, she passed away of a terminal illness, leaving Gyeong devastated and his young children motherless.

It took quite a while for Gyeong to feel okay enough to start socialising on his off-days, but his friends turned out to be just what he needed to start his healing process. Gyeong began visiting them and arranged playdates for their children a lot more often. Gyeong was a devoted father to the boys and they had a happy childhood, but he wanted them to have a loving mother as well. While his friends encouraged him and set up some dates for him, Gyeong remained a single father for a few years, until, one day, he was reintroduced to a fellow scientist from Saddle Arabia, Gavya, a friend of Gruff and Gilbert, whom he'd originally first encountered at Gilbert and Ginger's wedding. At first, Gyeong didn't recognise Gavya and simply assisted her in fixing the broken wheel of her wagon believing she was a traveller.

The two found a common ground in their interest in science and love for children, and proved to work quite well together. The two bumped into each other again at a speed dating night after numerous dead ends, encouraged by their friends. Although he had mostly moved on, Gyeong was still troubled about Galicia's passing, which soon caused him to be very confused around Gavya when he hung out with her, even if they were both having a good time together. After the speed round was over, Gavya turned to leave and Gyeong let her go, until his friends convinced him to let go of his troubled past, so he can have a future, prompting him to go after Gavya and ask her out to lunch, which she accepted.

Gyeong and Gavya soon became romantically involved, and Gavya eventually joined the guard as a Kunoichi alongside her friends and partner. While Gyeong's sons, especially Gouge, were a bit hesitant of their relationship, they came to warm up to her. The pair eventually got married, with Gavya joining their family. At the wedding, Gouge and Gear tell their father that they're really happy for him and that they think Gavya's great. Gyeong agrees with his sons, but he admits that while he's genuinely happy and in love with Gavya, he'll always love their mom, and it was actually Gyeong's love for Galicia that helped him love again.

At least in his late fifties (contrast to his friends, who did so at least in their late forties and one in his early sixties), to his surprise and delight, his oldest son had children of his own, and he became the grandfather of twins Gally and Gweni.

After King Guto's sudden disappearance, Gyeong and the rest of his friends formed the "Senior Group", retiring from their duties as royal guards and taking the roles of the leaders of Griffinstone. Subsequently, Gyeong got back into business, working as a mechanic and carpenter (amongst other occupations), as well as a steward for the town.

## Relationships

### **His Unicorn Friends**

According to Gyeong, he met the unicorn triplets at a science fair in Canterlot and warmed up to them because they shared the same fascination for engineering and was enamoured with their ability to blend magic into their inventions. In the following years, the triplets would become royal guards alongside Gyeong and the other Griffons, additionally assisting in the making of the guards' various gadgets, gladly installing their magic into a couple of them for extra protection. Gyeong gets along great with them and cooperates well with them when it comes to inventing.

### **Oak**

Oak is Grandpa Gyeong's beloved pet parrot, whom he found as an egg in his and his friends' treehouse. They seem to be close, judging by the fact that she stays at Grandpa Gyeong's side almost all the time. Even prior to Oak's birth, Gyeong loved his parrot deeply, being extremely eager for it to hatch and very doting towards her egg, showing a large degree of affection and protectiveness. On her part, Oak is loyal and persistent, following Gyeong and remaining by his side for years.

## Original Statistics

### **As a Soldier**

* **Attack:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
* **Defense:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
* **Agility:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
* **Range:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
* **Speed:** ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5)
* **Power:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
* **Lynx-eyed:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
* **Dodge:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)

## Gallery

Grandpa Gilbert with his friendsThe Senior Group and Grandpa Garvey's Gang having a bar fightSenior Group and GalsGrandpa Gilbert with his friendsGrandpa Gyeong and Grandpa Gideon as CubsGrandpa Gyeong with his friends as Cubs (Snack Pack)Grandpa Gyeong and Grandma GavyaSenior Group Promo ArtSenior Group as Cubs Promo ArtSenior Group (Guto's Soldiers) Promo ArtSenior Group as Cubs Holiday Promo ArtGyeong's early design
## Trivia

* Gyeong's eyes flash when using his sight. His pupils initially flashed green (his eye colour), however, following the defeat of Arimaspi and Guto's retirement, his eyes flash gold when using his sight, which is most likely an effect from the Magic of The Kings.
* Grandpa Gyeong's name is Korean, meaning "respect/ honour".
* In the original draft of The Gruff Family, he was a shoemaker.
* Compared to the rest of his friends, he's more experienced with and capable of using technology.
* According to his friends, Gyeong repeatedly got his claws stuck in logs as a cub.
* He has touch reception settings installed in his bionic wing, something he partially regrets.