Griselda/Synopsis

## Biography

### Background

Griselda was Grimlock's wife, they were happily married and never had a fight. Gridelda was a typical wife, who always made dinner for her husband and Grimlock was happy the way thing were.

### Aincrad Arc

#### Pre-Episode 6

On November 6, 2022, Grimlock and Griselda got their hands on pair of NerveGears and two copies of Sword Art Online, a VRMMO set in a multifloored castle in the sky called Aincrad. They logged into SAO and were trapped in the game along with 10,000 other players.

They eventually formed a Guild called the Golden Apple, along with Kains, Yolko, Schmitt, and three other players, with Griselda as their leader, and even though Schmitt annoyed them with his paranoia, believing his haters from his days as a YouTuber were going to kill him, all of them became great friends.

As the leader of the Guild, Griselda became more independent and free-spirited, and she would spend most of her time strategizing for Boss raids and any other activities that would speed their progress in the game. One night she was so focused on clearing the game that she forgot to make Grimlock dinner, promising to make it up to him the next day.

One unfortunate day, around October 2023, the Guild came upon a rare and valuable item, but were unsure of what to do with it. A meeting was held to determine whether they should sell or keep the item, and it was eventually put to a vote. Kains, Yolko, and Schmitt voted to keep the item while the rest of the Guild voted to sell it. Griselda then went into town to sell the item. However, Grimlock followed her, as Griselda forgetting to make him dinner was such a shock to Grimlock's routine drove him to despair, believing that his wife had betrayed him. Grimlock then killed Griselda, convinced that it was the only way preserve the memory of who his wife used to be. It wasn't long afterwards that the Guild learned that Griselda had been murdered and the item was gone. Distraught over the loss of their friend and suspecting the killer was among them, as they were the only ones who knew about the item, the Guild placed a grave in Cross Hill on Floor 19 and soon disbanded.

However, Kains and Yolko were not satisfied with this outcome and plotted to find the killer for the next six months. They recruited Grimlock to help them in their investigation, believing he wanted revenge as well, who convinced them that the killer was Schmitt, as he was the only other person who wanted to keep the item. Kains and Yolko then came up with an elaborate plan to fake their deaths and convince Schmitt that Griselda's ghost was out for revenge, to get him to confess his guilt, all while Grimlock planned to kill all three of them to cover up his crime. Little did any of them know, Griselda's ghost was actually trapped in the game, and was unable to leave unless someone figured out the truth behind her death.

#### Episode 6

After two players named Kirito and Asuna exposed both Kains and Yolko's conspiracy and Grimlock's guilt, Kains, Yolko and Schmitt took Grimlock and beat him to death behind a tree, avenging Griselda's murder. Before they leave, Kirito and Asuna spot Griselda's ghost, who has appeared to try and thank them for solving her murder, as now her soul is finally free. Unfortunately, Kirito and Asuna are completely terrified at the sight of her, and they both run away screaming, with Kirito throwing his sword at her, causing Griselda's ghost to sigh in annoyance.

#### Legacy

After Griselda's ghost left to the afterlife, Kirito and Asuna both agreed that the two of them seeing her "never happened". But the whole murder mystery and encounter with Grimlock helped Asuna see that Kirito had a hidden soft side, which was part of the reason why she fell in love with him.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Episode 6
2. ↑ Episode 1
3. ↑ Episode 5
4. ↑ Episode 8