Grandpa Gilbert

* Current
* Wintertime
* Cub

### Likes

Traveling, relics, Grandma Ginger, protecting Griffinstone, telling stories, his grandchildren, spending time with his friends, coffee (especially Cortado), horchata, Gruncle Gonsod's cooking, helping others, hugs, acceptance, forgiveness, making others smile, Dia de los Muertos, challenges, pranking, the Baroque period, art, food, Pop-It fidget toys, unity, equality, peace, dancing, singing, parties, pictures, showing off his skills, diversity, playing buckball and football with his mates, chocolate concha, tubed condensed milk, rations, juice pouches, soft textures, cumulus clouds

### Dislikes

Arguing, his friends and family being sad, being alone, forgetting, rudeness, getting caught, danger, being yelled at, fake friends, not being understood, slimy textures, overstimulation, Gareth's temper, the idea of Gruff and Gonsod feeling lonely, Ginger's nagging, waking up early, receiving phone calls at work, Arimaspi, standing still, 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
* Enhanced hearing
* Physical strength
* Master Navaja Knife Fighter (ability to weapon)
* Swordsmanship
* Agility and reflexes
* Magic of The Kings
* Flight
* Fire breath
* Intelligence
* Durability
* Acrobatics
* Semi-avian/feline adaptations
* Geographical knowledge

### Paraphernalia

* Navaja Knife (weapon)
* Shurikens and Kunais
* Metsubushi (blinding powder)
* Ration pack
* Glyph Magic

## Biographical information

### Distinctive features

Mane-like fur on shoulders and neck, bandaged scars on left elbow, scratch on left cheek, scars on backside, often seen with a bag around his torso

### Cause of scars

* Flung and crashed on a castle window during Arimaspi's attack
* Numerous missions

### Status

Active

**Grandpa Gilbert** is an old Griffon from Griffinstone, originally from Connecticat, one of the leaders of Griffinstone, and the second-youngest of the Senior Group. He's the husband of Grandma Ginger, the father of Giovanni, and the grandfather of his namesake Gilbert and Gentileschi. Formerly one of the six most experienced soldiers in the Royal Griffon Guard of his time, he's currently working as a traveling merchant whose carefree and fun-loving nature easily puts on a smile to those around him, especially when it comes to cheering up his friends and managing his wife's intense emotions.

Over the course of his travels and using his enhanced hearing, Grandpa Gilbert is sent out to check on Griffinstone's surroundings, alongside Grandpa Gyeong, and carry communications between kingdoms.

## Description

> Gilbert is an eager Griffon, one of the leaders of Griffinstone, and the class clown of the group, constantly pranking and cracking jokes about his friends. He's the second-youngest and least mature of his friends and he wrestles with major ADD. Enthusiastic, silly, positive, and adaptable, he's a social animal and traveling merchant whose carefree and fun-loving nature easily puts on a smile to those around him, especially when it comes to cheering up his friends and managing his wife's, Ginger, intense emotions. Gilbert comes from a large reconstituted family, having seven mothers and eight siblings. He is always openly playful and affectionate with his friends and family, and has an honest heart and would accept outsiders.
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## Personality

Gilbert is a kind-hearted, outgoing, eccentric, geeky Griffon. He is the second-youngest and least mature of his friends, however, his maturity has slowly increased over the years. In spite of his hardships, Gilbert has a very optimistic outlook on life, appreciates what he has, and likes to go where the day takes him. He is also very social and wants the outside world (other Equestrian creatures) to accept him and his fellow Griffons. His positive nature gives him a strong sense of faith that things will work out, as well as finding a bright side to almost any situation. It also makes him very easy to get along with and allows him to make friends with almost anybody. He is outgoing and cheerful and, therefore, it is difficult for him to sit still. He seems to have ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), so overall, he's very impulsive and he can be very excited in certain situations.

Gilbert might seem unintelligent due to him not thinking things through, but he is actually incredibly smart in his own way. He is shown to have an incredible sense of direction, partly due to his hearing and experience as a traveling merchant. In addition to this, he is great with maps, making him the perfect choice for the genius map reader of the group and wielder of the map of Griffinstone. He has an extremely high EQ (emotional intelligence) and creativity, and loves to use his imagination a lot. Like the other members of the Senior Group, Gilbert 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. Enthusiastic, silly, social, positive and adaptable, he readily accepts opportunities to widen his social group. He is always openly playful and affectionate with his friends and family, and has an honest heart and would accept outsiders. While not very bright or book-smart, he can surprise others with his intuition, his keen sense of heart, and his quick reflexes even in the absence of conscious thought. His positive nature gives him a strong sense of faith that things will work out, as well as finding a bright side to almost any situation. Gilbert is also a confident fighter and martial artist, and even goes as far as to get a laugh out of many of his and his team's conflicts against enemies, poking fun at them by calling them silly puns, making sassy remarks, and smiling the most out of all of them in battle. Having spent decades in the royal guard with his friends fighting off monsters seems to have hardened Gilbert, 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.

Contrast to Ginger's sensitive and shaky personality, Gilbert is a laid-back and positive-spirited man, balancing his often nervous wife. Sometimes during his youth, he would be rather pushy as he constantly tried to find significant others friends, Gruff and Gonsod as they were the only ones not to be married in their friend group, much to his friends' dismay. However, Gilbert's intentions were not ill-willed as he just didn't want them to feel lonely, hinting how much he cares about his friends' happiness. Later on, he simply attempted to get his friends into romantic situations with their eventual partners, Grizel and Gwyneth respectively, which was otherwise more-or-less acceptable.

Gilbert especially loves playing pranks or playfully teasing his friends, who, when getting annoyed with his antics, would often get physical with him (mostly from Gruff, but Gyeong and especially Gareth would usually attack him verbally). Gilbert's antics are harmless and are simply playful in nature, often taking to being caught or scolded by his friends in good stride, such as responding with a good-natured "worth a shot". When Gruff grabs Gilbert's marker for his teasing and starts doodling the white Griffon's face, he merely laughs with a sheepish look on his face, showing no annoyance when caught when he does and receives mischief. However, there are times when Gilbert will sometimes not seem considerate with his tendency to playfully mock his friends and use the latter's fears to mess with them, such as Gruff's fear of dogs. Even so, he's quick to apologise and tries to ensure no one is hurt and everyone has a good laugh.

However, despite his seemingly carefree attitude, he is not entirely self-assured as he actually has underlying self-esteem issues, trying to desperately improve himself to impress his friends, calling himself a screw-up and suggesting he belongs in the trash. In general, Gilbert prefers not to be alone, always wanting to hang out with someone else. If he does, it's usually because he's upset with his friends. Whenever Gilbert is all by himself, he feels a little depressed. He also secretly fears being rejected by his own family and friends.

However, Gilbert is not above snapping at others if he feels they're acting like jerks. This happens often whenever his family and/or friends refuse to take him seriously. Therefore, he goes to drastic measures in order to prove his point (i.e. fighting the bad guys alone). He also calls them out for hurting each others' feelings or other people's feelings and does not tolerate when others take advantage of their positions in life, regularly standing up for himself, those who cannot do so themselves or inspiring them to as seen against the likes of Garvey and his gang.

Gilbert has also been shown to utter small phrases in Spanish when experiencing certain bouts of emotion. He uses Spanish words between his sentences, but goes full-on Spanish when he's panicked, angry, or in a hurry. He often incorporates Spanish into what he says, using words like "chico", "chulo", and "amigo" when referring to his friends.

## Appearance

Gilbert has white fur with dark violetish gray wings and markings around his eyes. He has golden-brown talons and beak and his eyes are dark brown. As an adult, his fur starts growing more around his neck and shoulders, similarly to a young lion's mane. Like his friends, he shows distinct battle damage, which is caused, amongst other fights, during Arimaspi's attack, where Gilbert got flung by the goat-like beast and crashed into one of the castle's windows, which caused him eternal injuries and scars on his elbow, back and face. He usually carries around a waist bag when going out. Even in his golden years, he has maintained an ambiguous elderly but fit physical age.

As a young Griffite, he wore braces and his 'fur collar' barely reached to his shoulders. As a cub, he strongly resembled his granddaughter Gentileschi.

Gilbert's casual winterwear is a sleeveless, black vest jacket, long enough to reach all the way from his shoulders to below his hips and a red striped scarf. He also wears a sleeveless red sweater with matching gloves with snowflake embroidery. Gilbert's winter clothing is based on the Spanish hand fan.

During his time as a royal guard, he was typically seen wearing his armor. Like the rest of his friends, he didn't seem to wear his helmet on.

## Background

Originally born outside of Griffinstone, Gilbert and his family had to move to various places in Equestria, due to his parents' jobs and family business. For him, that had been quite hard as he had to leave several friends behind and had not been able to establish meaningful bonds with people. Eventually, Gilbert and his family relocate permanently in Griffinstone, where he would meet and befriend his friends, in spite of the fact that they didn't speak his language and he theirs. As Gareth (who can understand what Gilbert is saying) becomes part of the group not long after, he suggests teaching Gilbert "Griffish" so that they would understand him. In return, Gilbert teaches his friends Spanish.

When Gilbert was about eight-years-old, his parents got divorced due to losing their business to bankruptcy, with his mother taking custody of him and his siblings. While Gilbert admits that, at the time, he had a difficult time processing this, feeling upset and believing it was his fault, he talks about it with an air that everything is fine now and he has made it through for the better. Some time after the divorce, Gilbert's mother got in a polygamous marriage with four other Griffonesses, all of whom had children of their own from previous relationships that became Gilbert and his siblings' stepsiblings. He also mentions that he has two half-brothers through his father's second marriage, thus making him one out of nine children. Gilbert mentions that he and his siblings still got to visit their father "when they had the energy" and that he got along relatively well with his stepsiblings.

At an undefined point in time in his past, though most likely during his adolescence, Gilbert began training become a royal guard, along with the rest of his friends. During that time, he also met Ginger, whom he spotted sitting nearby after a battle. He approached and talked to her, letting her vent on how she'd been fired from three jobs that day (to try and help her family pay their overdue rent) and how she could ever become a Kunoichi if she couldn't even hold down a job. He then proceeded to cheer her up by telling her to keep trying and that a true Kunoichi never gives up and that "the right job was out there waiting for [her]." The two met again during a festival in Griffinstone, where Gilbert found Ginger working as a face painter, which she loved. She thanked him for encouraging her and he helped her once again when he offered her a new colour palette after she ran out of paint. The two hung out together the whole evening and Gilbert introduced her to the rest of his friends after some time. The two soon began dating for a few years, with Ginger eventually joining the guard as a Kunoichi, until they went on a summer trip to Manehattan, where Gilbert proposed to Ginger and she accepted. The couple eventually had a son, Giovanni.

Apparently, on the anniversary of "the first time [they] held claws", Gilbert and Ginger went on a trip to Appleloosa and were suddenly chased by a buffalo when they were having dinner.

At least in his late forties, to his surprise and delight, his son had children of their own, and he became the grandfather of Gilbert Jr. and later Gentileschi, who both refer to him as "Abuelo".

After King Guto's sudden disappearance, Gilbert 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, Gilbert got back into business, working as a merchant and diplomat for the town.

## Relationships

### **With The Whole Senior Group**

Grandpa Gilbert loves and adores his friends; he loves to prank them, crack jokes about them, and even bug them. His friends usually get annoyed when he acts immature and Gilbert hates it when Gruff and Gyeong can't control their temper, when Gareth acts like a Know-It-All, and when Gonsod when acts bossy. Despite everything, his friends love him dearly and Gilbert in turn is very loyal to them and is willing to do everything he can to help them and back them up. His friends affectionately call him "Gils."

### **Grandpa Gruff**

Grandpa Gruff and Grandpa Gilbert are close friends, though Gilbert seems to interact more with Gareth and Gideon. Gilbert respects Gruff as a leader and Gruff values Gilbert's loyalty to the team. He gets beaten up by Gruff in a playful manner (sometimes aggressively) which is almost always punishment for his antics, even though Gruff doesn't always get annoyed. He grows a bit closer to Gruff over the years, with both of them bonding over their interests in pranking others, and shows concern for the leader's well-being, especially during the aftermath of Arimaspi's attack. The first thing Gilbert does when they find out about the fiasco with his DNA getting mixed with Grandma Grizel's and Granger, thus making their child his own as well, the first thing Gilbert does is joyfully say "Welcome to the daddy group!" He does occasionally tease him, sometimes using his fear of dogs against him, and Gilbert often tried to find partners for Gruff and Gonsod in their youth, something that would annoy them, but it all comes from a good heart. When they go on missions together, they cooperate well and do things such as one yelling the other's name when he gets hurt and are usually the ones to drive attacks away from each other, showing how both of them respect each other and their abilities and know they can depend on each other in a crisis. By the aftermath of "the accident", Gilbert began to respect Gruff more than he ever did as he praises his actions of defeating Arimaspi and essentially saving them all by himself.

### **Gruncle Gonsod**

He and Gonsod are the only ones that don't seem to fight that much with each other. However Gonsod sometimes gets a little annoyed with his antics but not as annoyed as the others. They are opposites when it comes to being serious, as Gonsod can be very strict and serious while Gilbert is very immature. Although they don't seem to be that close personally, they care a lot for each other and enjoy spending time together. He does occasionally tease him and Gilbert often tried to find partners for Gruff and Gonsod in their youth, something that would annoy them, but it all comes from a good heart. Overall, Gilbert and Gonsod value each other's friendship and if one of them needs help with something important, the other is there.

### **Grandpa Gyeong**

They don't have much interaction unless their other friends are present, but they ultimately get along very well and love each other mutually, though like all their friends, Gyeong can get annoyed with Gilbert's pranks and Gilbert doesn't like Gyeong's stubbornness. Even so, they both seem to enjoy each other's company, demonstrated by their interactions during their duties of checking on Griffinstone's surroundings, which are the moments the two seem to interact more with each other. They're also shown to have a mutual interest in cartoons. When one feels in doubt about his qualities and skills, the other will give him a hug or tell him something comforting and remind him of each other's advice. Through this, they really bring out their love and compassion for one another. Additionally, being the "eyes" and "ears" of the team, the two seem to work very well together when chasing after an enemy, making them the perfect choices as Gruff's right-hand Griffs. Gilbert seems to like Gyeong's inventions the most and loves to test them. Gyeong, along with Gareth, is also able to understand Gilbert's Spanish without the need of translation.

### **Grandpa Gareth**

Gareth is normally seen as the one Gilbert loves to hang out with and the one he interacts with the most, though like all their friends, Gilbert doesn't like it when Gareth acts like a Know-It-All. He always loves to pull pranks on him and their other friends and because of this, Gareth often finds Gilbert very annoying, especially for his silly behaviour. Gilbert is the one who usually makes the most attempts to get Gareth to take a break from his studying, making Gareth's annoyance and anger towards Gilbert increase significantly. Since Gareth is one of the loose cannons of the group, he tends to lash out at Gilbert when he's annoyed with him. If Gilbert messes with Gareth or took away his books, Gareth gets very aggressive with him, but it's often verbal rather than physical. The two seem to fight with each other the most because of their completely different personalities. However, they care about each other deeply and do tend to get along while they're fighting enemies. Gareth always gives Gilbert advice when he has a question and Gilbert always sticks up for Gareth when somegriff bothers him, additionally praising him for his sharp mind. They grow closer as they get older and are rarely annoyed by each others' antics. Gareth, along with Gyeong, is also able to speak and understand Gilbert's Spanish without the need of translation.

### **Grandpa Gideon**

Gideon is one of the closest people to him and it is shown on several occasions that Gilbert has a soft spot for his friend. Although he likes to play jokes on the rest of his friends, Gilbert never does so with Gideon and is very affectionate with him. As a matter of fact, Gilbert shows a very responsible and respectful side of him when it comes to his athletic companion, acting like a somewhat big brother figure around him. Gilbert and Gideon work well together and are pretty close, considering they are the youngest two of the seven Griffons. Gilbert can be protective of Gideon just like Gruff, Gonsod, Gyeong, Gareth, and Guto, and hates it when an enemy hurts him. Unlike the rest of the Senior Group and despite getting visibly disoriented when that happens, Gilbert does not seem to mind when Gideon crashes into him and the others during his sports, even when he ends up injuring him, and is shown to have a good laugh with it, as it reminds him of his and his friends' cubhood together.

### **King Guto**

Gilbert and Guto were close friends and got along really well. Both them and the rest of their friends grew up together in Griffinstone and have been friends from a very young age. Guto was also one of the few of their friend group that didn't seem to get very annoyed with Gilbert's pranks. When Guto became king, Gilbert, along with the rest of the gang, were easily recruited into his Royal Guard and worked together to defend Griffinstone. They even fought alongside each other during the battle with Arimaspi. After the fighting stopped and the beast was defeated, Gilbert and the others were the ones that Guto named as his heirs to protect Griffinstone after he retired, saying that they are the only ones he knows he can trust. He misses Guto immensely after his retirement.

### **Grandma Ginger**

Gilbert loves his wife dearly, as he is the one who manages to calm her down through her emotional temperaments. He loves to tease her and enhance her storytelling with his own commentary and sound effects, and playfully defers to her when she gets annoyed with him for doing this. Although the two spouses will regularly argue, mock each other, and bring up each other's most embarrassing moments, Ginger finds it impossible to stay angry with Gilbert for any length of time. Gilbert encourages his wife to be open with her feelings and is generally very supportive of her. While Grandpa Gilbert believes she chose him due to 'how romantic he is', his friends joke that one of the reasons she married him was because she knew it was only a matter of time before he plummeted to his doom on one of his next trips.

### **Senior Gals**

He's relatively shown to get along pretty well with his friends and frenemies' significant others. However, he and the guys respond with annoyance when the girls gossip about them.

### **Giovanni**

By all visible accounts, Gilbert has a good relationship with his son. He also keeps a picture of him and a younger Giovanni smiling at each other on his bedside. His son is also willing to help his father and the other Griffinstone leaders with the preparations for the Blue Moon Festival.

### **Gilbert Jr.**

He cares about his namesake grandson and it's mentioned and implied that he's been teaching him all of the tricks and techniques he knows about being a merchant ever since he was a cub. Though, considering what his grandson discovers and what he discovers, it's clear that young Gilbert isn't a very good listener.

### **Gentileschi**

It can be assumed Grandpa Gilbert and Gentileschi have a very good relationship due to the fact there are no disagreements or arguments between them. Like the rest of the family, Grandpa Gilbert is impressed with his granddaughter's abilities in art and Gentileschi, in return, enjoys her grandfather's company, loves listening to his stories and finds great amusement when Grandpa Gruff corrects him. As Genti gets very shy and soft-spoken when meeting new people, she often lets her family speak on her behalf, additionally translating her Spanish. Grandpa Gilbert especially encourages her to have faith in herself and not be afraid to meet new friends.

## Skills

**Martial Arts:** Grandpa Gilbert is prone to being silly rather than focusing on his training, however, he is still an impressive fighter and an extremely skilled martial artist. Like his friends, he is an extremely good fighter with a great knowledge of martial arts and is very agile, able to leap over rooftops and avoid attacks from enemies, including gunfire, weapons, and punches and kicks.

**Healing Power:** Much like his friends, in addition to his natural martial arts and ninjutsu skills, Gilbert eventually developed the strong innate ability to heal via an enchanted mantra known as "the healing hands." By chanting the incantation and making the right hand seals, Gilbert is fully capable of revitalizing his inner strength and counteracting even the most lethal of poisons and venom of "the healing hands." He managed to develop and utilize it to help alleviate Gareth's sprained arm during Arimaspi's attack. He and his friends show great gifts as healers and being at the edge of their life has given them "a power that few martial artists can tap."

**Glyph Magic:** Gilbert was trained as a cub alongside his friends in studying the art of magic. While he possesses passive forms of magic, such as firebreath and cloudwalking, like other Griffons, he lacks the same magical anatomy that ponies have, and therefore can't actively perform magic on his own; instead, he casts spells by drawing glyphs found within the spell circles unicorns tend to use.

**Kyusho Jitsu (Pressure Point Combat):** Along with his friends, Gilbert has mastered another martial arts maneuver known as Kyusho Jitsu. By hitting the specific nerve-clusters/pressure points, Gilbert is fully capable of incapacitating an opponent and rendering them temporarily unconscious or incapacitating them through uncontrollable spasming without causing unconsciousness. Aside from combat, he uses this technique to subdue his friends' quarreling without harming them.

**Eskrima Arnis (Navaja):** Gilbert was trained in the use of a large Navaja knife, which he twirls, swings and stabs like a spear. It is light enough to be used with one hand and shares the same cutting power and penetration of a sword. In reality, no actual traditional martial arts maneuver exists for the Navaja. However, it seems Gilbert uses his blade having mixed his attacks in a traditional eskrima arnis (martial arts in the use of bladed weapons) style with the techniques of the Bōjutsu martial art, while simultaneously having developed his own moves. Along with being meritoriously good at using the Navaja, Gilbert has mastered both of the aforementioned martial arts styles. As Gilbert's fighting relies more on defense than offense, he makes use of his weapon's versatile nature to block as well as counter attack. Despite this, he is also able to deliver powerful strikes that can send enemies flying, deflect shuriken and lasers, and combine it with his physical combat skills. His sword technique enables him to fight against skilled and powerful enemies.

**Shurikenjutsu (Shurikens and Kunais):** While not his primary weapon, Gilbert wields Shurikens and Kunais like the rest of his friends and is shown to be knowledgeable about techniques with the use of said weapons, able to throw them both with remarkable accuracy.

**Enhanced Hearing:** He has the best hearing in the whole Senior Group. His ears are strong enough to hear even quiet noises, such as the sound of a pin dropping, and even the sound of someone's breathing. The Magic of the Kings has also primarily enhanced Grandpa Gilbert's hearing. His ability also works over great distances but is proven to have limits as he can only hear up to a certain amount of distance.

**Enhanced Strength:** He is pretty strong when it comes to defense and counter attacks. He and his friends have had years of training under a grand master of martial arts over the course of their recruit training, so their strength has been amplified as a result. He is notably a lot stronger than an average Griffon.

**Enhanced Speed:** He is the third fastest member of the Senior Group and can run/ move fast enough to avoid Arimaspi's fire breath. He can also flip across rooftops and move things at enhanced speeds, like twirling his Navaja blade, which is shown to be how he deflects the laser fire from weapons. He can also spin his knife at incredible speed to momentum his strikes.

**Fire Breath:** He has the normal ability of a Griffon to breathe fire.

**Stealth:** Like his friends, he is stealthy, can hide in the shadows, sneak around without being detected, and use hand-to-hand combat.

**Stamina and Endurance:** Due to his martial arts training, he has a great deal of stamina. A good exhibition of his stamina is seen when Guto and his guards fight Arimaspi.

**Healing Factor:** He was able to withstand numerous attacks from Arimaspi and the Hydra, seriously wounding himself, and was still able to fight.

**Intelligence and Communication:** While not the smartest of the group or as academically knowledgeable as his friends are, Grandpa Gilbert is intelligent in his own way. He is shown to speak both English and Spanish fluently and is shown to have an incredible sense of direction, partly due to his hearing and experience as a traveling merchant. In addition to this, he is great with maps, making him the perfect choice for the genius map reader of the group and wielder of the map of Griffinstone. While not directly mentioned, it is implied that he has a good knowledge of history and arts, as he baptized his son and granddaughter according to his favorite artists from the time of the Baroque period, Giovanni Antonio Galli and Artemisia Gentileschi. He has an extremely high EQ (emotional intelligence) and creativity, additionally capable of treating injuries using random objects from his bag, such as using a bag of Fruit Chunks as a makeshift ice pack for Gareth's arm. He also has a natural affinity for the martial arts, which is present with his ability to learn moves after seeing it only a few times, which often brings benefits for the team when facing enemies. Like the other Senior Group members, it's shown that he can understand the hand signals Gruff uses to instruct the team. As part of their training, all the Senior Group members have also learned to read lips. Additionally, being part eagle, he and the others seem to understand the tweets, chirps, and calls of different types of birds. He is typically smarter than his friends believe him to be, though his friends continue to doubt his intelligence at times, most likely due to his usually silly behaviour.

## Original Statistics

### **As a Soldier**

* **Attack:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
* **Defense:** ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5)
* **Agility:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
* **Range:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
* **Speed:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
* **Power:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
* **Lynx-eyed:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
* **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 Gilbert and Grandma GingerConcept Art of Grandpa Gilbert and Grandma Ginger as cubsGrandpa Gilbert with his friends as Cubs (Snack Pack)Grandpa Gilbert and Grandpa Gareth as CubsSenior Group Promo ArtSenior Group as Cubs Promo ArtSenior Group (Guto's Soldiers) Promo ArtSenior Group as Cubs Holiday Promo ArtFather's Day Special Art of Gilbert with his son, Giovanni
## Trivia

* Grandpa Gilbert and his family are of Hispanic descent.
* As a child, he strikes up a friendship with his friends despite him being unable to speak English ("Griffish"); though his ability to follow along with his friends' more basic statements would suggest he at least knows more English than his friends know Spanish and likely knows at least a small amount of English. His friends then offer to teach him their language and he teach them his own. In the present, adult Gilberts can speak English fluently.
* He has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder predominantly inattentive (ADHD-PI), hence his incredibly short attention span, his tendency to overlook obvious details and unintentional inability to follow instructions. He's also shown to have a hard time focusing and remembering what he's doing or sitting still.
	+ Gilbert's tendency to overlook the obvious while noticing inane details, his short attention span, his overwhelmingness by outside stimulus (such as loud/excessive sounds), his tendency to become nonverbal during anxious situations, his unusual palette (the various unusual toppings he includes in his food, such as pizza), his tendency to forget basic things in spite having a photographic memory, and his ability to adapt to strange and unusual things faster than his friends (like how to handle the Badlands' bizarro nature) all imply that he could also have some form of autism.
	+ On occasion, he's seen fiddling with stim toys.
* Grandpa Gilbert's battle cry, "*Sin miedo*!" means "*Without fear*!" in Spanish. He uses it to encourage and psych his friends up while charging into battle or prepping an attack.
* Gilbert's favourite fruit is pineapple.
* He likes condescended milk in a tube rather than a can.
* His granddaughter Gentileschi bears a striking resemblance to him.
* The first things Gilbert ever sold were some of Gonsod's carrot muffins, Gareth's old books, and Gyeong's woodcarvings respectively.
* In earlier drafts, his name was "Gron."
* During the creation process, Gilbert's personality was entirely different as in the original draft, he was strict and grouchy but very soft at the same time with a rather strange habit since childhood of looking for trouble and others to argue with, thus making him somewhat a troublemaking daredevil. Additionally, his relationship with Gruff and Gonsod was significantly more brutally physical due to the dating games he would regularly put them into, even if his heart was in the right place. His friendship with Gareth was also more difficult, as the original draft had Gareth be quirky booksmart and Gilbert be a rather reckless Griffon who'd always show disinterest in nearly anything Gareth liked, then Gilbert being a total prankster towards a shy Gareth, and them being constantly annoyed but still tolerant with one another. All of this was later scrapped.