Grandma Grizel

* Current
* Cub

### Inspiration

* Popular theory in the *My Little Pony* fandom about Grandpa Gruff having a mate in the past

**Personality:**

* Grandpa Gruff
* Bees Meliss' mother
* Chilli Heeler from *Bluey*
* Smurfwillow from *Smurfs*
* Rarity from *My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic*
* Jasmine from Disney's *Aladdin*
* Brigitta MacBridge from the *Donald Duck/Uncle Scrooge comics*
* Madame Blueberry from *Veggietales*
* Julia from *Animaniacs*
* Duchess and Marie from Disney's *Aristocats*
* Imelda from Pixar's *Coco*

## In-universe information

### Other Names

* Grandma Grizel, Grizel
* Miss Grizel (by Gallus and Gabby)
* Grizzy (by her friends)
* Griz (by Grandpa Gruff)
* Mom, ma, mother (all by Gorge)
* Grandma (by Gerard and Gruff's grandchildren)
* Sis-in-law (by Grandma Gwyneth)

### Occupation

* Cosmetic formulator
* Caretaker
* Griffinstone's Matriarch/First Lady
* Leader of the Senior Gals
* Kunoichi (formerly)

### Affiliations

* Senior Gals
* Senior Group
* Guto's Soldiers

### Residence

A decorative house with Grandma Gwyneth, Griffinstone

### Relatives

* Grandpa Gruff (boyfriend/fiancé)
* Gorge (son)
* Gloriane (daughter-in-law)
* Gruncle Gonsod (future co-brother-in-law)
* Grandma Gwyneth (future adoptive sister-in-law)
* King Guto (future adoptive brother-in-law)
* Gerard (grandson)

### Likes

Unity, equality, peace, singing, diversity, protecting Griffinstone, nurturing others, telling stories, romance, spending time with her friends, art, ballet, dancing, nature, creating her own cosmetics, Grandpa Gruff, Gruff's wards and grandchildren, cooking, baking, sunflowers, jewelry, makeup, skincare, mud mask, doing chores, knitting, dressing up, coffee, watching soap operas with her grandson, cats, dancing in the rain, playing the role of Giselle in the ballet of the same name, vintage clothing

### Dislikes

Violence, discrimination, prejudices, racism, mistreatment, sexism, oppression, arguing, dishonesty, rudeness, injustice, her age and weight mentioned, Gruff's other admirers (when it's clear they make Gruff feel uncomfortable), mud, wearing tight clothes and accessories, Griffinstone being in danger, Grandpa Gruff being mistreated/blamed for Arimaspi's attack

### Paraphernalia

* Cane
* Tessen
* Tantō sword

## Biographical information

### Distinctive features

Expertly styled fluffy flinge, wears glasses (when she's an adult), usually seen walking using her cane

### Status

Active

**Grandma Grizel** is an old Griffoness from Griffinstone and the First Lady of Grandpa Gruff. She's the undisputed leader of the Senior Gals and the matriarch of Griffinstone, similarly to how Gruff is the patriarch of Griffinstone. She's the partner of Grandpa Gruff, grandmother of Gerard, and mother of Gorge, and the mother-in-law of Gloriane. Kind, loving, and humble, Grizel is a peaceful and passionate presence who leads alongside Gruff as his First Lady; she's the matriarch the Griffons, especially the girls, trust and look up to.

## Appearance

Grandma Grizel is a light grey-cream furred Griffoness with lighter headfeathers, styled in an expertly styled fluffy flinge pulled up from her face, and three small feathers sticking out of the back of her head that seem to be her "ears." Her wings and tail-tuft are tan and her beak and talon colours differ, her beak being pale yellow and her talons being light greyish brown. She wears yellow-gold, semi-rimless framed glasses over her dark tan eyes and is sometimes seen walking with her cane.

Although she does not wear clothing on a regular basis, Grizel wears various outfits depending on the occasion:

During winter, Grizel's attire consists of two primary outfits; the first is a red cloak with white fur trim and matching gloves, complete with a jolly-red-bow on her head. The second one is a tan down jacket with luxurious fur trim and a coordinating silk lilac scarf.

In formal occasions, she is seen wearing various dresses and skirts, though she primarily wears a black one-shoulder dress, complete with some pearl jewelry, both of which Grandpa Gruff gave to her as gifts.

For a few years after graduating as a kunoichi, Grizel wears a black bodysuit with a hoodie, with patterns of green leaves down her arms, legs, underbelly, and sides. The finger columns of the suit's front legs are opened, allowing the top-half of Grizel's fingers to be shown and move more freely. The bodysuit bears the Mark of the Royal Family (two Griffon wings) on the left shoulder, similar to the guards' armours and the king's badge. In addition, she wears her Tantō blade at her lower back and her glasses are black in colour. Like the Senior Group and Grandma Gwyneth, Grizel is shown to have gadgets hidden inside her sleeves, such as shurikens, and kunais, in case of emergency.

In other occasions, she is seen wearing smaller accessories such as hats and handbags.

## Background

Grizel was born and raised in a wealthy family.

She (along with Grandpa Gruff) cheered up Gallus whenever he got upset.

## Relationships

### **Gallus**

Of all Grandpa Gruff's grandchildren, Gallus is the one Grandma Grizel has the strongest friendship with and sometimes treats as her own. This makes sense as Gerard often treats Gallus as a sibling. Although he isn't very fond of how she occasionally treats him like a baby, Gallus generally has positive vibes about her. Grizel is notably one of the few characters that Gallus does not play pranks on. Instead, he treats her extremely respectfully, often referring to her as "Miss Grizel," and she often serves as a sort of maternal/grandmother figure to him. Over the years, his relationship with her has grown to the point where he sees her as part of the family, occasionally calling her "grandma". Although Gallus likes teasing Gruff about it, he's shown to be very supportive Gruff's relationship with Grizel, expressing joy when he learns about their engagement.

### **Gruff's children and grandchildren**

Gruffs wards are quite friendly with Grizel and seem to have accepted her as a member of the family; she is even present in family meetings at times. Following Gruff's engagement to Grizel, both his foster children and grandchildren show excitement for their guardian.

### **Gruncle Gonsod**

While they don't interact that much with each other, they're shown to be great friends and, following their engagements to siblings Gruff and Gwyneth respectively, it's clear that the two Griffons have already accepted each other as family and future co-brother-and-sister-in-law.

The two find a little common ground about liking plants and using them in various ways; Gonsod has a passion for gardening and grows vegetables and fruits for catering, and generally really likes plant life while Grizel plants a few flowers of her own and mixes raw natural materials together to create her own cosmetic products. Gonsod welcomes her to pick what she needs from his garden if she ever needs a new ingredient for them. The two Griffons also use those skills of theirs to help their community. Both of them also care greatly for the environment and set up organisations around Griffinstone to pick up litter and plant more trees. Additionally, they're able to bond over their interest in accessories and style as Gonsod uses a handbag, likes wearing "cute-looking" aprons (especially when cooking or cleaning), and also seems to pay a bit of attention to his appearance, sometimes seen filing his nails and tidying his bangs. Furthermore, both of them have an artistic streak, with Gonsod being a musician and Grizel being a dancer.

## Skills

**Martial Arts:** While Grizel wasn't all that interested in being in the royal guard, she still wanted to protect Griffinstone. So, when Gruff sensed potential within Grizel, he decided to train her to be a Kunoichi. In the beginning, her combat skills were sub-par and even struggled to keep up with the rest of the guards whenever they free run on the battlefield and hold her own against Timberwolves. In time throughout the years, Grandma Grizel's fighting showed improvement. After the better part of a year of fighting alongside the Senior Group and Grandma Gwyneth on their adventures, she graduates to full Kunoichi of the griffon Clan and shows better fighting skills. Grizel was able to keep up with Arimaspi for a short time twice, but was bested in hand-to-hand combat the second time. Grizel also seems to use her skills in dancing to help her in her fights.

**Kyusho Jitsu (Pressure Point Combat):** By hitting the specific nerve-clusters/pressure points, Grizel is capable of incapacitating an opponent and rendering them temporarily unconscious or incapacitating them through uncontrollable spasming without causing unconsciousness. She is seen using this maneuver as a way to disarm Arimaspi during his first attack on the Senior Group alongside King Guto and the rest of the Senior Gals.

**Tessenjutsu (Tessen):** Grizel was trained by Gruff in the martial art of the Japanese war fan. She is able to strike with the blade of the tessen and use it to defend herself, and can throw it with the likeness of the boomerang.

**Tantōjutsu (Tantō Blade):** When she graduated as a Kunoichi, Grizel became armed with a Tantō as her secondary weapon. She is able to wield the tantō in unison with her tessen.

**Shurikenjutsu (Shurikens and Kunais):** Since becoming a kunoichi of the Griffon Clan, Grizel is armed with the Griffon kingdom's respective shuriken and is able to throw them with remarkable accuracy.

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

**Agility:** Since becoming a kunoichi, Grizel is now very agile, although not as much as Gwyneth and the Senior Group, able to flip from tree to tree and avoid Arimaspi's fire shots.

**Dancing:** Grizel is a highly expert dancer, especially in the style of classical ballet. While fighting against enemies during her time as a Kunoichi, Grizel is shown to combine her skills with what she has learned in martial arts, successfully performing perfectly choreographed dance routines, additionally demonstrating a very strong capacity to improvise as those are not something that she had likely rehearsed before. A small contrast to Grandpa Gruff's more dramatic movements, such as twirls, Grandma Grizel's movements maintain an air of grace and elegance. Like ballerinas, Grizel moves diligently and swiftly on her toes no matter where she is located. Her talent in dancing also indicates that one of Grizel's accomplishments during her lifetime, was indeed her being an actual dancer and performer.

## Original Statistics

### **As a Kunoichi**

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

## Gallery

"Grandma Grizel, Gallus and Grandpa Gruff's annoying houseguest" Concept ArtSenior Group and GalsGrandma Grizel and Grandpa GruffGrandma Grizel and Grandma Gwyneth on a double date with Grandpa Gruff and Gruncle GonsodGrandpa 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 encounterGrandma Grizel and Grandma Gwyneth Promo ArtAbandoned Concept of Grandma Grizel with Grandpa Gruff, deleted character Granger, and her son, GorgeGrandma Grizel's Kunoichi OutfitGruff and Grizel Relaxing
## Trivia

* She's the oldest-of-age female resident of Griffinstone, the oldest male being Grandpa Gruff.
* Numerous times throughout the project, Grizel is shown to be a talented dancer.
	+ Funnily enough, Bees Meliss' parents (who served as major inspiration for Gruff and Grizel's relationship) actually take Greek folk dancing lessons.
* While Grandma Grizel and her family have no noble status, it is implied that they are still wealthy, at least in regard to the other Griffinstoners.
* Even before her engagement to Gruff, his protégés and grandchildren refer to her as "Aunt Grizel" and "grandma" respectively, and they definitely treat her like a member of the family.
* Grandma Grizel's status as Grandpa Gruff's fiancée is most likely a slight reference to a headcanon/theory which has seen a small uptick in popularity within the *My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic* fandom about Grandpa Gruff having a mate in the past as of 2019.
* According to her TGF concept art, whenever Gruff is sweet to Grizel, her tail swirls in the shape of a heart.
* According to the Bees Meliss, Grandma Grizel's kunoichi outfit is inspired by the fashion of the outfits of Poison Ivy from the *DC Universe New 52* Comics event and April O'Neil, when she became a kunoichi, from the 2012 adaptation of *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*. However, the first New 52 comic Poison Ivy appears in, "Birds of Prey (Volume 3) #2", came out in 2013 and April's full-kunoichi outfit first appeared in 2016, S4E15 "City at War", 39 and 42 years after the setting date of Grizel's inclusion into the Griffon army in, presumably, 1974.
* Grizel has a special recipe for Magic Mud that helps make faces look beautiful.
* Early in the writing of the Gruff Family project, Grizel was going to be far more arrogant, bossy, and crabby, as well as quite the stalker, originally supposed to have a more antagonistic role; this was especially shown in the original script of her first encounter with Gruff as she began following him everywhere, constantly flirted with him, and would would generally be a fussbudget, spoiled brat to him, constantly seeing herself as being in competition with the books Gareth gave him to help him learn how to read, which she would even steal by throwing them into the trash cans, but earning her none of Gruff's love or affection. Additionally, Gruff didn't return Grizel's affection whatsoever and was more aloof as he merely tolerated her presence, going as far as to avoiding her, but did prefer her over his other admirers regardless. This was later scrapped as, aside from the toxicity of the two Griffons' relationship written like that and Grizel's behaviour being very problematic and uncomfortable, Bees Meliss felt it would not make sense for Gruff to be attracted, let alone be friends with, to someone who annoyed him that much and to make light of *why* Gruff prefers Grizel over other girls interested in him, eventually getting engaged to her. It also interfered very negatively to Grizel's potential and arc as a character. Following this, the writing was changed to a much more healthy relationship, with Bees taking inspiration from her parents' marriage.
* Following the aforementioned, she originally had an unreasonable demand of everygriff calling her "Duchess" because "she believed she deserved it." She was also noted to be a few years younger than Gruff, while in the final product, she appears to be exactly his age (minus being a few months apart). This personality was later given to Powdered Milk.
* Grandma Grizel is the only Senior Gals member that wears glasses.
* Initially, Grandma Grizel was not included in the Senior Gals group because of not being an Original Character.