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Norns and Grendels can live in harmony...

Grendels were a failed genetic experiment by the Shee. Some consider them aggressive and vicious creatures, the arch-enemies of the Norns. Others, however, have more benevolent opinions of them. For more on this side of the story, check out the website The Truth About Grendels.

In Creatures the Grendel is found in a large tree (Yggsdrasil) near one of the oceans; in Creatures 2 it can usually be found near the Volcano, and in Creatures 3 they are generally found in the Jungle Terrarium.

Originally, Albian Grendels were a species reliant on a Queen (the Grendel Mother) for reproduction, however since then the species has become more reproductively active. Known subspecies include the dangerous, hunting, Banshee Grendels created by a subspecies of the Shee themselves, the Banshee, who mixed their own Shee genetics with Grendel ones.

In Norse mythology, the Grendel was a monster, which was a descendant of Cain, the first murderer, and eats drunken men. Beowulf defeats him bare-handed. Then the Grendel's mother, who was more powerful than the Grendel itself tries to revenge her son, but is defeated also by Beowulf. Incidentally, Cain was the name given to the first naturally-born norn (see history).

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