Grim Brother

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Grim Brother
Storytelling monk His tales replenish your soul but they're pretty dark

Increases meat drops and stats after combat
Produces a consumable item that increases adventures

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Throne/Bjorn: Monsters will be more attracted to you, drops grim fairy tale

Hatchling: praying Grim Brother

Familiar-Specific Equipment: Grim Brothers' story book

	Ultimate Cage Match	Scavenger Hunt	Obstacle Course	Hide and Seek

Mumming Trunk Abilities:

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Cannot breathe underwater

Combat Messages

• At the end of combat:

  <name> recalls the time he entertained a whole orphanage full of children with a terrifying story, and smiles happily..

  <name> finishes an illustrated manuscript with a final flourish, and hands it to you to read.

  You acquire an item: grim fairy tale

  <name> ends a tale with, "but the scissor-man came for the naughty child and cut off both of his thumbs while the child screamed for mercy. The end." You nod and search for more Meat to take your mind off the awful story he just told.

  <name> manages to end a story without disemboweling any characters, and smiles beatifically.

  <name> breaks through his writer's block on his new story, and smiles as he relates how having the protagonist get eaten by a gnu will tie things up neatly.

  <name> finishes a story. You guess that the moral of the story is "don't trust whitey," and he smiles at your joke.

  <name> manages to tell a whole story without any horrific torture in it, and smiles enthusiastically.

  <name> gets a new idea for a story, and smiles as he starts to tell it.

  <name> ends a story with "and they all lived happily ever after," without even a single dismemberment, and smiles.

  <name> has an inspiration for a pleasant story without any vivisection in it and smiles at his success.

  <name> finishes a story without anyone getting roasted, flayed, or disemboweled alive, and beams at you.

• Enthroned in the Crown of Thrones:

  <name> shouts down, "I've just finished a perfectly ghastly fairy tale! You simply must read it!"

  You acquire an item: grim fairy tale

• Bjornified in the Buddy Bjorn:

  <name> hands you a sheaf of papers. "My latest manuscript! It's a real 'scream'!" he says, without a trace of humor in his voice.

You acquire an item: grim fairy tale

• With lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped:

  <name> nods grimly beneath the Tam O'Shanter, blinking serenely.

• With miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped:

  <name> dances around the Maypole like an evil witch forced to wear red-hot iron shoes.

• With wax lips equipped:
  

  <name> looks a little weird with the artificial smile over his normally grim expression.

References

• A reference to the Brothers Grimm, who collected and published a great amount of fairy tales.

Notes

• Once a day, you can [talk] to your familiar (from the familiar page) to get the encounter Barely Tales.
• The grim tale drops from being enthroned/bjornified only drop twice a day, regardless if you place the brother in both or just one.