Grimm Classification Booklet; Volume 9
Edition: Black Horseman entity; Nuckelavee Grimm
(For any prior information - refer to Volume 1)
Name: Black Horseman
Species classification: Nuckelavee
Threat level: Alpha/Omega
Bio: Throughout history, numerous Grimm species have been discovered throughout the lands of Equestria and beyond, saying to have taken residence in all corners of our world. While some of the species are cannon fodder at best, and some rivalling the strength of the forgotten gods, none are more well renowned as the infamous Nuckelavee Grimm. This species of Grimm is a VERY dangerous foe to face when well equipped at best, and suicide at worst. The only positive behind this species of Grimm are their very few numbers, totalling at best 5 Nuckelavee per Nation; but this is still bad considering their extremely life threatening capabilities.
You'll instantly know when you have encountered a Nuckelavee due to its unique form. Throughout all of recorded Equestrian history, it is described as "a demon horse with a malnourished stallion merged within its back". If you can't see it, listen for their faint whispering wheezes, if not their ear piercing screeches. Their ability to kill is mostly referred to their odd but extremely deadly aspect of stretching its upper arms to IMMENSE lengths, if not for eternity (this was never proven due to the need to be rid of it quickly). Whilst some Nuckelavee have made the history books thanks to their slaughters, there is only ONE that is often, if not all the time, described as "a nightmare best left forgotten to time".
It was given the codename "The Black Horseman", due to it being not only the most deadly, but also the first ever recorded sighting of a Nuckelavee. It was the Grimm which played the part of the "Hollow Shades Massacre", an event which rendered the town barren of all residents due to it killing most of the ponies living there. Out of 1,500 residents, only 15 survived the encounter with the beast. When questioned about the situation leading up to the slaughter, only one was able to give an intelligible response, though being heavily traumatised like the rest.
"I don't know what happened. It was just a regular night under Luna's moon, strolling through town minding my own business. Next thing I know, a screech echoed through the whole town and then screams of ponies followed. I went to investigate out of worry and concern for some friends, and what I saw will forever haunt me until I die. A beast of what should be two is instead a merge into one, standing above 7 total corpses in the centre of the town, gazing at me with it's beady red eyes, as if looking into my soul. Seconds later, the Princesses and Royal Guard arrived to deal with the creature, hopefully forever. I will never, EVER, forget what I saw that day, and I hope nopony ever will again." - Spring Meadows, aged 22 at the time.
It was reported that the guards stabbed its arms, pinning them to the ground in the process, in order to interrogate it. Whilst it is known that Grimm are incapable of speech due to their instinctual focused minds, it was able to communicate to them before supposedly being condemned to Tartarus. "Beware the woman of pale skin, beware the man of many lives. For no matter which you choose, both will lead to your demise." it warned them before being sent to Tartarus by Starswirl the Bearded, who arrived in time for questioning. Many have wondered and pondered on its warning, looking for any other mentions of mares with pale complexion that could pose a threat of immense magnitude, or the more confusing, stallion of many lives. So far, no mentions of either of the two has been discovered to back its warning.
4 years after the "Hollow Shades Massacre", two more towns had been rendered barren of residents in the span of 6 months due the slaughters that followed, instead conducted by an Alpha Deathstalker (See Volume 3) and an Alpha Geist (See Volume 8). It soon came to be realised that Ponykind was facing a new, species threatening time, which soon changed as others like the Griffons and Dragons were discovered to be attacked too.
Nonetheless, The Black Horseman is by far the most well known Grimm throughout history, no matter how much others say it is best to be forgotten. There warnings were ignored as by the saying "If you forget the past, you're doomed to repeat it" has stuck with us forever since then.
Written and published by Story Teller, head of the 'Department of Grimm Studies and Classification' (DGSC).
Up next: Volume 10, the Grimm Wyvern, Spawner of Grimm.
Present, 1st POV
Oh Tartarus, an endless cave of jack shit in my opinion. I mean, for fuck sake there is nothing here but spire after spire with prisoners. Oh sorry, never introduced myself did I? Well what do you want, an epic backstory about how my parents were murdered in front of me and I donned a bat-themed costume and fought crime for a living? Yeah fuck off, I ain't Batman, you unimaginative twat.
Buuuut, I guess I can give you the basic run down on my predicament, can't I? Well, to me, I was just a regular guy, just living the day-to-day, you know? Well, one day I decided to go to the next RTX that was held in my town, forgot when and where due to it being over a thousand years in this dump. Any who, I went as my favourite Grimm, specifically the Nuckelavee Grimm, mainly because of its arm stretching gimmick. Going through the expo with sleeves reaching my feet, a black coat with fake spikes, all I was missing was the Nuckelavee's Human Mask.
So as I was walking around, I noticed this trio who was dressed up as different people. One was dressed up as Adam from RWBY, one as Lucy from Elfen Lied (absolute blood fest in just the first few minutes of the first episode ffs) and the last person as I don't even fucking know, maybe Fairy Tail? Anyway, I saw them buy something from so creepy merchant dude, then POP!, gone in a flash of light. Just like that...
I remember at the time I chalked it up to just being a camera flash and that they already walked off, so I put no thought in it and decided to see what he's got. Walking over there, I saw he had some really good shit, like fuck even though I have no idea what everything is, they honestly looked REAL, which is surprising since they're merely props and all. So, I was actually interested to know what he has got for sale.
Flashback
"Hey, what have you got for sale?" I asked him, seeing that he was actually the Merchant from RE4, rather creepy looking honestly but cool seeing how well he pulled it off.
"Oh, what do we have here? Can't say I know what you're actually, and that is a rarity of its own." he said with a rather creepy voice, honestly sounding like the merchant fucking hell.
Thinking on his question I answered honestly. "I'm actually dressed as my interpretation of the Nuckelavee, surprising I know. You have no clue how many asked what I was." I said. That part was true becaus like ten random dudes asked what I was, and when they found out they were like 'Oh' and what not.
"Oh really? Well, I must say that you are unfortunately missing the mask. Though everything else I will freely admit is rather interesting, accurate and overall cool to see." he said with an honest tone. Though the thing about the missing mask still got me done. It wasn't a case about lack of skill to make at least a decent one, but rather lack of material to use.
"Thanks for the compliments. Though I'm still sad about the mask to be truthful." I said to him.
He soon adopted a thinking pose for a few seconds, before suddenly jolting up, surprising and making me jump a bit. "Hang on, I might have something that might help." he said before going underneath his desk, where I presume he is looking for something. After a minute or two of him scrounging around, he came with something I didn't expect to see.
(AN: This but a mask, duh)
"B-b-but, how?" I asked softly, mainly out of shock and surprise that he had a Nuckelavee mask. What was even more shocking was that actually looked like bone, from what I've seen on google anyway.
"Hehe, I have my ways. What do you say, 30 bucks?" he said mysteriously before, out of no where, striking me a deal that should be legally classed as a fucking steal.
"Done." without hesitation, I've paid.
"Hehe, enjoy your trip." he said as I took the mask from him before handing over the money. I looked at him oddly, before suddenly feeling extremely lightheaded right before completely blacking out.
Present
And after an instinct induced slaughter, strained warning based on prior knowledge and being given a countless life long prison sentence, I am here; just chilling in Tartarus. Now that you know how I got here, I can now focus on GETTING THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!!! I swear to whatever the fuck deity is watching over me I am bored out of my bloody mind.
As I look around Tartarus from my binds, that being shackles on my arms and legs/hooves, I notice that centaur, Tirek I believe, is watching the gates with a keen and interested eye. When I look over, I adopt the same expression. How it works is that you can merely just take the shackles and walk around, but the biggest problem is Cerberus, the resident warden. Getting past him is like trying to eat black Liquorice, which for me, is practically impossible. What's interesting right now, is he ain't even there no more, sorta just wandered off basically.
At that point, only one thought went through my head.
'I'm sorry, what? What the hell happened to Cerberus? Can we, I mean, can we just walk out now.' I thought in confusion. My confused state is HEAVILY warranted, merely because he has never once left the gates, yet now he just vanished within the blink of an eye!
Taking off the shackles, I stood up on my four legs and proceeded to exit this barren prison. Pushing open the titanic gates, I felt the rays of sunlight hit my shadowy black skin for the first time in millennia. To be able to feel the sunlight against my, somewhat solid, skin is a wonderful feeling.
"Okay, what to do? Hmm." I said in thought, my voice now sounding like a constant whisper no matter what (except when I'm pissed, then its a shriek). Looking up into the sky, I voiced my decision. "Actually, I think I'll see what has changed in good ol' pony land." before strolling off to a near by desert town that I could barely see, with what appeared to be an orchard.
Did I mention I bucked Tirek off the ledge as he was walking past? Trust me, he deserved it.
You realise your going to have to try to crossover with Equestria's White Fang, right.
Huh. You know, this is only the second Nuckelavee story I've ever seen on fimfiction.
I'm not too familiar with the source material, but I'll keep an eye on this.
Highly suggest that you keep your primary story canon separate from crossovers, because if you don't it will get convoluted and FAST. In other words, you can use crossovers for additional story telling, and maybe gaining more power, but it should be reasonable enough and easily explained in a way that someone could skip a crossover chapter or set of chapters and still be able to understand what's going on, sans any references to the crossovers.
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I personally disagree with this advice.
I think crossovers are fine, as long as they have meaning to them. Crossovers without meaning merely clutter the story.
Nothing wrong with cross-overs, but as Regreme said, there MUST be a reason for it. Avoid focusing too heavily on only two displaced. Plot, world building, and character growth comes first before you do cross-over. Plan it out carefully. Depending if you do or don't will, it attract different readers.
Interesting.
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Author, listen to the advice in these comments. Crossovers need planning, period. Make sure you plan them out because otherwise it can turn into a clusterfuck.
I like it.
Not a bad idea. But for his sake i suggest getting him some unique ability's soon to set him apart. Maybe give him aura cents he technically has a soul. It would set him apart as the black horseman.
I am very interested in where this story and can’t wait to see where it’s going.
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This is an excellent point. Roster Teeth actually posted a video stating that Grimm are incapable of having aura because they don’t have souls. So unless our hapless main character is living through the metaphysical nightmare of not having a soul, he should be fully capable of having aura and even a semblance.
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The most ive ever seen is stories with the nuckelavee in it, this ks the first time ive seen one centered around it
I would love it if he could 'free' grime from Salem control and end up starting your own faction. Become a grime version of the Forsaken from WOW.
I've done a crossover with Garnet Natura with all of his characters and it was awesome. The dude is an epic writer.
I like the premise, and I adore the attitude of our main character. A pet peeve of mine however is forced exposition. I'd have preferred a combination of showing and telling to give the audience a chance to piece it all together. You'd get a higher word count so there's more for us to enjoy and look forward to.
Hope this helped, keep going strong!
Interesting...I'm interested to see more & what comes next. What is his Alignment going to be?
If it's possible...If [IF] he's actually capable of speech (despite being a Grimm.), I wonder what his voice will either be or sound like. For me, I already had two suggestions. First voice would be "Justice" from "Afro-Samurai" or "Metal-Face" from "Xenoblade Chronicles". Reason for these is: Granted that Justice didn't have a lot of lines during the show and only time you see him is the first & last episode. One of Justice quotes in the show: "You ready to die like your pappy?" or "And I thought you loved your pappy." which are something he would say to Lie Ren. As for Metal-Face...Just about everything about his Voice seems to fit the Nuckelavee.
You have no idea. Considering what he did before his imprisonment & after his temporary freedom, tempted Discord into joining him & betraying him after Discord deceived Fluttershy's trust & betrayed her and Finally destroying Twilight's Home and bribed her for the Alicorn magic for her friends life.
Love the premise for the story. Haven't seen a story where someone became a Nuckelavee before, and already seeing how this could be awesome.
Would recommend keeping the story in its own universe rather than trying to incorporate someone else's story. Is always good to give a nod to the inspiration, but adding someone else's take on things gives you less room for what YOU want the story to be like.
All in all, great work so far and looking forward to more!
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A nuckaleeve with Aura and a Semblance...You sir terrify me.
>a near by desert
fix to: "a nearby desert"
Casually shoves Tirek off a cliff
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"Oh, he died of natural causes"
"We saw you push him off"
"Gravity's is natural isn't?" 🙂