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Grendel, also known as Handsome Man, is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. He débuts, with his only appearance, in the third episode. He is portrayed by guest star Steve Bacic.
Grendel is based on the character with the same name from the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf.
History
In the Whispering Woods, Grendel lives with his doting wife. After her death, he is heartbroken, but upon hearing of a magical rope called the forget me knot in the Red Queen's possession, he steals it from her castle. Grendel becomes entranced by the item's power in allowing him to see his wife alive again, but for his theft, the Red Queen renders him horribly disfigured. ("Forget Me Not")
One day, Grendel captures two strangers, Alice and Knave, and ties them up in his kitchen. He intends to butcher and eat them. With the forget me knot hanging from the ceiling, Grendel watches as images, of when he was handsome, young and happily married, peek out. Knave tries to convince Grendel that the only way to move on from the past is to get rid of the forget me knot. Grendel is disinterested and goes outside to chop up some wood. He comes back to see Alice and Knave attempting to escape by opening the door, but hastily close it when they see a Bandersnatch awaiting them outside. The beast breaks open the house and sends Grendel sprawling back into a wall. He is knocked down again by the creature when Alice manages to entrap the Bandersnatch around the forget me knot, to which Knave bursts in to kill it with a knife. Out of gratitude for saving his life, Grendel gives them the forget me knot. He has hopes it will give them what they are looking for.
After Alice and Knave leave for another destination, Grendel calmly sits in a chair as Jafar and the Red Queen walk into his home. They question if he killed the Bandersnatch, and Grendel denies it, but when asked who slayed the Bandersnatch, but simply says there were guests in his house. Seeing as they are getting nowhere for answers, Jafar and the Red Queen entice him with the possibility they can revive his dead wife. He then confesses a young woman and man killed the Bandersnatch. Perplexed, Jafar asks who the man is. Grendel states the woman called him Knave, to which a hint of recognition flashes in the Red Queen's eyes. After Jafar thanks him for his honesty and assistance, Grendel asks to be reunited with his wife. Unfortunately, Grendel has no inkling of their trickery and is helplessly stabbed and killed by Jafar's staff. ("Forget Me Not")
Trivia
Appearances
| Once Upon a Time in Wonderland | ||||||||||
| "Down the Rabbit Hole": | "Trust Me": | "Forget Me Not": | "The Serpent": | "Heart of Stone": | "Who's Alice": | "Bad Blood": | ||||
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| "Home": | "Nothing to Fear": | "Dirty Little Secrets": | "Heart of the Matter": | "To Catch a Thief": | "And They Lived...": | |||||
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