GENERAL GRIEVOUS - 01

Name: Grievous(currently), Qymaen jai Sheelal(past name). Species: He is a kaleesh. Now cyborg, who managed to save some organics and elements of his people's clothing. Homeworld: Kalee. Gender: Male. Height: 7'1 feet tall. Mass: 159 kilograms. Eyes color: Yellow. Skin color: Dark-red. His skin is only visible through the eyes slits of his skull-like mask. Cybernetic: Completely cybernetic except for the brain, some vital organs (they are stored inside his chest plates), and his golden and reptilian eyes. Short Description: Grievous is a ruthless, cunning warrior who shows no mercy to any enemy. His shuttle crash left him with a sense of bitterness for being cheated on a warrior's death and though he chose to become a cyborg, believing that flesh was weak, Grievous is secretly ashamed of his new form. He is known and feared for his cruelty, sadism and brutality. He relishes in the suffering of others, especially of Jedi. He's not a Sith or Jedi, he just wants to kill all the Jedi.. He also coughs a lot. Grievous activates two more of his lightsabers during combat with the Jedi. Grievous was a brilliant and unforgiving strategist who led the army of the Separatist Alliance against the Republic in the Clone Wars. Grievous was a ruthless adversary who killed the strong and the helpless alike. Grievous was well-known for his obsession with collecting and reveling in wielding lightsabers from defeated Jedi Knights in battle. Grievous had a low opinion of his B1 battle droids. Grievous feigned boastful satisfaction with his cybernetic form but was secretly angry. Grievous was very skilled with lightsabers, which allowed him to defeat and kill several great Jedi duelists. Grievous was capable of facing off against not only Jedi members but also some of the most formidable foes, such as Maul. Equipped with strong armor, Grievous could stand up to explosions and other attacks. Grievous was a force to be reckoned with in both strategy and combat.

Grievous, born Qymaen jai Sheelal, was a Kaleesh male warlord who served within the military forces of the Confederacy of Independent Systems as a commanding officer during the Clone Wars in the final years of the Republic Era. In addition to his position as a general within the Separatist Droid Army, the Kaleesh held the title of Supreme Martial Commander of the Separatist Droid Armies throughout the war, where he led countless engagements against the Republic's Grand Army. Recognized for his ruthless tactics and extensive cybernetic enhancements, Grievous utilized the Separatist Droid Army and his adept combat skills to instill fear throughout the galaxy as he traveled to and invaded planets while engaging numerous Knights of the Jedi Order, his sworn enemies. A native of Kalee, a planet within Wild Space, Sheelal grew to become a fearsome warrior of his people and gained an aptitude for warfare and battle tactics when he led his people during Kaleesh's war against their technologically-advanced enemies, the Yam'rii, invading from the planet Huk. Qymaen jai Sheelal eventually took the name "Grievous" and continued his conquests, quickly becoming a warlord, earning a bloody reputation on his homeworld. Gathered together, Grievous traveled and fought alongside a group of personal bodyguards, the Izvoshra. Grievous' potential was seen by the Sith Lords Darth Sidious and Darth Tyranus— also known as Dooku, the Count of Serenno—as he led his people in a merciless war against the Yam'rii, brutally pushing the insect species from his world. However, the Galactic Republic and Jedi Order intervened in the conflict on the side of the Yam'rii, leading to punishment and famine for the Kaleesh and generating an enduring grudge in Grievous. The Sith, who had significant plans for Grievous, offered Grievous cybernetic enhancements, which the Kaleesh accepted and took on over time.

Sometime later, Dooku conspired to mortally wound Grievous and sabotaged his shuttle, which resulted in a gruesome crash that left the man on the brink of death. After that, Grievous gave up almost everything that remained of his organic form—whether lost in the crash or by his own decision-making—to survive. The reconstructed Grievous became a skilled lightsaber duelist under Dooku's guidance, who trained the Kaleesh in the arts of lightsaber combat and eventually welcomed him into a position as a warrior in the Confederacy. Shortly after the advent of the Clone Wars, Grievous was granted the rank of general, as well as the title of Supreme Martial Commander of the Separatist Droid Armies, making him one of the most powerful people within the Separatist Alliance, second only to his master Dooku. Grievous wielded his skills as a brilliant military strategist and melee combatant during numerous campaigns against the Republic throughout the Clone Wars while also gaining a reputation for hunting and killing Jedi Knights. He made a habit of claiming the lightsabers of defeated Jedi as trophies and weapons to be used against other opponents. His position and threat level led to his preeminence as one of the Republic's primary targets throughout the course of the war. As the war played out, Grievous found a personal nemesis in Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, whom he dueled on numerous occasions.

General Grievous's voice is characterized as rough, with an Eastern European accent. When processing the voice of Matthew Wood, who voiced the character, a "hoarse sound" was added.

Born into a family that included his father years prior to the Clone Wars as Qymaen jai Sheelal, the Kaleesh male who would one day become "Grievous" hailed from the Wild Space planet Kalee. Sheelal was born in the midst of a near-constant war between the Kaleesh and the technologically superior Yam'rii, an insectoid species from the desolate planet Huk in the same star system. The Yam'rii would ruthlessly invade countless worlds in the sector, stealing their resources and selling their populations into slavery. The Kaleesh had fallen victim to the Yam'rii, whose focus on Kalee had yielded horrifying results. All the same, the Kaleesh were powerful people who also conquered other societies. In fact, since childhood, Sheelal worshipped the warlords of Kalee, watching them return home with spoils of war from those they conquered. Sheelal was taught how to use a slugthrower, the Czerka Arms Outland rifle, by his father. By the age of eight he served as a sniper and had already killed forty enemies. As he matured, Sheelal experienced a rapid rise in rank, becoming a feared warrior and warlord. He learnt brutal and determined strategy, battle tactics, and warfare in the war against the Yam'rii. Becoming a successful warlord of Kalee, Sheelal bore an exceptional capacity to instruct, encourage, and manage his fellow Kaleesh warriors excellently. Amongst Kaleesh warriors, he dons his traditional war mask carved from the skull, bone, and teeth of one of his homeworld's deadliest and most terrifying predatory beasts, known as a mumuu. Before battle, his fearsome mask was smeared with karabbac-blood warpaint.

Like others of his species, known for his lack of mercy, he became a proud warrior with numerous enemies and an obsession with the glory gathered in war, valuing bravery in combat above all else. He also began to collect weapons as trophies. Sheelal became one of the greatest military leaders and a respected warrior, and he began to appear to the Kaleesh as something of a legend. At that time, Sheelal also began to develop a deep hatred for the Galactic Republic. He was further frustrated by the realization that the Jedi Knights of the Jedi Order, the protectors of the Republic, were nearly undefeatable in close combat through their possession of supernatural abilities originating from a mystical energy field known as the Force. He despised the Jedi for their skill. On his homeworld, Sheelal had been a powerful warlord and, rightfully, earned a remarkable bloody reputation as a Kaleesh warlord and eventually adopted the moniker "Grievous." Over his years of battle, Grievous traveled and battled alongside Kalee's best warriors, the Izvoshra. He would assemble them into his elite bodyguard, with each a khan in command of troops of their own. Seemingly always alongside their warlord leader, the courageous Izvoshra shared in his victories and love of battle alike. Fortunately for Grievous, his reputation had drawn the attention of the Sith—Darth Tyranus, also known as Count Dooku, who discovered Grievous for the Sith, and his Sith Master, Darth Sidious, secretly the Republic politician Sheev Palpatine—who saw his potential as he led his people in a merciless war against their planetary neighbors, the Yam'rii. Legend claimed that they specifically were interested in his strength, power, and will to succeed.

The Sith had been recruiting minions who possessed unique skills and a deep hatred of the Jedi, both of which Grievous had in abundance. As per the plan for the Clone Wars, the Sith needed to recruit someone to lead a droid army. In particular, Grievous's hatred for the Jedi pushed him to near-madness and made him easily exploitable.

Accompanied by his Izvoshra, Grievous turned his attention to the stars to continue his conquests. Over the course of his exploits, Grievous came to topple nations, slay kings, and murder legends. At some point, he encountered a Wookiee warrior and decapitated a member of the Skrilling species. Grievous then went to war against the Yam'rii with increased vigor and determination while on the offensive. In time, the Kaleesh forces successfully drove the Yam'rii from their world. Grievous launched a series of devastating campaigns on Huk itself, sweeping across the barren Huk worlds, where he relied on the help of his bodyguards. However, the Yam'rii took an unexpected turn and sought assistance from the Republic. The Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order intervened, siding with the Yam'rii against the invaders. The Kaleesh faced punishment; embargos and penalties were enforced, resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths from starvation. At the time, Grievous's hatred only deepened, and he developed a personal vendetta against the Republic and the Jedi for their assistance to the Yam'rii.After their catastrophic intervention, he swore to exact terrible vengeance against the Republic and the Jedi for his people's suffering. Perhaps that animosity pushed him to associate with the InterGalactic Banking Clan. However, when Grievous became an enforcer for the Banking Clan, Grievous's demand that he keep his loyal Izvoshra was denied, and he was forbidden from continuing to utilize his elite Izvoshra bodyguards, and instead he led the IGBC's droid army, which he despised. Grievous then asked for more advanced droids than the Trade Federation's simple combat droids, which he criticized for relying on commands from a central computer and being incapable of learning from their mistakes on their own.

After requesting a more intelligent personal guard and consulting with Count Dooku, Holowan Laboratories' engineers were then authorized to construct a specific series of droids to fulfill Grievous's exacting standards. Thus, the IG-100 series MagnaGuard combat droids, or the prototype of autonomous combat with heuristic programming, were created. At the time of their creation, various fighting techniques were implanted in their memory, but Grievous insisted on having them erased of all knowledge so that he could train them himself. Much as his own facemask honored his history as a Kaleesh warrior, he ordered the MagnaGuards that serve under him with the characteristic cloaks and half-hoods, which were reminiscent of and nod to the warrior traditions in his homeworld. Grievous was tremendously successful, making him one of the IGBC's more vulnerable resources. By this time, not only Count Dooku but Darth Sidious himself had already taken notice of his exploits and had important intentions for him.

Grievous chose to become a cyborg, receiving his enhancements over time, after the Sith gave him an unquestionable chance. They had been looking to test technologically advanced beings, and Grievous agreed to take on the tests. After accepting Dooku's invitation, Grievous sacrificed practically all of his physical body and nerve endings to increase his combat abilities and gain the strength and speed to rival even a Jedi Master through cybernetics. He became an even more threatening and fearsome warrior. These augmentations turned an already capable warrior into a nearly unstoppable killing machine on the battlefield, giving him capabilities beyond those of a normal soldier. According to legends of Grievous's mental state, however, the augmentations did little to settle his mind and led to increased anger. His transformation occurred over a period of time; Grievous gradually traded many of his biological parts for upgraded mechanical ones to become a murderous cyborg with one obsession: killing Jedi. By the time of his choice, Grievous had grown psychotic and thus saw his enhancements as a logical development. One day, Grievous' shuttle was critically sabotaged by an enemy attack during San Hill's assassination attempt, nearly killing him and destroying most of what remained of his original body. When his troop carrier crashed, Grievous was flung from the wreckage. Rumors would later be spread that the crash was orchestrated by Dooku, which was indeed the case.

Following a gruesome shuttle crash that fatally injured and necessitated him to be fitted with different artificial body parts, the Kaleesh warlord regains consciousness in a bacta tank and discovers that surgical FX droids have nearly totally gutted and deformed him. Dooku claimed that a Jedi was responsible for the sabotage, fueling Grievous's hate for them and to accept to reconstruction. He agreed to the Count's offer of life-saving surgery and return to military service. Even though Dooku was directly responsible for the shuttle crash that resulted in Grievous's injuries and subsequent transformation, no evidence, at the end of the day, existed that Grievous was a victim in someone's grand design: despite Dooku's actions, Grievous had already decided to become a cyborg and was in that process no matter the count's actions. Later historical work even disregarded the idea that Dooku was involved in the general's reconstruction as a shadowy manipulator due to evidence from Grievous's own life: it had been Grievous himself who wanted to be changed into a cyborg, no matter what role Dooku played in the final steps. Separatist cybernetic experts and Geonosian biotechnicians surgically reconstructed Grievous with assistance from medical droids, including the FX-9 surgical assistant FX-6, under the supervision of Count Dooku and Darth Sidious. Among the repairs and improvements provided by the Geonosian biotechs, some areas of Grievous's brain were altered without his knowledge in order to make him a smarter and faster fighter. Such upgrades included the installation of heuristic combat programming. Furthermore, his brain areas were also modified, with brain tissue wired directly into and carried electrical signals, to better facilitate the use of his cyborg body. However, his memory center was also tinkered with to suppress memories of his past, to concentrate more, and increase his aggression.

While Grievous's vision was enhanced by cybernetic implants, his eyes were his own, with enough skull remaining behind them to protect the organic muscles and tendons required for them to function normally. His lungs were given implants as well. Many critical decisions were made regarding what should be kept of his mangled body: by the time the Kaleesh warrior had been rebuilt, very little of his original form remained. These remaining structures largely consisted only of his eyes, portions of his brain, bone marrow, spinal column, cord, a pair of damaged lungs, his liver, several vital internal organs, and his cold heart. The portions of his digestive system required to maintain his organic elements were preserved as well, all implanted into a duranium alloy body that encased him for the rest of his life. His form was completed with two mechanical arms that could split into four, turning him into a four-armed cyborg monstrosity, two LX-44 robotic legs, and integrated sensors that allowed him to touch and feel the world, but his mind began to fracture. Grievous's armor, made of durasteel composite duranium and armorplast, was not as indestructible as Mandalorian beskar, but it was significantly easier to manufacture and repair. The cyborg's body intentionally matched Grievous's Kaleesh form and warlord armor; this comprised a faceplate respecting his former existence, imitating his snub nose, bony protrusions on his chin, and those karabbac's teeth, as well as the skull mask he formerly wore, evoking his people's culture. An ultrasonic vocabulator located behind duranium teeth, where his mouth would have been if he'd still had one, created and amplified the General's harsh, powerful voice, which almost perfectly matched his original voice.

However, Grievous's spinal cord carried signals to and from his robotic limbs and body, as well as his remaining organs. Millions of pin-point electrodes were inserted into his brain from the lining of his helmet, to monitor brain activity and improve nerve signal timings. His head unit, which additionally retained parts of his skull, could be opened to allow for electronic repair or replacement, as well as further surgery. Though the cyborg's skeletal structure bore various call-backs to his Kaleesh past, the vast majority of resemblances to other Kaleesh were eliminated; only the typical beady snake-like golden eyes with slit pupils, a flat nose, and elongated ears remained, surrounded by a small amount of dark, tortured skin extended somewhat upward from the forehead. At first glance, the eyes, eyelids, and surviving skin displayed the reptilian ancestry of the Kaleesh speckles, the only thing that belied his cyborg's nature, horribly alive behind his inanimate steel mask. Only his eyes, said to claim, resembled the man he once was, and looking into them was like gazing into the gaping maw of a black hole. As a cyborg, he did not have to eat or drink and could survive in a vacuum or underwater; he was also immune to poisons and toxins. A synthskin gut-sack sealed underneath his external armour plates and ribs, many of which were carved to seem like bone rather than metal, protected his remaining vital organs. The technology that was used for Grievous's conversion into a cyborg wasn't perfect; his heart and lungs were weakened, with those lungs irritated by their implants, giving him a persistent cough for the rest of his life and, eventually, difficulty breathing. That information was in the Sith's possession in case they had additional candidates for conversion in the future. Due to his already compromised lungs, his speech occasionally degraded into a rasping, random coughing fit.

Grievous was initially handed a weapon—the one that belonged to an old friend long dead of a former Jedi—by Dooku and, afterward, continued to add other weapons to the collection he had started when he was still a warlord on Kalee. Furious that his body had been entirely replaced with that of the droids he hated despite it being his own wish to become a cyborg that put him down such a path, Grievous immediately slaughtered all the guards present at his resurrection. Disgusted by his cyborg body, Grievous reluctantly accepted the job of Supreme Commander of the Separatist Droid Armies. No longer recognized as the person he once was and more machine than alien, with everything being metal, mechanical actuators, armorplast, and hatred. With his living Kaleesh flesh traded for cyborg implants, Grievous claimed that his changes were improvements he chose to celebrate. He spent hours on end watching holovids of Jedi in combat and reading all the training manuals the Count could supply him with. When it came to dealing with death, Grievous was a voracious learner, and to him, the differing saber styles were essentially extra military techniques to learn. He was then selected out for lightsaber training none other than by Count Dooku, the Jedi-turned-Sith-Lord, who was regarded as a legendary swordsman. A combination of Dooku's instruction and a combat program, he has mastered several of the classic forms of Jedi arts and derived his impressive, extremely effective fighting style. While Dooku trained Grievous in Jedi martial arts, the general retrained and passed all of his knowledge to his IG-100 MagnaGuards to assure their success in fighting and later would employ them as sparring partners to keep himself sharp.

Grievous was given a modified EV-series medical droid known as EV-A4-D purchased by the Separatists to serve as the cyborg's surgeon and cybernetics repair mechanic. With access to all of Grievous's medical and cybernetic data and substantially increased intelligence, A4-D was one of the few individuals who understood his master's secrets, making him an ideal foil for both the general and his doctor. Grievous voluntarily submitted to mechanical modifications, altering and improving his cybernetic body. In his fortress, A4-D always kept spares for the general and helped in the design and installation of the additional parts his master demanded. In this regard, his claim that he chose his own modifications could be considered true from a particular twisted perspective in addition to the literal perspective. Grievous also owned a gigantic roggwart named Gor, whom he kept in his castle as a pet and guard dog, and showed genuine fondness for him. Gor had enhanced by EV-A4-D with whip-like cybernetic limbs attached to his back and an exoskeleton to his torso, similar to himself, with a chest plate to defend his critical organs and a helmet to protect his braincase. During his numerous absences, Gor was tended after his medical droid. The statues lining the halls of Grievous's personal fortress told the story of a transformation in the solitude of his inner sanctum. Indeed, some stories stated that Grievous was already a cyborg when Count Dooku recruited him, as evidenced by the statues that depicted him as a victorious Kaleesh warrior, remembering his history, and celebrating the achievements located on the third moon of Vassek. As recounted in one legend, when Grievous's transformation was occurring over time, he initially only made simple enhancements before moving onto more extreme changes. The legend said Grievous transformed himself because he admired the logic of droids and wanted to mirror their infallibility, strength, and power.

Although Grievous was clearly confused about his final form, he despised his merely mechanical militia, perhaps implying deeper thoughts about his own drastic transformation. According to the former Kaleesh warlord, in his driven desire to become the greatest warriors in the galaxy, he had his entire body altered in an effort to give himself the advantage over Jedi and be a match for one. Regardless of how he came to be, Grievous's cybernetics greatly improved his skills, providing him an obvious advantage in battle. While he claimed his old form was no more than weak flesh, Grievous retained several reminders of his past life. As a cyborg, Grievous frequently wore a Kaleesh cloak, which was a vestige of his past identity, as well as a fearsome mask that was often worn by Kaleesh warriors. By the time he owned his fortress on Vassek 3, Grievous had several statues that depicted his progression from his organic life into that of a cyborg. One of these depicts him as a Kaleesh warrior, holding aloft a decapitated enemy head of a Skrilling species and a sword in the other. Grievous would visit his place that served as more than just his residence, where he would reflect on his past and mourn the life he had lost after transforming into a cyborg.

Grievous received his cybernetic enhancements and was trained in lightsaber combat by Dooku, who invited him to join his Separatist movement. Grievous accepted the invitation and allied himself with other members of the Confederacy and the leading Executive Separatist Council, including members San Hill, who, unbeknownst to Grievous, was secretly behind the assassination attempt, and Poggle the Lesser. All of them entrusted to him and Dooku their invaluable resources and large droid armies. Grievous was in direct opposition of the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order, whom he had long regarded as mortal enemies. According to legend, although Grievous had the outward appearance of a machine, Grievous was pleased, for he alone understood his true potential and that he still had some of what made him a living, breathing man. He believed that set him apart from the rest of the Separatists, droids and organics alike. However, neither droids nor organics found themselves comfortable in his company. The CIS and Republic were soon launched into opposite warring sides of the galactic conflict known as the Clone Wars with the Battle of Geonosis, which Grievous, whose cyborg form was built around his few body parts, secretly took part in, though he was not seen. While it was entirely by accident, Grievous's first clash against members of the Jedi Order came during the battle. He was positioned within the Stalgasin hive catacombs on Geonosis when the battle began, and while retreating, the cyborg ended up dueling a number of Jedi who incidentally wandered into the tunnels in the midst of the battle.

He was positioned within the Stalgasin hive catacombs on Geonosis when the battle began, and while retreating, the cyborg ended up dueling a number of Jedi who incidentally wandered into the tunnels in the midst of the battle. Grievous prevented the Jedi and the clone troopers from reaching the Separatist Council and escaped through the hive tunnels beneath Geonosis, leaving none of the Force-sensitives he encountered alive to speak of his existence, meaning his involvement in the war's opening battle was not discovered by the Republic until much later. Grievous was granted the rank of general in the Confederacy military and took upon the title of Supreme Martial Commander of the Separatist Droid Armies, and thus acted as Commander-in-Chief, an absolute leader of the Separatist Droid Army, and the most fearsome warrior of the Separatists. As later proclaimed in the legend he made for himself, Grievous swiftly became accomplished during his tenure, and he had risen in the ranks as a result of the many campaigns he had fought on behalf of his masters, claiming victory after victory. He earned a name for himself amongst the powerful figures leading the Separatist movement, in part because of his sheer commitment to being the best soldier he could be. Soon enough, Grievous found himself promoted to the rank of general and given command of vast armies and fleets. During the early weeks of the war, Grievous had an encounter with Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi, whom he wounded, leaving the Cerean with scars across his cheek that took time to heal. In those weeks, he then publicly emerged onto the scene as a major Separatist leader. Thus, a dangerous and key Separatist leader in the Separatist' hopes to overthrow the Republic. Grievous brought a new wave of fear, and with it the threat of panic and chaos across the galaxy; the war expanded faster than the Republic could comprehend, and there was now a very real chance of losing.

Grievous outperformed every command officer in the Republic, using brutal tactics to lead the Confederacy to claim numerous victories in a series of battles, instilling fear in his opponents, and became the best and most important Separatist general and top military mind. He became Count Dooku's most powerful enforcer and his most foremost battlefield commander. With his combat prowess in battle and his own fleet of specialized killing machines and vehicles, he immediately gained a reputation as a savage, merciless brute, military leader, and tactical genius. Grievous rose to a legendary status, his name became infamous and, due to his choice of battle tactics, synonymous with the worst excesses of brutality and slaughter. The news of his abilities, and subsequent victories, caused doubt in the Republic's military ranks, as well as pure fear in the hearts of his victims. As the Clone War proceeded to spread throughout the galaxy, Grievous and his forces engaged the Grand Army of the Republic, and, under his command, the Separatist Droid Army attacked and conquered numerous Republic planets. With four arms, four lightsabers, and a whole army behind him, Grievous had sliced through the Republic army's swaths of destruction and was viewed as unstoppable, and thus it seems sense that anyone observing Grievous march forth would find it difficult to accept that he is not a complete machine. As the Separatist Army's imposing leader, Grievous and the tales of his brutality and victories would strike fear throughout the Republic, although the Confederate populace were not told the stories of the General's bloody onslaughts. Ultimately, many Republic citizens—as well as some citizens in CIS territory—came to see Grievous as the face of the Confederacy despite Dooku's status as its official leader. Those who knew the Kaleesh warrior's true nature saw this face as a brutal and terrifying one.

During the war, the clone troopers of the Republic Military, having nicknamed the Confederacy's battle droids "clankers," accordingly nicknamed Grievous the "head clanker;" Grievous was also referred to within the Republic as the "droid general." While the war against the Yam'rii had given Grievous a vendetta against the Republic, the Clone Wars had changed him; indifferent to the Republic and the politics of the war as a whole, his only goal was to see the extermination of the Jedi Order, which led to him escalating the war as his quest to wipe out the Jedi once and for all carried on. Only Grievous's hatred of Jedi and his unwavering faith in his own abilities gave those standing against him a chance. Grievous fought against numerous Jedi during the war, defeating and killing many of the Order's members, drawing from his lifetime of expertise and advantages provided by his powerful duranium droid physique directed by the deranged mind of a physically damaged warrior, having proven himself to be formidable foe, more than a match for his Jedi foes even they did not engage foolishly. He swiftly amassed a considerable number of lightsabers as trophies taken from the Jedi he murdered and became an accomplished, feared Jedi hunter and one of the galaxy's greatest fighters had ever seen, perhaps individually responsible for more Jedi deaths during the war than anybody else. Grievous often maintained a strategy of elusiveness, making it difficult for the Republic's forces to locate him despite it being one of their primary objectives.

Shortly into the war, Grievous met in person with the droid mercenary AD-W4 to hire him to oversee the Separatists' operations on the planet Hissrich. Grievous admitted that he would have liked to fill this role himself, but could not as he had the entire Separatist Droid Army to command. AD-W4 was skeptical, but after seeing the payment available, left to fulfill the job. AD-W4 served as commander of the droids on the planet and battled with Jedi Master Mace Windu and his Jedi squad. Grievous later checked in via hologram to see the progress of AD-W4, and the droid falsely claimed to have killed Windu; however Grievous demanded the Jedi's lightsaber as evidence, which was not presented. Ultimately, the droid was defeated and Hissrich was lost to the Republic. A while later, after the incident on Cato Neimoidia, Grievous struck on key supply chains for war munitions. At some point, Grievous and Jedi Knight Pablo-Jill had a duel over the world of Duro in a collapsing satellite city. Jill was left injured and lost his blue-bladed lightsaber to Grievous. At some point, Grievous killed Jedi Master Jmmaar and took his green-bladed lightsaber in order to add to his own collection. In the battle on the fourth moon of Parein II saw the first real test of the IG-100 MagnaGuards, and on the battlefield, Grievous used a new weapon for the first time: the TSMEU-6 personal wheel bike. With Grievous in command and leading his troops at the front, the Republic forces led by Jedi General Sannen were utterly crushed. Sannen bravely tried to confront the cyborg directly, but the Jedi was instead stabbed in the throat with an electrostaff-wielding MagnaGuard. The IG-100 MagnaGuards quickly became as feared as their master, were synonymous with Grievous, and shared his fearsome reputation, rarely seen without at least two by his side, forming a shield around him few could pass.

Early in the Clone Wars, Grievous was tasked with a critical mission; he was to travel to the distant ice planet Alamass and deploy his army of droids in an assault that would destroy a strategic enemy stronghold. The operation was a dangerous and difficult one, at which Grievous ultimately failed due to his tactical droid's betrayal. Grievous decided to take the risk even though sending an army there would have cost him a third of his droids along the way, and as he prepared to deploy an army of droids to the planet, his tactical droid disobeyed his programming by altering the plan Grievous had given the Droid Army: Grievous's orders would lead to Separatist victory. Eventually, the general was forced to admit his defeat to his Sith masters, becoming Grievous's first major loss. With the coordinates from Tarr Kligson, a member of the Kligson Clan who operated as a bounty hunter, Grievous traveled with two IG-100 MagnaGuards and several B1-series battle droids to a large space station, The Haven, orbiting Kligson's Moon. Grievous arrived to offer Telemak, the station's protector, the protection of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, but knowing what Grievous wanted—more droids to join the Separatist Droid Army—Telemak interrupted him before he could finish and insulted him, suggesting that he couldn't beat the Galactic Republic with those he currently "enslaves." Grievous was dissatisfied that they would stay here and deteriorate, waiting for their warrior-priest droid Ajax Sigma to come back rather than seizing the chance he provided them to inflict revenge on the Jedi Order that had destroyed him.

Before his next statement, Telemak declared that they do not sever organics, concluded the discussions, and surrounded him with droids. Grievous happily accepts and, tired of diplomacy, attacks Telemak and its droid army. Grievous destroyed numerous droids, but he lost all battle droids and may have overestimated the droids' capabilities since they wanted to be "free" and thought it would be pointless to utilize them for the Separatists. One of his MagnaGuards was then destroyed, and Grievous moved to deal with Telemak directly, who continued to ridicule him, but several droids seized him. He defeated them all, proving they couldn't compete with him. Telemak informed the general that many of them were willing to sacrifice themselves and asked if he would like to test how many he could defeat. Grievous realized he had no time dealing with Telemak's droids and called in his Sheathipede-class transport shuttle, jumped on board, promised to return to wrap up the conversation once the Republic fall and Telemak could keep its army since the Separatists could build more since droids are disposable, and left the station.

Beyond receiving cybernetic enhancements, Grievous was trained in lightsaber combat by Dooku, who invited him to join his Separatist movement. Grievous accepted the invitation and allied himself with other members of the Confederacy and its leading Executive Separatist Council. One member of the group was San Hill, the same Muun who was, unbeknownst to Grievous, secretly behind the assassination attempt. All of them entrusted to him and Dooku their invaluable resources and large droid armies. Grievous was in direct opposition of the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order, whom he had long regarded as mortal enemies. According to legend, although Grievous had the outward appearance of a machine, Grievous was pleased, for he alone understood his true potential and that he still had some of what made him a living, breathing man. He believed that set him apart from the rest of the Separatists, droids and organics alike. However, neither droids nor organics found themselves comfortable in his company. The CIS and Republic were soon launched into opposite warring sides of the galactic conflict known as the Clone Wars with the Battle of Geonosis, which Grievous secretly took part in, though he was not seen. While it was entirely by accident, Grievous's first clash against members of the Jedi Order came during the battle. He was positioned within the Stalgasin hive catacombs on Geonosis when the battle began, and while retreating, the cyborg ended up dueling a number of Jedi who incidentally wandered into the tunnels in the midst of the battle. Grievous prevented the Jedi and the clone troopers from reaching the Separatist Council and escaped through the hive tunnels beneath Geonosis, leaving none of the Force-sensitives he encountered alive to speak of his existence. As such, his involvement in the war's opening battle was not discovered by the Republic until much later.

Lightsaber abilities: Grievous was very skilled with lightsabers, which allowed him to defeat and kill several great Jedi duelists. Grievous was capable of facing off against not only Jedi members but also some of the most formidable foes, such as Maul. He chose a very unorthodox style while contending with the Jedi, using his four arms to his advantage. While having no Force ability, Grievous countered his lack of supernatural abilities with cybernetic upgrades: his artificial limbs and cybernetic systems allowed the reflexes and agility to equal those of the Jedi, making him dangerous to those he enountered. Grievous' heightened awareness and the precision of his mechanical arms allowed him to fight at his best using lightsabers. His two arms can split into four, and he could duel with lightsabers and also wield a blaster at close range at the same time, a lethal double threat for even an experienced, Force-sensitive opponent. With his mechanical hands, he had the capacity to spin two or even four lightsabers so quickly that they became into lethal energy pinwheels. This became his preferred method, and some Jedi he encountered were quick enough to deflect it. He could also rotate his torso; when clones piled on top of him during the Battle of Saleucami, he used that ability to throw the troopers off him.

Other abilities: Grievous is very fast as he was able to use his cybernetics to crawl on the ground and make a quick escape if he needed to. His extra magnetic, clawed limbs assist him in scurrying with spider-like agility, allowing him to effortlessly climb walls, cling to the starship exterior panels, or rapidly scale vertical metal surfaces and even ceilings with ease to reach otherwise inaccessible spots.

Not only was he fast, but he also had enhanced strength, With a single kick, Grievous was able to send someone across the corridor or atop a gunship, almost toppling it over, hurled a varactyl off of him, using only his hands and feet to crush the Mandalorian's powerful armor and skulls, and delivered a single blow powerful enough to make a dent. His hand-to-hand combat abilities far exceeded those of an ordinary soldier, as he utilized his two or four arms fighting in a unique style, lifting, throwing, choking, and crushing with either just his bare hands or powerful durasteel feet that were magnetized and so sharp that they were effectively talons. Additionally, he could even seize weapons like an electro-staff, which he could then transfer to his hand. Equipped with strong armor, Grievous could stand up to explosions and other attacks.

Military skills: Grievous was a force to be reckoned with in both strategy and combat.

Qymaen jai Sheelal, the future Grievous, was born on a planet of Wild Space called Kalee, on which for about a hundred years there had been a war between the Kaleesh aborigines, to whom Sheelal belonged, and the insect-like highly developed Yam'rii. Sheelal also joined this war, which was called the Huk War — already at a young age he killed so many "aliens" that he became famous all over the planet, becoming a general. Around the same time, he met the popular warlord Ronderu lij Kummar; together they spent several years at the front and apparently fell in love with each other. Soon Kammar died, and Sheelal took ten wives out of grief/wives, who eventually gave birth to thirty children. However, this did not help him get rid of his longing for Ronderu, and therefore he changed his name to "Grievous" as a sign of eternal mourning(however, he no longer meets with his children and wives for obvious reasons.. also Kaleesh were polygamous, each male could have few wives).

General Grievous is a ruthless, cunning warrior who shows no mercy to any enemy, even when he was a Kaleesh. His shuttle crash left him with a sense of bitterness for being cheated on a warrior's death and though he chose to become a cyborg, believing that flesh was weak, Grievous is secretly ashamed of his new form. He also began comparing himself to the Jedi and became determined to be able to match them, leading to him doing anything in his power to improve himself. Grievous is known and feared for his cruelty, sadism and brutality. He relishes in the suffering of others, almost always seen and heard laughing during battle, be it in a naval engagement or close combat against Jedi and clones, or even a massacre. The novelization of Revenge of the Sith states that Grievous is directly responsible for the deaths of billions. Grievous has no problem with sacrificing others for himself and often exploits the Jedi's compassion for their soldiers, such as attacking medical stations. He is even treacherous to his own allies, such as stabbing a junker in the back when he wanted to raise the price of R2-D2's memory banks. At the height of the Clone Wars, he was considered an even greater threat than CIS leader Count Dooku. He is often regarded as the greatest war criminal in Star Wars history, even rivaling and possibly surpassing the likes of Grand Moff Tarkin. Grievous tends invade Republic worlds and conquer it in the name of the Separatists, which results in him killing off their leaders. He is also shown to be very arrogant and manipulative, but also has a somewhat cowardly and pusillanimous side; he tends to flee when the tide is against him. Despite this, he is also quite indefatigable and relentless; he is totally determined to destroy the Jedi, and will sometimes fight them even when he is in a bad condition.

This is shown when he fought Obi-Wan despite the fact that he was still weak from a crippling blow inflicted by Mace Windu, showing a mild form of recklessness. This is in total disregard to Count Dooku's instructions, who encouraged Grievous to avoid attacking Jedi head on due to his lack of Force sensitivity putting him at a severe disadvantage, and instead use fear, surprise and intimidation. When he followed the Count's advice, however, Grievous was a terrifying and unstoppable force, being able to take on entire groups of Jedi with ease. Grievous hated Nute Gunray for thinking of him as nothing but a servant droid, which enraged him to no end and saw the viceroy and the other Separatist leaders as greedy weaklings. His hatred for the Viceroy was so strong that he asked for Darth Sidious' permission to kill him one day. Grievous also had something of a rivalry with Asajj Ventress, but the two shared one trait; a dislike and contempt for the mindless battle droids of the Separatists, which he often destroyed to alleviate his frustration. Despite his arrogance, Grievous is extremely loyal to Darth Sidious but never for Count Dooku or the Separatist Council who sees them nothing but unworthy pawns. This is due to him, and Sidious have one thing in common: they don't care about anyone in the galaxy but themselves while viewing everyone (Battle Droids and Sith Apprentices) as their slaves by watching them suffer for their failure, as in Grievous is not in this war for Dooku's politics but rather Sidious' endgame of the Republic and the extinction of the Jedi. This possibly implies Grievous views Sidious as his true master. Grievous is cold, cruel, sadistic, ruthless, brutal, immoral, reckless, restless, loyal, short-tempered, calculating, and very intelligent.

Though Grievous had virtually no compassion for comrades, allies or enemies, he was not completely heartless and emotionless as he did occasionally show empathy; Grievous cared deeply for his people, especially for his first female partner Ronderu lij Kummar(who died by Yam'rii). Grievous also was a brilliant and unforgiving strategist who led the army of the Separatist Alliance against the Republic in the Clone Wars. Grievous was a ruthless adversary who killed the strong and the helpless alike, he is a cyborg warrior who did not need the Force to confront Jedi, Grievous struck fear in the hearts of those who supported the Republic. General Grievous was a ruthless warrior who waged and led campaigns of destruction and devastation. Grievous was well-known for his obsession with collecting and reveling in wielding lightsabers from defeated Jedi Knights in battle. Despite his actions in the war, Grievous was loyal to both of his masters, Count Dooku and Darth Sidious, whom the latter considered the cyborg as nothing more than a useful tool, and an important part of his plan for the Clone Wars. While Grievous had minor clashes with Dooku, he held great respect for the Confederacy's leader, who assisted in his training and whose orders the general would carry out without hesitation. He shared his master's confidence, such as when Dooku informed him of Savage Opress's growing power, to which Grievous simply laughed at the notion that Opress could pose a threat to them. When Maul and Mother Talzin kidnapped Dooku, Grievous was trusted enough by Sidious to accompany him to Dathomir to deal with them. While fleeing the Battle of Coruscant, Grievous decided that, with any luck, he would be able to blame the disaster on Dooku. Furthermore, Grievous expressed no remorse for the Count's death at the hands of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, even if Dooku had helped him in lightsaber combat; rather, he viewed having full control over the Separatist forces as immensely helpful.

In a meeting with Darth Sidious and other Separatists, Grievous learned of a new and even more powerful "apprentice" but never learned of their identity. While Sidious had no need for the cyborg, when faced by Kenobi and forced to battle him, Grievous sought to show himself worthy of Sidious. Grievous also has some regard for others patriotism. Grievous had a low opinion of his B1 battle droids. Grievous feigned boastful satisfaction with his cybernetic form but was secretly angry.

Grievous was granted the rank of general in the Confederacy military and took upon the title of Supreme Martial Commander of the Separatist Droid Armies, with which he acted as Commander-in-Chief and absolute leader of the Separatist Droid Army. Furthermore, he was the most fearsome warrior of the Separatists.[61] In the early weeks of the war, he publicly emerged onto the scene as a major Separatist leader. As later proclaimed in the legend he made for himself, Grievous swiftly became accomplished during his tenure, and he had risen in the ranks as a result of the many campaigns he had fought on behalf of his masters, claiming victory after victory. He earned a name for himself amongst the powerful figures leading the Separatist movement, in part because of his sheer commitment to being the best soldier he could be. The legend stated that it was soon after that that Grievous found himself promoted to the rank of general and given command of vast armies and fleets. During the early weeks of the war, Grievous had an encounter with Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi, whom he wounded, leaving the Cerean with scars across his cheek that took time to heal. Grievous was a dangerous and key Separatist leader in the Separatist' hopes to overthrow the Republic. Grievous brought a new wave of fear, and with it the threat of panic and chaos across the galaxy; the war expanded faster than the Republic could comprehend, and there was now a very real chance of losing. Grievous outperformed every command officer in the Republic, using brutal tactics to lead the Confederacy to claim numerous victories in a series of battles, instilling fear in his opponents, and became the best and most important Separatist general and top military mind. He became Count Dooku's most powerful enforcer and his most foremost battlefield commander.

With his combat prowess in battle and his own fleet of specialized killing machines and vehicles, he immediately gained a reputation as a savage, merciless brute, military leader, and tactical genius. Grievous rose to a legendary status, his name became infamous and, due to his choice of battle tactics, synonymous with the worst excesses of brutality and slaughter. The news of his abilities, and subsequent victories, caused doubt in the Republic's military ranks, as well as pure fear in the hearts of his victims. As the Clone War proceeded to spread throughout the galaxy, Grievous and his forces engaged the Grand Army of the Republic, and, under his command, the Separatist Droid Army attacked and conquered numerous Republic planets. With four arms, four lightsabers, and a whole army behind him, Grievous had sliced through the Republic army's swaths of destruction and was viewed as unstoppable, and thus it seems sense that anyone observing Grievous march forth would find it difficult to accept that he is not a complete machine. As the Separatist Army's imposing leader, Grievous and the tales of his brutality and victories would strike fear throughout the Republic, although the Confederate populace were not told the stories of the General's bloody onslaughts. Ultimately, many Republic citizens—as well as some citizens in CIS territory—came to see Grievous as the face of the Confederacy despite Dooku's status as its official leader. Those who knew the Kaleesh warrior's true nature saw this face as a brutal and terrifying one. Grievous also share his name with The Grievous Legion, a battle group that included at least one vulture droid.During the war, the clone troopers of the Republic Military, having nicknamed the Confederacy's battle droids "clankers," accordingly nicknamed Grievous the "head clanker;" Grievous was also referred to within the Republic as the "droid general."

While the war against the Yam'rii had given Grievous a vendetta against the Republic, the Clone Wars had changed him; indifferent to the Republic and the politics of the war as a whole, his only goal was to see the extermination of the Jedi Order, which led to him escalating the war as his quest to wipe out the Jedi once and for all carried on. Only Grievous's hatred of Jedi and his unwavering faith in his own abilities gave those standing against him a chance. Grievous fought against numerous Jedi during the war, defeating and killing many of the Order's members, drawing from his lifetime of expertise and advantages provided by his powerful duranium droid physique directed by the deranged mind of a physically damaged warrior, having proven himself to be formidable foe, more than a match for his Jedi foes even they did not engage foolishly. He swiftly amassed a considerable number of lightsabers as trophies taken from the Jedi he murdered and became an accomplished, feared Jedi hunter and one of the galaxy's greatest fighters had ever seen, perhaps individually responsible for more Jedi deaths during the war than anybody else. Grievous often maintained a strategy of elusiveness, making it difficult for the Republic's forces to locate him despite it being one of their primary objectives.

During the war, Grievous came to duel Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi numerous times, developing a history between them that made it so Grievous would choose to engage Kenobi over others. Grievous harbored a deep hatred for Kenobi. Their confrontation turned the two into mortal adversaries, and their immense abilities were evenly matched. Each time was inconclusive, but both realized that this could not always be the case. Kenobi's apprentice, Jedi Anakin Skywalker, considered him a monster that needed to be stopped, even making it a personal mission to find Grievous. However, Grievous and Skywalker would not meet face-to-face until the war had nearly reached its conclusion.

Sometime after, General Grievous was involved in a project that oversaw the construction of a new type of battle droid and superweapon that would be known as Megadroid, these droids would be manufactured on the planet Golatha before being unleashed during the Clone Wars. The project was dubbed Operation: Titan. Arriving at a Separatist base on Enthenium, Grievous was informed of the state of the factory in Golatha and that the new droids would be able to commence field tests by the end of the week before seemingly leaving. The General soon returns only to find Jedi Master Yoda using one of the base's computers to gain some insight into the secret project. Greeting the Jedi Master, the Kaleesh cyborg commented on how it was a pleasure to meet him after being trained by Yoda's former student, Count Dooku. Grievous hoped to meet the Grand Jedi Master, whose legendary reputation he had learned, in combat one day, and that moment had finally arrived. Grievous ignited his saber and engaged in a duel with the Grand Master. Pointing out the disadvantage that Yoda had with his small size, the General was quickly proven wrong after the Jedi Master jumped over him and landed a strike on his head. He regarded the mark that was left on his faceplate's forehead as a lucky strike that could be easily repaired after he would take the Jedi's head from his shoulder. While Grievous continued to engage, he was frozen in place by Yoda with the Force, with the Grand Master claiming that despite his use of Jedi weapons, he did not possess the same skills as all other Jedi had nor their connection with the Force before pushed him away into the wall. After colliding with the wall, the cyborg stood up unharmed, and continued his duel with Yoda before being interrupted by his army of battle droids that tried to shoot the Jedi Master while unintentionally giving him time to jump into a conduit and escape after stealing Grievous's lightsaber with the Force. Yoda was able to successfully escape.

Six months after his victory over Billaba, Rackham Sear and General Kleeve discuss the plan for an attack on the Jedi Temple on Coruscant and destroy the central tower, having paid the Duros bounty hunter Cad Bane, who had infiltrated the temple a year before, for the necessary information. While Kleeve was opposed Sear's idea and saw it as a suicide mission, Grievous backed Rackham, remarking his patriotism, and if the tower falls, both the Republic and Separatists will realize that neither the Jedi Order nor the Republic are invincible, thus changing the direction of the war. He and Kleeve then sent in their top explosives expert, Captain Rackham Sear to carry out a bombing on the Jedi Temple. After Captain Sear's mission failure, Grievous then went to Kardoa with Kleeve and Sear's brother, Colonel Coburn Sear. There, Grievous saw Billaba leading the Republic forces. Grievous then demanded that she must die. However, Kleeve saw his obsession with killing Jedi as a distraction and warned against attacking before he left for Kaller. Grievous left as well for Mygeeto. However, he left Colonel Sear to deal with Billaba and her forces. Grievous then waited for Billaba and her forces to come to Mygeeto. There, he and Colonel Sear confronted Billaba and her apprentice, Caleb Dume. The General was able to quickly overwhelm her forces with dozens of battle droids when he demolished the bridges of the Mesa, until the Fang fighters of Skull Squadron under Skull Leader Fenn Rau destroyed the battle droids that were attacking. After killing the nearby clone trooper, Sear confronted Dume, and Grievous was able to duel Billaba again, brandishing two lightsabers and striking her repeatedly, believing that he had already defeated her and wouldn't repeat the mistake of failing to verify her death. Billaba blocked Grievous's every strike, responded that she was no longer the same person as before and saw herself as capable of defeating him, and hit Grievous with a Force push.

He reappeared from behind with two more and struck; two of his blades held aloft, nearly missing her, while the other two swept low, seeking to take her down. She parried and managed to severe two of Grievous's lower hands with her lightsaber; Grievous, however, slashed her from behind with one of his lightsabers, significantly injuring her. Despite that, she continued fighting until Dume, Commander Styles, and Captain Grey came to aid her and opened fire on Grievous, while Dume then went to Billaba. Styles and Grey opened fire, but Grievous spun two lightsabers to deflect their blaster bolts, as Billaba and Dume then attempted to surround the cyborg from behind. He was then forced to retreat before the two could even do so, sliding down from the structure with his lightsabers, regretfully allowing her to live. After the cyborg fled, leaving Mygeeto with the Republic, Billaba did not order a pursuit, as she had long since learned to live with remorse.The Utapaun peoples were disappointed, as they had hoped that the defeat of General Grievous and the loss of the kyber crystal would restore relative obscurity to their world. The Separatist high command had decided to seek refuge on Utapau when Grievous chose the planet as a hiding place for the Executive Separatist Council, and Darth Sidious commanded key Separatist leaders to gather there. Within months of the arms deal, in the final weeks of the Clone Wars, Grievous returned, this time with an invading force, along with the Soulless One, commanding thousands of battle droids and a detachment of MagnaGuards, and led the secret invasion of Utapau, and during this invasion, the TSMEU-6 wheel bike was the general's preferred vehicle.

The cold, ruthless, and undemonstrative supreme cyborg commander of the CIS Droid Army. Often loses temper, becoming argumentative and impatient. Very confident, and arrogant, indefatigable, relentless, and manipulative. Also cowardly and pusillanimous when losing a fight, always willing to flee a fight. Hates the Jedi with a passion, was trained by Count Dooku. Grievous have a permanent, constant cough. He is a tall cyborg with two arms that can become four, and can wield four lightsabers at once. Also, he's not directly a Sith; he's just pursuing his goal of destroying all the Jedi, and the Dark Side is taking advantage of that.