Talk:Grimm/@comment-13858305-20180806224425

So, anyone outside the Troupe who knows about the Ritual, and heck, even Drumm seem to act like the ritual is, or will, harm the kingdom. As far as I can tell, the “flames of kingdom’s fall” seem to be nightmares.

Makes me curious what exactly is so bad about the ritual.. After all, we go around harvesting dreams to power up the Dream Nail, and no one batts an eye to that. Why is harvesting nightmares any different?

Perhaps it’s not the method, but the end result? It seems the ritual is just reincarnating Grimm into the Grimmchild. Under the assumption he’s mortal, this likely keeps the Nightmare Heart alive by him staying alive, which again, wouldn’t necessarily harm Hallownest.

It’s somewhat implied he was sealed by the moths, under the Nightmare King journal description, so maybe, and here’s my somewhat far fetched theory, he was a counterpart god to Radiance, but the Light was afraid of him, and so used the moths to turn him into a mortal. Hence why he’s so much stronger in the dream, and knows how to reincarnate himself.

Not very solid, but that’s my headcanon for now!