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In this episode I will be going over how General Grievous got his name, and how he became a cyborg.
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General Grievous, was the leader of the Separatist Droid Army, and collector of Jedi lightsabers
from which he had slain.
He was a ruthless leader and trained in lightsaber combat with Count Dooku.
Before his cybernetic enhancements, he was born as Qymaen jai Sheelal and was a Kaleesh warlord.
The Kaleesh were a species of red-skinned humanoid reptilians from the planet Kalee.
This planet was located in Wild Space, which is beyond the Outer Rim systems and not on any map.
For generations, Kalee were assaulted by the Yam’rii, an insectoid species also known as the Huk.
They would frequently try to capture the Kaleesh as slaves, and this conflict was known as the Huk War.
Qymaen was taught by his father to use a rifle, and by age 8 he had become an expert marksman
with more than forty Huk kills.
By age 22, he had so many Huk kills that he was considered by the Kaleesh as a demigod.
His closest comrade was fellow warrior, Ronderu lij Kummar, a female Kaleesh.
The bond between Sheelal and Kummar was strong, she would teach him how to wield a sword,
and in exchange he would teach her how to efficiently use a rifle.
They would fight together against the Huk invaders a countless number of times.
However, in one entanglement on the beaches of Kalee, the two warriors would be separated.
This is where Kummar would die violently by the Huks, and her body would vanish into the Sea.
Sheelal was unable to retrieve her body from the waters, and her death would act as a catalyst
to his despair and horrible psychotic depression.
Trying to bury his grief, he would take 10 wives and had 30 children.
But none of them would be enough to fill the void left by Kummar’s death.
Realizing that he would be destined to mourn her for the rest of his life, Qymaen jai Sheelal
would shed his old identity, thus adopting the name Grievous.
Lusting for revenge, Grievous would become a Kaleesh warlord and would even manage to
force the Huk from Kalee.
But his vengeance would not end here, as he progressed to attacking their colony worlds.
His mass destruction of Huk planets caused them to turn to the Galactic Republic for help.
Jedi Knights were sent to stop the war and defended the Huks.
This lead to hefty fines against the Kaleesh and they ended up in poverty, with hundreds
of thousands of Kaleesh left to die from starvation.
San Hill of the InterGalactic Banking Clan saw Grievous's potential, and offered to take
on Kalee’s massive debt, in exchange for his service as a commander of the Clan’s
private army of droid enforcers.
Although Grievous did not honor his contract for long, opting to return to Kalee to avenge
the desecration by the Huks to sacred Kaleesh burial grounds.
This caused San Hill, Poggle the Lesser, and allies Darth Sidious and Count Dooku to conspire
to gain Grievous’ permanent service.
They rigged his ship, Martyr, with an ion bomb and Grevious’ pilot seat to remote eject.
The explosion sent the ship into the Jenuwaa Sea, with Dooku remote ejecting Grievous at
the last moment.
Injured, he was dragged from the water to a shuttle, where medical droids would stabilize
his condition until they reached Geonosis.
This is where Count Dooku would plant the idea that the Jedi were behind the attack.
Grievous would be told he suffered near-fatal injuries, rendering his body useless.
Although in reality, Grevious proved his resilience, and therefore additional injuries were added
after the crash to make his body as broken as was claimed.
San Hill would make a proposal to Grevious to replace his body, and desiring vengeance
against the Galactic Republic and the Huk, he would agreed on the condition that his
mind remained untampered.
Geonosian scientists implanted his brain and eyes into a body similar to a Krath war droid,
where his vital organs were housed in the center.
They would also temper with his brain against his wishes, trimming away disturbing memories
and enhancing his rage.
It is interesting to note that the same droids and techniques used to rebuild Grievous, would
later be used to apply Darth Vader’s cybernetic suit.
Grievous was given the title, Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies, by Dooku, who also gave
him his first lightsaber, the weapon of Sifo-Dyas.
He would then be trained in the art of lightsaber combat and go on to killing many Jedi throughout
the Clone Wars, keeping their lightsabers as trophies.
And there you have it!
How General Grievous got his name, and became a cyborg.
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