Grubitsch “Grubbs” Grady is the main character of Darren Shan’s Lord Loss. Grubbs’s family include his mom (Sharon), his dad (Cal), and his sister (Gretelda, or Gret). His family is obsessed with chess, and Grubbs can beat anyone his age. “Studying my hair in the mirror. Stiff, tight, ginger…” (Shan, 26) “I’m big for my age- taller than most of my friends- and burly” (Shan, 27). Grubbs plays football (soccer) and does well in school. Unbeknownst to Grubbs, he also has a brother: Bill-E Spleen. His life starts to go downhill when his parents catch him smoking, and the chain of events that follow affect him for the rest of his life. Grubbs has a strange, morbid sense of humour, shown when he pranks his sister by putting gooey rat guts in her