The Grimm Place

A Fairytale Webcomic. Where misfits check in, and coexistence checks out.

About the Comic

The Grimm Place is a fantasy comedy indie webcomic with Shrek-style fairytale satire. Styled, subverted and character-driven. It follows Araquiel, a cheerful angel on a 1-year vacation on Earth, running a quirky hotel in a magical forest next to Cinderella's Kingdom. It's a haven for flawed heroes, reformed villains, and misfits, think Hotel Transylvania meets Shrek meets Supernatural.

Themes: Coexistence, self-acceptance, found family. Self-contained arcs build to bigger conflicts.

Main Characters

Araquiel (Protagonist)

Gender: Non-Binary
Age: Probably thousands of years old (appears mid-20s due Angelic Immortality)
Personality: Cheerful, idealistic, thrill-seeking, soft-spoken with rich vocabulary. Loves friendships, acorns, and believes in the good of everyone. Appearance: Pink-furred androgynous anthropomorphic squirrel with wings, glowing halo, four expressive eyes, bushy tail, a long purple giraffe tongue.

Big Bad Wolf

Gender: Male
Age: Adult
Personality: Grumpy, perpetually hungry, snarky, but has a surprisingly solid heart (often shinier than expected). Appearance: Classic big bad wolf—tall, furry, fangs always visible in a scowl.

Red Riding Hood

Gender: Female
Age: young adult
Personality: Spoiled, egotistic, plays the innocent victim card often but has hidden depths and a bratty edge, also she has a crush on princesses. Appearance: Classic red hood and basket, petite size, blonde hair, innocent face that flips to a glare in seconds.

Sleeping Beauty

Gender: Female
Age: Appears late 20s (in dragon form)
Personality: Sleepy, elegant, a bit melancholic. The hotel's original guest. Appearance: Sleek, iridescent lavender-scaled dragon with royal poise and perpetual half-lidded eyes.

Alisson

Gender: Male
Age: Young adult
Personality: Witty, eccentric, excellent cook with a dry sense of humor. Appearance: Genderswapped Alice vibe—blond, often in chef whites, can shapeshift into a purple cat.

Baba Yaga

Gender: Female
Age: Appears early 20s (due to a curse)
Personality: Sarcastic, misses her old scary hag look, not interested in romance. Appearance: Youthful wild-haired witch, chicken-leg motifs in her style.

Captain Hook

Gender: Male
Age: Adult
Personality: Kleptomaniac, obsessed with shiny things, dashing but chaotic. Appearance: Pirate coat, hook hands (multiple shiny ones), disheveled charm.

Handy

Gender: Male
Age: Adult
Personality: Anxious, Insecure, unlucky with building, but sweet and loyal, yup, he's the pig who builds the brick house in the "Three Little Pigs" Fairytale and he's having a lovely gay relationship with Gideon. Appearance: construction worker-themed anthropomorphic pig, often looking frazzled.

Gideon

Gender: Male
Age: Adult
Personality: Powerful occult detective, investigative, loyal, badass against demons and devoted to his boyfriend Handy, he was the seventh goat from "The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats". Appearance: Anthropomorphic white-furred Goat, trench coat, magical runes, John Constantine vibes.

From Heaven & Beyond

Wellington Q. Wells (old friend, angler fish soul), Archangel Gabriel (Araquiel's big brother), and others who watch from above.

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