Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24351279-20131229004635/@comment-31897752-20170502135007

Blutbau Fuchsbad wrote:

Luekenfrau wrote:

We know so little about what triggers a Grimm to develop their powers. Indeed, I never thought about any sort of trigger. I always figured it was like puberty. Or some sort of gene that just develops its power over time. All we really know is that females develop faster than males. Which would explain why Marie, Kelly, and Trubel all developed at some time for sure before the age of 21, while Nick (Five years/seasons ago) was 28.

I just realized how long its been since the beginning of the show.

Memories. But when Nick first meets Monroe, he rightly assumes that somebody in his family has just died or is almost dead. I think there may be a fixed number of Grimms at any given moment, and if one dies another one with the gine "activates",