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Mobats(MO-bats): A half-monkey, half-bat wesen that work as spies, mercenaries, and assassins against their will. They are used by mostly Hexenbiests who use fear or deals to make them spy, kidnap, or even kill for them. Mobats are usually peaceful, but can be mischievous at times, unless they are coerced into working for a Hexenbiest.

When woged, the Mobats look like monkeys with bat-like ears and noses. However, the most intriguing thing about the Mobats are the large, bat-like wings which protrude from their shoulder-blades when they woge, similar to the stinger of a Manticore.

They were first discovered in North America, but are believed to have originated in Western Africa. The Grimm who discovered the Mobats allowed herself to be captured by one and brought to their mistress, a Hexenbiest, whom the Grimm managed to easily subdue with a potion that liquefied her entire body. The Grimm would've killed the Mobats hired by the Hexenbiest as well if they had not rejoiced upon the demise of their mistress.

Quote from Mobats entry in Grimm diaries: "I later discovered that the mother Mobat, Zora, had witnessed her husband's murder at the hands of the Hexenbiest and was threatened with death if she, her three daughters, and two sons had not obeyed her. To protect her children, and herself, Zora and her family promised obedience.

Because the Mobats are a peaceful species I have decided to let them live, while I record the knowledge of their existence for future Grimms to use if need be. The only other person I have entrusted the knowledge of this wesen to is my old schoolmate, Lyson Frank Baum." -DG Grimm.

They are based of off the winged monkeys from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. And, yes, DG Grimm is supposed to be Dorothy Gale.