Theresa Rubel

Theresa "Trubel" Rubel (born April 29, 1993) is a Grimm that first appeared in. Before meeting Nick, she had never benefited from a guide to explain the implications of her Grimm status to her. She has battle scars on her back and side.

Foster Homes and on the Run
Theresa "Trubel" Rubel was born April 29, 1993 and spent most of her childhood in foster homes. She saw her first Wesen in one of the foster homes she grew up in. A man that fixed things around the house asked her to help him in the garage one day. In the garage he grabbed her, and she saw his face woge. He pushed her onto the floor. She was so scared that she grabbed a screwdriver to defend herself with. She didn't kill the man, but he got off her quickly. That day was also the first time she was called a Grimm. Later, a Siegbarste killed her foster parents. Since she only saw the creature in its woged state, she thought it was a monster and fled for her life. This began her long journey of traveling across the United States. While in Chicago she was picked up by a Wendigo who offered her dinner. Shortly afterward, she realized what he was and that she was the main course, so she killed him.

Meeting Nick
Trubel first appeared walking down the side of a quiet road as a truck slowly drove past her and pulled over in front of her. She continued walking by it, but the two men in the truck, Kirk and Richard, got out. They dragged her away from the road as she screamed and tried to get away and then woged and attacked her. The next day, Trubel woke up in her hotel room. She sat at a table with Kirk and Richard's wallets and took the money out. She then took off her clothes to take a shower, revealing scars on her back and shoulders.

Later at a store, Trubel put on a pair of boots. She entered the dressing room acting like she wanted to see how the boots looked with a pair of pants, but once inside, she set some paper on fire and left the store wearing the boots as the fire alarm went off. Unknown to her, a Gangbanger Girl followed her out of the store. The gangbanger followed for a little while before confronting her about stealing the boots and told her to give her the boots. Trubel pulled out a knife, and the gangbanger woged into a Skalengeck and attacked. Trubel eventually managed to slash and stab her multiple times before running away, her shirt covered in blood.

Trubel arrived back to her hotel, where the manager told her she needed to pay up if she was going to stay another day because it was past check out. Trubel walked up the stairs and said she was leaving. After cleaning off the blood on her in the shower, Trubel packed up and left. Soon after she left, however, Nick, Hank, and Monroe spotted her. Nick got out of the car to get behind her while Hank drove past her to block her off. Trubel slid over the top of the car as Monroe was getting out, causing him to woge. When Trubel saw him, she pulled out her machete and attacked. Nick tackled her and was able to subdue her with the help of Hank, and Monroe shocked Nick by telling him that she was a Grimm. Hank put her in the back of the car, and Nick sat by her to try to explain things to her about what Grimms and Wesen were. Nick tried asking Trubel about herself, but when Trubel didn't respond, Nick told Hank to take her in to the precinct.

After Nick found a notebook of Trubel's containing drawings of Wesen and notes around the images, he went to talk to Trubel in the holding cell. He talked to her about her drawings and told her he was going to take her out of the cell to show her something, but if she tried anything, she would be booked for murder. He gave her the notebook and put handcuffs on her. Nick and Hank brought Trubel to the trailer. When she refused to go into the trailer with them, Nick went in and grabbed one of the Grimm diaries to show her. Hank took off her handcuffs, and Nick handed her the book. As soon as she opened the book, she started flipping through it and saw things similar to what she had been seeing. She asked, "What is this?" and Nick told her it was the truth. Nick told her there was more in the trailer, and she quickly went in and looked around. Nick told her it was his truth too and that he sees what she does. He said he brought her to the trailer because he wanted to help her learn what being a Grimm meant. Nick then brought Trubel home, surprising Juliette, and introduced Juliette to Trubel.

Nick told Juliette that Trubel was probably going to have to stay with them for a little while so she could lay low. Nick then told her that Trubel just found out that she was a Grimm, and Juliette pulled Nick aside to get more details of what was going on. During dinner, Trubel asked Nick more questions about Grimms, and later that night, Trubel had nightmares about her recent Wesen encounters. When she woke up, she grabbed her stuff and tried to leave the house, but Nick was on the front porch. He asked her if she would be more comfortable in a jail cell, because that was where she would end up if she left. She told him he didn't owe her anything, and Nick said he could help her because he knew the world she was living in. He gave her back her chess piece that fell off her bag when she was attacked by Kirk and Richard and then went back inside the house.

Nick and Hank brought Trubel to Monroe and Rosalee's home so they could show her that not all Wesen were bad. Monroe and Rosalee explained the "stages" of woge to Trubel and how Wesen could only be seen by humans when they wanted to be seen, but Grimms could see them even if they didn't want to be seen. Monroe and Rosalee then both woged for Trubel to see. When they retracted, Trubel asked how they knew she was a Grimm, and they explained to her that it had to do with her eyes getting very dark. Trubel told them how everyone used to tell her she was making everything up, and Rosalee put her hand on Trubel's shoulder and told her she needed to be careful because not all Wesen were like her and Monroe. Nick then told Hank they had to go because there was a body found in a park. Hank asked what they should do with Trubel, and Nick said they could bring her with them. Hank came up with the idea of her being a criminology student on a ride along.

Nick, Hank, and Trubel arrived to the crime scene, and Nick asked why she was getting out of the car because the crime scene could have nothing to do with Wesen. As Wu walked up, Nick told her just to keep her voice down and not ask a lot of questions. Wu led them to the body of Cammy, who was drained of all her blood. They noticed that Cammy was dressed in high end clothes, and the cuts didn't look like they were made by a blade. Trubel blurted out that it had to be Wesen, leading to Wu asking, "Who's Wesen?" Nick and Hank looked at Trubel and had her explain what she was talking about. She told Wu that Wesen was German for there being no blood left. When Wu left to get the fingerprint scanner, Hank told Trubel that she needed to understand that they were with regular cops and that she couldn't talk about that kind of thing to just anybody. Trubel apologized, and Nick and Hank agreed that she was probably right though. Trubel asked what kind of Wesen made that kind of marks, and they headed to the trailer.

In the trailer, Nick, Hank, and Trubel looked through the books. After coming across a Wendigo entry, Trubel mentioned that one tried to eat her when she was in Chicago. They discovered that it was likely a Lebensauger that killed Cammy. Before they left the trailer, Nick and Hank noticed Trubel staring at one of the books. She showed them the Siegbarste entry and said that was what killed her foster parents, leading to her running away. Nick told her he could take her home, but she told him no because she was done running. Nick, Hank, and Trubel arrived to the where Cammy was last known to be staying at. Nick told Trubel to stay in the car, and she agreed because she had been in and out of places like that too many times. While waiting in the car, Trubel watched as Jeane talked to Megan. She saw Megan woge, and then Nick and Hank exited the house to talk with Megan. When they returned to the car, Trubel told the detectives she saw Megan woge before they arrived, but Nick said they needed more than that to bring her in. Trubel asked how a girl living in a place like that could afford designer clothing. As Hank started driving, Trubel quickly got out of the car and ran towards Megan. She pinned Megan against some wood, and Megan woged into a Mauzhertz. She pleaded for her life, and Trubel demanded to know what Cammy had been up to. Megan gave in and told Trubel that Cammy met Donna O'Hara at. Nick and Hank arrived and pulled Trubel away from Megan, and Trubel told them what Megan said.

Nick and Hank talked to Captain Renard in his office while Trubel waited by Nick and Hank's desk. Wu walked up to Trubel and asked how the ride along was going. She said fine, and he told her not everyone could handle dealing with homicides. Trubel said it was not so bad, and Wu told her as long as you don't have nightmares. That night, Nick, Hank, and Trubel sat in the car near O'Bryant Square hoping to spot Donna. After awhile, they thought they see her, but Nick told Trubel that if it was her, they had to wait for her to make a move. Trubel grabbed some spare change and got out of the car. She dumped her drink out and put the change in the cup as she messed up her hair, acting like she was begging for change and eventually got to Donna. Nick was about to get out when he saw what Trubel was doing, but Hank said to wait and see what she did. Donna told Trubel she should just go home, and Trubel said she would if she had a home. Trubel told Donna she liked her shoes, and Donna asked if she would like her own. She told Trubel to come with her, and Nick and Hank went after them. They caught up as Donna was driving away with Trubel and could only get a partial plate, so Nick called it in.

Donna brought Trubel to Ken's warehouse where the stolen clothes were brought back to. She then introduced her to Ken, Jenny and Vanessa. Ken handed Trubel a dress so he could see how she cleaned up. Jenny and Vanessa worked on cleaning Trubel up by putting on makeup and fixing up her hair. Donna brought a pair of high heels to Trubel to see if she could walk in them. Once Trubel was cleaned up and wearing the dress and high heels, Ken came up to her and told her to walk to see if she could sell it. Trubel stumbled a little in the high heels, but Donna told Ken she'd teach her to walk in them better. Ken asked her to smile as he rubbed her shoulder. Trubel soon put the dress back on the rack and she told Ken she needed to go grab her stuff that she had stashed. Ken told her that she didn't need it anymore now that she was with them. Ken grabbed her arm and told her that new girls spent their first night with him and he dragged her to the back room. Once he closed the door, Trubel hit him in the nose with the palm of her hand. He told her she shouldn't have done that and woged. He realized she was a Grimm, but before he could do anything, Trubel kneed him between the legs and ran out the door. She told the other girls to get out. Ken stumbled out and told Donna she brought him a Grimm. Trubel looked at Donna and was asking her how she knew about Grimms when she woged into a Lebensauger. Ken woged again and lunged at Trubel. Donna bit Trubel's arm briefly before Trubel headbutted her off. Trubel continued fighting the two Lebensaugers until she had a chance to pull a knife from her shoe and stabbed Donna in the neck as Nick and Hank entered the room. Ken charged at Nick, but Nick shot him, killing him. Trubel ran up to the other girls and checked on them.

At home, Trubel knocked on Nick and Juliette's door, and when Juliette opened it, Trubel admitted to Nick she knew she messed up. She told Nick she wasn't used to being the hunter and got carried away. She told him she needed to know more if he was still willing to help her. Nick told her they could talk about it in the morning, so Trubel headed to her room. In bed, Trubel drew a picture of a Lebensauger in her notebook and made an entry about it.

Another Grimm and an FBI Decapitation
Trubel was called down for dinner by Juliette. After a brief silence, Rosalee and Monroe asked Trubel about her past experiences with Wesen, and how she was handling Nick's mentoring now. The next morning, Trubel answered the door for Josh Porter, who was looking for Nick to bring him to see his father, Rolek Porter. Trubel noticed a Grimm diary page he had of a Hundjäger and recognized the drawing. Knowing that Josh didn't know that he was dealing with the Verrat, she had him take her to see Rolek instead of Nick. When the two arrived at the abandoned building Josh and his father had been using to hide in, she was shown Rolek's collection of Grimm artifacts. When Rolek collapsed, she helped Josh take him to the hospital.

After calling Nick about Rolek's possession of a key, she took Nick to meet Rolek in the hospital. When Josh, Nick and Trubel were taken out of the hospital room so that the doctors could tend to Rolek, Nick told Trubel to stay while he and Hank guarded Rolek's Grimm trunk. Disobeying Nick, she went to the parking lot anyway and took out two of the four Hundjägers that Nick and Hank had been fighting. She then took the trunk to Nick's home, where they found Rolek's key hidden inside his cane.

When Nick and Juliette arrived home from Monroe and Rosalee's wedding rehearsal dinner, they smelled smoke. They rushed into the house to find Trubel dealing with a grease fire while trying to cook bacon. Nick got the fire out by putting a lid on the pan while Trubel and Juliette opened doors and windows to deal with the smoke. Trubel said she was trying to cook bacon and eggs for everyone, but didn't get past the bacon. Nick told Trubel he needed her help in the morning because they were going to move the trailer. The next morning, Nick and Trubel drove away from Forest Hills Storage with the trailer hooked up. Nick said too many people knew where the trailer was so he bought a piece of land. In the middle of a forest, Nick unhitched the trailer, and he and Trubel put some things from Nick's car into the trailer. In the trailer, Nick and Trubel went through some of the new things that Rolek Porter gave Nick as they talked about what they would do if they had the choice of no longer being a Grimm.

Nick and Trubel arrived home and Nick offered to order food for Trubel before he and Juliette went to the wedding. Trubel said she appreciated everything that they had done for her, but that she couldn't keep living off of him and Juliette. At some point she was going to have to leave, but she told him if she got hungry she would figure it out. She went to her room and looked through Grimm diaries. When Adalind Schade, disguised as Juliette was leaving Nick and Juliette's house, she ran into Trubel coming out of the kitchen. Trubel joked that she wasn't cooking anything... except bacon. Adalind replied that she hated bacon and left. Trubel asked if she was going to the wedding, but Adalind closed the door. Trubel was curious, so she decided to follow her. Trubel followed Adalind, whom she thought was Juliette and watched as she got into a taxi. As the taxi pulled away, she was surprised to suddenly see a blonde woman in the back of the taxi instead of Juliette. Trubel arrived back at the house as Nick and Juliette were leaving. She watched from behind a bush as they left.

Captain Renard arrived to Nick and Juliette's home with the antidote for Nick. He knocked loudly and yelled for Nick to open the door. Trubel walked up to the door and asked who he was. He told her he was Nick's captain and that he needed to speak to him because it was very important. She opened the door and he came in quickly. Trubel told him that Nick wasn't home because he was at a wedding. Renard asked who she was and she said she was just a friend of theirs. Renard asked if Adalind was there and Trubel said she had heard of her, but didn't know who she was, so Renard quickly described her. She told him about following a woman she thought was Juliette to a cab and when it drove past, Juliette wasn't the one in the cab. Renard showed her the antidote and said Nick needed to drink it. Trubel gave him a piece of paper saying where the wedding was. He told her she should stay and as soon as he went out the door, he was shot 3 times in the stomach/chest, causing him to fall back into the house. Weston Steward entered the house and saw Trubel. She ran as he shot at her and chased her. Trubel ran to her room and closed the door. She put a chair against the doorknob as Weston tried shooting through the door, causing Trubel to accidentally hit her head on the edge of her bedside table. Weston broke through Trubel's door and said she was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but he wouldn't shoot her, so he put his gun away. Trubel grabbed her machete from by her bed without him noticing and hid it behind her back. Weston woged to attack Trubel, but immediately realized she was a Grimm. She kicked him, causing him to stumble and fall out of the room. She quickly ran up to him and cut off his head, and his head rolled down the stairs. Trubel then called 911 for Renard. Trubel then grabbed the antidote and Renard's keys from his pocket, and ran out of the house to head to the wedding location.

Trubel arrived at the wedding and ran inside, and yelled for Nick. Everyone looked at her and it didn't take long for her to be identified as a Grimm. She told Nick he needed to drink what was in the bottle, but she was grabbed by many Wesen, causing her to drop the bottle, breaking it. Nick tried to help Trubel and his sunglasses were knocked off and stepped on. Hank helped Nick to get Trubel out of the room as Juliette, Monroe, and Rosalee followed. Inside another room, Nick asked how everyone knew Trubel was a Grimm. Monroe asked Nick if he could see him woged and Nick asked if he was woged. Monroe told Nick that he wasn't a Grimm anymore. Trubel told Nick it was what Adalind did to him which was why he was supposed to drink the stuff in the bottle. Trubel told Nick about Renard coming to the house, saying Adalind did something to Nick before telling everyone Renard was shot. Bart hurried in and told them they needed to get Trubel out of there, so everyone but Monroe and Rosalee hurried out to Renard's vehicle. Everyone quietly sat in the car as Hank drove and Trubel asked Nick, "You really couldn't see them?" He looked out his window before softly telling her no.

Personality
Years of being treated as delusional has left Trubel with a lot of angst and frustration. Likewise, years of being alone and on the run have led her to become intelligent and independent. Furthermore, years of Wesen attacking her for no apparent reason has lead her to attack them on sight. Despite this, she has a more timid side to her and is still traumatized by her encounter with a Siegbarste. Her introduction to the world of Grimms and Wesen has been somewhat overwhelming to her, but she is getting used to it. Due to her hard lifestyle while on the run, she is somewhat lacking in standard civility or subtlety as she eats with her hands and she prefers direct approaches in order to gain information. While she is independent and not prone to taking the advice of others, she knows that she has a lot to learn and is willing to listen as she is now tired of running. She has displayed a side of herself where she appears eager to prove her worth, especially since having been taken under the wing of another Grimm. She is also very observant and deductive. She shows some reluctance to accepting kindness, such as when Juliette Silverton offers to take her out to buy clothes, because she does not want to get accustomed to having support. She carries around a chess piece because she likes the way it moves differently than any other piece.

Grimm Abilities
As a Grimm, Trubel possesses a variety of powers.


 * Superhuman Perception - Trubel can see things normal people can not; she can see Wesen for what they truly are when they woge, while they appear to be normal to ordinary humans.
 * Superhuman Strength - Trubel's strength is enhanced, making it greater than a woman of her age and size should be capable of. She has great physical strength, allowing her to go up against multiple powerful Wesen; she even was once almost able to hold her own against a Gedächtnis Esser with her hands tied behind her back. She is a very dangerous adversary, as she most often kills any Wesen she fights. She was strong enough to throw a much bigger Klaustreich like a rag doll and also snap a Schinderdiv's neck. She is, however, not quite as strong as Nick, as he was able to overpower her.
 * Superhuman Durability/Stamina/Endurance - Trubel possesses enhanced durability, able to take and shrug off blows from Wesen as strong as a Nuckelavee.. Her stamina is likewise greatly enhanced, allowing her to walk out of heavy fights with little sign of fatigue or pain.
 * Indomitable Will - As a Grimm, Trubel possesses incredible will power, allowing her (and all other Grimms) to resist the strong effects of the Coins of Zakynthos, something no other man or Wesen are able to do.
 * Combat Skills - Trubel is an expert fighter, having practiced since childhood. Her weapon of choice is her machete, but she is also skilled at using other weapons of Grimm history, such as the Kanabo and Doppelarmbrust.
 * Blood of a Grimm - Being a Grimm, Trubel can use her blood as an offensive weapon, as it will kill the Wesen part of a Hexenbiest (and potentially other Wesen), thus turning them human and robbing them of their powers. However, if the Hexenbiest regains their powers, it can not be used a second time, as they will be immune due to already having a Grimm's blood in them.

Relationships

 * Nick Burkhardt - After Nick brought her to the trailer, she started to think of him as a friend and somewhat like a mentor as he taught her what he knew about the Grimm world. Over time there relationship strengthened, and now they have an almost sibling like relationship.
 * Juliette Silverton - Juliette was an almost classic as far as Trubel was concerned, showing her much craved, but deeply distrusted affection and warmth when they first met. Juliette initially served as a role-model for a femininity and normality Trubel feared she could never know. However, when Trubel returned to Portland, she learned that Juliette had become a Hexenbiest and was thoroughly shocked at this change and what Juliette had done. When Juliette tried to kill Nick, she was forced to kill her former friend, as her last words to the latter were "goodbye, Juliette". Trubel did not display any emotion when she killed Juliette and only averted her eyes when Nick started to grieve.
 * Josh Porter - Trubel first met Josh when he was sent by his dad to find Nick. Trubel instead went with Josh after she saw that he had a drawing of a Hundjäger and she learned that Josh's dad was a Grimm, and that he had one of the seven keys. Later, after Josh returned to Portland and stayed with Nick and Juliette for a little while, Trubel decided to go with him when he went back to Philadelphia to deal with the mess left by the Verrat who were looking for his dad's key.

Quotes

 * (To Nick regarding the term "Grimm"): "It doesn't mean anything... It's just something they say before they try and kill me."
 * (To Juliette) Trubel: "Nobody calls me Theresa." Juliette: "Uh-huh. So what do they call you?" Trubel: "They call me Trubel."
 * (To Juliette): "Yeah, I tried to proclaim a lot of things. Look where it got me."
 * (To Shaw after grazing his throat with her machete): "Next time, it'll be closer. 'Cause if any of your other friends get the same idea, they won't be as lucky as you."
 * (Saying goodbye to Nick) Nick: "I wish there was something more I could give you." Trubel: "Nick, you gave me my life."

Trivia

 * Her email address is trbl@toomail.net
 * According to her police file:
 * She was born in New York City.
 * Her height is 5'8".
 * Her weight is 132 lbs.
 * Her birthday is April 29, 1993.
 * Her social security number is 943-19-3051.
 * "Trubel" is not only a play on her name, but it is also a German word meaning "confusion," "excitement," or "turmoil."

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