Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-283842-20150419001846

Hexenbiests   seem to be a very unique  Wesen. Hexenbiests seem to be a symbiotic relationship between a human and a hexenbiest spirit.

In " Love Sick "  Nick  fights with  Adalind  and gets her to bite his lip causing him to bleed and some of the blood gets into her mouth. A few seconds later, the  Hexenbiest   spirit inside of Adalind leaves her body causing her to become a normal person, and lose all of her powers.



It is possible for a normal human to become a Hexenbiest. During the  Contaminatio Ritualis, Stefania Vaduva Popescu says the ritual isn't a guarantee because Adalind has to be accepted by a new Hexenbeast spirit. After she is accepted, a hexenbeast spirit is seen entering into Adalind. ( Juliette Silverton is another example of a human becoming a Hexenbiest).



<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">A Hexenbeast can only woge while possessed by a hexenbeast spirit, so the spirit is the source of the woge as well as the supernatural powers. Therefore, I don't think Hexenbeast is geneticaly linked at all, but instead comes from a possession of a Hexenbeast spirit. A Hexenbeast's daughter is most likely chosen and possessed by a hexenbeast spirit  in utero .

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<p style="margin:0in0in0.0001pt;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">After the above Hexenbiest analysis, <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mishipeshu doesn't seem that different from a Hexenbiest. When  Mishipeshu possessed someone, it appeared that they could partial woge (just eyes) like many other Wesen, as well as a more complete woge. Both Hexenbiest spirit and Mishipeshu give the host super-human strength. Similar to a Hexenbeast's spirit, Mishipeshu can be driven out of a person (that red powder that  <span style="color:rgb(204,34,0);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Hector Ballou blew into  Hank's<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;"> face could have been powder  Grimm<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;"> blood for all we know).

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<p style="margin:0in0in0.0001pt;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">However, there are some significant differences. Mishipeshu completely controlled the human it possessed, whereas the   Hexenbiest seems to control the Hexenbiest spirit. Also once paired with a human, a Hexenbiest spirit does not leave the Hexenbiest until forcibly removed (doesn't mean they cannot though, maybe the spirit is just loyal/committed to its host). Mishipeshu possessed and left humans at its own will.

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<p style="margin:0in0in0.0001pt;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Nevertheless, there are striking similarities between these two spirits. <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <ac_metadata title="Comparing Mishipeshu with Hexenbiests."> </ac_metadata>