Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-25397320-20150518143954/@comment-26368233-20150525173200

Can't argue about fiction that hasn't been written/reveled as of yet. When Eric died on the "news" feeds it talked about him being the crown prince; but didn't give a country just the family.

My logic for the countries/monarchies that the Royal families in could be (or originated from) is (and pure speculation): Egypt--the show has already said pharaohs entombed/mummified wesen. China--Farley Colt said the coins were in China prior to Hitler having them. I also believe Eric went to China prior to going to Portland. Rome--the legend is that the founders of Rome were raised by a wolf. Of course it could be they were blutbad and started a wesen empire. References were made to wesen being part of the royal guard in Rome. Persia(Iran)/Babylon(Iraq)--many ancient statures and reliefs showed different animals, especially winged bulls. India--Hindus have a deep reverence for all life--I believe it is to the point (or was) that they worshiped some animals.

Thee have been many countries around the world that had monarchies until the mid 19th century. The only thing that I know that was said about the families was they lost power and privileges and want to get them back. If the writers/producers wanted to they could use these countries as the basis of the royal families. Of course they could go in a totally different direction--it could be the 7 royal families are all related in some way and all based in Europe.

The point about the fall of the Roman empire was that the writers could use it as a back story--similar to how they showed Hitler as wesen.