Sairento Shi

Sairento Shi

A Sairento Shi (sahy-REN-toh SHEE; Jap. サイレント "Silent" + 死 "Death") is a mantis-like Wesen that was seen in a Grimm diary in "Map of the Seven Knights".

Characteristics

When woged, a Sairento Shi's arms become serrated and blade-like, and its head and facial features become much more mantis-like, particularly its eyes, as well as two antenna-like appendages that emerge from its head. Their arms are capable of beheading someone.

Behavior

This Wesen is very stealthy, careful, and precise. Their blade-like arms make them the perfect stealth killer, and in in Feudal Japan, they were known to be ninjas.

Excerpt from Grimm Diary

Sairento Shi, or Mois Sileus, is the most cautious and thorough of creatures in the world. The stories about him have been told to me by narrators on the Silk Road in which they’re fierier and more detailed, the stories are less European and more oriental.

It was in Balchae where we rested, and I first saw the creature with my own eyes. For the unholy mingling of man and worm appeared without sound, to much surprise, and one of our travelers, of whom was travelling for Terbilus, he chose. I could have been armed with a sword or an assassin, but he still took his head...

...For I have quickly pierced into the monster by the length of the sword, but all five are already dead. I levelled my sword, but it was restrained, not by the Muslim sword, nor by the strong rod, but by the hand of that devil. Moving unexpectedly at the speed, when I was seriously injured, I was able to kill the monster.

Trivia

• This is the first species on the TV series to have a name in Japanese.

Season 5 Appearances
"The Grimm Identity": X	"Clear and Wesen Danger": X	"Lost Boys": X	"Maiden Quest": X	"The Rat King": X	"Wesen Nacht": X	"Eve of Destruction": X	"A Reptile Dysfunction": X	"Star-Crossed": X	"Map of the Seven Knights": Ref	"Key Move": X
"Into the Schwarzwald": X	"Silence of the Slams": X	"Lycanthropia": X	"Skin Deep": X	"The Believer": X	"Inugami": X	"Good to the Bone": X	"The Taming of the Wu": X	"Bad Night": X	"Set Up": X	"The Beginning of the End": X

Unseen Wesen in Grimm
Afrotherian Wesen	Bhari Kadama
Amphibian Wesen	Fossegrim
Avian Wesen	Augapfel-Aushacken
Bovine Wesen	Mordstier
Canine Wesen	Lob Hombre, Volkodlak
Chimeric Wesen	Ammit, Empousai
Chondrichthyan Wesen	Ak-Moho-Alii
Decapod Wesen	Karkinos
Feliform Wesen	Abartige Aasfresser, Bastet
Feline Wesen	Ukufu Okusheshayo
Hexapod Wesen	Khepri, Sairento Shi
Lupine Wesen	Grauhund
Meline Wesen	Rotznasig Carcaju
Mephitid Wesen	Faeteo fatalis
Monotreme Wesen	Shnabeltiermörder
Pantherine Wesen	Rißfleisch, Tefnut
Perissodactyl Wesen	Abath
Primate Wesen	Amarok, Handwerksburschen
Procyonid Wesen	Waschbar
Pseudosuchian Wesen	Trasque
Rodent Wesen	Schmerzen-Kaninchen
Ruminant Wesen	Spokelseshorn
Unknown Wesen	Curupira, Fétide Taillader, Gefrierengeber, Leshy, Peau de la Mort, Sangrienta Manos, Schneetmacher, Waage