Steinadler | |
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Other languages: | German: Steinadler Hungarian: Kőszáli sas Russian: Орлоклюв Spanish: Steinadler Farsi: استاین آدلر |
Notables: | Farley Kolt Frankie Gonzales Chavez Marque Garnick Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821) Kodama Gentarō (1852 - 1906) |
A Steinadler (STINE-ad-lur; Ger. "Steinadler" stein (stone), adler (eagle), is a raptor-like Wesen that first appeared in "Three Coins in a Fuchsbau".
Characteristics
When woged, Steinadlers gain muzzle-like face and a beak-like nose. They have sparse feather-like hair all over their body. They retain their human hair color. Their eyes are an extremely pale yellowish-green color. Like a few Wesen, they can localize their woge in their eyes without altering the rest of their body.
Steinadlers are renowned for their exceptional vision. Their superior vision is a result of having five times more visual sensory cells per millimeter of the retina than humans. They also have special colored oils in their eyes that reflect certain wavelengths of light. These special ocular biologic factors endow them with near perfect night vision, and a whole host of other ocular abilities.
Steinadler are incredibly fast creatures, appearing as a blur when they run, They don't appear to be superhumanly strong, but appear to be durable creatures.
A Steinadler Knife is used by Grimms to kill only Steinadlers. The blade is smithed from platinum and dipped in nightshade. A single stab to the heart is often enough to dispatch them.
It is believed that Steinadlers have protoreceptor proteins that allow them to perceive the magnetic field, which is apparently done by turning its head. ("Aunt Marie's Book of Lore")
Behavior
Steinadlers are known for their ability to pokerfacedly exhibit simultaneously friendliness and sternness, so it is impossible to tell whose side one is on. The ability to sternly influence others as though they were subordinate friends makes the Steinadler excellent military figures. They have a reputation for being heroes and adventurers as well as having high intellect and good intuition.
History
The Garde Nationale, an army recruited by Paris to defend it from the Prussians, was led by Steinadler officers.
In Japan, the Order of the Golden Kite was established to distinguish Steinadler in the Japanese military from other members. It was abolished in 1947. ("Aunt Marie's Book of Lore")
Excerpt from Grimm Diaries
The following excerpts from from L. Grimm's study on the anatomy of a Steinadler who he had befriended in Berlin. This particular Steinadler donated his own body to Grimm's lab for study upon death. ("Aunt Marie's Book of Lore")
B- Binocular Foveal Vision.
C- Vertical Field Perimeter.
D- Monocular Foveal Vision.
E- Binocular Vision
The Steinadler has five time more visual sensory cells per millimeter of retina than do humans. They also have colored oils in their eyes that refract certain wavelengths of light. This intensifies certain colors at the expense of others.
The visual ability of the Steinadler is legendary. Adaptations to night vision include larger eyes and large numbers of closely packed visual rods and cones.
The distinctive brow ridge physically protects the eye from wind, dust and debris, and shields it from excessive glare.Images
See also
Season 1 Appearances | ||||||||||
"Pilot": X |
"Bears Will Be Bears": X |
"Beeware": X |
"Lonelyhearts": X |
"Danse Macabre": X |
"The Three Bad Wolves": X |
"Let Your Hair Down": X |
"Game Ogre": X |
"Of Mouse and Man": X |
"Organ Grinder": X |
"Tarantella": X |
"Last Grimm Standing": X |
"Three Coins in a Fuchsbau": ✓ |
"Plumed Serpent": X |
"Island of Dreams": X |
"The Thing with Feathers": X |
"Love Sick": X |
"Cat and Mouse": X |
"Leave It to Beavers": X |
"Happily Ever Aftermath": X |
"Big Feet": X |
"Woman in Black": X |
Season 2 Appearances | ||||||||||
"Bad Teeth": X |
"The Kiss": X |
"Bad Moon Rising": X |
"Quill": X |
"The Good Shepherd": X |
"Over My Dead Body": X |
"The Bottle Imp": Ref |
"The Other Side": X |
"La Llorona": X |
"The Hour of Death": X |
"To Protect and Serve Man": X |
"Season of the Hexenbiest": X |
"Face Off": X |
"Natural Born Wesen": X |
"Mr. Sandman": X |
"Nameless": X |
"One Angry Fuchsbau": X |
"Volcanalis": X |
"Endangered": Ref |
"Kiss of the Muse": X |
"The Waking Dead": X |
"Goodnight, Sweet Grimm": X |
Season 3 Appearances | ||||||||||
"The Ungrateful Dead": X |
"PTZD": X |
"A Dish Best Served Cold": X |
"One Night Stand": X |
"El Cucuy": X |
"Stories We Tell Our Young": X |
"Cold Blooded": X |
"Twelve Days of Krampus": X |
"Red Menace": X |
"Eyes of the Beholder": X |
"The Good Soldier": ✓ |
"The Wild Hunt": X |
"Revelation": X |
"Mommy Dearest": X |
"Once We Were Gods": X |
"The Show Must Go On": X |
"Synchronicity": X |
"The Law of Sacrifice": X |
"Nobody Knows the Trubel I've Seen": Ref |
"My Fair Wesen": X |
"The Inheritance": X |
"Blond Ambition": X |
Season 4 Appearances | ||||||||||
"Thanks for the Memories": ✓ |
"Octopus Head": ✓ |
"The Last Fight": ✓ |
"Dyin' on a Prayer": X |
"Cry Luison": X |
"Highway of Tears": X |
"The Grimm Who Stole Christmas": X |
"Chupacabra": X |
"Wesenrein": X |
"Tribunal": X |
"Death Do Us Part": X |
"Maréchaussée": X |
"Trial by Fire": X |
"Bad Luck": X |
"Double Date": X |
"Heartbreaker": X |
"Hibernaculum": X |
"Mishipeshu": X |
"Iron Hans": X |
"You Don't Know Jack": X |
"Headache": X |
"Cry Havoc": ✓ |