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"I'm no errand boy. And I'm not in this war for Dooku's politics. I am the leader of the most powerful droid army the galaxy has ever seen!"
―General Grievous, to Obi-Wan Kenobi
Early Life
The son of his mother and father, Grievous, then known as Qymaen jai Sheelal, was a male Kaleesh from the planet Kalee. Since his childhood, he worshiped the warlords of Kalee, watching them return home with spoils of war from conquered peoples. In time, he, experiencing a rapid rise to the rank, became a feared warlord and warrior. Grievous learned battle tactics and warfare during the Kalee's war against the Yam'rii of Huk, and eventually developed a personal vendetta against the Galactic Republic, as the government had supported the Yam'rii. After becoming a warlord, the Kaleesh warrior embarked on conquests throughout space, but he came to realize the protectors of the Republic, the Jedi Order, were nearly undefeatable in duels, holding supernatural abilities through the energy field known as the Force. He developed a hate towards the Jedi.
Grievous becomes cyborg
Grievous chose to become a cyborg, receiving his enhancements over time, after the Sith, the ancient enemies of the Jedi, offered them to him, as they had been researching into cybernetically enhanced individuals. He chose to receive extreme cybernetic upgrades to increase his skills in combat, becoming an even more threatening and fearsome warrior. Following a gruesome shuttle crash that almost killed him and destroyed most of his original body, he was nearly entirely rebuilt with cybernetics. With his living Kaleesh flesh traded for cyborg implants, Grievous claimed that his changes were improvements. As recounted in one legend, when Grievous's transformation was occurring over time, he initially only made simple enhancements before moving onto more extreme changes. The legend said Grievous transformed himself because he admired the logic of droids and wanted to mirror their infallibility, strength, and power.
The Malevolence campaign
Grievous was known to lead Confederate starfleets to further his conquest of Republic planets, with his ships leaving the worlds wrecked and burned. As he was leading the Separatist forces in the Clone Wars, Grievous gained the Subjugator-class heavy cruiser, Malevolence, as his flagship. From the Malevolence's bridge, Grievous could command millions of battle droids, and he used his new warship in the Malevolence campaign, where he executed attacks on Republic fleets that left no survivors. While stationed in the Abregado system with Count Dooku aboard, a Republic fleet led by Jedi Master Plo Koon and Clone Commander "Wolffe" aboard the Venator-class Star Destroyer Triumphant arrived in the system to engage the warship.
Grievous Proves his competence
Later in the war, Grievous was instructed by his master to return to his fortress on the third moon of Vassek. When he arrived, he found that his MagnaGuards had been deactivated. Count Dooku, having laid a trap for the general in order to test his abilities, lured the Jedi and clones to Grievous's fortress. With the Jedi having infiltrated the base and with his bodyguards deactivated, the Count had hoped to punish Grievous for his recent failures. In the fight that ensued, Grievous was damaged and his pet roggwart Gor, was killed. However, he was soon repaired by his droid EV-A4-D, and continued on his hunt for the Jedi. Grievous eventually caught up with them and dispatched the remaining clone forces. Grievous then engaged Padawan Nahdar Vebb in a fierce duel; due to his multiple limbs, Grievous easily killed Vebb with a dirty, but well-timed blaster shot. Fisto saw the duel and his former apprentice's death on video, along with Grievous threatening and intimidating him.
The Clone Wars
After Grievous received his cybernetic enhancements and was trained in lightsaber combat by Count Dooku, he became the Supreme Martial Commander of the Separatist Droid Armies and gained the rank of general in the military of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The CIS and Republic were launched into the galactic conflict known as the Clone Wars with the Battle of Geonosis, which Grievous took part in. While it was entirely by accident, the now-cyborg Grievous's first clash against members of the Jedi Order came during the battle. He was in the Geonosian Stalgasin hive's catacombs when the battle began, and the cyborg fought a number of Jedi during his retreat. Grievous left none of the Force-sensitives he encountered alive, meaning his involvement in the war's opening battle was not discovered until much later. The war proceeded to spread throughout the galaxy, so Grievous and his forces engaged the Grand Army of the Republic, and, under his command, the Separatist Droid Army attacked Republic planets. As the Separatist Army's leader, Grievous would cause fear throughout the Republic, although the Confederate populace were not told the stories of the General's onslaughts. Ultimately, as a number of Republic citizens—as well as some citizens in CIS territory—saw Dooku as noble yet misguided, many came to see Grievous as the true face of the Confederacy.
Capturing the Jedi Temple
At some point during the war, General Grievous managed to ambush Jedi Master Eeth Koth's flagship. Grievous boarded the vessel with a force of battle droids and confronted Koth on the ship's bridge, where he revealed he had been looking forward to meeting the Jedi Master. Koth noted that Grievous's reputation, that of a murderer and coward, preceded him, Grievous disagreed and asked whether it was murder to kill the Jedi before kicking Koth back. The two began a brief, but intense duel, and, after Koth managed to Force push Grievous into a viewport, the General's MagnaGuards shocked Koth. Attacked from Grievous in the front and from the MagnaGuards from behind, Koth was defeated.
