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{{character
|died=Killed by the [[Grips]], {{Rosharan date|1174|2|3|1}}<!-- stormlight timeline ref R329 -->{{book ref|sa3|80}}
|residence=Kholinar
|nation=Alethkar
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
}}
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'''Grund''' is an urchin in [[Kholinar]].{{book ref|sa3|72}}▼
|As she curled up on the floor, Grund’s death seemed a shadow of everything else, of her good intentions turned arrogant.
|[[Shallan]]{{book ref|sa3|82}}
}}
 
▲'''Grund''' is an urchin in [[Kholinar]] on [[Roshar]] during the [[True Desolation]].{{book ref|sa3|72}}
Because of his malformed hand, he attracts [[Shallan]]'s attention. He keeps it tucked into his sleeve, but is capable with his good hand.{{book ref|sa3|72}} [[Shallan]], trying to get the attention of the revel, takes enough food for extras. She takes pity of Grund, and starts handing out food. He is usually very happy to see her. What she doesn't know is that the [[Grips]], a gang in [[Kholinar]], find out about this, and they force Grund to hand over whatever she brings. Grund had to spend all day waiting for her gifts so that the Grips could take it.{{book ref|sa3|80}}
 
== Appearance and Personality ==
Grund has [[darkeyes|dark]] green eyes and a malformed hand.{{book ref|sa3|67}}{{book ref|sa3|74}} He is typically grimy and is generally accepting of his station in life.{{book ref|sa3|67}}{{book ref|sa3|72}} He occupies himself by drawing or doing small jobs like recovering hogshide from old shoes.{{book ref|sa3|72}}{{book ref|sa3|74}}
 
== History ==
During the [[Siege of Kholinar]], Grund lived with [[Ma]] and [[Seland]] in an abandoned shop in [[Ringington market]] that had been damaged by the [[Everstorm]].{{book ref|sa3|72}}{{book ref|sa3|74}} He hung around the [[Secure Keeps]], where [[Velalant]] was giving away grain mostly to households of [[lighteyes]], and attracted the attention of [[Shallan Davar]], who was there with [[Elhokar Kholin]] as part of his task force to recover the city. Shallan bribed Grund with one of her meat sticks to tell her about the food distribution, but he fled after receiving a second stick.{{book ref|sa3|67}} She returned to the market many times after that and met with Grund to get information.{{book ref|sa3|72}} Unfortunately, Shallan's attention attracted the attention of the [[Grips]] as well, a local gang that took the food from Grund and beat him if he tried to hold back. They instructed Grund to wait around for Shallan and came to collect when she left.{{book ref|sa3|80}} While he was initially excited to see Shallan every time she showed up, he became more and more jaded and reserved.{{book ref|sa3|72}}{{book ref|sa3|74}}
 
Wanting to attract the attention of the [[Cult of Moments]] by giving away food, Shallan asked Grund for a list of people who were poor and needing food but unable to collect from Velalant's distributions. At his word, she began bringing food to people such as [[Muri]], [[Jom]], and others.{{book ref|sa3|72}} She also asked Grund to look for a copy of [[Hessi]]'s ''[[Mythica]]'', and he eventually found one for her with the help of the Grips.{{book ref|sa3|72}}{{book ref|sa3|77}}{{book ref|sa3|80}} Eventually the situation between Grund and the Grips became so dangerous that Ma and Seland moved out, leaving Grund alone in the old shop; he lied about their motivation to Shallan, saying that they had left because they thought the condition of the building was getting too dangerous.{{book ref|sa3|74}}
 
{{sidequote
|My '''life''' was waiting for you. If I wasn't here when you came, or if I tried to hide the food, they beat me.
|Grund to [[Shallan]]{{book ref|sa3|80}}
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}}
After Shallan's visit to the revel, she took some more food to Grund. Thinking she was the gang, he hid from her at first. He tried to cover up his unease, but Shallan noticed that he was unhappy to see her and seemed too eager to please. Promising that she would be back in a few days with another big haul, Shallan left him only to change her disguise and double back to listen outside the shop. In the meantime, the Grips came to confront Grund. Displeased with the meager amount of food that day, the gang started beating Grund. Shallan witnessed it and shouted at the men angrily; as they scrambled to get away, one of them struck Grund's head with a cudgel and broke his skull. He lived long enough to tell Shallan how much he and all of the other people she had 'blessed' with food handouts hated her because of the position they were in with the Grips. She immediately went to check on Muri, who was about to flee from the gang herself and confirmed Grund's story.{{book ref|sa3|80}}
 
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== Notes ==
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