Here’s another creation that you’ll be meeting in The Maelstrom. This fearsome fellow’s name is Grendel and he’s a cheshirewulf that also happens to be William Cooper’s charge. Like the Cheshire cat of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, the cheshirewulf also has a gummy grin (albeit considerably more savage) and the ability to disappear and fade in with his surroundings.

In The Maelstrom, William Cooper will find himself in some very dangerous situations. Fortunately, he’s got Grendel (and a certain Mystics instructor) in his corner…