Grigori

Grigori the Placid is a level 93 human Fleshmancer hired as a Team Meadow Lark mercenary on the Tenth Floor. He participates in vehicle races, reunites the split mantaur figures Corky and Porky, and later becomes an unwilling mouthpiece when the System AI possesses him during the Parade of Horribles. Grigori describes himself as a renowned flesh sculptor. Team Meadow Lark hires him for a floor in which driving, body alteration, and unusual biological problems intersect. His high level makes him formidable, but his main value is specialized Fleshmancy rather than ordinary weapon damage. He joins the coalition during the Tenth Floor heats and suffers severe motion sickness, including vomiting in the vehicle. The weakness adds comedy without negating his expertise. He continues working under conditions that make his own body unreliable. The dungeon has split a mantaur figure into complementary people. During a race, Grigori conducts a flesh ceremony to reunite Corky and Porky, with Dong assisting. The fusion succeeds sufficiently to resolve the immediate crisis, demonstrating both the power and unsettling implications of his craft. During the Eleventh Floor Parade, the AI takes control of Grigori because he is a dungeon-born NPC. It uses his body and voice to deliver explanations and forbids others from healing Chaco. Grigori is not choosing the statements or punishment while possessed. The AI eventually releases him. Grigori is confused and returns to the coalition rather than continuing the AI's role. The episode contrasts his vulnerability with Chaco's former-crawler resistance to possession. Grigori remains alive at his latest confirmed appearance.