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Sir Grodus is the main antagonist of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He is the leader of the Secret Society of X-Nauts, a villanous extraterrestrial organazation that's bent on world conquest. Grodus' goal was to collect the seven Crystal Stars and use them to break the seal on the Thousand-Year Door, in order to release the Shadow Queen, a 1,000-year old demon who once threw the world into the depths of terror.
Spoiler warning : Don't you even dare read the spoiler! Because if you do… Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoooooo… A horrible fate awaits you.His very reason for kidnapping Princess Peach was to use her as a vessel for the Shadow Queen's spirit. After the Shadow Queen possessed Peach, Grodus intended to use her powers to destroy the world, so that he could rebuild it in his own image, and become its ruler.
History
Paper Mario series
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Like many villains exclusive to the Mario RPGs, Grodus' origin and backstory was never revealed, but sometime prior to the events that took place in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Sir Grodus got acquainted with a trio of witches called the Shadow Sirens, which consists of the leader, Beldam, and her younger sisters, Marilyn and Vivian. Grodus ended up enlisting the three of them in his services, and as he did, Beldam and the Shadow Sirens informed him about the Shadow Queen, and how the seven Crystal Stars were needed to break her seal. Upon gaining this knowledge, Grodus wanted to release the Shadow Queen so that he could use her powers to conquer the world. He was then told about the Magical Map that was contained inside of a treasure chest, which had radar-like functions that could track down the location of the Crystal Stars. However, the chest could only be opened by someone who's pure of hearts. Grodus was unable to open the chest himself, due to his evil and tainted ambitions, so he and the Shadow Sirens decided to look for someone who can. That "someone" just-so-happened to be Princess Peach. Not only was she needed to open the treasure chest, but she was needed as a vessel for the Shadow Queen's spirit, as well, since the Shadow Queen could only inhabit a pure maiden.
Grodus sent Beldam to Rougeport, and while she was there, she disguised herself as an old merchant. She soon came across Princess Peach and sold her the map. As soon as Peach opened the chest, Beldam was about to kidnap her, but she didn't, due to the fact that there were many witnesses in the scene. And so, Beldam had no choice but to retreat and return to the X-Naut Fortress. As a result of Beldam's failure to steal the map, Princess Peach ended up mailing the map to Mario, and invited him to go on a treasure hunt with her. However, by the time Mario arrived at Rougeport, she had already gotten herself kidnapped by the X-Nauts. Grodus then scolded and ridiculed Beldam for her failure to steal the map from Princess Peach, because of the fact that Mario ended up getting ahold of it. Beldam tells him not to worry, because all they need to do is take it from him. Somehow, they learned of Mario and company's next destination, which was Boggly Woods, and set off to go steal the map from him. Before then, Grodus ended up giving the Shadow Sirens a sketch, so they'll know what Mario looks like when they come across him. He also sent his Lord Crump, his right-hand man, to continue searching for the Crystal Star that they located in Boggly Woods.
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Personality
Sir Grodus is presented as a cold, ruthless, sadistic, and power-hungry villain that's bent on nothing but world domination. He has demonstrated, on many occasions, that he's willing to do whatever it takes to achieve his goals, regardless of how many innocent lives are taken in the process. Grodus is also very uptight and shortempered, and has shown no form of emotion, other than anger and bitterness, which is mostly directed at his henchmen for failing their tasks. Grodus does not have an ounce of sympathy or compassion for anybody, not even his own henchmen, seeing a majority of them as nothing more than pathetic inferiors and/or pawns to be manipuated. He has shown as much respect for them as has for his enemies, treating everyone around him with as little respect as possible. Grodus also happens to have an extremely domineering personality, and feels that people should always do whatever he says, without question. This was shown when he angrily demanded one of his X-Naut soldiers to bring the Shadow Sirens to him, as well as when he attempted to command to Shadow Queen, even after she has shown that she isn't very easily controlled. This, of course, resulted in the Shadow Queen blasting his robotic body into pieces, and nearly killing him in the process.
Grodus has also been shown to be very deranged and psychotic, often breaking out into a maniacal laughter after discussing his plans to rule the world. That same laughter was also heard when he used Princess Peach as a shield, and when he torturned Mario and his partners with lightning magic, threatening to murder Peach if they refused to surrender.