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}}'''Lord Grallyx''' was a reptilian [[demon]], multiple versions of whom squared off against various incarnations of [[Jenny Everywhere]]. Grallyx was not generally an interdimensionally-aware being, but some versions of him gained [[shift]]ing abilities, knowledge of Jenny, or both.

Lord Grallyx usually appeared as an alligator-like demon, with six eyes, four arms, two tails, and “far too many teeth for [[Jenny Everywhere (38167th Universe)|Jenny [Everywhere]]]’s liking”. As Grand High Lord, Grallyx wore a flaming crown that hovered a few inches above his head, although he had lost it by the time Jenny imprisoned him. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere and the Lord of Hell (short story)|Jenny Everywhere and the Lord of Hell]]'')

Lord Grallyx was an individually very powerful [[Demon]]; he had no interest in making demonic pacts with mortals, as he did not actually need to accrue his power. If released from Hell, he suggested that he had the power to lay waste to the entire [[Earth]] himself.  

In addition to whatever abilities he might have earlier possessed, one version of Grallyx was able to use his magic to copy [[Jenny Everywhere]]'s [[shift]]ing powers after repeated first-hand exposure to them — although he was unable to make much of use of them before being imprisoned. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere and the Lord of Hell (short story)|Jenny Everywhere and the Lord of Hell]]'') Another Grallyx seemed to inherently have the ability to travel between dimensions, being a higher-dimensional being himself, who found three dimensions limiting. He could create physical forms for himself at will, including his trademark many-limbed reptilian look, which was capable of breathing fire. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birds and Snakes (short story)|Birds and Snakes]]'')

Lord Grallyx was summoned to Earth from the [[Ratreyfian Underworld]] by [[Laura Drake#Summoning Lord Grallyx|Laura Drake]] using an old demonology book, with the intent of making a deal with him to help Laura pass a vital history exam she needed to get into the advanced science class at her school. As soon as he materialised, Grallyx explained that he intended to simply take over the world, having no need of making deals.  

To further incapacitate her, he also edited her page to make her [[copyright]]ed (with him as the IP owner), leading to robots belonging to the [[Interdimensional Copyright Office]] arriving in a [[copyright-ship]] to sequester her. However, she managed to stun Grallyx long enough to edit herself back into the public domain. In an even greater feat of Wiki vandalism, he successfully edited the summary of every Jenny Everywhere story on the Wiki to be about him, cementing himself as the “supreme crosser-over of [[the Multiverse|the Omniverse]]”. However, Jenny was unmoved, noting that by the very same fourth-wall-leaning principles he was exploiting, an April Fools' Day story simply ''couldn't'' alter the status quo of reality to this extent, and one way or another things would be back to normal the next day. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Wiki Adventures of Lord Grallyx (short story)|The Wiki Adventures of Lord Grallyx]]'')

In the [[Collapsed Cosmos]], [[Jenny Everywhere#In the Collapsed Cosmos|Jenny Everywhere]] would later reminisce with [[Glendalf]] about fighting Lord Grallyx on “the [[astral plane]]”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere (novel)|The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere]]'')

In [[Universe A (Extradimensional Experiments)|one universe]], Grallyx existed in the form of a plush toy. His extra number of arms and eyes was the result of a factory error, having originally been meant to be a regular toy alligator. He was salvaged by [[Laura Drake's grandmother (Extradimensional Experiments)|a woman]] who later became [[Laura Drake#At the Neptunian Orbital University|Laura Drake]]'s grandmother. When she was two, Laura was gifted the plush toy by her grandmother. She decided to name it “Grawlix”, after what she had heard was the name of the scribbles replacing dirty words in comics like ''[[Asterix]]'', which her grandmother liked to read to her. However, because the precocious but still-young Laura couldn't spell, it came out as “Grallyx”, which stuck. She later took the Grallyx plush toy with her to the [[Neptunian Orbital University]], continuing to talk to him while she worked on her physics projects. [[Jenny Everywhere#Jennifer Everstar|Jenny]] noticed the toy when she met Laura for the first time, and, to Laura's relief, did not make fun of her, instead finding the toy cute and admiring its uniqueness. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Extradimensional Experiments (short story)|Extradimensional Experiments]]'')

{{main|Lord Grallyx (The Demon and the Butterfly)}}

One version of Grallyx was an ancient [[Salamander Lord]] who was summoned to [[Mystepolia]] in the [[775th Universe]] by the same failed experiment of [[Laura Drake (775th Universe)|Laura Drake]]'s which gave [[Jenny Everywhere (775th Universe)|the local Jenny]] her [[Shift|powers]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Demon and the Butterfly (comic story)|The Demon and the Butterfly]]'')

One version of Grallyx was summoned to [[Jenny Cornelius]]'s [[Universe (The Folly of Men)|home universe]] in the 1960s, but was not apparently native to it, with [[Crowley#In Jenny Cornelius's world|a local demon]] describing him as not being one of “his lot”. This Grallyx was a higher-dimensional being, who crafted his three-dimensional “multi-armed alligator” form, apparently designing it more to be impressive than with practicality in mind. He chose to emerge in [[Slough]], knowing that it was as far as one could get from a place where supernatural happenings would be expected. Going by “the Tenth Lord Grell”, he built up a cult and convinced them to summon him physically. Upon emerging, he killed the summoners, but was trapped in the circle for as long as the candles around it burned. He was all set to simply wait it out, and then conquer the world, but multiple parties managed to get wind of the cult of the Tenth Lord Grell, including the local demon and the [[Intelligence Taskforce]]. The former tried to send [[Aziraphale#In Jenny Cornelius's world|his bookseller friend]] to deal with it, and, failing to find him in time, instead had to send Jenny Cornelius; meanwhile, the Taskforce sent [[Laura Drake (The Folly of Men)|Laura Drake]]. Jenny, calling on her full powers, banished Grallyx before he could free himself, though not before Grallyx breathed gouts of fire at her in an effort to kill her, setting fire to the building around them instead. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birds and Snakes (short story)|Birds and Snakes]]'')

[[File:Games in the Woods - Lord Gralecks.jpg|thumb|275px|As drawn by Jenny E. (age 7). ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Games in the Woods (short story)|Games in the Woods]]'')

]]In another world, a [[Jenny Everywhere#Games in the woods|young Jenny]] showed Laura Drake drawings of her imaginary friends, including one “Lord Gralecks” [''sic'']. These beings were actually all villains that she faced in [[shift]]ing misadventures, but, with no frame of reference, Jenny took onboard adults' notion that she simply had a very active imagination as expressed whenever she tried to tell them about it. Jenny told [[Laura Drake#Games in the woods|Laura]] that she suspected “Gralecks” of being a trickster. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Games in the Woods (short story)|Games in the Woods]]'')

{{main|Lord Grallyx (How Jenny First Met…)}}

In [[Universe (How Jenny First Met…)|yet another universe]], after “ruling nations [and] burning nations”, Grallyx was imprisoned in [[the Wrong Rock|an asteroid]] “far out in the [[Oort Cloud]], thousands of times farther from the sun than Earth’s warm lands” after his defeat by the [[Band of the Scarlet Scarf]]. Once he had a [[Sophie Everytime (38167th Universe)|visitor]] who came asking about “[[the Everywhere]]” but he got no sympathy for his plight of being surrounded by robots. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[How Jenny First Met… (short story)|How Jenny First Met…]]'')

In the [[Parallax Universe]], [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]] mentioned Grallyx to [[Kim (Parallax Universe)|Kim]] as an example of genuinely dangerous foes other Jennies had faced, alongside [[Cardinal Dracula]], when assuring Kim that dealing with [[the Puritan Streaker]] and [[La Frotteuse]] would be a walk in the park in comparison. Kim had never heard of either, and Jenny promised to tell her about them later. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Return of the Puritan Streaker (short story)|Return of the Puritan Streaker]]'')

Lord Grallyx was created in 2020 by [[Lupan Evezan]] for a [[Jenny Everywhere Day]] prose story, ''[[Jenny Everywhere and the Lord of Hell (short story)|Jenny Everywhere and the Lord of Hell]]'', and released thereupon in the public domain under similar conditions to [[Jenny Everywhere]] herself:

{{quotebox|The character of Lord Grallyx is available for use by anyone, with only one condition. This paragraph must be included in any publication involving Lord Grallyx in order that others may use this property as they wish. All rights reversed.|Lupan Evezan}}