"Yeah, that's partly what fueled it but the main definition of Grue was originally a shiver or shudder, to shiver with fear. You see, the grue stick looks pretty ordinary, like a half decayed club of wood, only it never does decay. You hit someone with it, and it hits like a club would. Which can be be dangerous to be sure. After that, the magic is released on the target," Vali says, "And the attacker with the stick often runs away to let IT do the work. The victim of the strike begins to imagine things in the dark, even if they see in the dark... now and then, something will appear to lunge at them. Strike them again, HARD, then laugh and run off. Constant negative reinforcement... you sleep? WHAM. You don't check your six? WHAM... the fear grows... and you start jumping at shadows. You lose sleep. You seem to get a break.. wham. You feel constantly stalked, harassed for many nights. Even day time isn't full protection for things cast shadows. The Grue Stick is a week long cultivator of paranoia , and yes, shudders and shivers. Most folks hit by its magic end up a curled up wreck with lamps in all directions all about them. And the capper? No pun intended. If you DO pass by a true Grue chimera? It joins in on the game. Gods help you."