Andre was the main antagonist of the Grimm episode "Mr. Sandman". He was a Jinnamuru Xunte, a fly-like Wesen that stalked vulnerable young women and blinded them with his parasites, so he could drink their tears to satisfy his addiction to them.
History[]
He travelled from South Africa to Portland, once he got there, he went to a grief meeting, and met a woman called Molly Fisk. After being asked if he wanted to talk about how he felt, he told everyone about his late wife who died from bone cancer (a story he likely fabricated), later befriending Molly and the two went back to the latter's apartment. While there, Andre blinded Molly with a spray of his parasites, woged and drank her tears, giving him immediate relief. He then left Molly who was in pain and ended up being crushed by a bookcase.
He later tried the same trick on another woman Kelly, but was interrupted by her sister Casey, so he fled.
Following the clues, Nick, Hank and the rest of the police tracked him down to another grief meeting at a local high school. He came out with another girl but fled as soon as he saw the police. Nick managed to catch him, but he blinded Nick before Nick could arrest him. He then escaped through a window and stole another man's car to get away.
Andre went after Casey, as his kind often revisited family members to feast on the tears of the grief they had caused. However, Casey put up a struggle, Hank arrived and as such he fled again. But lost him and went to the attic. Nick who also followed him, chased after him, although blind, Nick's Grimm powers had compensated by granting him significantly enhanced hearing.
Meeting Andre in the attic, the two fought, although possessing incredible speed, agility and durability, Nick's Grimm powers proved he was the stronger of the two, he managed to knock Andre out cold while he was still Woged. Monroe scooped out one of his eyes, the key ingredient to kill the parasites and cure Nick's blindness. Andre woke up, but disoriented with only one eye, he lost his balance and fell down the stairs, where he Casey ran up and stabbed him in the chest with a kitchen knife, killing the monster for good.
While Nick regained his sight, he still kept the enhanced hearing that Andre's parasites caused him to acquire. While testing his newfound ability in the woods, Monroe quipped that the worms might have done him some good after all.
Trivia[]
- While his actions are atrociously evil, Andre did in fact have little choice but to hunt humans for their tears, since the Xaliyaa Fingoo worms in his brain made him suffer from serious migraines, that could only be treated with tears which had a pain-relieving effect on these headaches.
- However, he loses any sympathising factor because of his sadism towards his first shown victim, Molly Fisk, and the fact that he seemed to exclusively target innocent and emotionally vulnerable young women.
