Editing Brian Laborn (section)

===Background===
Brian was born in June 1993.<ref name="age" />

Grue was abused by his mother's boyfriend when he was young, and fought to develop the strength and fortitude to never be that weak again. After going to help his sister deal with the same man at his mother's house, he was brought back to his weakest, darkest moment as he dealt with his mother's boyfriend. With the man's eyes on him, he found the power to immerse the world in darkness. The combination of the environment, malign attention, and the desire to protect his sister all factored into his power being what it was.<ref name="reddit1">Grue was abused by his mother's boyfriend when he was young, and fought to develop the strength and fortitude to never be that weak again. To go to help his sister with the same man, and to see the house and be brought back to his weakest, darkest moment, the man's eyes on him, he found the power to immerse the world in darkness. Environment and malign attention and the desire to protect his sister all factored into his power being what it was. - [https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/3mwtd0/_/cvixvdc Comment by Wildbow on Reddit]</ref>

Brian was active as the solo super-villain Grue for two years,<ref name="4.2" /><ref name="2.2 e1">I looked up Grue.  There was actually information about him, but nothing detailed or definitive.  The wiki stated he had been active for nearly three years, dealing in petty crimes such as robbing small stores and doing some work as an enforcer for those who wanted a little superpowered muscle along for a job.  Recently, he had turned to higher scale crime, including corporate theft and robbing a casino, together with his new team.  His power was listed as darkness generation in the sidebar under his picture.  The picture seemed crisp enough, but the focus of it, Grue, was just a blurry black silhouette in the center.<br>[...]<br>The sightings and encounters with the homeless girl ended around a year ago – I figured that was when she joined forces with Grue, Tattletale and Regent. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/07/09 Excerpt] from [[Insinuation 2.2]]</ref> he was primarily active outside [[Brockton Bay]].<ref>I was remembering right, both Grue and Hellhound had lived in different cities prior to teaming up and setting roots in Brockton Bay. - [[Insinuation 2.5]]</ref> He started out committing petty crimes, and acting as an enforcer for others, slowly scaling up over time.<ref name="2.2 e1"/><ref name="SV1" /> During this phase of his career, Brian learned about the importance of reputation. Choosing the name Grue due to its obscure etymology, he did so with the presumption that the alias would attract a more sophisticated clientele.<ref name="SV2" /><ref name="4.2 e77">“You and Brian are similar, but I wouldn’t say he’s cautious.  He’s… pragmatic.  You both are.  The difference between you two is that he’s been doing what he does for three years, now.  Two years of experience, before he joined the group.  So a lot of what he does is automatic.  He doesn’t give a second thought to the little things he’s done dozens of times already.  He takes a lot for granted.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/shell-4-2/ Excerpt] from [[Shell 4.2]]</ref><!---or so about things where how long his career was - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/imago-21-6/ Excerpt] from --->

During this time Brian met [[The Adepts]], and by extension [[Epoch]]. From this encounter, Brian discovered a deep hatred for people whose powers messed with time.<ref name="reddit2">[[Epoch|he's]] leader of a gang in one of the most competitive areas for capes and gangs in America, and is incidentally the reason Grue comments about how much he hates time travel. - [https://redd.it/2fbpza Comment by wildbow on Reddit]</ref>

He was eventually collected by [[Coil]] along with the other[[The Undersiders| Undersiders]] and persuaded to form a team with them<ref>[[Interlude 8.y]]</ref> around a year before the beginning of [[Worm]].<ref name="2.2 e1"/> With them, he began committing higher-profile robberies.<ref name="2.2 e1"/>

At some point, he was shot in the stomach with [[Shadow Stalker]]'s crossbow bolt<ref>[[Cockroaches 28.4]]</ref> and bled all over the Undersiders' couch.<ref name="2.7">[[Insinuation 2.7]]</ref>