Emmerich Himmelsbach is a young boy from Neuschwanstein, Germany, and he was approximately ten years old. He helped Conner and Bree get into Neuschwanstein castle and ended up joining Conner on his adventure to save the Land of Stories. He later found out to be of magical descent himself. He lived in Germany but later moved to Australia to get as far away as possible from Neuschwanstein castle.
Appearance and Personality[]
"He was very young, no older than ten, and had dark hair and very pale skin. He was skinny although his cheeks were plump and rosy, making him look like a puppet that lived in a cuckoo clock."[1]
At first, Emmerich came across as a very naïve boy, eager for an adventure. He liked superheroes and said he was saving up his pocket money to visit "Gotham City". He loved America and was excited when he found out that Bree and Conner were from the U.S.A.
Conner and Bree told him they were spies from the United States who needed to hide a secret weapon inside the castle, and Emmerich offered his help. When Conner told him the truth about who they were, he admitted to knowing already - he just pretended to believe them because he thought it would be fun to hang out with them.[2]
He said he was quite lonely, as he didn't have any friends and all the kids he met were only in town for one day to visit the castle.
After joining Conner and Bree on their adventure he is given dishwashing duties until he was sixteen.[3]
According to his father, Lloyd, Emmerich looked nothing like him and completely took after his mother.
Relationships[]
Emmerich lived in the small town of Hohenschwangau with his (adoptive) mother, Frau Himmelsbach, who worked at a gift shop there. His grandfather used to give tours of the castle. He never knew his father. He went to school in the town of Füssen, but says he had no real friends there.
Mother Goose later told Conner that the only way Bree and Emmerich could have gotten through the portal in less than 200 years was if they had some kind of magic in their blood and they may have been descendants of Wilhelm Grimm.[4]
Emmerich's father was revealed to be none other than the Masked Man himself, who was also revealed to be Lloyd, Alex and Conner's uncle. Emmerich was placed in the Otherworld for his own safety by the request of his mother, Little Bo Peep, and was brought there by Hagetta, who swore never to reveal his whereabouts. The Masked Man did not know he had a son until a while after.
Although Emmerich had never seen his birth mother, he was quite happy when he saw her for the first time, even when she was dead, wearing the necklace he gave her in her memory .
Story[]
A Grimm Warning[]
Emmerich helps Conner and Bree get inside Neuschwanstein. He is sucked into the portal along with Conner and Bree. Conner sends him and Bree along with the royals on the hidden path to keep them safe. After the battle, he returns to his own world, promising to keep fairytales alive on his side of the portal.
Beyond The Kingdoms[]
Emmerich and Bree communicate over the phone about how they wish they could go back to the Land of Stories. They both start to realize that they must have magical blood, or they would not have been able to go to the Land of Stories in the first place. Emmerich is kidnapped by Morina, because he is actually the Masked Man and Little Bo Peep's son and Morina wants to use him as leverage to control the Masked Man.
An Author's Odyssey[]
Emmerich is now in The Land of Stories tied to a tree where The Witches are camping. He is very scared and overhears the Snow Queen's plan to turn Alex into a weapon. Lloyd (The Masked Man) "rescues" him and takes him away from the Witches. He tells Emmerich that he is Alex and Conner's uncle. They run through the Dwarf Forests from the creature that is turning people into stone and eventually arrive in The Eastern Kingdom where Lloyd saw Morina cross over to the Otherworld. Lloyd plays the pipe but it doesn't work, Emmerich informs him that it needs to be played by a person of magic blood. Lloyd lets Emmerich try and he succeeds to open a portal to the otherworld. Emmerich and Lloyd arrive in Neuschwanstein Castle at the same time Bree and the Sisters Grimm are there. Lloyd reveals his true colors and forces them to take him by plane to where Alex and Conner live. They find Conner and Charlotte at the hospital and Lloyd reveals he wants to transfer Emmerich's blood into his body so he can get magic back. They all accidentally fall into Bree's story "Cemetery of the Undead", where Emmerich watches Lloyd being dragged into the earth to his implied death, and meets his biological mother for the first time. Emmerich perfectly understands the reasons why Bo Peep had to leave him and does not hold any grudges against him. Before returning to the afterlife, Bo gives Emmerich his necklace, telling him that whenever he dreams of sheep, she will be there by his side.
Emmerich with a smile says goodbye to his biological mother and proceeds to put on the necklace that she gave him to honor her.
Worlds Collide[]
Emmerich makes no appearance in this, but he is mentioned to have returned to Germany and reunited with his mother. He and his mother move to Australia to get away from the Neuschwanstein Castle.
Quotes[]
"I'm sure it will just be like falling asleep."
"My mom would kill me if I missed dinner, even if it was to help save the world."[5]
Trivia[]
- Emmerich speaks German, English, French and Danish.[6]
References[]
- ↑ A Grimm Warning, ch 12, p. 222
- ↑ A Grimm Warning, ch 12, p. 234
- ↑ Beyond the Kingdoms, ch 2, p. 41 - If Emmerich is 10 years old, has done dishes for the last 146 days and his mother wants him to do about 2000 more, that sums up to 5,8 years of punishment, read "until he's 16".
- ↑ A Grimm Warning, ch 30, p. 451
- ↑ A Grimm Warning, ch 12, p. 226
- ↑ A Grimm Warning, ch 14, p. 255