(08-22-2017, 07:58 AM)rpmaluki Wrote: I doubt he knew Nick was a Grimm/potential Grimms before aunt Marie came to town. Renard was trying to get the key from her because of the people he sent after her including Adalind.If I was going to guess I would go this way. Renard sent the reaper after Marie to get the key, the reaper followed her to Portland. Now when Nick kills the reaper now Renard has the connection.
If he knew about Marie's her relationship to Nick prior to the pilot, then it's possible Renard could have been grooming Nick to be his pet grimm for years on the off chance that Nick actually became one, that's why it was important to him nothing happen to Juliette but Hank was fair game.
His question now has Nick always been a Grimm or not but when Adalind sees Nick as a Grimm. Renard now knows for sure, he may not know that for Nick it is a new thing. Renard wanted the key to get back into the royal family or as a lever to get something from them.
That is what Adalind mother means when she said you knew what that meant to us.
(08-22-2017, 06:57 PM)FaceInTheCrowd Wrote: We don't know what Renard might have known about Nick. It appeared that Nick's mom was known as a Grinnm, and Renard did seem to have a plan in place for Nick as early as the pilot.I think Renard thought Nick's mom was dead but as Monroe said Aunt Marie was known in the wesen world.