Seriously I understand not liking Adalind but a lot of you posters are beyond bias defending Renard at the every point yet blaming Adalind for everything. Remind me again who sent Adalind after Aunt Marie and Hank in the first place, oh yes Renard. Yes also Renard knew she was Nicks aunt, that was the whole point of killing Marie so that she couldn’t influence Nick much about being a Grimm as he wished for Nick to be his Grimm and didn’t want Nick to get the key . Renard even admits to kelly in season 3 he tried to have her sister killed.
Bears Will Be Bears He met with Adalind Schade and told her to send more people to kill Marie. He then removed the police guards protecting Marie who he difenitly know at that point was Nicks aunt because he was talking to Nick about his aunts safety after he falsely told Nick he was forced to remove the guards by law. When in reality he was removing them so his assassins could finish what Adalind had failed to do kill Nicks aunt.
In Last Grimm Standing Renard talks to Leo Taymor the leader of the Löwen Games as if they had known each other in times long past. Renard is angry that Taymor has been using unsanctioned kidnapped Wesen to use for his gladiatorial fights. meaning he sanctions people to die in the games and he gets a cut of the profits. He clearly had a number of criminal rackets going throughout the city which is probably why he murderd Taymor after he gianed too much attention from the police he wanted to protect his other rackets so had Taymor taken out.
Island of Dreams Renard asks how it has been going with Hank. Adalind says Hank is not interested in her. Renard hands over a vial of blood saying Hank just had his physical. Renard tells Adalind to do whatever it takes to make Hank like her. Knowing what ever it takes would kill Hank. He literally whores Adalind out to Hank in order to get the key he clearly knows what spell Adalind is planning as he gives her the blood. This is a guy who is piad to run the police department and look after his officers and dectivies yet he’s plotting deadly schemes agianst them to get himself more power.
In Love sick we find out the reason Adalind is doing all this stuff for Renard is because of a debt her mother owes to Renard and beacuse of the affection she has for Renard . Renards sleeping with Adalind and Catherine at the same time , then when Adalind loses her powers They both abandon Adalind with Renard telling her she is now useless to him.
There is even a deleted scene in season 1 of Renard meeting with the scumbag ogre that tried to kill Hank and during the meeting it’s hinted he done jobs for Renard in the past. Though he warns him to leave Hank alone it’s suggested the two worked togther in the past.
He killed his own cousin and had his own brother killed, yes they were his enemies however I don’t remember Adalind ever harming her own family despite having an evil useless mother who throw her away like trash.
Renard willingly went along with Black Claw even after learning they murdered an innocent Andrew Dixon in order to put Renard in his place. He knew BC fixed the election in his favor and went along with that and proudly said to Nick him and BC were going to make a more violent and primitive world and that all wesen that don’t join them would die.
Sasah Roiz even admitted himself in several interviews Renard cares for power above all else.
Adalind has done a lot of terrible things during the show particularly in the first 3 seasons, she was truly an evil piece of crap but the spell/ Juliette turning Hexenbiest situation is every bit the scobbies including Nick and Juliette’s fault as it is Adalinds. They kidnapped a child form her mother and lied to child’s mother about the kidnapping forcing her to go to Viktor in the first place. Yes sleeping with Nick by deceit to take his powers was deeply wrong and immoral how ever equally immoral was the kidnapping that caused it, there are no innocents in this situation.
The difference between Renard and Adalind, Adalind really changed for the better whereas Renard was always just a devious snake in the grass waiting to strke the second he got the sight of power.
My ideal ending to the series would have been Renards head in a box Kelly Burkhardt style, him finally paying for all the crap he got away with throughout the series.
