Then -- they saw the Groke. Everybody saw her. She sat motionless on the sandy path at the bottom of the steps and stared at them with round, expressionless eyes. She was not particularly big and didn't look dangerous either, but your let that she was terribly evil and would wait for ever. And that was awful. Nobody plucked up enough courage to attack. She sat there for a while, and then slid away into the darkness. But where she had been sitting the ground was frozen! . Tove Jansson
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The Groke is a mythical creature in the Elder Scrolls series of video games, appearing in all three of them. The legend is that once you have been seen by the Groke, your life will be filled with misery. Your whole life you will have to run from the Groke because it will come after you at every opportunity. In the words of the ancient Nord saying: "The sight of a Groke can chill your blood."

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