Greylock Being King

Greylock being King

In the episode Baileywhoops , Greylock is seen as a prankster , someone who thinks his magic is more fun than Cedric’s and enjoys getting the spotlight.

So when Day of the sorcerer’s aired , I’d say most people were a little surprised to see Greylock as someone who wanted to take over his kingdom.  

Throughout the series we get a pretty good idea on why Cedric wants to be King but we don’t get much in sight as to why Greylock would have had the same ambition as I don’t think anyone really thought from watching the episode “Baileywhoops” that taking over the kingdom was Greylock’s dream.

When we see Greylock in the order of the wand , we just had to go along with it and presume that it must be something to do with King Magnus. Now I do think that this is the case, but I can understand why some people might be a tad confused by this due to King Magnus giving him so much praise whereas with Cedric it’s a completely different story compared to his relationship with king Roland.

So what was it about King Magnus that made Greylock want to take over his kingdom. I came up with three ideas that might be why but i don’t really know.  

Reason one

Well for starters, I think one of the reasons is because when Magnus brags about Greylock , his not really praising him but is instead praising himself for having a sorcerer better than everyone else.

King Magnus is a character who is known to brag. In the episode Cedric’s apprentice , Roland tells Cedric that Magnus is always bragging about how great his kingdom is.

“We have a very special visitor coming to stay with us , King Magnus. His always bragging about how great his kingdom is.” – Roland 

When King Magnus visits he starts bragging about his chef , jester and royal sorcerer, but his not doing this to make them look good but to make himself look good, just so he can brag about how much better he has it than King Roland.

“Hahahahaha , Oh you should have been there Roland. Our Royal chef made the finest food I have ever tasted.”

“And my jester’s were so funny. The guests couldn’t stop laughing hahaha.”

“And our royal sorcerer Greylock , put on the most incredible display of magic I’ve ever seen.” 

And later in the episode when Cedric successfully makes a rabbit ( Clover ) appear , he takes this opportunity to brag about how much better his royal sorcerer is by mentioning how Greylock can make a entire zoo appear.

“You know my sorcerer made an entire zoo appear once”

The only time I think Magnus has actually praised Greylock properly was in Baileywhoops but it was only after Miranda had told the children that Greylock had offered to entertain them with his feet’s of magic that he bragged about him - “Prepare to be astounded be the greatest sorcerer , who ever waved a wand”.

Now he could have actually been praising Greylock here but his choice of words were quite interesting . According to Cedric in the episode Cedric’s apprentice , Goodwin the great was also known for being the greatest sorcerer who ever waved a wand .“You haven’t heard of Goodwin the Great. The greatest sorcerer who ever waved a wand.”- Cedric

Straight after Magnus states this about Greylock , Cedric feels the need to tell Greylock that he is just as great as he is.

Magnus also brags about his steward Slickwell but like Greylock , I think it’s to make himself look better compared to Roland such as during the Royal Croquet match against Roland and after Slickwell offers to step in for Baileywick.

“Masterful shot your Majesty” – Slickwell

“You chose the perfect  mallet for me Slickwell , as always” – Magnus

“Thank you your highness” – Slickwell 

“if it helps, I would be happy to fill in for the rest of the jubilee , i-i-if it’s all right with my King”- Slickwell

“Why I think it’s a fantastic idea. Then King Roland can see what great service is all about.” – Magnus

So If Magnus does praise them both just to make himself look better , then Magnus is only using Greylock and Slickwell to benefit his own agenda of making his kingdom look better than everyone else.

To Greylock , he may feel pretty used by this and that his accomplishments are only there to make Magnus look better and not for himself.  I don’t think Greylock would appreciate this as his someone who didn’t even like the spotlight being taken away from him or having to share the glory with someone else.

I mean just look at Greylock’s reaction when Cedric wants to share credit for the carousel ride.

“Now remember to tell your Royal parents who conjured this fun ride for you , Greylock the Grand !” – Greylock 

“You don’t think I’m going to let you get all the glory do you” - Cedric

But to be fair they were competing with one another and trying to prove who was the more fun.

Reason two

Another reason could be because Magnus doesn’t give Greylock enough freedom to do what he wants with his own magic.

In day of the sorcerer’s , the first thing Grimtrix asks the other sorcerer’s is if they are tired of royals telling them what to do.

“Friends, wizards and sorcerers I ask you. Aren’t you tried of useless Royals always telling us what to do”- Grimtrix

Greylock then nods to the other sorcerer’s in agreement showing that he doesn’t like being told what to do by Royalty. Probably by King Magnus the most.

Grimtrix then asks - “How many times have we been forced to use our magic to entertain at silly banquets?” to which Greylock looks a tad annoyed about.

Keeping these two points in mind and the fact that Magnus likes to brag to make his kingdom look better to everyone else, it could be that Magnus shows Greylock off a lot at his social events/banquets and makes him do magic that will only make the kingdom look better.  Greylock on the other hand might want to do magic that is seen as more silly and fun but does what Magnus wants because his the King.

If this is true then it would explain why he personally volunteered to entertain the children in Baileywhoops as It was probably a chance for him to lighten up and have a bit of fun for once. It also might add more reason to why Greylock couldn’t resist trying out his new palm zapper on Cedric as Cedric is always someone he can always do pranks on. 

Reason three

And now for my final reason. Because King Magus likes to brag so much ,  he probably has high expectations of his staff to be better than everyone else , making them feel more pressured to meet his standards so they don’t displease him.

In Cedric’s apprentice when Cedric started messing up his flying spell , Magnus looked quite annoyed and spoke to Roland in a harsh tone when Cedric didn’t perform his spell correctly– “ That doesn’t look like a flying rabbit to me , King Roland”. To me this hints at him getting easily annoyed if his standards aren’t met but that’s just my personal opinion.

In Balieywhoops , Slickwell stutters a bit when asking Magnus if it would be alright if he stepped in for Baileywick. This might be because he might have been anxious about Magnus approving or not as he didn’t want him to get annoyed by his request.

Later When Slickwell does step in for Baileywick , he tells everyone that their not slacking off when Slickwell is in charge. At first he just seems like a bad version of Baileywick , but because his been under King Magnus’s management , it makes you wonder if slacking off would be something he wouldn’t be willing to do due to Magnus’s high standards.

So I would say , because Magnus’s staff have such high expectations to meet they probably don’t want to risk messing anything up in case of how they might make their King feel. For Greylock , he probably feels like he can’t mess up or joke around with his magic with out displeasing Magnus so he has to be more serious when performing. If this is the case, then Greylock might have sympathised with Slickwell for wanting to be Roland’s steward instead.  

I mean , when you look at Greylock’s expression after seeing Slickwell get fired , he looks kinda sad by the situation.

He even goes to cheek if Slickwell is okay after he trips over :)

So those are just my three reasons as to why i think Greylock might have wanted to dethrone Magnus and be King instead. It would be great if we could see Greylock again or if Craig could go into more detail about why Greylock joined the order or the wand but I guess we can only theorize :)