Granny Z

Not part of Riordanverse The following article/section is from the Tristan Strong continuity under Rick Riordan Presents and not the Riordanverse canon.

Granny Z
Biographical information
Gender	Female
Age	70
Affiliation	Erzulie Dantor Rolling Thunder
Residence	Memphis, Tennessee
Status	Alive
Physical description
Eye	Dark
Hair	Light gray with purple streak
Species	Unknown
Behind the scenes
Appearances	Tristan Strong Keeps Punching The Gum Baby Files

“	That’s because you letting that anger control you, and not the other way 'round. You think you’re the only one who gets mad? Boy, you read the story of this country, didn’t you? You saw the spirits, the suffering, the violence… and you think “you” get upset? Goddesses have been traveling to these shores on the prayers of the defenseless for centuries. We cry when they cry. Suffer when they suffer. Moan when they moan. My children are kicked, beaten, harassed, stolen, abused, abandoned, forgotten, and stripped of their rights every single day. And it’s a sad fact that their abusers are always gonna be afraid that their own sins will be revisited upon them. And fear makes grown folks act like children. So yes, Erzulie Dantor knows “angry”. The Erzulie will always be angry as long as her children are unprotected. But I can control my anger, “use” my anger. The question for you, Tristan Strong, is why are you angry?	”
–Granny Z helping Tristan with his anger in Tristan Strong Keeps Punching.

Granny Z is a mambo, a high priestess who acts as a liaison for the Loa, spirits who connect the high god to the people.

The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities: New Stories About Mythic Heroes

The Gum Baby Files

After Gum Baby is placed in the Lost and Found at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, she tells her that she was stationed at the museum for an unknown purpose, but believes she knows what it is after Gum Baby tells her she saw a ghost. Shortly after Gum Baby inadvertently gets her friends in trouble, she tells her that everyone's purpose is not what they think it is and tells Gum Baby to stick to it. After the ghost is defeated, she helps Ayanna and Junior when the museum director gets suspicious upon learning none of the camps recegize them. She gives them back Ayanna's bat and Junior's Satchel, promising to take them where they need to go.

Tristan Strong Trilogy

Tristan Strong Keeps Punching

When Tristan Strong, Ayanna, and Gum Baby arrive at her skatepark, she sends the others away and speaks to Tristan and John alone. After helping Tristan realize what he is angry at, they hear an explosion. A group calling themselves the redliners charging in and saying they called the police. Just then she comes over and orders them to leave. Soon Patty Roller arrives on a talking horse haint, Twennymiles. When Granny demands they leave, the lights go out and the children start screaming. Patty and Twennymiles get away with a child, Chayse. She stays behind as Tristan, Ayanna, Thandiwe, John, and Gum Baby chase after her in Old Familiar.

She, Anansi, Brer Bear, and Brer Rabbit fly into battle on Old Familiar. She calls on Erzulie Dantor to punish Patty Roller for hurting children. Patty and Twennymiles are restrained by sand and swallowed by the beach. She watches as he takes out both the living plantation and King Cotton. After the battle, she and the others congratulate Tristan as he exits the ruble that was Old Angola. She buys Ayanna, Thandiwe, and Junior an apartment down the street from Tristan's.

Appearance

Granny Z is an elderly African American woman in her early seventies with short gray hair with a purple streak in it. She wears a green and purple track suit.

Personality

Granny Z is a kind woman who helps disadvantaged kids.