Grunter Gafan was a neighbour of Corabb Bhilan Thenu'alas during Corabb's youth on Seven Cities. Corabb described him as a "pig-faced bully" who nobody liked and who had four sons known as the Gafan brothers. Once while Corabb's father was away, Corabb captured and tied up the Gafan brothers for teasing him. Grunter threatened Corabb's mother while attempting to free his sons. In response, Corabb shoved the man's head into the stew pot his mother was cooking. Corabb's family was forced to flee from the Gafan clan to a new neighbourhood.