Franz Reinford

Franz Reinford (フランツ・ラインフォルト), was a Reinford Group engineer and husband of Irina Reinford.
==Profile==
===Appearance===
Franz is a tall man with light blue hair and red eyes. He wears a long white coat with suit lapels over a number of blue and white shirts, sweaters and an open belt. He wears grey trousers, glasses and black shoes.
===Personality===
Franz is a loving and compassionate man, known as a kind and caring father and husband to his family.
===Background===
Franz Reinford (né Lughman, ルーグマン) was a descendant of the Gnomes and became the first disciple of G. Schmidt at the Roer Institute of Technology. He married Irina Reinford and fathered Alisa. In S.1196, Franz submits a pocket watch alongside plans for all Panzer Soldats as his graduation project at the RIT. At this point, Ishmelga had already interrupted Franz's memories and started controlling him. Alberich fully manifested when Enforcer Kreuger visited him to gather materials requested by Anguis F. Novartis. The battle that followed ended with an explosion, which wounded Kreuger and was believed to have killed Franz. Afterwards, he revived as an Immortal, and Kreuger became Sharon Kreuger of the Reinford Group under the condition of serving until Franz returns (in reality meaning for the rest of her life as he was believed to be dead).
:For Franz's actions while being controlled by Black Alberich, see: Black Alberich.
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Franz's original personality would occassionally take control even after being taken over by Alberich, such as after being fought at Tuatha De Danann. He used these brief moments of sanity to work against Alberich, making a spare body and a combat shell for Millium Orion.
After the end of the final Rivalry, Ishmelga loses control over Franz, allowing him to return to his original personality. As Rean Schwarzer contemplates sacrificing himself to stop Ishmelga, Franz appears and reminds him to use what he learned from the Holy Beasts, sparing him from such a fate. Following a brutal battle, Rean kills Ishmelga, ending its curse. With the conclusion of the Great Twilight, Crow soon begin to fade away, but Franz appears once more and with the help of the Divine Knights, uses the power of the Sept-Terrion to revive him back to non-Immortal state. Franz himself is unable to be revived due to the long time he spent as Alberich. Before he disappears, he tells Alisa he is proud of her, asks Sharon to continue serving his family and tells Rean to return to the workshop with the sword. Once all of the political fallout from the Great War is dealt with, the group heads to the workshop, where they discover a spare body Franz had built for Millium.
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Alisa and the others investigate a vestige of the Black workshop that had been hidden until George discovered it. Within the depths of its laboratories, they discover a recording of a non-Alberich Franz who wishes them farewell and gives his last goodbyes advice and messages, revealing that he had in secret prepared a backup of Airgetlam for Millium to use.
==Gallery==
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Alberich - Initial Proposal 1 (Sen III).png|Initial proposal.
Alberich - Initial Proposal 2 (Sen III).png|Initial proposal.
Alberich - Initial Proposal 3 (Sen III).png|Initial proposal.
Alberich - Initial Proposal 4 (Sen III).png|Initial proposal.
Alberich - Initial Proposal 5 (Sen III).png|Initial proposal.
Alberich - Fine-tuning Sketch 2 (Sen III).png|Fine-tuning sketch.
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Franz Reinford - Flashback 1 (Sen IV).jpg|Flashback - Franz Reinford before transformation to Black Alberich
Franz Reinford - Flashback 2 (Sen IV).jpg|Flashback - Franz Reinford before transformation to Black Alberich
Franz Reinford - Flashback 3 (Sen IV).jpg|Flashback - Franz Reinford before transformation to Black Alberich
Franz Reinford - Flashback 4 (Sen IV).jpg|Flashback - Franz Reinford before transformation to Black Alberich
Sharon's Past - Flashback 2 (Sen III).png|Flashback - Franz Reinford meeting Sharon Kreuger
Franz Reinford & Sharon Kreuger - Flashback 5 (Sen IV).jpg|Flashback - Franz Reinford meeting Sharon Kreuger
Franz Reinford & Sharon Kreuger - Flashback 6 (Sen IV).jpg|Flashback - Franz Reinford meeting Sharon Kreuger
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Category:Characters
Category:Reinford Group
Category:Gnomes
Category:Trails of Cold Steel III Characters
Category:Trails of Cold Steel IV Characters
Category:Deceased Characters
Category:Engineers
Category:Trails of Cold Steel IV Bosses
Category:Combat Shell Users