Victoria von Graye

Victoria von Graye is a character that appears in *Beginning of the End*. She is an employee at Morix Law Offices who joins the agency in aforementioned story.

## Appearance

Victoria has silvery grey hair which fades to white at the tips tied into a ponytail. She also wears two small, black barrettes over her bangs. A small necklace hangs around her neck, which was a gift from Pieter. She has dark blue eyes framed by black glasses. She wears a black suit jacket over a turquoise shirt. She wears black trousers with black boots. On her right wrist she wears a silver bracelet which is designed with the pattern of a blue set of scales; her family emblem.

## Personality

Most of the time, Victoria is cool-headed and logical. She never jumps to conclusions and is a mature character. However, she doesn't respond well to pressure and will start to panic if pressed, especially in court. She hates to lose or fail at anything and can get overly competitive at times, breaking through the calm and collected facade. She attempts to conceal these random outbursts of emotion, but sometimes fails.

Victoria does possess a more casual side to herself, such side being easy to embarrass and a bit of a daydreamer. When she was younger and living under the pressure of her father and older brothers, Victoria would often daydream about being saved from her lifestyle by 'a prince'. These habits seem to have stuck over time, as Victoria can be a bit flirty at times towards Pieter, suggesting that she holds romantic feelings towards him.

Though she tries to hide it, Victoria is quite insecure about her strained relationship with her family and it bothers her deeply. The only members of her family she truly got along with was her mother and second older brother Virion.

## History

### Before the Story

Victoria was born and raised in Germany, where her family were well-renowned defense attorneys. Her older brothers became lawyers, so she was expected to walk down the same path. She was ignored by her family, even verbally abused by her father, with the exception of her mother and second older brother Virion. She worked alongside Virion in many of his cases from a young age. She became a defense attorney at the age of thirteen, mostly thanks to her family's influence. The bracelet Victoria wears is a family heirloom and was supposed to be given to one of Victoria's older brothers, although her mother gave it to her instead out of pity. When Victoria turned twenty-one, she decided to move to America and continue her job as a defense attorney there, away from the presence of her family.

### Beginning of the End

Victoria first appeared in the first case **Turnabout Romance**. She was introduced to the rest of the agency workers by Cotoli Morix before Nicoletta Wood appeared to request the defense of James Devine, who had been arrested for murder. Victoria took the case alongisde Tenniswood and met James at the detention center. The two defense attorneys investigated the murder at Happy House Carnival, with the help of detective Vera Stanhope. During the trial, Amanda Wakuta interrupted the proceedings and tesified that she saw James fleeing the scene after murdering the victim. More investigation pointed to Amanda as a suspect in the murder, so Victoria and Tenniswood, along with prosecutor for the case Niamh Wood confronted her about the murder. Just as it seemed as the truth was going to be revealed,

## Quotes

- "A pleasure to meet you all. My name is Victoria von Graye."

- "At least, we are in Germany. Not many people in other parts of the world have heard of us." *(when explaining her family and name origin)*

- "Th-The trial is tomorrow?"

## Trivia

- Victoria suffers from atychiphobia, the fear of failure. She developed this fear while growing up and watching her older brothers becoming flawless defense attorneys. She was constantly told that she must follow the family tradition and that failing to do so was not an option. She was so pressured by her family's ideals that she developed the fear of failing to meet what was 'required' of her.

- Victoria's special ability, her tell spotting bracelet, was inspiried by canon character Apollo Justice's ability of the same kind.

- Victoria was born and raised in Germany, which explains her German accent.