Franz Reinford

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## Franz Reinford

### Debut

* *Trails of Cold Steel*(flashbacks only)
* *Trails of Cold Steel III*

## Biographical information

### Alias(es)

* Franz Lughman
* Black Alberich

### Affiliation

* Reinford Group (former)
* Black Workshop

### Relatives

* Irina Reinford (wife)
* Alisa Reinford (daughter)
* Gwyn Reinford (Father-in-Law)

## Physical information

### Eye Color

Red

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**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 (née 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.*
### *Trails of Cold Steel IV*

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.

### *Trails into Reverie*

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

### *Trails of Cold Steel III*

Initial proposal.Initial proposal.Initial proposal.Initial proposal.Initial proposal.Fine-tuning sketch.
### *Trails of Cold Steel IV*

Flashback - Franz Reinford before transformation to Black AlberichFlashback - Franz Reinford before transformation to Black AlberichFlashback - Franz Reinford before transformation to Black AlberichFlashback - Franz Reinford before transformation to Black AlberichFlashback - Franz Reinford meeting Sharon KreugerFlashback - Franz Reinford meeting Sharon KreugerFlashback - Franz Reinford meeting Sharon Kreuger
## References

### Notes

1. ↑ This happened right before "the accident ten years ago".
2. ↑ The death of Alisa Reinford's father happened "8 years ago" from S.1204 and "10 years ago" according to Sharon Kreuger in S.1206 She already introduces herself as Enforcer No. IX at this point.

### Sources

1. ↑ Armen Taylor Twitter (accessed: October 23, 2019) at @ArmenTaylor
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Trails of Cold Steel III*, Chapter 4: "Radiant Heimdallr", 07/09.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Trails of Cold Steel IV*, Act 3: "Seekers of the Dawn", 08/27.
4. ↑ *Trails of Cold Steel III*, Finale: "For Whom the Bell Tolls", 07/18, Gral of Erebos.
5. ↑ *Trails of Cold Steel*, Chapter 3: "Beyond the Railways", 06/27.
6. ↑ *Trails of Cold Steel III*, Chapter 3: "Pulse of Steel", 06/11.