Kains/Relationships

## Friends

### Griselda

Griselda the leader of Kains' former Guild, Golden Apple. Not much is known about their relationship, but Kains seemed to be good friends with her. When Griselda was killed, Kains was so upset that he became obsessed with finding out who her killer was, to the point he ignored signs that pointed against his prime subject, Schmitt.

### Yolko

Yolko was a fellow member of Golden Apple, as well as a friend of Kains'. Not much is known about their relationship, but Kains seems to trust Yolko enough that he knew that she wasn't Griselda's killer. Other than that, Yolko annoyed Kains because she somehow kept ruining their perfectly orchestrated plan, constantly getting people involved that she didn't need to and struggling to do things like deleting her friends list, which he thought was a simple thing to do. Despite this, Kains did seem to care for Yolko, as he is seen comforting her when she was emotionally asking Schmitt how he could kill Griselda, even though it was later proven that this was not the case.

### Schmitt

Schmitt was a fellow member of Golden Apple. Even though Schmitt annoyed him, Kains and Schmitt seemed to be good friends. However, when Kains suspected Schmitt of being Griselda's killer, Kains became spiteful towards Schmitt. When Kains cornered Schmitt to get a confession out of him, and Schmitt offered to sacrifice orphans for him, this disturbed Kains enough to stop pretending to be a ghost. When Kains asks how many people Schmitt would have killed if asked, Schmitt tries to dismiss the matter as unimportant, but Kains disagrees. This conversation was cut short, so we never really got an answer to this question. When Kirito proved Schmitt innocent, Kains was shocked that he was wrong, but the two players seemed to go back on good terms, as they killed Grimlock together.

## Allies

### Kazuto Kirigaya

Kirito met Kains when he was pretending to die. Kains didn't take Kirito into account, as he was just a witness to his "death", but Kirito became determined to prove that Kains' death was fake. When Kirito saved him from Laughing Coffin, making him his "slave", Kains was confused and enraged, as he didn't know who Kirito was, and Yolko somehow managed to get him involved in their plan. Kains didn't believe Kirito deductions about Grimlock's guilt at first, but reluctantly heard him out when his reasoning made sense. After proving Grimlock guilty, Kains tried to thank Kirito for his help, but Kirito ruined it by mentioning the slaves thing again.

### Asuna Yuuki

Asuna met Kains when he was pretending to die. Kains didn't take Kirito into account, as he was just a witness to his "death", but Asuna became determined to prove that Kains' death was real, purely to prove Kirito wrong. When Asuna brought Grimlock before Kains and Yolko, Kains was annoyed that Yolko somehow involved Asuna in their plan too. Asuna dropped her usual nice persona in order to get Kains and Yolko back on subject.

## Enemies

### Laughing Coffin

Although Kains was mostly scared of Laughing Coffin, the tension was slightly ruined when its leader, Jeffrey, quoted an obscure bible verse, which confused him more than it intimated him. This confusion was spread further when Jeffrey began to argue with Johnny Black about how to handle their killings.

### Grimlock

Grimlock was the sub leader of Golden Apple, as well as a friend of Kains'. As Griselda's husband, Grimlock wasn't on Kains' list of suspects, and as such he was manipulated by Grimlock into believing Schmitt was responsible. Grimlock even helped Kains and Yolko by forging the blades used in their ruse to get Schmitt to confess. But, unbeknownst to them, Grimlock was using them in order to gather Kains, Yolko and Schmitt together so he could have them killed, as he was actually Griselda's killer as was afraid of getting caught.

When Kains found out that Grimlock was Griselda's killer, and for a stupid reason, Kains lost his respect for Grimlock, and refused to speak to him when Grimlock tried to have Kains back up his motivation. When Grimlock was defeated, Kains took Grimlock behind a tree, along with Yolko and Schmitt, and beat him to death, avenging Griselda.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Episode 5
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Episode 6