Albert Graff/Relationships

## Family

Maia(Charity):
Love of his life. The woman which if he was given 7 life-times he would fall in love with her in each of them.

Maia's job is to be in servitude of ill and forgotten and outcast people, taking care of their wounds, healing and talking to patients. All that done tirelessly and without want of recognition. Albert admits that she's the plainest among the treasures that his wives are yet her homeliness and altruistic care towards people had resonated deeper than with his other wives.

Electra(Patience):
Graff is attracted by her confidence and intelligence she possess.
 She's one who matches his intellect, that's not to say other Pleiades are stupid but she's one who can answer his queries without problem both of philosophical and physical nature. He also loves her unconditional and unwavering approach to help those in need. Electra is patient with those who are ignorant in areas of her expertise, willing to teach those who ask without any ridicule or mocking from her side. She's equally as ready to learn from others. Electra spirit is one of the eternal wanderer on quest for wisdom. Electra while a social-animal is person who hates gossip and talking behind someone's back, it is one of the quickest ways to lose her friendship, she also keeps secrets very well, maybe a bit too well(She often forgets them.)

Taygete(Temperance):
A forest woman which he loves unconditionally.

Albert sees in Taygete hurt soul, which desperately wants to be loved but fears being hurt again, despite her rough initial impression. She suffers in silence and readily sacrifices herself for happiness of those close to her.
There are sentiments she holds which Albert knows that she hadn't worded but since Niflhelm invasion she decided to be more honest with Graff as she thought she would lose him forever.

Alcyone(Diligence):
Graff admires her reliability and strong will.
 Alcyone is wife with which he connects on ideological level, as they share similar outlook on how things should be and their responsibility towards the underlings and those in need. Her loyalty and sincere personality made him love her. Alcyone work ethic is admirable and made Albert want to imitate it. Alcyone can't hide any surprises from Graff which often ended with him knowing beforehand to her embarrassment. While many might think of her ethos as silly, Albert couldn't just dismiss it as daydreaming. There were few points with which he disagreed but Alcyone had looked towards moral improvement of society, her goal was big, unachievable by one person alone but not entirely unrealistic. She herself lived the ideal she preached and with her way of living she positively affected those in her surroundings.

Celaeno(Chasity):
Although initially he was horrified by her darker side, he accepted her as a Celaeno, not as a Fair Lady or Night Chaser. Which deepened their bond, Albert helped her with dark urges and unsavory side but also corrected her side that wants to please everyone. Other than that he's amazed by her writing talent and ability to make memorable dates.
 They share the love of literature, being able to talk for hours on end without tiring each other.

Sterope(Kindness):
Her upbeat spirit never fails to bring his spirits, able to see the positives in negatives. Often bringing him sweets and hugging him with her breasts unintentionally.
 Albert loves her ability to see best in everyone and not bearing grudges against other people, while he's not as optimistic as her, he shares her view which holds favor to people's best intention. He and Sterope talk about music, surprisingly she isn't tied only to hip-hop or any popular music as she's able to find appreciation in most music genres. He doesn't take kindly to people insulting his wife musical talent. Albert is also one to be guarding his wife from other people who want to abuse her good faith. Whenever Graff has empty schedule and Sterope is on scene, he often visits her concerts.

Merope(Humility):
Her worry whenever he's overworking, affirms the fact that he can't give up for sake of his family. While Merope is often clumsy with words, there are times when her words affect him greatly, turning him into sobbing mess just for her to see him. They often spend time quietly enjoying their presence, something which he needs from time to time.
 He emphasizes with her on emotional level knowing how he was in past. Giving her necessary support which brought Merope out of her shell to the shock of Pleiades, she's not shy at least not around strangers but she still has reserved nature. She's the wife which he's most protective of and is willing to react immediately when danger or problem arises. Merope is also most intense wife in bed, a true stamina monster.

"Graff's" Family: He thinks of them as relic of past, someone who never had place in his heart.

## Children

Alexander Graff: The oldest son, which he hopes that he will surpass him and become future ministry leader. Although Alexander himself admitted that he could never surpass his father as son of Ministry leader, being in shadow of his glory. He exclaimed he will surpass him as Alexander Graff, son of Albert and Maia Graff. Since then he didn't bring up the issue of succession up to him. Although one day he planned to prepare his sons to rule.

Medea Graff : His oldest child. He made sure to give her best education she can have and support her interest in hobbies, which could become profitable endeavors given passion. She just like her mother is incredibly smart and often when she talks about certain topics, he just is nodding and trying to comprehend whole thing but unfortunately zones out due to information overload.

Calliope Penelope Graff: Albert is close with his daughter, trying to keep an eye on her, to ensure she doesn't get in contact with dangerous people, despite her massive power he knows there are certain issues which can't be overcome with force. Fortunately her circle is formed of down to earth people, while they may appear as delinquents at first glance, they are friendly though not afraid to fight for their member. Albert finds this unpretentiousness refreshing, he once in a while goes with her for Ari's and Elizabeth concert.

Jason Graff: He has regrets about allowing Jason idolize him to such extent.
Though he knew at one moment in time there would someone in his family who would idolize him. It isn't that surprising given his achievements, though Albert was his hero even before he knew was sort of personage his father was. He often spent time with Jason and trained with him given that their powers were roughly similar, that and the fact his power wasn't exactly solid which could be troublesome. In certain sense he sees himself in Jason, the man who's clinging to someone who wouldn't reject him no matter what happens, seeing stability in their familial relation.

Theseus Graff: Albert had took care in training his abilities which were volatile and required his attention. Imparting his wisdom and bonding over their difficulties. There's certain vulnerability when Theseus is around his father alone. Albert knows that if he overcomes his weaknesses, he might overshadow his siblings, he might have named Theseus his heir if he had been little older.

Ariadne Graff: Treasure which he wants to protect from all evil. He had convinced himself he wont spoil his kids too hard, well he has hard time keeping the balance around Ariadne.
Ariadne smile is more than enough to make his day worth it.

## Friends

**Ethelhelm Nerva:** Initially they found each other on opposing sides, Albert had the distaste for his brutality but also felt pity as man was consumed by vengeance, they mostly talked through fists. In the last moments he seen Ethelhelm remaining humanity and coherence that couldn't be seen before.

**Grant:** Graff met Grant while before he became a Ice Tyrant, he was on the way to sight-see finding the man come out of sea. Unable to ascertain his intentions, he charged at him. They fought for a while and acknowledged each others strength, since then they were friends.

Illyricus: At first he was dubious of angel true intentions, rejecting his offer. However he couldn't let the opportunity for his family fate to be in danger of mysterious agent, so he agreed to form a contract and since then the mysterious angel was his servant. Their contract allowed them to understand each other on deeper level even without having emotional and mental link though the master-servant dynamic is supposed to keep them in their designated positions. Graff decided to not interfere in Illyricus plans yet despite the non-interference he's one of biggest actors who could make his plan fail unintentionally.

Ari: Graff met Ari in Valhalla, they both fought each other until either one will fall, he was sure he broke almost all bones in his body and having no way to end it in way without killing the man he admitted his defeat. Since then both of them were friends, bonding over the fact they were only currently alive men from 21st century. Ari has utmost loyalty for his boss even though he's chummy with him, being one of defiant opponents when it comes to election of potential successor. Ari and Graff are closest friends in Ministry.

Chubbs: Initially he was off-put by his blood lust and pushiness whenever he met him. Though he did find him a great sparring partner.

## Unknown

* Lucifer: Albert "met" with Lucifer, he was one of three beings he feared. While he slain the Azazel with difficulty he realized the sheer power difference between them, even though he was imprisoned in his own dimension and unable to injure him. What terrified him the most though was his cunning and intellect.

## Enemies

* **Nuwa Genesis**: Albert served Nuwa. Through his time as one of his commanders, he managed to have closer view into nature of the visionary. Referring to him as a fool, for his dream was much bigger than himself.
* Valhalla Council: While their history goes back to the time when he was still young ruler. The animosity arose when he received their offer in Valhalla towards the ends of Nuwa vs Ethelhelm conflict, details of meeting are cryptic but it soured both sides, he noticed they weren't so above humans and since then he called them condescendingly daemones and not angeloi.
* Bureaucracy: Albert hates it with his guts and curses the guy who had came up with this torture idea.
* Careerists: That might be his most hated group of people, those who occupy positions of power based on connections and favors they done to their benefactors, often without any knowledge nor skill in political domain, a social parasites of hidden oligarchy that people call democracy, fruit of erroneous system. Thankfully Midgard has lesser occurrence of such characters, they still occurred but it wasn't en-masse like in Pre-Apocalypse period.