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Black Alberich (黒のアルベリヒ) is the chief of the Gnomes.


Profile

Black Alberich is the leder of the Black Workshop, part of the Thirteen Factories. In reality he is Franz Reinford (フランツ・ラインフォルト), the Reinford Group engineer and husband of Irina, whose personality was taken over by the chief of the Gnomes. He serves Giliath Osborne in order to fulfill the Great Twilight and Rivalry of the Seven, for which he has been making preparations for centuries.

Prior to being brainwashed by Ishmelga, Franz was known as a kind and caring father and husband to his family. As Black Alberich, however, he is a cold-blooded and uncaring man who is willing go to any lengths to achieve his goals, including unquestionable ones. This is shown when he revealed himself to be alive and claimed that he married the Reinford family just to obtain their technology and knowledge as part of his plan to reform the Great One.

Past

Alberich was born as a descendant of the Gnomes. Franz Reinford (née Lughman, ルーグマン) became the first discipline of G. Schmidt at the Roer Institute of Technology (RIT). He married Irina Reinford and fathered Alisa.

Franz Reinford - Flashback 1 (Sen IV)

In S.1196, Franz submits a pocket watch alongside plans for all Panzer Soldats as his graduation project at the RIT.[Note 1] 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 was believed to have killed him and mortally wounded Kreuger.[3][4][Note 2]

Afterwards, he was revived as an immortal.

Trails of Cold Steel III

Alberich is introduced in the series under the guise of Professor Lughman (ルーグマン教授). In order to check up on Altina Orion, he reached out to Class VII in Crossbell and Ordis and guided the group to investigate the Catacombs underneath Heimdallr.

When the Gral of Erebos appeared as the place to usher in the Great Twilight, he summoned Altina in order to have her sublimate into the Sword of the End, a weapon capable of destroying Holy Beasts. With Osborne's consent, he stopped the Courageous's interruption of ritual by denotating the bombs aboard the Courageous. What remained for him was to witness Rean Schwarzer ushering in the Great Twilight.

Trails of Cold Steel IV

With the Great Twilight activated, Alberich returned to the Gnomes' headquarters alongside Osborne, who had captured Rean. Class VII infiltrated the Black Workshop in order to free Rean. When Alisa calls him out by his original name, he replied that he-as-Alberich is not her father.

After Rean completed the first three Rivalries, Alberich and Osborne summon the Tuatha De Danann as stage for the final Rivalries. He fights alongside Rufus Albarea to prepare the stage for the fifth Rivalry.

When Ishmelga loses the final Rivalry and his grip on Alberich weakens, Franz manages to regain his former personality. He uses the power of the Sept-Terrion to revive Millium Orion and Crow Armbrust. After a word of farewell to his daughter, Franz diseappears.

Gameplay

Alberich wields the combat shell Zoa Balor (ゾア=バロール) in battle.

Gallery

Trails of Cold Steel III

Trails of Cold Steel IV

Trivia

  • The name 'Lughman' might be based on the god Lugh from Irish mythology. Lughman is responsible for the creation of Airgetlam and Claiomh Solais, two swords from Irish mythology.

References

  1. Armen Taylor Twitter (accessed: October 23, 2019) at @ArmenTaylor
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