Graham

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Graham
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Japanese	グラハム
Rōmaji	Gurahamu
Alias	Ceris Voldigoad Fiend of Purple Lightning Boldinos Fool Misfit
Biographical Information
Country	Gadeciola
Status	Alive (Sealed)
Affiliation	Phantom Knights (Leader) Selected Eight
Occupation	Leader of the Phantom Knights
Physical Description
Age	2,000+
Species	Human (Formerly) Hybrid Mutant (Currently)
Gender	Male
Hair Color	Purple (As Ceris)
Eye Color	Green (As Ceris)
Debut
Web Novel	Arc 6
Light Novel	Volume 6
Anime	Episode 22 (II)
Portrayal
Japanese	Toshiyuki Morikawa
English	Ben Lepley
Gallery

“	Maybe that's why I have a slightly different heart than other people's. This world is a fake sandbox someone else made. Nothing matters here, and so I seek hatred and ugliness without hesitation.	„
	— Graham to Anos Voldigoad in "Nihility"

Graham (グラハム, Gurahamu^?) was a misfit who, like Anos Voldigoad, was powerful enough to defy the orders of the gods and is the one responsible for the deaths of Anos' parents in his previous life.

Appearance

After gaining Tseilon blood, Graham obtained the ability to become headless, so he took possession of Ceris Voldigoad's head and attached to his own body. His attire matches Ceris' but with a collar around his neck.

Personality

Graham is a ruthless, manipulative, and twisted individual. He is usually seen with a smile that is both carefree and empty, and you can't tell what is going through his head because of this.

In his search for answers, Graham came to the conclusion that since he and Anos exist outside the framework of the world's order, there might be something else past the world's boundaries. As a result, he considers the world to be a fake, so he toys with the lives of people and brings suffering without remorse.

History

Original Self

The man who would take the name of Graham was originally a human born in a family of sages, so he was a bit better at magic than the average person. But at some point, he noticed he was a little different from others, as he could not truly die. He searched and searched for an answer, but he didn't find one. Because he was outside the bounds of reason, many gods had targeted him, including the God of Frenzy Aganzon, whom Graham turned into his own slave.

Eventually, he learned about Ceris Voldigoad and his Phantom Knights, nameless warriors who fought for peace. He then attacked the Tseilon settlement where Ceris' pregnant wife, Luna Voldigoad, was staying and imprisoned her. At the same time, he experimented with the Tseilon family, headless demons who could take the heads of others and their abilities for themselves. Once he got a working version of the Gijerica spell, he used it to reincarnate in the womb of the Tseilon queen and gained the ability to become headless, though he became a monster who couldn't be considered demon or human.

After killing Hero Graham from the Azesion Army's Squad 17 and taking his head, Graham pretended to be the hero as he continued with their mission. This led him to a direct confrontation with Ceris, who killed him using a decapitation curse, not knowing that Graham was unaffected due to his Tseilon blood. Because he prepared Gijerica in advance and reincarnated in another womb, it seemed as if Ceris destroyed Graham for good.

Since Graham mentioned having troops in the Tseilon settlement, the Phantom Knights hurried there to check on Luna. However, they were unable to save her as Graham killed her in front of them, causing Ceris to stab him from behind and annihilate him. Though he was killed, Graham had finally found another misfit like him, Ceris' unborn child, whose destructive magic had wiped out the human soldiers to protect his mother. After that, Graham came into contact with Bomiras Helos, who helped him hide in Goanel's Thundering Volcano.

When the Phantom Knights eventually found him, Graham killed most of their members using Bephengzdogma, the Divine Scythe of Disorder. This gave Ceris the chance to set up his strongest spell, but Graham appeared before Jeph and used him as a shield. Though Jeph told him to do it, Ceris was unable to stab through him and use Ravia Neold Galvarizen. Instead, he pierced through Jeph's right eye, causing his dimensional powers to awaken for the first time and teleport away. While Ceris bid farewell to his beloved disciple, Graham cut off his left arm and right leg. However, Ceris didn't give up and used Ravia Neold Galvarizen when Graham aimed for his neck. The great lightning struck Graham and began burning away his body as Ceris' head went flying. He tried to use Ingall but was unable to cast magic, so Graham snatched his head and attached his own body, revitalizing it and finally becoming Ceris Voldigoad. He then picked up Ceris' sword and the heads of his disciples and teleported away, leaving Ceris' headless body to die.

Ceris Voldigoad

Graham about to sacrifice Arcana.

During the beginnings of the Underground World, Graham was hired by the Church of Jiordal to abduct Arcana, as they wanted a double agent from Agatha who would side with them during the Selection Trial. Under their orders, Graham would throw Arcana into the mouth of the Royal Dragon, causing her to be reborn as a dragonborn.

Arcana would eventually be slain after betraying Gadeciola, the very country she created after betraying both Jiordal and Agatha. Once she reincarnated, she sought to join forces with Ceris, fully intending to betray him as well. The two exchanged information and then parted ways. She agreed to lose her memories until the victor of the Selection Trial was decided, which would seal her Magic Eyes of Absurdity. However, she never trusted him, so she only sealed her memories temporarily.

Synopsis

Jiordal, Kingdom of the Divine Dragon Arc

While posing as Ceris, Graham appears in Jiordal with the Phantom Knights to stop Anos and Arcana from recovering their missing memories. He attempts to kill Revalschned, the God of Traces, but Anos stops him. When Aisha tries to use her Magic Eyes of Omneity on him, Graham counters with the Mauve Magic Eyes and introduces himself as Anos' father. The Demon King is skeptical, but Graham claims that Militia stole his memories of him and replaced them with fake ones. Because Revalschned has already fled, Graham tells Anos to meet him at Everastanzetta before leaving.

Anos eventually arrives at the temple to ask about his motives, so Graham replies that it is to protect their homeland, as the underground world is planning to attack the surface, and Revalschned is the god protecting them. However, Anos declares that he'll protect Dilhade without destroying either Jiordal or Revalschned, causing Graham to make a magic contract with him. If the desire to destroy Jiordal arises within him, he'll have to let Graham do as he wishes. But if he still doesn't want to destroy Jiordal, then Graham will stay put. He also warns Anos that the Necron twins are reincarnations of Genedonov, the Goddess of Betrayal, but Anos pays no attention to his words.

When Jiordal begins their attack, Anos leaves Shin and Eldmed to watch over Graham and his allies, as Aeges and Kaihilam are not bound by the previous contract. A fight is about to begin, but Eldmed bargains with Graham in exchange for his silence, seemingly knowing what Graham's secret is. Aeges interrupts him and attacks Eldmed, but he is eventually defeated. Shin begins his attack on Graham, but he is not an easy opponent. As a result, Eldmed summons multiple copies of Eugo La Raviaz and traps everyone inside the Garden of Time. Since destroying Eugo while inside the garden sends everyone back into the future by several hours, Graham has no other choice but to sign.

Agatha Prophecy Arc

Ceris leads the attack on Agatha's royal palace to rescue Jiordal's traitorous former cardinal, Ahid Alovo Agartz. While the Phantom Knights battle the Knights of Agatha, Anos' group sneaks into Gadeciola and subdue Ovelord Veaflare. He eventually arrives and crudely rescues Veaflare by ripping her out from the divine sword she impaled with. Ceris then targets everyone in the room with his demon sword, Gauddigemon, but they defend against it. However, his true target was one of the Sky Pillar Swords that supported the underground dome. To prevent it from collapsing, Sword Emperor Diedrich asks Anos to keep Ceris occupied.

Father and son fight using Veneziara, which materializes potential versions of themselves. Ceris manages to pin down Anos, but the Demon King catches him off guard by using Veneziara on his already existing Veneziara. The two then attack each other's sources, but neither can't get past the other's natural defenses, as Anos possesses the Demon King's blood and Ceris possesses the Vermillion Thunderbolt. Both of them consider using world-destroying magic, but Ceris decides against it because Anos could easily learn his spells for himself. Eventually, Ceris reveals that he destroyed the Sky Pillar Sword, knowing that Diedrich and his men would sacrifice themselves to take its place. Just as Anos leaves to prevent this, Eldmed arrives with the Church of Jiordal to stop Ceris. While Eldmed wrestles with him, the Jiordan soldiers attack them with their songfire, pushing them upwards into the indestructible dome as Eldmed wonders which of them will survive.

When the dome finally began to fall, the Jiordan soldiers stop attacking to pray, allowing Ceris to free himself and imprison Eldmed with Nuizinias. He takes advantage of the fact that Anos is busy holding the dome to kill Pope Golroana and Sword Emperor Diedrich. However, he is confronted by Arcana, and the two reminisce about their past. Because it was the Jiordal Church that hired him to abduct Arcana, Ceris thinks she will allow him to kill the pope. Despite her burning hatred, Arcana saves Golroana because Anos still believes in her. She attempts to freeze Ceris, but he escapes and overwhelms her. He also slashes her Magic Eyes of Absurdity, as they're the only thing left that could create another pillar to support the dome. However, this was merely an illusion created by the titi, signaling Shin's arrival with Eldmed. Anos also comes to the fight, as Arcana's selflessness inspired Golroana to stop praying and help support the dome with his followers.

Anos stabs Ceris' source with Leviangilma, but he survives due to his Vermillion Thunderbolt. The Demon King commends his durability, so Ceris explains that destruction is a foreign concept to him, perhaps even his aspiration. While Shin and Eldmed pin down Ceris, Anos casts Gigginuvenuenz, a spell that he developed for demons that couldn't be destroyed. A jet-black guillotine then appears to behead Ceris, who reiterates it was Militia who stole Anos' memories. As Ceris' head goes flying, a devastated Veaflare runs towards it and embraces it with tears in her eyes.

Abilities

• Source of Nihility: Just like Anos, Graham possesses a unique source. In his case, it is that of pure nothingness that takes place after his source has been destroyed. It was this source that allowed him to put up a fight against Anos and survive his constant destruction.
  • Immense Magic Power: Graham possesses a vast amount of magic power, which makes him one of the strongest beings in the world as his power was stated to be superior to that of the gods. He defeated the God of Frenzy Aganzon and made him his servant, transforming him into a divine weapon. He managed to overpower elite members of the Phantom Knights, an order of powerful demons who destroyed many other powerful demons, and fight their leader Ceris on equal grounds until he gained the advantage by using a hostage to get some critical hits in. His magic power further increased after he assimilated the power of Ceris by using the Tseilon's ability to copy the powers of others by wearing their heads. He managed to fight against Shin Reglia and Eldmed Ditigeon, who are powerful demons in their own respective right, at the same time. He managed to defeat Aeges Code, one of the Four Evil Kings, even after the latter strengthened himself by imbuing himself with the divine power of Afrasiata, the Water Burial God. He was stated to have the same output of power in the world as Anos, as he managed to fight him on equal grounds for a while. Though Anos later revealed that he withheld a lot of his own strength to not destroy the world.
  • Overcoming Nihility: Due to the power of his source, Graham has shown the ability to reform himself in the event of his destruction. He demonstrated the ability to endure the power of the world-destroying magic Egil Grone Angdroa, which can destroy the world several times over and even regenerate from being slashed by Venuzdonoa, which contains the power of the Goddess Of Destruction, though Venuzdonoa was able to partially destroy his nothingness, as he would immediately regenerate when its destruction effect stopped being applied to him. While his ability to regenerate is very immense, it is not all-powerful, as it is shown that a sufficiently strong power of destruction can destroy him, such as Venuzdonoa if continuously applied over time, or a Voldigoad's source of destruction as Anos sealed his source in his own to destroy it. However, Anos stated that it would take millions of destructions and a significant period to permanently destroy his source, which demonstrates the power of Graham's regeneration.
  • Vermillion Thunderbolt: Scarlet lightning blood that violently flows from Graham's source whenever it is damaged. Despite being powerful enough to destroy the world, it only harms its intended target, making it more convenient than the Demon King blood.
• Tseilon Bloodline: More than two thousand years ago, before meeting Ceris, Graham conducted horrific experiments on the Tseilons to take their ability for himself. With it, he could assimilate the power of those whose heads he wore, thus giving him access to the powers and abilities. He managed to use the severed head of Ceris in order to duplicate his powers and allow him to wield Ceris' sword, Gauddigemon.
• Master Scythe Wielder: Graham is shown to be very skilled at wielding his scythe, Befenguzdogma, as he is fully capable of integrating its unpredictable attacks into his battle style. He is shown to be skilled enough to put up a fight against Anos, who was wielding Venuzdonoa.

Magic

See: Magic

• Magic Eyes of Mauve
• Gavest
• Jirasd
• Ravia Gig Gaverizd
• Galvedur
• Venejiara
• Nuelienu
• Nuiginias
• Ygg Neas
• Syrica
• Gigerica
• Guala Nate Forteos

Equipment

See: Items

• Gauddigemon, the Sword of a Thousand Bolts
• Bephengzdogma, the Divine Scythe of Disorder
• Selection Pledge Jewel

Relationships

Anos Voldigoad

Anos is an individual Graham sees as his equal. He believes Anos to be the only one who can fill his emptiness and cleanse his loneliness.

Boldinos

Graham manipulated Boldinos and turned him into one of his pawns. Graham later used him to manipulate Arcana and had Boldinos become the first overlord of Gadeciola to use the country for his own ends. After he had no further use for him, Graham killed him and assumed his identity.

Veaflare Wips Gadeciola

Her previous incarnation, namely Sophia, was in love with Boldinos, but that only lasted for one lifetime. She likewise was manipulated and broken by Graham who posed as Boldinos to fulfil his own goal. She believed him to be Boldinos and Graham exploited that to the fullest even impregnating her because of his curiosity concerning Eques. After proving her worth he abandoned her at the drop of a hat and ultimately killed her.

Aeges Code

Aeges was an apprentice of the deceased Ceris, whom Graham defeated alongside the rest of the Phantom Knights. He trained and improved on his spear techniques and skills in order to one day avenge his fallen master. But despite his hard efforts, he still lost to Graham.

Gallery

Art Book entry

Trivia

• Graham isn't his real name, but one he took from the Hero Graham after he stole his head.
• According to Ceris, Graham cannot be considered as either a human or demon after his reincarnation as he had transformed into a new kind of being while merely assimilating the power of the Tseilon bloodline.
• Graham is the creator of Gigerica, which he used to acquire the power of the Tseilon bloodline.
• Graham (alongside Equis) can be considered the overarching antagonist of the "Pre-Silver Sea" Story Arcs, as they had indirectly manipulated several conflicts and situations for 2,000 years.