Andrew Graves

Andrew Graves is the main male protagonist of Lock Catalyst and the younger twin brother of Canarie Graves. Formerly a human, he was killed in an incident and turned into a Doll.

Appearance
Andrew is a young boy of tall stature with spiky, unkempt dark brown hair that gradually fades to grayish white. His most prominent features are his square eyes, upwards-facing cowlicks, eye-bags and doll stitch marks across the left side of his body (face, arm and leg).

Andrew wears a sea blue jumpsuit with yellow markings, a gold zipper and a white hood as well as a white belt fastened with a gold buckle. His sleeves rolled up to his forearms and knees, exposing the white inside of the suit. He wears a red shirt underneath his jumpsuit.

He also sports a pair of black boots with white straps over them, creating an “X” symbol, and four bracelets that resemble handcuffs on both his hands and feet.

Personality
On the surface, Andrew displays an immature, sarcastic and cynical personality. Easily annoyed, James comes off as arrogant and prideful, as he is decidedly strong-willed and stubborn, and his pettiness and egotistical nature makes him an unlikeable person and gets the better of him. He is also rather short-tempered, resorting to violence rather than negotiation with words unlike his sister. Because of his impatient and stubborn demeanor, it is hard for him to sit in one place.

He also has a strong sense of honesty, wanting himself to earn money fair and square however this also proves to be one of his biggest flaws, being completely honest about how he feels about a person, but also lying about how he truly feels of himself. It’s noted that not only does Andrew says self-deprecating things about himself in order to get people to dislike him so they do not get close to him out of fear and anxiety of his current Doll form, but also because of his past, remarking that he disliked having to pretend to be nice to his employers to get what he wanted.

Apart from his mostly negative traits, Andrew has proven to have some good traits, having been described as a hard working, compassionate and loyal individual. He is extremely intelligent and is dedicated to his job, most likely due to the fact that it was a habit of him of wanting to work to earn more. He’s also noted to be a trustworthy guy, always promising to get the job done for other people.

Background
''The weak and poor live like rats and roaches in sewers, while the rich are pampered dogs, with the finest goods and jewelry. Andrew Graves once sought for a way to get out of his impoverished town. After various dangerous attempts at improving his current life and being ridiculed for his delusions, Andrew became resentful of the environment around him. Highly desperate for money, the beginning of his self destruction seemed to take control. The incident that took his life had changed Andrew, now a rotting husk of his former self, as he seeks a new goal: turn himself back into a human.''

Abilities
Enhanced Strength: Post-Doll transformation, Andrew gained superhuman levels of strength, however he has to keep eating Doll hearts to increase his strength.

Immortality: Due to being a Doll, Andrew is nearly incapable of being killed, however the only way to kill him is by the hands of a Soul Art user.

Regeneration: Andrew possesses a great regeneration ability that restores his severed limbs by “stitching” them back together. This ability also seemingly allows him to manipulate his own severed body parts.

Doll Curse Art
Black Smoke: Andrew’s Doll ability is producing and manipulating thick black smoke from his own body. The smoke decays anything it touches, dealing significant damage to Dolls and Soul Art Users alike. Andrew can also solidify the smoke into objects such as knives, swords, daggers, etc.

Trivia

 * Andrew was 12 years old at the time of his “death”.
 * Andrew is often mistaken to be a young man, despite being 14 years old.
 * Andrew suffers from Claustrophobia and Nyctophobia.
 * Andrew dislikes small animals, especially Rin’s dog.
 * He is a meat person, and dislikes plain vegetables with no flavor.
 * He hates eggs.
 * Andrew’s name means “strong and manly”, while his surname, Graves, is a reference to him being surrounded by death.