General de Graaf serves aboard The Ouroboros as part of the High Command during the Rediscovery Endeavor. He is a key figure in a sealed conspiracy connected to the Mesektet crash and is the subject of an ongoing investigation by Zhen.
Background
Prior to the Rediscovery Endeavor, de Graaf was among the high-ranking admiralty officials who regularly visited the home of Madelyn Moss and Bai Shan-shu in Hadera to discuss secret projects. Through The Musubi with Zephyr, Zhen later witnessed fragmentary memories identifying de Graaf as one of the participants in a cabal — alongside Temera Singh and Basem Falani — whose activities were connected to the Mesektet crash. The information surrounding the crash and the Cebir was subsequently sealed.
De Graaf formerly employed a personal assistant who later became a prison officer aboard the Mandjet. This individual was not merely a secretary but a trained “strongbox” — a person conditioned to filter, encrypt, and protect crucial, secret, or illegal information from detection within The Gestalt. When Zhen probed the strongbox’s subconscious, a discreet warning system installed by the conspiracy’s architect was triggered, potentially alerting de Graaf and leading to subsequent attacks on Zhen’s life, including an ambush by the Eidolon Melusine in the Pelagonian Quadrant.
Timeline
393 AC - Sector Seven Provisions Deployment
During the seven-hour stop at Sector Seven, General de Graaf deployed a small team to gather provisions while specialists collected samples for analysis.
393 AC - Departure from the City of Scholars
De Graaf was aboard The Ouroboros with Temera Singh and the rest of the High Command as the Asgarthan armada departed the City of Scholars to continue the Rediscovery Endeavor toward the distant pillar of light.
Relationships
- The Ouroboros: Flagship where de Graaf serves as part of the High Command
- Rediscovery Endeavor: Expedition in which de Graaf participates
- Madelyn Moss: Scientist whose home de Graaf visited for secret project discussions
- Bai Shan-shu: Ordis officer whose home de Graaf visited
- Zhen: Ordis Exalt investigating de Graaf’s involvement in the Mesektet conspiracy
- Temera Singh: Grand Admiral; fellow member of the cabal and co-conspirator
- Basem Falani: Guildmaster; fellow member of the cabal
- Mesektet: Ship whose crash is connected to the sealed conspiracy
- Mandjet: Vessel where de Graaf’s former personal assistant serves as a prison officer
- Melusine: Eidolon who attacked Zhen in apparent retaliation for investigating de Graaf’s assistant
- The Gestalt: De Graaf employed a trained strongbox to protect sensitive information within the network