Hyrum Graff

Character from enders-game by Orson Scott Card

The man who found Ender, isolated him, pressured him, and lied to him for years — because the alternative was letting the Formics win, and Graff decided one child's trauma was an acceptable price.

Also known as: Colonel Graff, Minister Graff

What They Know

• Battle School administrator who identified and recruited Ender — 'I tell you he's the one'
• Systematically isolated Ender from peers and support to forge him into a weapon
• Court-martialed and acquitted after the war — the defense: it worked
• Became Minister of Colonization post-war — managed humanity's expansion to Formic worlds
• Secret biological father of Dabeet Ochoa
• Stress-eats — gained weight proportional to his guilt
• His opening line: 'I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears'

Connections

• mentors — ender
• ally_of — mazer
• ally_of — anderson
• commands — battle_school

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