Graham



"Salutations, young one! I am Graham, the monkey Alpha. I'm extremely glad to see you made it up the volcano in one piece!"

- Graham introducing himself to the Player in Greely's Inferno.

Graham is the Alpha/Shaman of the Monkeys, and one of the six main Alphas currently featured and described in Animal Jam. He acts as the inventor of the Alphas and often creates complex machines and mechanisms to achieve certain tasks, such as the Tower featured in The Great Escape. He never leaves a tool or mechanism without improving it further. He is capable of crafting tools that other animals, those without thumbs or hands, can use. He is not as well known as the other Alphas, and he makes his first appearance in Greely's Inferno.

Appearance
He is a blue-gray monkey with paler blue-gray rings around his tail and pale blue-gray flecks on his elbows and knees. Pink skin, orange-yellow eyes, wild long-thick white hair and white beard. A key on a string wrapped around the tip of his tail, working goggles, arm goblets and strap around his chest with a green gem in the middle.

Adventures
Greely's Inferno: Graham briefly appears in Greely's Inferno, he first teaches the Player about the his equipment. Towards the end of Greely's Inferno he is seen along with Liza and Cosmo. He states that he wishes that he could tell Greely how thankful he is for saving Jamaa from the volcano.

The Search For Greely: He appears again in The Search For Greely, leading a group of Monkeys to search for Greely (dead or alive). It is revealed that he had a pretty good relationship with Greely and that is why he is so determined to find him. He later ambushes Greely along with Cosmo and Liza, accusing him of working for the Phantoms after the group of Monkeys' evidence. While Greely explains his reasons and brings up the topic of the Phantom Beacon, Graham is the only one staying quiet; possibly deep in thought. Graham states that his trust in Greely will possibly never be the same again and tells the Player that he will look for more evidence that Greely is in fact a traitor.

Turning The Tide: In this Adventure, he assigns the Player to go out a look for the Bottlenose Squad and help them rescue Tavie, where he also mentions that he built tail armor to help her swim because she was born without one. He lastly appears in the end with Liza, Cosmo and Greely, where he seems glad that the tail armor fits Tavie perfectly.

Trivia

 * The meaning of Graham comes from the American origin meaning 'Grain'.
 * It is possible he could be named after Alexander Graham Bell, the creator of the telephone, and one of National Geographic's four creators.
 * It is stated that his favorite color is in fact yellow. This was discovered on his profile page during the Beta Testing.
 * He shares traits very similar to the world's best known genius, Albert Einstein.
 * He was known as Graham the inventive monkey when he was chosen as an alpha.