Andrew and Ashley

Andrew "Andy" Graves is one of the two titular main protagonists of The Coffin of Andy and Leyley. He shares this role with his sister, Ashley Graves.

Andrew is a thin, pale-skinned young man with dim green eyes. occasionally he can be seen with eyebags under his black messy hair.

As for his clothing, Andrew wears a slightly oversized black sweater with its label sticking out, ripped jeans and grey trainers with black laces. Sometimes he's seen wearing grey socks.

He shows a vast array of expressions, most of which are apathetic, disinterested, and occasionally irate or content.

As a kid he shows several similarities with present Andrew, however there is a greater contrast between his expressions, in addition to his messy hair being slightly shorter.

He was often seen wearing a slightly oversized violet t-shirt and dark trousers.

As a teen, Andrew had around the same length of hair and a few acne spots. He wore a dark grey and a slightly lighter grey half-length flannel, his flannel was accompanied by a long sleeve black shirt underneath. He wore grey pants and black sneakers with white shoelaces.

His attitude is often sarcastic and cynical, often responding sarcastically or exasperatedly. Andrew wasn't born "bad," but he was forced to become something he never wanted, learning early on that his desires didn't matter. He is characterized by constant emotional repression, a distorted self-image, and guilt sublimated into logic, always justifying his actions as "necessary." The dysfunctional and obsessive relationship with his sister, Ashley, is the epicenter of his existence, being both his anchor and his downfall.

Since childhood, Andrew was kind, friendly, and hard-working, but his parents viewed him as "invisible," placing the responsibility of caring for Ashley on his shoulders. He didn't have a normal childhood; his life was a constant "job" of being understanding, smiling, and solving Ashley's problems, who was loud, emotionally unstable, and spoiled.

The need to be "amazing" meant giving up on himself, which emptied him. When pressured to lock Nina in a trunk, his motivation was selfish, aiming to keep Ashley close and preserve his role, which gave meaning to his existence. The subsequent despair was not remorse for Nina's death, but the fear of losing control and the thought of Ashley leaving.

As a teenager, Andrew presented himself as impeccable, polite, charismatic, and loved, but internally, everything was artificial. He saw others as disposable, except for Ashley. Ashley was all he had, the only person with whom he had a true connection. When a boy showed interest in her, Andrew felt anger, anxiety, and possessiveness, unable to allow his "sole source of control, importance, and affection" to leave.

He began dating Julia to mask rumors that he and Ashley were more than siblings. He saw Julia as a tool, feeling only boredom and physical desire, despite pretending to be the perfect boyfriend. In a dream, he recoiled from Ashley's touch, fearing the consequences, the truth, what it would do to his image, and what it would make him. The fear of feeling the urge to sleep with his sister caused him to never touch her again, deepening his inner emptiness. In fact, Julia and Ashley looked alike physically.

Just before fleeing the apartment with his sister, he still had traces of empathy, but they had weakened considerably. His repulsion toward cannibalism is more about the "disgusting" than about morality. He eats human flesh because it's rational and necessary, not out of cruelty. When he kills the guard, he's unfazed, simply doing "what's necessary," showing that he doesn't feel conventional guilt, but rather discomfort with the "dirty work." His coldness suggests that violence is no longer distant, perhaps having been awakened by Ashley.

• Skepticism and Indifference in Rituals: He participates in offering rituals with sarcasm and skepticism, and doesn't seem to feel much guilt, treating them as something necessary.

When Ashley suggests killing his parents, Andrew's mind enters a "cold conflict." The decision isn't purely influenced by Ashley; He ponders with warped logic, convincing himself that it's "them or us" due to paranoia and Ashley's influence. Killing his parents is a point of no return. The pain he feels isn't remorse, but discomfort at the complete breakdown of reality. He justifies himself: "They never protected me, they never listened to me. I was always responsible. Why should I feel guilty now?"

Andrew doesn't feel anything purely; he represses everything—anger, desire, guilt, affection—in a constant effort to remain "functional." He wants to appear sensible, logical, and normal, but internally he is "rotten to ruins," believing that manipulating emotions is the same as controlling them. He never allows himself to feel full guilt, always finding a reason or practical rationale for every choice. It's the typical mindset of a secondary psychopath who avoids taking the blame. He loves Ashley and loathes her. She drags him down, but he allows it because he feels he needs her. The relationship became a suffocating obsession, and he was more attached to it than to his own morals.

Andrew Graves could very well be a secondary psychopath, a condition developed over time, not born with. His psychopathy is "full of fear" of accepting who he truly is a "sick" person.

Andrew is the only son of Douglas Graves and Renee Graves. He was born two years before his sister Ashley and their mother tasked him with Ashley's care. Due to her mother negligence and his father absenteeism from constantly being at work, Andrew became the emotional punching bag of her mother and sister as well as the primary caretaker of Ashley, thus leading to a co-dependent and toxic relationship between Ashley and Andrew

As a child Andrew was the smartest out of the two and behaved well. At one point, his grandfather even stated he could become a lawyer if he kept being a "good boy". He seemed to mostly keep to himself at school and had a small group of friends (friend A and friend B) who he sat with in the school cafeteria at break and lunch.

Ashley "Leyley" Graves[1] is one of the two titular main protagonists of The Coffin of Andy and Leyley. She shares this role with her brother, Andrew Graves.

Ashley is a young, pale-skinned and thin woman with deep pink eyes and black, shoulder-length, unruly hair, which she keeps in a loose, low ponytail.

Ashley wears a black choker with a pendant hanging from it. She also wears a black shirt which reveals her cleavage and the straps for her black brassiere, which are shown to have polka dots in official art of her. She wears grey denim shorts and grey lace-up boots, which are accompanied with black ankle socks. She shares a good part of her facial expressions with those of her mother

As a child, Ashley, or Leyley, had much shorter hair that was accompanied with a total of five hairpins; three barrettes and two snap pins.

She wore a violet t-shirt with black stripes under black dungarees, a purple belt and ebony shorts. Leyley wore violet brothel creepers.

Much like the other characters, her in-game sprite is a stoic grayscale pixel-art version of her. As Leyley, she has a more pinkish palette. As Ashley, she features a noticeable frown.

Unlike Andrew, who was internally hollowed out by obligation, Ashley grew up without structure or boundaries. She sees Andrew as an extension of herself, not an individual, and her existence is deeply intertwined with his. Her personality is characterized by an extreme lack of empathy, manipulative tendencies, narcissism, and an unhealthy obsession that leads her to dehumanize others and find pleasure in domination.

Although she was a planned daughter, her parents' neglect was constant. She grew up without structure, without boundaries, and without true affection. Andrew's mother placed the responsibility of caring for Ashley and "doing whatever she wanted" on him. This gave a spoiled and needy child too much power, making her believe that Andrew was an extension of her, a "servant," "nanny," and "life partner" all in one. Ashley had no friends at school, was antisocial, and incapable of connecting with anyone. She saw other people as mere obstacles to be endured in order to avoid being alone.

She feels little to no remorse after committing violent crimes, such as murder and cannibalism. She is also verbally violent and apathetic when it comes to other people's feelings. Even as a child, she felt no remorse for murdering Nina after discovering she had a crush on her brother. She also berated and persecuted Julia for dating Andrew, which was one of the main reasons, if not the main reason, for their breakup. The few times she tries to justify her actions, she looks for ways to assuage her guilt or blame whoever was killed.

Ashley demonstrates throughout the story an unhealthy obsession with Andrew, to the point of doing anything to ensure his continued presence by her side. This jealousy means she has no qualms about killing those closest to her or satisfying any of his desires. As he was her sole caregiver, she became dependent on him due to the neglect her parents inflicted on her. Consequently, she displays ignorance or hatred for most people who even remotely cross her or her brother's path, even to the point of considering their death a suitable option.

Ashley doesn't love Andrew in a healthy way. She needs him to exist, reflecting a broken child who confused care with love and love with possession. She can be interpreted as someone with Borderline Personality Disorder with obsessive traits, exhibiting fear of abandonment, alternating between idealization and hatred, impulsivity, instability, and emotional deprivation. She also displays narcissistic traits.

While Andrew feels discomfort, Ashley seems enthusiastic about the idea of ​​eating human flesh. She accepts and revels in what is "transgressive" for others, feeling freedom rather than guilt at losing her morality, which reinforces perverse narcissism and sadistic traits. The devil's talisman is a metaphor for her desire for total control. She wants not only to survive, but to dominate her circumstances, others, and especially Andrew. She feels powerful, important, and justified, believing herself to be above human morality.

With the security of being alone in the world, her obsession intensifies. She believes she can finally merge their lives, souls, and even bodies without interference.

Ashley is the second child and only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Graves. Since their parents thought she would be "easy" to raise, Ashley's primary caretaker had been Andrew. It is suggested that Ashley did not have a proper and comfortable place at the family's dining table. More than that, Ashley felt constantly neglected and pushed away by her parents. It was Andrew who fulfilled the role of both mother and father for Ashley but, as a child himself, he would spoil her and cater to her every demand in exchange. One of Ashley's fondest memories includes Andrew spending his allowance to buy her lemon muffin cakes for her birthday.

Ashley also had few friends; her only friends, Nina and Julia, were wary of her yet smitten with her brother. Ashley felt betrayed when Nina confessed to her that she had a crush on Andrew and as such, persuaded Andrew to help her 'teach Nina a lesson.' This lesson involved trapping the young girl in a dusty storage box in an abandoned warehouse, only for the siblings to leave her trapped overnight. The next day, Ashley was surprised but not horrified by Nina's death, and helped Andrew bury her body in a nearby forest.

At some point, Andrew started dating Julia and Ashley's friendship with the girl soon fell apart as she sent constant death threats and voicemails to her.

Prior to the events of the game, Andrew and Ashley had to be quarantined alongside their whole apartment building due to a 'parasite infestation' in their water supply. Ashley would then spend the next three months in quarantine with Andrew and starts to starve once they run out of food and their building's wardens stop supplying them with food. She would also attempt to call their mother numerous times, to no avail.

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Ashley's age: 20

Andrew's age: 22

The two sibilings are incestous for each other.