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Al (full name: Albert) was born in Candor. He chooses Dauntless at the Choosing Ceremony. He does not like to hurt people but chooses Dauntless because he and his parents admire bravery. He is described as largest and broadest of all the initiates and bit clumsy. His eyes are very dark brown in color with thick eyebrows and a kind face. He has a tattoo of a spider.
In Divergent, during his first night, he cries himself to sleep. He later becomes friends with Tris, Christina and Will. During the sparring training, he unwillingly defeats Will. He helps Christina against Eric's orders, when Eric forces her to hang over the chasm. When sparring for the second time, he loses to Drew on purpose because he does not want to fight anymore and later he also is defeated in the same way by Christina. During the knife throwing activity, Al is the only initiate who has not hit the target, even after a half hour. Eric orders him to collect his knives while the other are still throwing, putting him in their line of fire. When Al refuses to do so, Eric makes him stand in front of the target while Four throws knives at him until he stops flinching, but Tris stands up for him and takes his place in front of the target. He does not show up to meet his parents during the visiting day even though they look for him. He also develops feelings for Tris. When she asks him why he is hiding from his parents, he tells her that he does not want to disappoint them. He makes a subtle move on her but she politely turns him down. Once the second stage of initiation, the simulations, starts he often cries and wakes up screaming. He become sad and hurt after Tris's refusal and in his jealousy and anger he joins Peter. He along with Peter and Drew kidnaps and attacks Tris and hangs her over the chasm, but he and Peter run away when Four arrives. He deeply regrets what he did to Tris and apologizes to her but she refuses to forgive him. He commits suicide by throwing himself into the chasm. At his funeral, Eric calls his suicide courageous but Tris disagrees with him, as does Four.
Al is portrayed by Christian Madsen.