Ulysses Estark

### Appearance

The crew have only seen Ulysses briefly once, though have repeatedly encountered rumours and hearsay. This brief sighting confirmed the rumours that he was an exceptionally large human, lacking the pallor of goliaths and half-orcs, and confirming the pedlar's claim that he was missing an arm, his left appearing to be a prosthetic of incredibly high quality.

### Personality

Opinions are strongly divided on Ulysses, some seeing him as a heroic living legend, but many more as a tyrant and warmonger. Though little is known for definite, even Hots having never encountered him directly during her time with the Ursa Company, all agree on his martial prowess and love of war. On Caiaphas both he and his ground team were welcomed like celebrities and when the crew spoke with the company members in the bar both spoke very highly of him.

### Biography

Little is known about Ulysses before his founding of the Ursa Company roughly 15 years prior to the campaign, the crew discovering that he had started as a member of the Lupa Company but had formed Ursa after gaining notoriety on Caiaphas; it was also claimed that he and Jameson Zoma had strong differences of opinion, particularly related to the chain of command. It is widely accepted that he has storied past although the crew have yet to encounter many specifics. Raphael Moreno claimed to have once seen him fight at the Caiaphas arena, confirming that this was the place Ulysses first rose to infamy. The Rakshasa merchant on Epsilon Station's statement that he had lost an arm was also true, and at the arena the crew witnessed footage of him cutting it off to elude being pinned down by a bear during a fight.

Half of the crew first met Ulysses in his private box overlooking the Caiaphas arena where he revealed that he was aware of them after visiting Gravewaters in search of the artefact the crew had picked up and torturing Raphael. He stabbed Gottbrand after realising that him and Aberacht getting the crew into the box was pure coincidence rather than planned, prompting them to leave. Instead of interrogating the crew as he stated he intended to do, he spectated the opening fights and ignored Hezsia's advances, during which he took a call from an unknown woman. During the final fight of the day he went up against SID, Gabriel and Edana, swiftly killing the latter and then disabling Gabriel, being seemingly unaffected by the Entity's powers. He then taunted SID with the knowledge that Caiaphas was where Raphael first found him amongst the graves of many of his kind. The two then clashed with SID on the back foot, being more suited to ranged fighting and struggling against Ulysses' surprising speed until Ulysses finally overpowered SID. Before he could land a killing blow a weakened Gabriel distracted Ulysses, goading him into a fist fight before blinding him with the blood from his injuries long enough to manoeuvre around him and heal SID. Ulysses was quick to recover, shrugging off a final attack from SID before breaking Gabriel's should and throwing him aside, then attempting to kill SID again but pausing when he realised that Gabriel hadn't been using the Entity's powers, resolving that the pair could live until he had a clearer understanding of what was going on.