Ulysses Craven

Ulysses Craven is a major antagonist of Thy Dark Devices and was the fourth participant in the whole scheming of Nazologia's Phase II. He was a cruel smuggler whom kidded himself into believing that he was a force of Justice, hiding it under the impression of a gracious gentleman. Ulysses's count is the number of people that he has brought to "Justice", meaning those whom he had frauded.

## Physical Characteristics

Ulysses is a pale skinned man of reasonable height with chin-length, curly silver hair and piercing green eyes. These eyes are covered by a pair of clear-cut glasses with round lenses and thin rims. Ulysses's face is quite youthful, despite only being in his late thirties. His facial expression is almost unintelligible though handsome, the mouth often set in a confident and sly smirk that upturns oddly.

For clothing attire, Ulysses wears a dark long trench coat and a white collared shirt equipped with a straight black tie. His curled silver hair is accompanied by a black fedora with a grey striped sash set around it's rim. Upon his right arm's wrist, there is an extremely expensive chained watch that is connected to the hand that holds a dark cane.

Ulysses's last accessory is a mask made from white cloth that clamps over his head. A large red eye is painted on the mask to resemble an eyeball.

## Personality

Ulysses is highly intelligent and can easily win at both chess and cards, though it was more of him being somehow able to rig the game. He is quite charismatic, as he can easily associate with anyone, regardless whether they are nobles or commoners. His professional mannerism is one of the reasons why people trust him too easily. He has a way with his words in the way of careful speech and is very good at creating lies, people almost always believing him due to his status. He was also extremely popular within society due to his family's heritage.

Ulysses views himself to be a hero, his mere count reflecting all those that he had "brought to justice" meaning that he either blackmailed, exploited or murdered the "guilty ones" or "victims". This true side of him is: "Quite Loathsome", as Nazologia states it after Ulysses received his Ballot.

Besides his sly demeanour, he can act as a calculating and intelligent gentleman. Ulysses hardly trusts anyone, for he knows from his own experience that none in the world are selfless. Ulysses is also unusually confident in himself, even believing that he was more intelligent than Nazologia, though was proved easily wrong. He indifferently accredited himself to be a "Hero", attacking people that he knew were "Evil". He has complete confidence no matter what type of situation he is dealing with, be it cases or simply bad situations he created in the first place. He also believes that he himself is a leader of new-world justice and heroics.

When Reyouka asks Nazologia why he didn't ask Ulysses to join Tartaroth, as their goals are a little similar, Nazologia states that Ulysses was too loathsomely disgusting to let pass.

He's very good at hiding his tracks and commits every crime or "act of justice" perfectly. He can be merciless and methodical, setting up traps to catch his targets and murder him. He often liked to gloat about his opinion of the villains he slayed to Sabine when she was his captive, criticizing their lifestyle, attitude and the heinous crimes they have committed. Ulysses also seems to view himself as a stand-alone prodigy, loving to talk with his Sabine as his captive, even gauging out her eye so that she could: "be like him".

## Background

### Before "Aroura Borealis".

Ulysses was the born son of George Kennadin Craven and Mary Carathole Craven. He was a nobleman, though was secretly a little insane, and burned his parents house to the ground and made it look like an accident while he accused them of "villainy". Ulysses privately became part of the smuggler trade for things like sleeping drugs and poisons, even at one point catching a cargo of explosives in order to bring an end to "evil doers".

He presented a good face to the outside world as a poor and pitied gentleman due to the "tragic demise of his family home". Ulysses formed a secret group that only consisted of himself called the Vigilante Board. He also helped fund Sechs Medical Industry, exchanging both data and medical knowledge in return. Ulysses secretly committed hundreds of crimes that he named "Justice", though none ever suspected him due to the high status of his family.

## Count

Ulysses's count reads the figures of "three hundred and seventy-eight", though it calculates the number of times that he has smuggled and frauded others. It is printed in the centre of his palm in slanting black writing.

The writing changed to "Zero" after his death.

## Equipment

* Cane: Ulysses always carries a dark cane, merely to improve his gentleman-like manor.