Director of the Federal Bureau of Control

The **Director of the Federal Bureau of Control** is the head of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Control (FBC), an agency tasked with studying and gaining control over paranatural phenomena.

## Description

Beginning with Director Northmoor, the role of Director is assigned through the Service Weapon, an Object of Power; the Board uses the Service Weapon to test potential candidates for Director. If an individual passes a ritual performed in the Astral Plane involving the Service Weapon, they are designated by the Board to become the new Director of the FBC. After this "selection ritual", the Bureau's executive leadership and senior staff are expected to brief the Director on the specific classified information and procedures necessary for the role. After the death of the Service Weapon's previous wielder, Zachariah Trench, during the Hiss invasion, the role of Director was passed down to Jesse Faden. This is the only known occurrence of a "field promotion" during a time of crisis, something which has no precedent in Bureau guidelines.

In order to ensure that the seat of Director would be granted to only those most capable of handling the responsibilities of Director, the Prime Candidate Program was launched in an effort to identify and observe potentially powerful parautilitarians to assume the position of Director in the event of the previous Director's retirement or death. When Director Northmoor stepped down, there were no candidates available, and Zachariah Trench was promoted from the ranks of the Bureau instead. During his time as Director, due to his increasing paranoia and growing concern over the overwhelming responsibility of the position of Director, Trench redoubled the Bureau's efforts to identify notable parautilitarians and was able to designate and observe at least seven such candidates. Though Jesse is listed among the candidates under consideration, her acceptance into the position is considered to be due to forces outside of Trench's knowledge and beyond his control.

## List of Directors

Based on the portraits displayed on the rear wall of the Board Room in the Executive Sector, the FBC has had a total of 14 Directors since its founding, including Jesse Faden. The directors in the 10 portraits that precede Theodore Ash, Sr. are not identified. Their portraits can be found in the gallery below this table.

## Trivia

* Notably, the Director portraits in the Board Room are not displayed in any order corresponding to their internal file numbering.
	+ Three of the portraits are not internally numbered and instead have a name in their file description. These portraits appear to be modelled after Remedy Entertainment employees who worked on *Control*, namely Stuart Macdonald, Paul Ehreth, and (possibly) Leonardo Calamati.
* When Jesse became Director, portraits of Zachariah Trench located throughout the Oldest House immediately transformed to depict her. How this occurred is unknown.
	+ Although the portraits are updated all throughout the Oldest House, the nameplate in the Director's Office does not update to read "Jesse Faden" until after the Hiss situation is contained and Jesse accepts her role as Director.

## Gallery

Director portraits in the Board Room"Stuart" (Stuart Macdonald)"Paule" (Paul Ehreth)"Leo" (Leonardo Calamati?)Theodore Ash, Sr.Broderick NorthmoorZachariah Trench
## References

1. ↑ Service Weapon (Collectible)
2. ↑ Becoming Director
3. ↑ Northmoor (Collectible)
4. ↑ Prime Candidates

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