The Overseer

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*"I won’t live with any kind of regret. It’s pointless to."*

"The Overseer" is the head of the facility—both its aboveground and underground operations. His first name has been revealed to be **Ulrich** in Chapter 83.

## Appearance

Ulrich has cool grey eyes and very light blonde hair with ends which bend and wave just slightly at the tips. In his right ear, he wears a small, looped silver earring. This is in contrast to his work partner, Lucius, who has a similar earring in the oppposite ear.

Due to the nature of his work and his role in running the entire operation, Ulrich does not sleep, and so he often appears tired with lines and discoloration under his eyes, indicating constant exhaustion. Often, he is seen with a cigarette in his mouth, as he smokes when stressed.

Ulrich generally wears black, fitting pants, and his torso is covered in a white dress shirt with sleeves rolled up to his elbows, while his collar spreads over a grey vest atop his shirt. This vest also serves to conceal his weapon, a large black revolver, which he tucks away in a slit in the cloth on his side and a bit under his armpit. When going out on business related junctions, Ulrich wears a black suit jacket over his usual outfit. When performing a medical operation, he wears a white lab coat like several of the other doctors.

## Story

### Before the Facility

Not much is known about Ulrich's personal life beyond him having grown up in a family of money, and that he had a rough upbringing due to his father, Elias. It has been confirmed that Ulrich grew to hate his father, and doesn't like the idea of dealing with family or "blood ties" due to the drama it brings.
It is not known if Ulrich had done any formal training for his career before running his operation but it can be assumed that he has not only a high medical proficiency, but is also a feasible businessman (since his company is posed as a front publically and he knows how to manage it). From the context of conversations between the two main men, it can be assumed that Ulrich and Lucius had known each other personally for a very long time.
For reasons unknown, Ulrich led Ten's interview when she was initially brought in instead of Gale, who led all the interviews for the other prisoners. It's speculated that his reasons have something to do with the effects of her dose.
### In the Facility

Ulrich's voice is first heard by Ten in Chapter 1, and she sees a glimpse of his blond hair when he instructs which room Yosuke is to take her in when she wakes up. Throughout her visits and Yosuke's avoidance of answering whenever the question of the man's identity came up, she surmises that the voice must have belonged to "his superior". However, Ulrich does not make a formal appearance until much later.
Ten sees him again after Lucius shoots Jay in front of her in Chapter 41. She vaguely feels familiarity to him without any pain or numbness, despite expecting that familiarity to hurt her head. Quickly, she recognizes the voice she heard in Chapter 1 as belonging to him. Ulrich advises her to keep quiet about Jay's death and leaves Lucius to return her to her room. Ten hears his voice again (unknowingly) while she received her first injection in Chapter 50.
In Chapter 60, Ten is confined in Ulrich's room as punishment due to Yosuke's offense and Ten's willingness to discuss the circumstances of Jay's death to her friends. Ulrich shows annoyance in having to watch over her and treats her as an inconvience, even going as far as to pretend she doesn't exist whenever he is in the room. He converses with her minimally, making snide comments about her (lack of) worth to him and her compliance after his warnings early in the confinement.
After catching Gale conversing with Ten and feeding her small amounts of information regarding the interview feeds, the other numbers, and Ulrich himself, he physically punishes them and forces Ten to bargain for her life at gunpoint. He ultimately allows her to live despite reportedly fully intending to kill her.
Upon deciding to return Ten back to her group, Ulrich decides not to wipe her memory in favor of observing her and having her keep Yosuke in line. He lays out all the ground rules and leaves Lucius to return her.
Ulrich has yet to make much of an appearance since Ten's confinement, aside from sending Lucius to relay messages of warning to her for stepping over the line. However, in Chapter 83, while Ten is awaiting another injection and remaining under observation by Ulrich, she overhears his conversation with Lucius about keeping her alive due to her unique reaction to Mnemosyne. She also hears various names (Dahlia, Elias and Nicholas), though none of which help her recall anything. Ten also hears Ulrich's name for the first time from Lucius when he starts to grow concerned for his partner about his attitude. However, she doesn't get to hear much more before Ulrich notices she's starting to wake up. After he orders Lucius to put her under, he has Lucius take her away, no longer wishing to see her face after being upset at the mention of Dahlia, whom Ten supposedly knew (based on the conversation Ten overheard, and what she heard from Lucius later).
Since Chapter 83, Ulrich has yet to make more appearances.
## Personality

Ulrich has a generally stoic personality and is considered very hard to read by others, even by Gale who is known to excel in reading others through body language and other behavioral cues. Lucius has also commented that he finds Ulrich hard to read despite knowing him personally for a long while, due to Ulrich's habit to internalize most of his feelings so much so that he may even sometimes hide them away from those he cares for. He also appears normalized to the idea of killing, as it has been explained that Ulrich (and/or Lucius) have handled the execution of unruly workers and prisoners that have caused them too much trouble.

In business junctions and social settings aboveground, it is said that Ulrich's façade as a "common business fool" was easier to be seen through at some point. This especially made Ulrich's attempts at pretending to be someone else easily foiled, especially by Nathaniel due to his background in acting, and Gale due to their specialty in behavioral observation. Ulrich is immensely impatient, and has an intense dislike of people and normal socialization in general, which hindered this capacity to put on a show. Regardless, it's been said that Yosuke had once known Ulrich as a "different man" and likely bought into his façade before he was introduced to the underground operations (more likely because Nathaniel, Gale, or Jonathan helped Ulrich sharpen his ability to pass off as a different person aboveground over time). Although Ulrich does a lot of socializing and business exchanges as required by his role aboveground, Lucius is generally the one to carry most of the social conversations, and so he is often brought along for certain objectives.

With exclusion to Lucius, Ulrich is hardly interested in severely intimate relationships (platonic or romantic), but he is not devoid of social interaction. He is capable of working collaboratively and mingling with others if he needs to. Most everyone has a professional relationship with him, even those who used to work more closely with him. He does not spend time with anyone, nor open up to anyone but his partner. Even then, we’ve seen him try to draw and maintain a line between friendliness and professionalism with Lucius.

Ulrich also has little patience for putting up with others who are not in his immediate inner circle (which comprises of Lucius, Mom, Milos and Lilah) and especially with prisoners and workers. Despite using prisoners as test subjects, he finds them generally worthless and reflects these views with how he treats them. He generally comes to respect others based on their accomplishments, intelligence and work ethic (as seen when he initially respected Yosuke for his long history of being a good worker and being a generally polite, smart, and reasonable man).

It has been said by Lucius that Ulrich has had a "rough" upbringing by his father in particular, but it's not currently known exactly what circumstances caused Ulrich to have such a cold personality (though bits of information from the author through asks have pointed to things like forced social relationships, military school, and verbal and/or physical abuse). Ten has shown curiosity over whether Ulrich was once a "normal" child in his youth, but finds it difficult to imagine him ever being innocent, having experienced the worst of his personality and treatment in the present.

## Job at the Facility

Though his work as a doctor is not shown nearly as much as his work being head of the facility's operations, it has been confirmed that he is a neurologist, or at the very least specializes in neuroscience. In relation to the production of the Mnemosyme, it's explained that he personally injects the drug into the prisoners since he specializes in physiology and chemistry of the brain, and knows best where to ender it to administer the drug. Ulrich isn't quite as intrested in nor is adept at knowing how or why the brain works in regards to the psychological the way Gale does, and is more interested in how the brain processes information, particularly in regards to memory.

Ulrich's apparent interest is in how the brain fares when memories are blocked, as his drug trials aim to elminate not just memory in general, but specific memories. While unconfirmed, he teems to aim toward removing past memories associated with important events, people, places, or periods of time, while removal of skills or knowledge is often incidental. However, it's not yet known whether the latter is on purpose.

## Kinks and Sexuality

Ulrich has shown no interest in sexual relationships, as shown in how he speaks on his employee's sexual interests and enjoyment in abusing the prisoners.

It is not stated whether he cares for romantic relationships, but there have been times where he's shown caring for others in ways beyond the professional (particularly Lucius). He has been said to be merciful at times by some of the doctors, and even by Ulrich himself. He's also been said to "care" for people like Lilah and Milos since he deems them important to his work, but in the main story, he's long since tired of their antics. While he still defends them at times, he often expresses frustration with how they've turned out. While Ulrich is likely capable of attaching to others to some degree, his impatience and embittered personality make it hard for him to stay attached long. Though, Lucius seems to be the only exception since he's apparently known him the longest.

## Relationships

### **Lucius Marcellus**

Prior to Ten's confinement, it is already implied that Lucius is Ulrich's right-hand man and most trusted worker.
From the context of their conversations, it can be assumed that they had known each other personally for a while. Ulrich views Lucius as his "brother in arms", having explicitly stated seeing Lucius as someone close to him, a brother in bond. Ulrich has said that the two of them have a deep, mutual respect for each other, and that Lucius is always attentive to his needs and willingness to carry out orders. Even in moments where he acts aloof, Lucius remains loyal.
Lucius has also shared the same sentiment toward Ulrich, and adds that while Ulrich dislikes Lucius' "urges," he is willing to look the other way and tolerate it as long as Lucius attempts to hide it. Due to their personal relationship, Lucius is often the person Ulrich vents to about his frustrations with the other employees.
There have been times when Ulrich lightly scolds Lucius for being careless, like over killing Jay during her escape attempt when he asserted she could have been salvaged (before eventually letting it go), or when Ulrich sees Ten's bruised genitalia during her confinement and presumes that it was Lucius' doing (when it had been a worker under the influence of Red Valentine). He only lets it off with a warning and tells him not to make Ten's visits with Monica as a resut of this kind of abuse a regular occurrence. Even when it occurs again *because* of Lucius, Ulrich takes little dramatic action, but does make his distaste for the act known.
The two men also appear to have a strong business partnership, reportedly participating often in business junctions and social events together, and having financial talks or discussions about company standing while Ten was going in and out of consciousness.
Despite how close both men are, there are still some times when even Lucius has a hard time reading Ulrich due to his stoic nature and tendency to shut others away. When Lucius makes his frustrations with this apparent, Ulrich responds that Lucius shouldn't sell himself short and assures that he is important to him. Lucius is one of the only people Ulrich is ever heard saying anything this positive to.
Later on, Ten hears the two men talking more intimately in her sleep while presumably under the effects of anesthetic during an observation (likely of her brain activity), and learns a bit more about their relationship and the name of Ulrich's father as a result. It's revealed that Lucius knows more about Ulrich's family, as he expresses a familiarity to his father, Elias.
### **Ten**

Ten first hears Ulrich's voice in Chapter 1 and sees a glimpse of his blond hair when he instructs which room Yosuke is to take her in when she wakes up. For the longest time in the story, she is left in the dark on just who the man is, but fears what kind of person he might be to spearhead a place like the facility, and simultaneously hopes never to have to meet him. However, she first is faced with him after Jay's death, and she is terrified of both him and Lucius as a result.
They meet again when Lucius brings Ten to Ulrich's room to confine her as punishment. It is confirmed during this series of chapters that the reason why Ten found Ulrich faintly familiar upon first seeing him in Chapter 41 was due to him interviewing Ten after first dose of the Mnemosyne, and because she woke up before her procedure. If there are any other reasons she recognizes him in any way, it's not yet known.
During Ten's confinement, she is largely afraid of Ulrich because of his cold, callous nature, and his sharp, loud tone. Ulrich finds having to care for her exasperating, though he delegates his associate with it for the most part. Their interactions are few during this time, but Ten's experience while chained to a bed in which she is abused and neglected only instilled a slight sense of obediece in her regarding Ulrich. She does as he tells her in fear of what he might do if she doesn't.
Her only witness to Ulrich's threatening nature was when he beat Gale for conversing with Ten, and when he consequently forces Ten to bargain for her life at gunpoint. He ultimately allows her to live despite fully intending to kill her. This moment and many others prior to it only left Ten scarred, but they did not affect her determination to understand the facility.
In Chapter 63 he taps the ashes of his lighted cigarette over Ten's face and comments "what a disgusting face" which shows how little he valued her worth. While his initial remarks to her seemed bitter and showed a resentment toward her, this attitude seems to have been painted in a different light later on. In Chapter 83, Ten's forceful memory recollection became of interest to Ulrich, leading him to decide to keep her alive for the purposes of studying her. But when Dahlia, someone associated with Ten, is brought up, Ulrich seems more frustrated than usual. It's remarked Ten has some similarities to the woman (particularly in stubbornness), and Ulrich remarks displeasure at having to keep seeing Ten's face when Lucius upsets him by bringing Dahlia up at all.
Any other interaction between Ten and Ulrich has so far been scarce as the man keeps to himself and leaves Lucius with most of the in-person tasks around the underground, so Ulrich has thus far not appeared in person for a while (except in voice). Still, Ten remains frightened of him and of the possibility of him sending Lucius after her, or the possibility of Ulrich coming after her himself. She is seen having a few nightmares with the facility wherein Ulrich appears to do just that. However, it's of note that she also dreamt of him in the ballroom the first time she saw it in her sleep.
### **Mom**

Not much is known about Mom's relationship with Ulrich aside from the fact that her regular antics tire him utterly, and that he finds her difficult to deal with. In general, he finds her insufferable, and is largely disgusted by the "motherly" persona she fronts, though she puts up with her behavior only due to her prior (and potentially still current, if less intensely so) importance to his work. Even if she no longer does what she once had, she still has use overseeing the office.
It's hinted that he used to respect her work previously (though that has not yet been made known), but it seems that respect deteriorated long ago. In Chapter 83, however, he seems to take a different tone when discussing Mom, stating that he has made "mistakes" with her. So, it's possible he feels responsible for her deterioration and only keeps her around because of both a need and a remorse, despite his giving off of the latter seeming contrary to the face he normally presents. Lilah even alludes to his face that Mom's attitude is a result of his own hand.
### **Milos Simanek**

Milos had been seen as respectable and dependable once, serving as a talented surgeon and a reliable gunman. However over the years, Milos stopped being present in affairs requiring his presence, so much so that Ulrich no longer calls him along unless necessary. While Ulrich does not often do this dirtywork, if he must step in, he will go with Lucius to extract prisoners when Milos fails to be present, unless he thinks Lucius can handle it alone.
Despite his current opinions on Milos, he still sympathizes with his issues regarding a rough upbringing, as both men apparently have issues with their fathers. However, Ulrich does find Milos' tendency to be disobedient taxing and will often punish or reprimand him even though Milos, like Mom, hardly cares.
Both men have likely known each other for a while, as evidenced by Milos' direct admittance of them having a history in Chapter 83, and referring to him and Lucius familiarly as "boys".
### **Lilah Valentine**

Like Mom and Milos, Lilah was one of the earliest doctors to join the facility and Ulrich's inner circle. Ulrich once respected and commended the young woman for her work and at being adept at it at a young age, but as time went on, she became seemingly "ungrateful" for her position and started taking his forgiveness of her actions for granted. She is often too irritable and coarse for Ulrich's taste. Because of her nature, he has likened her to "an incessantly bratty daughter". Regardless, he still finds her work important to the operation and keeps her around. Other doctors have speculated that he plays favorites with her like Lucius, despite his distaste for her attitude.
In Chapter 84, it's said by Lilah that Milos helped bring her to the facility, and that she was quite close with him, Ulrich, and Lucius. Ulrich, she expresses, was responsible for the death of her father, whom she hated, and so she was grateful to him for a while and even looked up to him. Lilah has said that she once saw Ulrich as a father figure, and that while she was close with him and the other two for a while, they eventually changed enough for her not to feel as welcomed or important.
Reportedly, all three men helped Lilah learn how to shoot a gun. Ulrich also had a hand in influencing Lilah's acceptance of her murderous tendencies. She apparently did not take well to being responsible for murder her first time, but it was Lucius and Ulrich's guidance and words of "you'll get used to it" that severely impacted her current attitude toward death, both inflicting and witnessing it.
While Ulrich seems to be bitter about Lilah in the main story, it's possible he once cared for her just as much as he once respected her. The same could be said of Lilah's atttitude toward him in turn. While she harshly criticizes her boss for how much he's changed and how much he keeps her in the dark now, she still obeys his word. Although she lashes out first, when he later snaps at her, she immediately holds her tongue. Other times, she begrudges his bitter words and orders, but does still comment sourly on them.
### **Yosuke Chisaka**

Yosuke had known Ulrich aboveground as a “different” man than the cold and calculating personality he shows while underground. Their relationship is purely professional, and neither man has a personal connection to one another. Yosuke has been shown to trust in his judgements, but does exhibit anger toward him after Ten's confinement, knowing that he hurt her. Ulrich is aware of Yosuke's obsession towards Ten and his anger towards him and Lucius for their treatment of her, but shows no care in Yosuke's personal feelings and leverages them in order to keep him in line.
### **Gale Smith**

While Ulrich keeps a very select few inside his inner circle, he respects and relies on Gale's work in the grand scheme of his operation. There are still things that he keeps from Gale, but he overall still does lean on them for their expertise. Even when punishing Gale for feeding Ten information during her confinement, Ulrich is quick to help Gale up and admit that he needs them. While the two don't share a personal relationship, they respect each other professionally. Thuogh, Gale has more of a fascination with Ulrich that he does not fully return beyond for their work.
Before Gale's emergence in the facility, Ulrich had sought out Gale and visited them under the guise of being a patient in need of their service. Once he revealed his true nature and offered Gale a role in his operation, Gale at first refused. And when Ulrich then presented Gale with an ultimatum at gunpoint (with Lucius' help), Gale eventually accepted out of curiosity of the man's nature.
### **Nathaniel Miles**

Nathaniel had known the Ulrich as a different man before being brought into the Facility, but was able to see through his façade where his partner could not. Nathaniel accepted working under him and was offered a good amount of money, despite knowing this. Nathaniel appears to respect his superior for the most part, save for breaking a few tiny rules now and then to make visits more immersive, while Ulrich doesn't show anything beyond their working relationship. Their relationship is likely formal.
### **Parents**

Not much is known about Ulrich's personal life aside that he hated his own father, Elias. The man was supposedly harsh on his son and expected him to follow in his footsteps and bear the same attitude as him. Ulrich was 25 and still in med school when his father died, but despite his bitterness toward the man, he came back to see him for his funeral and to get financial affairs in order. It is unknown what happened to Elias, but the author has said Ulrich was not expecting him to die when he did and that he had the impression his father was so stubborn he'd live long enough to torment Ulrich for most of his life.
It's also been said by the author that Ulrich had tried desperately to not become like his father, but that many of his traits still shone through in his son regardless. Both men are/were intensely stubborn, distant, straightforward, and crude. However, Ulrich has always been capable of some "kindnesses", if in his own way. It's likely that Ulrich is more conscious of his decisions and their effects than his father was, and that despite touting the idea of living without feelings of regret, he constantly lets ghosts of his past linger behind him, especially his family's.
### **Dahlia**

Ulrich's relationship to Dahlia is currently unknown, however he seems to harbor intense frustration at the mention of her name in story, and is even further frustrated with Ten for whatever link to Dahlia she has beyond just similar personality traits (e.g. stubbornness).
## **Trivia**

*Most of these are pulled from asks featured on the author’s tumblr*

* Ulrich's **love language** is Acts of Services
* Ulrich's **Meyer Briggs type** is INTJ
* Ulrich's **intelligence type** (per original theory) is Logical - Mathematical
* If Ulrich were to be physically attractive to someone, *he would probably like a person with emotional intelligence or of decent intellect would fancy him most. Someone who doesn’t chatter on about meaningless things and actually puts thought into what they do. Someone perhaps with a passion for what they do the way he has a passion for his own studied subjects.*
* **Ulrich's parent's opinion of him:** *TO’s father looked down on TO often, and was harsh toward him because he wanted TO to become what he was and be diligent and trained. TO’s father may have had a few small moments of leniency with TO as a kid, but eventually started to push him way too hard to make sure he’d become the man he wanted and make good use of the family name. He didn’t really hate TO, but did certainly hate some of his tendencies. He asserted often what he did to TO was for his own good.*
* **Ulrich's controversial opinion:** *There are necessary evils that facilitate progression among societies and their members*
* Ulrich was briefly enrolled in a military school once, and has an intense dislike/distrust of militia as a result. Moreover, because he knows it’s easy to sway people with money, he has little faith in the justice system
* **Embarrassing fact:** *has had to date girls before, has messed up each date by being too straightforward and bitter, especially as an angsty teen*
* Ulrich also might like fine wines now and then as well. Anything with a smooth flavor and high quality.
* **Ulrich as a parent:** *Absolutely unable to handle kids–does not understand them and has a dry, crude style. If he had one for any reason, he would exhaust easily and try to pin the kid on anyone else to focus on his own things. If he had to be authoritarian, he would be. Regardless, he wouldn’t be a very good father.*
* **Ulrich's triggers:** *Complete disrespect / ignorance*
* Ulrich and Lucius likely got their matching earrings mid-late teens/early twenties
* Ulrich is hardly a drinker, but only drinks top shelf when he does, and does not drink beer, cider, or flavored liquors. He spares no expense for certain things not simply because he’s rich and expects no less, but rather because he appreciates quality for certain things and knows he can afford it. This extends to most everything he buys for himself, from bullets to clothes.
* Ulrich and Mom have in common their tendency to remain in the facility despite being free to go aboveground. Mom chooses to stay, while Ulrich is often too busy running between the aboveground and the underground to go home every day. He has a lavish home and a lavish bed that hardly gets used because, when he does sleep, he will wind up doing so at his desk or on the bed in his room underground. It’s often at Lucius’ heavy insistence that Ulrich does make it to his own bed. That all said, Ulrich does, however, sometimes go home to change when the clothes he has stocked in his room underground are not enough for the occasion he needs.
* Ulrich's house is a short drive away from the facility, in a closed off area surrounded/hidden by bushes and trees.

## Gallery

With gas maskUlrich holding a syringe loaded with MnemosyneSmoking outsideUlrich with LuciusPainting of Ulrich from the authorTalking with Ten during her interviewEmerging with blood on his clothes in Chapter 63Interrogating Ten in Chapter 65