Previous Numbers

Before the current group, there was a previous group of numbers that are mainly only discussed in Chapter 45 and Chapter 55. Not much is known about them aside from the current's group's unreliable recollection of them (due to their memories likely being altered and how long they last saw them.)

## Previous Two (Sienna)

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* **Doctor:** Sven Engelstad
* **Color:** Brown
* **Cause of Death:** Not directly known aside from "disappearing." Possibly killed off by The Overseer/Lucius

Sienna was known to be headstrong and outspoken, but also capable of kindness. She was the first to disappear after getting pregnant rather quickly in her life at the facility (likely by Sven). She served as the first person Cyrus ever saw deal with a pregnancy in the facility.

She is the only pregnant person to ever return after being taken away, but Cyrus noted that she didn't appear to have any memories from before she disappeared when she came back. He also noted her once headstrong personality was entirely shifted, that she was much more floaty and distant, like a former shell of herself. After awhile she stopped showing up.

## Previous Three (Jet)

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* **Doctor:** Micah Galin
* **Color**: Black
* **Cause of Death:** Not directly known aside from "disappearing." Likely killed off by The Overseer/Lucius

Was known as an "asshole" sometimes, and fairly wily. However, Cyrus stated that Jet was also fairly relaxed and playful. He was apparently harmless and a "good guy" despite some of his flaws.

Jet disappeared after Sienna. He was important to the previous Four since they were close friends and possibly seeing each other. If he wasn't around Four, he was with Sienna. The three were all relatively close, though Cyrus notes the others didn't know much about the three since they kept close together for the most part.

## Previous Four

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* **Doctor**: Gale Smith
* **Color:** White
* **Cause of Death**: Not directly known aside from being dragged out. Likely killed off by The Overseer/Lucius

By the time Two and Three entered the Facility, the Previous Four was supposedly not his old self. He'd fallen into a deep misery from loss, as he was close to Jet and Sienna (it's speculated that Jest was seeing him). Though said to be a level-headed person,

Four grew tired of living in the facility after all the loss and "snapped". In a rage, he started being destructive around the recreational areas, tearing up furniture and objects. Cyrus overheard the commotion and tried to stop him to no avail. Four was then dragged away by another doctor that wasn't his, though Cyrus mentions he couldn't recall who anymore.

Though Cyrus was not totally sure whether Four had died, he eventually considered him "implicitly dead" given his actions.

## Previous Five (Penny)

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* **Doctor**: Nathaniel Miles
* **Color:** Red
* **Cause of Death**: Died in sleep / anesthesia overdose

Due to her gown color, Two and Three often considered Penny their "long-lost sister". She was known to have hung out with the twins while balancing out her frustration with the facility. Penny was level-headed and seemed to do well keeping herself afloat in the face of all the miseries in the facility. However, she eventually died in her sleep while resting in the rec rooms. Cyrus had been sitting and talking to her before she went quiet, and when Cyrus turned around, she was gone.

Penny's death was the first Cyrus had to witness when he was still somewhat new to the facility. He panicked upon finding her dead, and was dragged away from the scene.

It's been said that Cyrus tried to tell the others about what happened to Penny without explicit details. Despite this, it's more common for them to refer to death as "disappearances".

In Chapter 86, Penny is discussed by Nathaniel and Jonathan while both men are under the assumption Ten is asleep. While the circumstances of her death are still relatively uncertain, it appears that a dose of some drug (heavily implied to be anesthetic) she was given was sabotaged by The Overseer and Lucius as a means for "observing" something, and this led to her quiet death. Reportedly, it was Nathaniel's (vaguely described) "kindnesses", likely toward the fertile women he'd have had to oversee once they became pregnant, that led to The Overseer punishing him with the death of his then-Number as a harsh warning to him not to cross lines so frivolously again.

## Previous Six (Amber)

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* **Doctor**: Jonathan Giordano
* **Color:** Honey Yellow/Amber
* **Cause of Death**: Suicide

Blue describes Amber as "*super posh*" and "*kind of a bitch sometimes*". Most everyone seems to remember her as a difficult person to get along with most times, however, they also defend her in some ways. She was apparently capable of being nice and would back off of people if they were genuinely hurt or in a terrible mood.

Apparently, Blue and Amber used to get into arguments often. Amber was rough around the edges, but started losing herself emotionally and mentally more and more as Numbers began disappearing and being replaced. When topics amongst the Numbers got heavy, she would feel uneasy and leave the room.

Amber died by suicide from cutting herself with scissors in the crafts room. While Cyrus did not witness this act, he was the first to find her body.

## Previous Seven (Olive)

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* **Doctor**: Lilah Valentine
* **Color:** Olive Green
* **Cause of Death**: Killed by Lilah due to pushing a violent visit too far

Olive was known as a "gentle giant", capable of lashing out or taking action if she ever had to butt into things, but otherwise tending to stay to herself and keep quiet. Rarely did she ever get angry enough to speak out, unless there were some blatant disagreements among the group.

Five was known to have spent a lot of time with her. Amber, however, jokingly referred to her as Blue's "*fatter twin*", likely because of her similar profile features.

Lilah recalls how Olive was able to handle her violent tendencies and "take a hit", though she has such low regard for the prisoners in general that she barely remembers Olive's name or number.

Olive disappeared some time after after previous Numbers' deaths. While Cyrus expressed he didn't know what happened to her, it's confirmed in Chapter 84 that she died during a visit with Lilah. The details remain vague, but Lilah expresses she was pushed over an edge and let out her anger on Olive to a fatal degree.

## Previous Eight

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* **Doctor**: Jude Christian
* **Color:** Cream
* **Cause of Death**: Not directly known aside from "disappearing" after planning to run away. Speculated to have been caught making preparations to leave. Likely killed off by The Overseer/Lucius

Eight timid when she first came to the facility, and was known as a shy and skittish person (thus somewhat compared to Violet a few times). She had an attraction to the previous Nine, and was said by Cyrus to be "okay as long as [Nine] was okay. However, shortly after Nine's death, Eight made plans to and spoke openly of running away. She disappeared shortly after this.

The previous Numbers had wanted to call her Sunny, but she refused the nickname.

## Previous Nine

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* **Doctor**: Milos Simanek
* **Color:** Light green/blue
* **Cause of Death**: Drug Overdose

The previous Nine was a sweet girl with a personality similar to Blue's. In fact, her and Blue were friends for a while before Nine died. Was known to be cool and capable of having fun with someone like Blue, but still responsible and nice. She knew how to speak her mind when she had to, but was apparently quite gentle with others for the most part.

The previous Eight was known to have gravitated towards her. Violet speculated that she may have had a thing for redheads and at one point liked Three.

Nine died of drug overdose. It's not clear what drug caused her death, but Cyrus was present to witness her have a violent seizure and stop breathing. Though he'd attempted to get her help, she died before anyone came.

## Previous Ten

* **Doctor**: Unknown
* **Color**: Orange
* **Cause of Death**: Unknown. Likely killed off by The Overseer/Lucius

The most peculiar and interesting case of the previous Numbers, Ten is the one that everyone knows the least. By the time he disappeared, all of the current Numbers had known him, yet none of them can remember him clearly aside from his color being orange and that he was bent on fighting against the facility. Cyrus thinks that maybe he was close with Ten since he remembers more strongly the aforementioned details while others don't seem to.

The previous Ten was mentioned in Six's journal as being frustrated by his life in the facility. Not much was said of him otherwise. Currently, the doll made of him in the crafts room by the current Numbers is a faceless figure with orange clothes drawn on it.

The Overseer once remarked on the number ten to the current Ten, noting the common belief that names are deterministic of things like personalities, futures, or professions, and suggesting that this principle may even apply to the number titles some of his prisoners have been given. It's worthy to note that, based on what little information was given, both versions of Ten had been vehemently against remaining in the facility for the rest of their lives and sought release from its terrors.

It's also worthy of note that the only other prisoner in the story to have been seen wearing the color orange was an escapee, Jay. Her associated letter is the 10th in the alphabet, thus thematically connecting her with the other two Tens.