Ulysses Wilhelm

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**Ulysses Wilhelm** is one of the 16 students of Eden's Garden Academy and a participant of the killing game featured in Project: Eden's Garden. He is the Ultimate Historian, and his motif is the **Owl**.

## Biography

**"If we do not learn from our history, we are doomed to repeat it; Ulysses knows this lesson well, as the Ultimate Historian. Spending every waking moment reading and researching the histories of human civilizations, to the point of exhaustion, Ulysses is determined to memorize as much as he can, even at the cost of his own health and sanity. Known for carrying around a notebook, he makes sure that every interaction he has is always recorded for future review."**

## Appearance

Ulysses is a skinny young man of short stature. He has white skin and navy blue eyes. His hair is medium-length and brown in color, on top of being slightly wavy. Most of his hair is combed to the right, but the sides of his hair are of a much lighter and grayish brown compared to the darker and more pure brown on top of his head. He also wears brown and gold spectacles just under his eyes.

Ulysses wears a formal brown jacket with gold edges on the bottom. The buttons and accessories on his shoulders are also gold. Underneath his jacket is a blue striped jacket with an owl feather pendant tied to it. Underneath said shirt is a white underlayer with a dark gold tie.

Ulysses wears light brown pants with a single button on top. His footwear is tan and laced, with brown edges.

## Personality

Ulysses is an eccentric historian whose particular quirk is his uncontrollable dozing. His incredible memory serves him well as the Ultimate Historian, allowing him to memorize and remember any historical fact. However, when it comes to trivial information unrelated to history, Ulysses presents an astonishing incompetence at memorizing things, having to note down his daily happenings, along with reminders from birthdays, to even actions that should be habits, such as brushing his teeth. This poor memory is hinted to be the reason why he often lacks sleep; with the events on the train being “the most sleep he’s ever gotten in a week.”, simply because he forgets to take a break. Another possibility is that his extreme focus on work comes at the expense of other needs, including sleep, which often results in him forgetting to take care of his basic needs. His eccentricity does tend to push people away. When meeting new people, such as during the prologue, he tends to interrupt everything and furiously takes notes mid-conversation, loudly whispering the things he writes about.

Despite his unusual behavior, Ulysses proves to be a valuable asset during trials due to his intelligence. His knack for memorizing information and use of his notebook allows him to connect and corroborate evidence easily, posing critical questions that furthers the discussion. His eccentric behavior, including his notetaking, and dozing off seem to completely vanish during trials, perhaps implying that in crucial moments, he can restrain himself. Even before the Killing Game is revealed, Ulysses remains awake and coopeartive during Cara's trial, showing that he gives full attention during intellectual discussions, despite it being a murder he didn't even know about.

As the Ultimate Historian, Ulysses works at the Patawomeck River Museum in Tsenacommacah, U.S.A. When he’s not working as a tour guide for the Cold War-era exhibit, he spends his time studying primary sources in his office. While he acknolwdges many find history boring, he considers it important knowledge in spite of this. He finds extreme passion in his job, stating the importance of history through the saying: “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to… sound stupid when arguing on the internet.” While this saying is clearly not correct as pointed out by Eva, Ulysses claimed he changed it to reflect more modern values, and he thought it was funny. Despite this, nobody seems to find it humorous, especially Damon, showing that Ulysses has a rather poor or otherwise atypical sense of humor in spite of his seriousness otherwise. His bio states he dislikes computers, so Ulysses might have only a surface level knowledge of the Internet, which results in his poor attempt at humor. Overall, in spite of his eccentric demeanor and inability to pay attention at times, Ulysses is a highly intelligent person with a deep interest in his talent, and is very cooperative when needed.

## Quotes

### Chapter 0:

* "...Zzz..."
* "\*Yawn\*...Getting knocked out on that train was the most sleep I've gotten in a week."
* "...I make sure to record all of my daily happenings. There's no way I'd remember it all otherwise. In some fashion...note-taking is just one of my many responsibilities. \*Yawn\* My name is Ulysses Wilhelm, and I'm the Ultimate Historian. Please take note of that for future reference."
* "Yes, I'm perfectly proficient at remembering historical facts. This notebook is just for more frivolous information. Stuff like shopping lits, classmate birthdays, when to brush my teeth..."
* "History isn't for everyone, I'm aware...but it's important knowledge nevertheless. Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to...sound stupid when arguing on the internet."
* "In a large world, run by even larger ideas...small things can be easily overlooked."
* "Wars have been fought over buckets. I'm not surprised one could be used for a murder..."
* "T-That's insane... You're treating us like pigs to slaughter!"

## Name Etymology

"Ulysses" is the Latin version of the Greek word "Odysseus", which means "Odyssey", which could refer to the ancient Greek poem of the same name, which was written by Homer. Such an ancient part of history could be in reference to Ulysses's talent as the Ultimate Historian. "Wilhelm" is a name of German origin, meaning "resolute protection", which could reference how Ulysses protects history through his work.

## Trivia

* Tsenacommacah, the location of the Patawomeck River Museum Ulysses works at, is the native homeland of the Powhatan people, a Native-American tribe located in Virginia. Patawomeck also refers to another Native-American tribe located in Virgina, suggesting Ulysses may also cover Native-American history, despite being known as a tour guide for the Cold War era.