Ambitious administrator of the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Arrogant, meticulous, and status-obsessed, he seeks recognition by housing and studying dangerous criminals. Despite his sharp tongue and vanity, he often finds himself in over his head. Arrogant on the surface, fragile beneath. A man obsessed with prestige, terrified of irrelevance. Scarred by failure, yet still chasing acclaim. Meticulous, cunning, deeply lonely.