Victor

Victor is a U.S. Marshal who hunts escaped slaves. He is also a former slave who escaped the plantation he was imprisoned in when he was young. After spending several years hiding and educating himself, Victor is captured by the Marshals and given an offer: either he can be returned to the plantation he escaped from or work as a slave tracker for the Marshal’s, to which he agrees. While Victor identifies himself as "Victor," his real name - if he even has one - is never revealed by Victor. Victor claims that he does not have a family, a home life, or any close friends. His only hobbies and interests are his job and reading literature and history.

Victor's history and and childhood are not directly recounted to the reader. While he spent much of his childhood and teenage years as a slave on a...