Picture: Wallace shortly after WWII
Occupation:
Florence's Lieutenant
Cult Underboss / Commandant
World War II Officer (former)
The Commandant
Also known as
Age / Fate
Birth 1912
Death 1990 (Dixie-Five Mall Fire)
Species
Immortal
Wallace
Wallace is a former World War II officer and one of the earliest subjects of the immortality experiments. Over the decades, Wallace rises as Florence’s most trusted lieutenant—her strategist, emissary, and enforcer. He is calm, articulate, and precise, projecting authority through restraint rather than force. Within the cult, he is feared not for brutality but for judgment. Florence delegates containment and surveillance to him, allowing her to remain distant while Wallace becomes the visible face of discipline and control. He understands the system not as a belief, but as a mechanism that must be maintained.
Role in Story:
Florence’s Lieutenant and Chief Enforcer; a former soldier turned immortal strategist
Role in the Plot:
Wallace operates as the cult’s primary tactician and intermediary, surveilling and testing Floyd while maintaining internal order.
Personality Traits:
Calm, disciplined, observant, intelligent, controlled, morally conflicted, quietly intimidating.
Primary Themes:
Corrupted loyalty, moral compromise, obedience versus conscience, survival guilt, the cost of immortality.
Family
Friends
Wife and Kids (mentioned)
Florence (Initially)
Enemies
Floyd (Initially), Florence (Eventually)
Character Bio
Wallace is a former World War II officer and one of the earliest subjects of the original immortality experiments. Disciplined, principled, and morally uneasy even before his transformation, Wallace enters the underground laboratories at the war’s end already sensing that something irreversible is unfolding. Once inside, withdrawal is no longer an option. Florence guides him through the process, offering certainty where choice has been stripped away. What begins as reluctant compliance hardens into loyalty born of survival.
When the military later moves to decommission the project—quietly ordering the execution of those altered by it—Florence intervenes. She removes Wallace from harm, concealing him as others are eliminated or erased. This act cements Wallace’s allegiance. To him, Florence is not merely a leader but the reason he remains alive at all. In a moment when the institution he served turns on him, Florence becomes the sole constant, reframing loyalty as protection rather than ideology.
Over the decades, Wallace rises as Florence’s most trusted lieutenant—her strategist, emissary, and enforcer. He is calm, articulate, and precise, projecting authority through restraint rather than force. Within the cult, he is feared not for brutality but for judgment. Florence delegates containment and surveillance to him, allowing her to remain distant while Wallace becomes the visible face of discipline and control. He understands the system not as a belief, but as a mechanism that must be maintained.
Wallace’s fracture begins when the cult’s actions escalate beyond containment into cruelty. The recruitment of teenagers forces him to confront the truth he has avoided for decades: immortality has not preserved humanity, only entrenched violence. His hesitation is brief—but Florence notices. Doubt is enough. Marked for removal, Wallace is extracted by Floyd and Simon before the cult can silence him. With no path back and no illusions left, Wallace becomes a reluctant ally, using his knowledge to help dismantle the system he once upheld. Thematically, Wallace embodies corrupted loyalty reclaimed too late—a man who survived by obedience until survival itself became the crime.