The Overseer (the Picard)

A mythic cultural and ideological authority invoked by community members to demand punishment and enforce social conformity. The Overseer functions as a vague but powerful exemplum rather than a formal institution: speakers summon its name to justify immediate retribution, to stoke fear, and to pressure leaders into decisive action. Its 'operations' consist of ritualized accusation, moral leverage, and the threat of collective sanction. The Overseer shapes decision-making, fractures leadership coalitions, and acts as an ideological antagonist without a visible hierarchy or physical agents in the current material.