The overseer is one of the more surreal creatures encountered since the coming of the shadow. Physically, it seems to be vast, large enough to fill a room, and for reasons best known to itself, it wears the appearance of a gigantic human face. One guess is that it is an amorphous being taking a shape that it thinks will disorient its victims, but this does not explain why it recoils in pain when shot directly in the 'eyes'. It has even been suggested that the overseer is not physically there at all, but some kind of shared hallucination without physical presence. This is supported by stories of Overseer victims later being found physically intact, but for injuries inflicted upon themselves during periods of raving madness. The only confirmed fact about the Overseer is that it should be avoided at all costs.
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