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 {{quote|{{spoiler|"Who are you, that do not know your history?"}}}}
 * [[The Atoner]]: If talked down, {{spoiler|Ulysses will remain in the Divide, to keep the Marked Men and Tunnelers from invading the Mojave, and to try and help them if he can. He'll also provide a little support to you, in the form of items he's salvaged, general wisdom, and advice on how to deal with Lanius.}}
-* [[Badass]]
+* [[Badass]]:
 ** [[Badass Boast]]/[[Badass Creed]]:
 {{quote|''"The day I set my flag down, it'll be over my body or over a nation I believe in."''}}
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 *** Although every single one of his SPECIAL scores is 10.
 ** [[Heartbroken Badass]]: {{spoiler|He had considered leaving the Legion to start a new life at the Divide. That is, until the Courier brought that package from Navarro...}}
+* [[Being Watched]]: Observent players have noticed that Ulysses is following the player, being one step ahead along the Lonesome Road. Behold! [http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1233074-ulysses-stalking-us-during-lr/\]
 * [[Berserk Button]]: Just ''listen'' to him talking about how the  {{spoiler|White Legs}} copied his dreadlocks with no heed for the meaning...
 ** In general, he seems to have particular contempt for those who use symbols without understanding their meanings. It's one of the reasons he dislikes the NCR.
-* [[Being Watched]]: Observent players have noticed that Ulysses is following the player, being one step ahead along the Lonesome Road. Behold! [http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1233074-ulysses-stalking-us-during-lr/\]
 * [[Big Bad]]: In the Lonesome Road.
 ** [[Bigger Bad]]: Of the rest of the DLC (and arguably the entire game, given the sheer scale of what his ultimate plans are).
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 * [[Everythings Better With X|Everything's Better With Explosions]]: He's responsible for blowing up the top half of the medical facility where Christine was imprisoned. Also, it is {{spoiler|part of his philosophy with how to deal with the NCR and Legion. Destroying the Long 15 will stave off the NCR, leaving those in stuck in the Mojave to face the Legion without support. He also destroys the Legion outpost of Dry Wells, his old home and where his tribe was destroyed and absorbed into the Legion.}}
 * [[Expy]]: As a courier wearing a United States flag, he shares a lot of similarities with [[The Postman]].
+* [[The Faceless]]: Wears a breathing mask on his face. Justified from both a technical and in-game standpoint. Technical, since the NPC-only version functions as a helmet that gives him his unique facial appearance and hair, albeit also adding a slight [[Uncanny Valley]] look; he never blinks, the mask hides his un-moving mouth, and his eyes [[Glowing Eyes|glow slightly]]. The in-game justification is that the Divide has cases of residual radiation still in the environment, and the mask [[Captain Obvious|protects him from that]].
 * [[Fighting For a Homeland]]
 * [[Final Boss]]: If you choose to fight him, he will not make it easy. He has 10 in every stat, can't be knocked down, a powerful gun, and a lot of health. That's on top of everything below.
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 ** [[Justified Trope|Justified,]] after all. The Courier survived a [[Double Tap]] then went on a crusade across the Mojave to get his/her package back. Along the way, s/he may have already killed scores of Legion/NCR soldiers, Fiends, Deathclaws, [[Big Bad|Caesar]] himself, Mr. House, Benny, [[Omnicidal Maniac|Elijah]], [[Badass Preacher|Joshua Graham]], [[Mad Scientist|the Think Tank]], the Brotherhood of Steel, the Great Khans, the Boomers and anyone else who crosses his/her path. S/he also trekked his/her way through the Divide, killing even more Deathclaws, Tunnelers, and Marked Men. Ulysses ''knows'' this. With the Courier, the ''only'' kill is [[Theres No Kill Like Overkill|overkill]].
 * [[Foil]]: The Courier's own alignment notwithstanding, Ulysses seems to be incredibly similar yet solidly opposed to him/her.
-* [[The Faceless]]: Wears a breathing mask on his face. Justified from both a technical and in-game standpoint. Technical, since the NPC-only version functions as a helmet that gives him his unique facial appearance and hair, albeit also adding a slight [[Uncanny Valley]] look; he never blinks, the mask hides his un-moving mouth, and his eyes [[Glowing Eyes|glow slightly]]. The in-game justification is that the Divide has cases of residual radiation still in the environment, and the mask [[Captain Obvious|protects him from that]].
 * [[Foreshadowing]]: His role is foreshadowed in each of the DLCs.
 * [[Gas Mask Longcoat]]
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 * [[Warrior Poet]]
 * [[Wearing a Flag on Your Head]]: He is described as wearing "the flag of the Old World" on his back.
-* [[What Could Have Been]]: Chris Avellone set a six-point writing goal for the original Ulysses: 1) reinforce the faction reputation mechanic; 2) act as a sounding board to the Courier's involvement in the NCR/Caesar's Legion conflict; 3) be Legion sympathetic and explain Legion backstory elements; 4) continually remind the player of Hoover Dam as the focus, since Ulysses was the Frumentarius who discovered the Dam and NCR; 5) showcase myth elements; and 6) visual changes to his vest/flag based on the player's end faction alliance after Ulysses' companion quest. Parts of this was kept for the finalized Ulysses from ''Lonesome Road'', but in different ways.
 * [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: In the [[Omnicidal Neutral|worst]] [[Forgotten Superweapon|possible]] [[Nuke'Em|way]].
 * [[You Bastard]]: The entirety of the Lonesome Road is pretty much him hammering this onto you.