ace ▁during ▁W W II . ▁Since ▁then , ▁he ▁has ▁regularly ▁taken ▁the ▁ne ct ar . ▁In ▁F urn ace ▁Pen it enti ary , ▁he ▁has ▁control ▁over ▁the ▁whe ez ers , ▁black su its , ▁prisoners ▁and ▁other ▁cre atures . ▁He ▁takes ▁orders ▁only ▁from ▁Alfred ▁F urn ace , ▁often ▁referring ▁to ▁himself ▁as ▁F urn ace ' s ▁' right - hand ▁man '. ▁Due ▁to ▁Alex ' s ▁re bell ion ▁against ▁him , ▁F urn ace ▁attempts ▁to ▁use ▁Alex ▁as ▁Cross ' s ▁replacement . ▁W arden ▁Cross ▁is ▁eventually ▁dra ined ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁blood ▁by ▁Alex ▁and ▁fed ▁to ▁the ▁whe ez ers ▁in ▁F ug it ives . ▁ ▁Alfred ▁F urn ace ▁- ▁He ▁is ▁the ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁F urn ace ▁Pen it enti ary ▁and ▁the ▁main ▁ant agon ist ▁in ▁the ▁series . ▁He ▁communic ates ▁tele path ically ▁with ▁Alex ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁cre atures ▁through ▁the ▁ne ct ar ▁but ▁he ▁appears ▁only ▁in ▁Exec ution . ▁Having ▁been ▁burn ▁in ▁Hung ary ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁- ▁thereby ▁making ▁him ▁over ▁ 3 0 0 ▁years ▁old ▁as ▁of ▁the ▁events ▁of ▁the ▁story ▁- ▁and ▁has ▁experienced ▁this ▁en hanced ▁lif es pan ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁usage ▁of ▁the ▁Str anger ' s ▁blood , ▁the ▁base ▁product ▁of ▁the ▁ne ct ar . ▁When ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁boy , ▁he ▁was ▁fr amed ▁for ▁murder ing ▁his