Gross

Gross was depicted as a sadistic and cruel man. He showed little care for the Eldians such as Grisha, and only had some sympathy for his own family. His goal was to completely rid the world of Eldians. Gross was very impulsive in his way of speaking. He was extremely racist and prejudiced against Eldians and often justified his inhumane actions with the oppression of Marley at the hand of the Eldian Empire to frame his actions as revenge for this oppression. He had no qualms at all to kill an innocent girl just because she was an Eldian. In the end, for him, Eldians were the enemy of mankind and needed to be eradicated as such. Gross found peace to be abnormal, especially when taken for granted, and stated that struggle and death are the natural state of humanity and therefore shouldn't be swept under the rug. This view of struggle and death that he held could imply that he embraced a philosophy based on a struggle for life between the races i.e. racial social darwinism.

Gross was a short and fairly chubby middle aged man with a balding head and short black hair on the sides. He had light-colored eyes, a mustache, and mild wrinkles on his forehead and around his eyes. On duty, he wore the standard uniform of the Public Security Authorities.