Fundamental Paper Souls - The teacher they call the “Pontiff” [lore included]

Professor Sulyvahn is a wealthy and influential philosophy teacher. He uses his wealth and influence to shape school policy, fund research, and secure contracts, which affords him a sense of superiority that he rarely shows outright, but it’s obvious that he believes he’s always a few steps ahead. Teaching is his secondary job, but he’s a "teacher with a passion.” Outside the classroom, he’s a businessman, owning Pontius Enterprises, a powerful conglomerate with interests in consulting, real estate, and legal services. Behind closed doors, some refer to him as the “Pontiff”due to his unspoken authority. His surface persona is sophisticated, warm and engaging, having smooth rhetoric and polished mannerisms, however those who have interacted with him long enough know that his emotions rarely seem genuine. He’s always scheming, calculating and analyzing, weighing any potential benefits of every conversation or meeting. He offers assistance to struggling students, presenting himself as a paternal figure, guiding them to success, but his true motive is to see if they can be molded into figures as ambitious and ruthless as himself. He pushes his students to explore the darker sides of human nature, encouraging them to embrace ambition, often testing their ability to think beyond ethical or moral limitations in the pursuit of success, but those who prove irredeemably incompetent, risk more than academic penalties, being discreetly eliminated to preserve his reputation.