# S-4711 — We character guide

> S-4711 in We by Yevgeny Zamyatin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the thin blade - like doctor

**First appearance:** 0007-record-six

## Who they are

A cold, efficient doctor at the Medical Bureau who examines D-503.

## In the story

### [Record Two](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-two)

A he-Number with a double-curved S-like figure who leaves with I-330; D-503 finds his face familiar.

### [Record Three](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-three)

The double-curved Number like the letter S, seen coming out of the Bureau of the Guardians.

### [Record Seven](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-seven)

Encountered on the underground railway; his piercing gaze and status as a Guardian unsettle D-503.

### [Record Ten](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-ten)

Referred to by I-330 as a persistent admirer; D-503 feels jealousy toward him.

### [Record Thirteen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-thirteen)

Thin, blade-like doctor at the Medical Bureau who provides false illness certificates.

### [Record Sixteen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-sixteen)

The double-curved S-; escorts D-503 to the Medical Bureau and shadows him.

### [Record Seventeen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-seventeen)

The thin blade-like doctor; encountered by D-503 in the Ancient House and later in the underground corridor, where he seems to be working with I-330.

### [Record Nineteen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-nineteen)

Follows D-503 home, acting as a suspicious guardian figure, drilling him with his eyes.

### [Record Twenty-One](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-twenty-one)

Encountered at the Ancient House; he questions D-503 and warns him to be careful, while observing Guardian aeros.

### [Record Twenty-Five](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-twenty-five)

Seen rushing through the stands; D-503 suspects a connection between S-4711 and I-330.

### [Record Twenty-Six](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-twenty-six)

Observed trying to tear down a Mephi poster; his smile suggests he sees the rebellion as a diagnosed disease.

### [Record Twenty-Seven](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-twenty-seven)

Briefly glimpsed by D-503 in the crowd beyond the Wall, causing him alarm.

### [Record Twenty-Eight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-twenty-eight)

Leads the raid on D-503's room, reads his writing but is deceived by U-'s intervention.

### [Record Thirty-Two](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-thirty-two)

Surveillance agent; follows D-503 and O-90; described with transparent wing-ears.

### [Record Thirty-Nine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-thirty-nine)

S-4711, the guardian with wing-like ears, interrogates D-503 but is revealed to be a Mephi agent himself, shattering D-503's resolve.

## Links

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