S-4711 is a Guardian, or member of the One State’s police force charged with monitoring ciphers’ daily activities. Secretly, he is a double agent, involved with MEPHI. He monitors D-503 carefully, which makes D-503 paranoid about being watched, but also grateful, as he views S-4711’s presence as fortunate, as it makes it easier for him to stay loyal to the One State and not act on his increasingly rebellious influences. S-4711 most often appears in critical moments in We, intervening in D-503’s multiple near-arrests. D-503 describes S-4711 as cunning and snake-like, emphasizing his twisted, S-like characteristics. The double-bends in the shape of the letter “S” also seem to evoke S’s status as a double agent.