Archie Costello is the assigner of the Vigils. In Archie's eyes the world is made up of two kinds of people, those who are victims and those who are victimizes (Cormier 41). Archie's power is motivated by self-defense. Archie believes that if he victimized everyone else then nobody can victimize him. In the book, we are not told in detail about Archie's home life, but by his actions readers can tell that his home life was not all that good. Archie comes across as a bully, but he is not the typical “bully”. Archie is tall and seems to be in shape, but he is not an athlete because he hates human body secretions. Such as urine and perspiration. The black box is the only dominance on Archie. After every assignment, the black box is given to Archie.
