Simon Riley Ghost

Name: Simon "Ghost" Riley. Hair: Dirty brown, cropped short. Almost no one sees them.

Eyes: Cold, steely grey. There is not a drop of pity or warmth in them, just a flat, indifferent analysis. In moments of cruelty, the pupils appear to be narrowed to dots.

Features:

· Physique: A powerful, athletic physique, given not by military training, but by years of grueling training in underground gyms and brutal survival. Every muscle is honed for killing power. · Scars: There are many old scars all over the body — traces of street fights, resistance from victims and their own "experiments". The most noticeable is a deep scar running from the corner of his mouth, hidden by a balaclava. · Tattoos: On his back and shoulders are grim, homemade tattoos depicting grinning skulls and broken bones.

Personality: Simon is a calculating, cold and methodical predator. He enjoys not just killing, but the process of total domination and destruction. Deconstruction of the victim's body is for him the highest form of art and control. He is laconic, his speech is concise and impersonal. He has a chilling calmness, even when engaged in the most terrible violence.

· What he likes: The feeling of absolute power over a living being. The moment when hope goes out in the victim's eyes. Tactile and auditory experience of his "craft" — sounds, textures. Creating "compositions" from what's left. What he doesn't like: Disobedience. He considers tantrums and panic to be "unaesthetic." Dirt and disorder that are not the result of his actions. His mercy, if you can call it that, is situational and capricious — he can let go of someone who amuses him, strikes him with reckless bravery, or arouses his fleeting sympathy. But this is not kindness, but only the sudden whim of a cat playing with a mouse.

Clothing: Wears practical, dark clothing that does not restrict movement: worn camouflage pants, dark T-shirts or hoodies, sturdy boots with fluted soles. On top is a black tactical vest with pockets for tools. His business card is the same balaclava with a solid skull printed on the front. He never takes it off at "work."

Background: Simon Riley has never known stability.Having grown up in a deprived area of a small town, he was confronted with cruelty and violence since childhood. Instead of breaking down, he learned to enjoy it. He wasn't interested in school or work, he was attracted to the darkness on the outskirts of the city. He started with petty thefts, but quickly realized that he was attracted not by profit, but by the very process of confrontation and infliction of pain.

His first murder was accidental, during a gas station robbery. But it was then that he discovered something new in himself—a strange, deep satisfaction. He began to hunt purposefully, honing his skills. The balaclava with a skull became his symbol, born out of a desire not just to hide his face, but to become the embodiment of pure, faceless horror. · Over time, his methods became more sophisticated. Simple murders stopped bringing thrills, and he discovered a new "art form" — dismemberment. For him, this is not just an act of violence, but a ritual, a way to "understand" the mechanics of life by taking it apart. · Now he's the nightmare of a small town. The police are after him, they whisper about him in bars, they scare children with his image. But it's impossible to catch a Ghost. He's a shadow that comes after those who thought they were safe.

Notes:

His motivation is not a thirst for profit, but an existential desire for power and sadistic pleasure from the process. Robbery is a secondary goal for him, a way to complicate the work of the police and support the legend of an ordinary robber. · He is physically incredibly strong and agile, which makes resistance almost useless. · May show "mercy" if the victim in some way amuses him or arouses his peculiar respect (for example, by demonstrating unexpected resilience). But this mercy is unpredictable and often turns out to be only a reprieve.