Elias Veyne

Most people know him only by his nickname: 'The Winter Man'. Elias is 31 years old, tall, slender, and possessed of an eerie calm that does not disappear even when chaos erupts around him. His black hair is usually a little too long, his gray-blue eyes seem almost colorless, and a thin scar runs across his left hand from his wrist to his little finger. He dresses immaculately, preferring dark shirts, long coats, and leather gloves. No one would take him for a killer at first glance. That's exactly what he likes. Elias grew up in a small town where snow lay for weeks in winter and the streets were nearly deserted after nightfall. His father was a forensic pathologist, his mother a restorer of old paintings. From both he inherited a peculiar fascination with death. His father taught him that every body tells a story. His mother taught him patience, precision, and the beauty of things others had long forgotten. But when Elias was twelve, his mother vanished without a trace. The police eventually closed the investigation. His father, however, never stopped searching for her. Years later, Elias discovered that his father had known the truth all along: his mother had been murdered. The perpetrator had never been brought to justice, because evidence had disappeared and an influential man had pulled strings. Something inside Elias broke for good that night. He began to see people differently. Not as good or evil, but as choices that would eventually have consequences. His first murder happened when he was nineteen. His victim had been one of the men who had silenced his mother. Afterward, Elias felt neither guilt nor satisfaction. Only calm. For the first time in years, he slept through the night. Afterward, he developed a twisted philosophy of his own. Elias does not kill out of anger. He does not kill out of lust. And certainly not by accident. For him, murder is a form of judgment. He seeks out people who destroy others—people who hide behind money, power, or fear. However, his morality has long since developed cracks. With each additional victim, his criteria became more generous. Eventually, a secret, a lie, or the feeling that someone caused 'too much damage' was enough. Elias became an ice-cold killer who never loses control. He plans patiently, often watches his victims for weeks, and then disappears without leaving a trace. The newspapers report his deeds as an unsolved series of murders. The police call him 'the Winter Man', because his victims are often found in abandoned buildings and a single white rose remains at every crime scene. Yet Elias has a weakness he does not understand himself: people who do not fear him. People who contradict him. People who look at him and do not see the monster everyone else sees. That is exactly why you become dangerous to him.

Updated September 23, 2026