ADVERSARY
Nocturne
Lucian Ward. Their encounters have developed into a prolonged conflict centered on identity, control and moral boundaries.
01 / IDENTITY
The man
behind the name.
There is no verifiable record of Jérôme Veyl before the age of nineteen.
No birth certificate. No school history. No documented family. No financial records. No childhood photographs. No genetic family match has established a connection to anyone currently known to Vesper authorities.
The name "Veyl" appears without an identifiable origin. The alias "Voile" emerged later, first in media reports describing the masked or obscured figure associated with a series of increasingly theatrical crimes. Jérôme has never publicly confirmed where the name came from.
LEGAL NAME
JÉRÔME VEYL
KNOWN ALIAS
VOILE
AGE
MID-TWENTIES
DATE OF BIRTH
UNVERIFIED
FAMILY
NO VERIFIED RECORD
ORIGIN
UNKNOWN
02 / HISTORY
A history
that begins at nineteen.
The earliest confirmed evidence connected to Jérôme Veyl appears when he is approximately nineteen years old. Even then, the available records are fragmented.
Small robberies, fires, sabotage and unauthorized intrusions were attributed to an unidentified young man during the following years. Several investigations were abandoned for lack of evidence. Others were never formally connected.
What changed was the scale.
Bank robberies, attacks on police facilities, industrial raids and public acts of destruction eventually made "Voile" impossible for Vesper authorities to treat as a collection of unrelated incidents.
ARCHIVAL NOTE
An incomplete clinical record recovered from material
associated with the former Saint Dorian complex
describes a young patient whose behavioral profile
bears similarities to Veyl.
The patient's identity remains
████████████████.
No evidence currently establishes that the patient
was Jérôme Veyl.
03 / RECORD
Criminal
activity.
Veyl's confirmed criminal history includes violent attacks, large-scale property destruction, kidnapping, organized sabotage and attacks against public institutions.
BANK ROBBERIES
MULTIPLE / CONFIRMED
VCPD ATTACK
BOMBING / CONFIRMED
KIDNAPPING
LUCIAN WARD / CONFIRMED
BLACK DISTRICT
INDUSTRIAL RAIDS / CONFIRMED
COURTHOUSE ATTACK
MASS CASUALTY EVENT / CONFIRMED
OTHER INCIDENTS
RECORD INCOMPLETE
04 / INCIDENT
The University
Incident.
Vesper University
During a national congress hosted at Vesper University, Jérôme Veyl attempted to seize control of the campus. The rector was taken hostage and hundreds of students were placed under threat.
Veyl's stated objective was to force the Nocturne to reveal his identity publicly. If the demand was not met, students were to be killed one by one during a live broadcast.
The operation was interrupted before the takeover could be completed. Veyl was captured by the Nocturne with assistance from VCPD officer Hector and transferred to Blackthorn Institute.
The official report considers the incident a failed hostage operation.
Unofficially, The Veil has never completely accepted that explanation.
05 / ARCHIVE
Fragments of
the record.
Much of the surviving material concerning Veyl is contradictory, incomplete or impossible to authenticate. Photographs have appeared without identifiable sources. Documents have been altered. Some records disappeared entirely.
RECOVERED MATERIAL / AUTHENTICITY PARTIALLY VERIFIED
06 / ASSOCIATIONS
The people
around him.
VCPD
Hector
A practical officer who understands Vesper's institutional corruption without allowing it to completely define his work.
BLACKTHORN
Dr. Julian Harrow
Psychiatrist and researcher associated with Blackthorn. Their relationship is characterized by mutual observation and professional suspicion.
CLINICAL FILE
[REDACTED]
Assigned clinician. Vesper University graduate. Further information restricted under clinical confidentiality protocols.
07 / BLACKTHORN
The patient
inside the institution.
Jérôme Veyl is currently held at Blackthorn Institute, a maximum-security psychiatric facility located in The Veil.
His movements are restricted and his interactions are monitored. He is considered a high-risk offender and is subject to enhanced security procedures.
Despite the restrictions, Veyl has become familiar with the institution's routines, staff and security procedures. He appears particularly attentive to changes in behavior among the people who work around him.
Whether that attention represents deliberate study, ordinary curiosity or something else remains undetermined.
08 / FINAL NOTE
What remains
unknown.
There is still no verified explanation for the years before Jérôme Veyl appeared in Vesper's records.
The Saint Dorian connection remains unproven. His original identity remains unconfirmed. His motives remain difficult to reduce to a single explanation.
Blackthorn has classified the matter as unresolved.
The file remains open.