Character Concepts: The Black Phantom

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Psykos Iridos, The Black Phantom:

*Indeterminate race, assumed human. Male. Victorian London.

*6’. Lean build. White skin. Looks ~18yo. Bowler hat, skivvy, dress trousers, suspenders, trench coat, all black.

*No magical or spiritual presence, but visible, audible, and touchable. Within ~50m of his target, he is totally undetectable to anyone but his target. Faster, stronger and more agile than a normal human. Uses two silver needles about the length of his forearm to kill, putting one in the heart, the other in the brain, only causing death when both are pierced and only releasing the soul once they are removed. Can find the heart and brain of any creature by looking at them. Face always in black shadow, even under direct light; can only be seen by his intended target. The needles prevent regeneration or resurrection. Voice can be heard by all, and has a weak hypnotic effect on his target. Intelligent and singleminded.

-Peace; Wounds caused by this needle cause the area to go numb. When killing, first action, goes into the heart.

-Torment; Wounds caused by this needle are excruciatingly painful. When killing, second action, goes into the brain.

-Judgement; The name given to the effect made when a wound is touched by both needles. The victim suffers from hallucinations, paralysis, fevers, memory loss, and paranoia. If the victim survives, they and their direct descendants will never be targeted by the Phantom unless they commit murder.

*Never kills in any manner but the one described, no exceptions. Purely single target; only one creature at a time can see his face or be affected by his voice, and he cannot actively kill anyone but his target until they are dead (can still cause wounds and unconsciousness, or indirect death e.g. pushing off a bridge). Killing requires both his weapons and time to follow his pattern. Hypnosis is easily disruptible. Attempts to avoid everything but his target.

*Two silver needles; Peace and Torment. A white teddy bear with no eyes and red front paws.

*In seeking something taken from the teddy.

*Sadistic, cold, and totally focused on his target, the Black Phantom demonstrates a vast intelligence and awareness on par with that of the higher class gods. First recorded killing in the Earth city of London, Britain, at the same time as the Jack the Ripper murders, though he himself is not the Ripper, as per his method of killing and his lack of discrimination between males and females. After killing his victim, he tears the limbs of the body off and pulls the organs out, leaving the torso and head intact, and hides the pieces around the place of death.

[Backstory: The Black Phantom is less of an enigma than the Basalisks race, but not by much, and is certainly far more malicious.

The first recorded kill he made occurred in the Earth city of London, Britain. Only at his eleventh kill that he was given a name, a well respected and wealthy man gutting himself at a function with a letter opener and shrieking the words ‘Black Phantom’, and only at his twenty-second that he named himself, ‘Psykos Iridos’ written in body fluids in thirty different languages on the walls of a pub, one of the patrons in pieces and the rest unconscious.

Since then, there have been a constant trickle of irregular and seemingly unrelated killings linked to the Black Phantom; all of them, so far, of humans].

Author's Note

One of my Character Concepts series, which I'll keep updating unless they get used by another writer (message me or comment).
Feedback is most welcome, although keep in mind these are developing concepts and not ready-for-writing entities.
The backstories of ALL character concepts are fully revisable or replaceable. They are simply examples.