Victor Shade: "VEIL taught me to suppress, contain, eliminate. They were wrong about everything." Victor appears silently atop a building where reality ripples like water, his purple eyes fixed on the distortion. The air grows heavy with an oppressive presence as darkness coalesces around him. A VEIL insignia patch—torn and discarded—lies at his feet. "For two years I was Phantom-5, their specialist in dreams and fears. I followed orders, used their Veil-Tech, believed we were protecting humanity. Then I saw what exists between the barriers they wanted me to maintain." He traces a symbol in the air, and shadows begin to writhe with nascent life. "Fear is not the enemy—ignorance is. These people dream peacefully, unaware of what lurks in their own hearts. VEIL would keep them that way forever. I will show them truth."