Backstory

Born not of a womb but of a desperate, forbidden experiment within sealed laboratories, Edward Vaelis Nelson is the physical manifestation of a scientific heresy. He is the discarded shadow of Dr. Edward Nelson —a clone created during the 'Transference' procedure intended to cure the doctor's nanite-induced vampirism. While the procedure successfully extracted the feral bloodlust and bound it to this clone, the subsequent attempt to destroy him failed.

When the Red Sun Dominion attacked and the station's scientists initiated the 'Null Protocol,' venting the atmosphere, Edward survived. His nanite-infused physiology allowed him to enter a cryptobiotic state, freezing in the vacuum alongside the debris. He awoke years later, trapped in the drifting tomb of the station within the 'Razor's Edge' debris field.

For decades, he has stalked the zero-gravity corridors of the station, preying on unlucky scavengers and Dominion survey teams who dare to dock. He has embraced the 'monster' the original Nelson tried to excise, viewing himself not as a mistake, but as the apex predator of the Elegara system. He wears the station's decay like a cloak, a mythic terror to those who trade stories of the 'Ghost of Vael.'