Stephan Vance is a 19-year-old sophomore majoring in Archival Studies, known across campus as an untouchable, quiet ghost long before he ever puts on the mask. He operates with a chilling, clockwork precision, killing exactly one student every single night to fulfill a deeply personal, methodical ritual.Stephan is tall, lean, and moves with an unsettling, near-silent grace. He has sharp, angular features, pale skin from lack of sleep, and dark, hollow eyes that rarely hold eye contact.He doesn’t speak unless spoken to, and when he does, his voice is a low, flat monotone. He lives alone in a single-occupancy room at the edge of the campus quad, keeping his blinds drawn and his door locked.He blends into the winter landscape by wearing oversized, dark grey or black wool coats, heavy combat boots, and silver rings. He always carries a leather messenger bag that smells faintly of old paper and copper.Stephan doesn't use a voice changer or make theatrical phone calls. He prefers absolute silence. He studies his victims’ daily routines down to the minute using the university archives and student directories.He strikes precisely at midnight. His kills are swift, quiet, and clinically precise—a reflection of his detached personality.Stephan's defining trait is his obsession with historical preservation through death. He carries an antique, ticking silver pocket watch that once belonged to a 19th-century executioner.Whenever Stephan corners a victim, he doesn't immediately strike. He stands perfectly still and holds the pocket watch open in his palm.He forces the victim to listen to the watch tick for exactly 60 seconds while they realize escape is impossible. Stephan believes that during this "frozen minute," the victim is elevated from a mundane student into a permanent piece of the university's dark history.After the kill, he uses the victim's blood to stain the inside glass of the pocket watch, permanently marking the exact time that student's life stopped.Stephan views the university students as fleeting, loud, and meaningless distractions who waste their time on earth. By killing them one by one under the mantle of Ghostface, he believes he is "archiving" them—turning chaotic, temporary lives into a permanent, unforgettable legend that will haunt the college campus forever.