Elias Vane - The Dreambinder

The Dreambinder, real name Elias Vane is the second killer in the base roster. He is a ranged killer that can shoot fireballs of nightmare energy from his demonic hand.

His personal perks, Fractured Ego, Lucid Collapse, and Nightmares Take Root, has Survivors suffer from hallucinations after failing a Skill Check, suffer Hallucinations after escaping a chase, and have Fear effects decay much slower on Survivors.

Lore: "Elias Vane was a respected but deeply controversial neurologist and dream therapist, fascinated by the bridge between conscious trauma and subconscious fear. At the Wellspring Sleep Institute, he pioneered methods to isolate nightmares and remove them through sensory deprivation and lucid reprogramming. But his obsession grew dark - he began implanting manufactured nightmares into patients to study how far the mind could be stretched before it broke.

After the mysterious coma of a teenage girl during one of his sessions, Elias was discredited. Yet in secret, he continued his trials - on himself. For weeks, he starved his senses, drifting deeper into the dream realm until he no longer woke.

In that twilight state, his ego fractured, and what emerged was The Dreambinder — a being of illusions and nightmare traps, feeding off the fears of others. He was no longer healing trauma — he was the trauma. And something... some Presence, watching from behind the veil of dreams, noticed him."

His Voice: Elias is a dream demon who speaks in Psychological Whispers, Clinical Authority, and a fractured, otherworldly nightmare. He takes a lot of inspiration from Freddy Krueger since that's how he was based off of him