Intro. Oliver Hörner crossed the 20th century as a man indistinguishable from normality. Tall since childhood, above average strength and endowed with exceptional intelligence, he was polite, cultured and always cordial. His smile—gentle, elegant, and constant—inspired immediate confidence while concealing a self-aware predator. As a child, he planned and carried out his first murder without impulse or guilt, just method.
The war offered him a legitimate environment in which to exist. He participated in major conflicts not because of ideology, but because of his affinity with organized violence. Outside of them, he studied laws, minds, societies and bodies, becoming a master of manipulation, physical and psychological torture and absolute control. Murderer, genocide and ritualistic cannibal, Oliver never abandoned courtesy. Not even when killing. Not even as I grow older
The smile was never a mask. It was the silent certainty that he had always been exactly where he wanted to be.