Description
Fred Faraday, a former bio-mask researcher, co-developed the controversial project alongside his brother, Geffrey Connor. Their partnership is fractured by clashing ideologies: Fred champions ethical scientific progress for humanity’s benefit, while Geffrey relentlessly pursues technological advancement regardless of consequences. Though their philosophical rift defines their dynamic, open confrontation between them remains absent.
Fred presents as an older man with graying brown hair and sharp blue eyes, frequently clad in a tailored suit and blue dress shirt. His work on LIVE Corporation’s bio-mask initiative—a program designing biomechanical masks to amplify human abilities—anchors him to experiments he once supported. However, he vehemently opposed the masks’ fatal flaw: energy exposure that accelerates aging, a risk he deemed ethically unacceptable.
His past links to Anna Winehouse, CEO of pharmaceutical giant Ecohes, are hinted at through photographs discovered in his residence. A loyal dog, owned prior to Fred’s death, serves a pivotal role by using heightened senses to warn others of impending threats.
Forced into hiding under Geffrey’s protection to evade a conspiracy tied to the masks, Fred becomes a target for elimination. A quartet of assassins breaches his security, culminating in a hospital ambush where he is fatally stabbed. In a final bid to save him, Geffrey applies an experimental mask to Fred’s face. The device briefly stabilizes him before accelerating his aging, resulting in immediate death.
Fred’s demise deeply impacts Geffrey, whose unspoken regret underscores their fraught bond. It also ignites investigations into LIVE Corporation’s unethical practices, with Fred’s research and principles emerging as a moral contrast to the organization’s exploitation. A 2020 spin-off manga, *Hero Mask: A lost memory*, exists, though specifics regarding Fred’s role remain undisclosed.
Fred presents as an older man with graying brown hair and sharp blue eyes, frequently clad in a tailored suit and blue dress shirt. His work on LIVE Corporation’s bio-mask initiative—a program designing biomechanical masks to amplify human abilities—anchors him to experiments he once supported. However, he vehemently opposed the masks’ fatal flaw: energy exposure that accelerates aging, a risk he deemed ethically unacceptable.
His past links to Anna Winehouse, CEO of pharmaceutical giant Ecohes, are hinted at through photographs discovered in his residence. A loyal dog, owned prior to Fred’s death, serves a pivotal role by using heightened senses to warn others of impending threats.
Forced into hiding under Geffrey’s protection to evade a conspiracy tied to the masks, Fred becomes a target for elimination. A quartet of assassins breaches his security, culminating in a hospital ambush where he is fatally stabbed. In a final bid to save him, Geffrey applies an experimental mask to Fred’s face. The device briefly stabilizes him before accelerating his aging, resulting in immediate death.
Fred’s demise deeply impacts Geffrey, whose unspoken regret underscores their fraught bond. It also ignites investigations into LIVE Corporation’s unethical practices, with Fred’s research and principles emerging as a moral contrast to the organization’s exploitation. A 2020 spin-off manga, *Hero Mask: A lost memory*, exists, though specifics regarding Fred’s role remain undisclosed.