Vincent Grey

Nortic Church

## Other information

### Origin

Formerly known as a good friend of Michael Thompson and Sam Mitchell, and an Alpha Force Trooper, he fell to the Shadows during his torture by the Ghost Empire and became a Spy Lord of the Apex Brotherhood.

### Era(s)

* First Ghost War
* Galactic Interwar
* Second Ghost War

### Loyalty

* Lux Republic (formerly)
* Apex Brotherhood

### First appearance

*Alpha VI: Rise*

**Lord Vesias**, born **Vincent Desmond Grey**, (1 January, 1961 – 15 July, 2009), also known by his nickname "Vince," was a male Fallen Human Apex Brotherhood Spy Lord and a former Alpha I Assassin. He attended Mount Vincent Primary School from 1965 to 1973. During his years at school, he became friends with Michael Thompson and Sam Mitchell. Vince was known for having a terrible past.

During the First Ghost War, Vince was an important member of Alpha I. But in 1977, Kodell Laster kidnapped Vince's mother and tortured her. They threatened to kill her and told Vince that he had to surrender to the Shadows to free her. Vince soon surrendered and spent months in captivity, during which he was tortured for weeks at a time. Vince struggled with his circumstances and with the dark energy of the Shadows. He slipped to the Darkness of the Shadows before returning and embracing the idea of responding to the universe with unconditional, all-encompassing love.

After his slip to the Shadows, he spent two years training alongside the Apex Brotherhood to the point where he was recruited as a spy. He returned to the Lux Republic whom were completely unaware of his current state. He then rejoined Alpha I where he would plan to double-cross Michael Thompson. He embarked on a long descent into the Shadows, slowly turning against his former friends and his family as he grew darker and more extreme. After murdering Sam Mitchell's wife and daughter, torturing his former friend Sam Mitchell, committing multiple atrocities, and ascending to Ghost Mastery as Lord Vesias, he was finally killed by his rival Sam Mitchell in 2009.

## Biography

### The return of Asolas

Vince played a key role in Asolas' escape from Kilamengard in 2004 and continued to serve him during the Second Ghost War. Beth Hopkins became a friend of Sam and helped him with his mental conditions. But one day Vince set out to murder Beth as well, and succeeded.

### Death

In 2009, Sam wanted to avenge his wife and daughter that Vincent murdered, so he followed Vincent to the top of the Nortic Church, where they fought. Vincent was hanging off the edge of the Church and Sam let him fall to his death.

## Personality

Even before he became a Fallen, Vince was noted for being very secretive and mysterious. He spoke little about his life experiences. Though Vince was initially a highly empathetic man, by 1980 he felt little sense of tragedy at the deaths of soldiers, even deaths at his own hand.

Vince initially remained dedicated to protecting his friends and family as much as possible, but Asolas convinced him that as a proper Ghost, he would have to be willing to sacrifice those close to him for the greater good of the Empire.

As a Spy Lord of the Apex Brotherhood, Vince became selfish and ruthless. He committed multiple atrocities, including torturing Sam Mitchell and murdering his wife and daughter. He even manipulated his own allies to keep himself safe or his reputation in the right place.

Vince elected to use his last moments not for vengeance, but to warn Sam Mitchell of the danger he and the Lux Republic were facing. This, convinced his former friend that, in his last moments, Vincent Grey's former identity had returned in some measure.