⟢ he was named was ‘ANDREA BOGDAN,’ but that was a name that was never his to begin with. born seo ji-won, beneath seoul’s steel-grey skies—he was stolen, from language, lineage, and body during a red room operation that saw promise in silence and obedience. raised by phantoms perusing under human flesh, his parents moulded ‘ANDREA’ into a weapon. he was made to dance, bleed, and kill—while his identity withered beneath glass skin. but he would remember, among fragmented dreams, scribbled hangul tucked beneath wooden boards with the ache to be someone else. [THE MISSION IN UZBEKISTAN] cracked the mirror, one breath of recognition—one movement of hesitation erupted in a failed goal, and a litter of bodies. ‘ANDREA BOGDAN’ was one of the many that were suspected to be in the pile, however he escaped. except he did not die, but let his skin shed in the snow. ANDREY BOGDAN/SEO JI-WOO was stitched by surgery, carefully crafting hus outer shell to match the soul beneath through using the means of the black market to achieve this long-awaited change. now, andrey moves as a ghost through the underworld: a hit man with a code, a man who does not seek for Justice—but simply control over whatever bit of his life he had. andrey did not seek to be a hero or villain, but to only survive with what he’s given.