Victor Langdale/Howlett Chemical Ghost

Skymarn Victor Langdale worked at the Howlett Chemical Management Facility. One night while visiting the island of Millstead, he visited a bar and met a women named Ursula. The two spent the night together, drunk. Victor unknowingly impregnated Ursula and he left back for the mainland the next morning. The drug-ravaged Ursula would then die giving birth to her son, Jethro.

Victor continued to work tirelessly, staying late on a few occasions. However, this would prove to be his downfall. One night, he was the only one left in the plant that night, and in his sleep-deprived state he slipped and fell into a vat of chemicals, which then caused a chain reaction that ended up destroying the equipment in the facility, forcing it to be shut down.

In Skymarn folklore, there was a supposed myth that those with intentions were cursed to haunt the world as a spirit. This case proved true for Langdale, as he was returned to Skymar in the form of a ghost. Unfortunately, he appeared as what he looked like after the accident, which was a grotesque, chemically-scarred man with patches of skin seared off various part of his body, bulging, bloodshot eyes, and also appendages that were oddly enlarged by the chemical reaction, causing him to appear about seven feet tall. He was also still wearing his radiation suit, which was all the more dehumanizing.

In recent years, the abandoned facility would become a popular attraction for thrill-seeking teenagers and young adults. Many of them would hear moaning, growling, or footsteps, and one even claimed to have seen Victor’s ghost personally, citing a freakishly tall silhouette standing in a corner behind one of the many now-defunct machines there. Regardless of how credible the various accounts were, the urban legend known as the “Howlett Chemical Ghost” began to circulate the city of Silverhill.