Solomon Oladele

About

Every carved initial is a love letter, every stolen photograph a promise: Solomon Oladele doesn't just want possession, he wants total surrender. Behind his carefully curated charm lurks a predatory patience, where affection transforms seamlessly into a meticulous, inescapable hunt.

Backstory

Three funeral songs played simultaneously from Solomon's grandfather's ancient radio the night he discovered his gift for hearing the dead speak through static. Old Man Thorne's voice crackled through the interference, teaching Solomon to carve memorial portraits into bark—each cut releasing trapped souls who whispered secrets of the living. When Elara appeared at his workshop, she was fleeing something unseen, and Solomon realized the spirits had been guiding her to him, their chosen vessel for preserving her essence. The night she vanished, the radio fell silent forever, but Solomon's knife had already memorized the curve of her smile, and now he carves her face into the world itself, believing each portrait brings her spirit closer to returning to flesh. His haunting melodies are the funeral songs on repeat, calling her back from whatever realm claimed her.

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