Roy Victor Chess was an assassin contracted for a high-profile hit—the assassination of Adrian Veidt. Recruited through an intermediary connected to Pyramid Deliveries, Chess was handed a brown envelope containing payment, instructions, and mission details.
However, his attempt on Veidt’s life ended in failure. Outmatched by Veidt’s superior reflexes and combat skills, Chess was swiftly subdued. Before he could react or resist, Veidt discreetly administered a cyanide capsule, ensuring Chess’s death appeared to be a self-inflicted suicide rather than an execution.
Biography
Attack on Adrian Veidt
A driver working for Pyramid Deliveries, a front company linked to Adrian Veidt’s operations, was given orders to arrange a contract killing. His task was to hire Roy Victor Chess, a former mercenary with a history of violent work, to carry out an assassination attempt against Veidt. To ensure the hit was carried out as planned, the employee provided Chess with a brown envelope—containing payment, instructions, and additional resources for the mission. Chess, a man accustomed to dirty jobs, accepted the contract without question, unaware of the deeper layers of the conspiracy he was stepping into.
On the day of the hit, Chess infiltrated Veidt Tower disguised as a delivery worker. With calculated aggression, he stormed into the lobby entrance, opening fire with precision. His first act was to shoot Veidt’s secretary, eliminating a potential witness and signaling that he meant business. However, the assassination attempt went far from as planned. Veidt, known for his superhuman reflexes and intellect, swiftly evaded the attack and disarmed Chess in an instant.
What followed was no interrogation—it was a performance. Veidt, ever the strategist, feigned questioning Chess, but he never intended to extract information. Instead, with calculated precision, he forced a cyanide capsule into the assassin’s mouth. The mercenary's body seized violently, muscles locking as the deadly poison spread through his system. Within moments, Chess was dead. To any outsider, it would appear as though Chess had chosen suicide, a last act of defiance—a captured operative silencing himself to protect his employer. But the reality was far more chilling. There had been no choice. This was not self-destruction. It was execution.