Hermes

Hermes T. Haight
Hermes T. Haight is the soul of an executioner in Abbott in The Suffering. As Hermes talks he sounds sinister often deeply inhaling, dragging out his words almost sounding like he is tired.

Appearance 
Hermes appears as a green gas in the shape of a man, skinny and shirtless. He is notably bald with clear eyes, and typically floats a foot or so above ground when in his gaseous form. He is most likely seen around Abbott prison and small rooms, where he kills whomever he can.

From being a former Abbott executioner, he has a mind obsessed with killing and enjoys the satisfaction of terminating human life. To this effect, he reveals that he envies Torque as he never got to "snuff a woman" in his line of work. He also shows disdain if the player is not of an Evil morality at points in the game. In particular, he relishes Carnate's dark history, branding it the perfect place for himself and Torque. Toward the end of the game, he feels he must test Torque's ability to kill and thus confronts him in the base of the lighthouse. Hermes represents the future.

History
The former executioner of the prison, Hermes had been working in Abbott for many decades and expressed great pride and pleasure for his job, until he decided to "take it one step further" and committed suicide in the gas chamber. As a result, his ghost manifests itself through a deadly green gas, which he calls "the colour of life". When alive, he prided himself in rejecting the use of a new, invisible, and relatively painless form of gas for his executions, reasoning that his preferred method of visible, painful and choking gas would not rob the condemned (or himself) of the full experience. He's a particularly cruel and sadistic individual, and seems to encourage Torque into giving in to his dark side. It is also interesting to note that he was the executioner responsible for the death of  Horace P. Gauge.

Fate
He is ultimately defeated in the basement of the lighthouse, but he appears one last time to aid Torque in his escape; though his method of help involves sending an out-of-control bus directly at Torque to bridge a gap.

Archive Entry
''Since the cataclysm, I have several times saw myself mysteriously surrounded by noxious green fumes. I have fled in each case and I think if I had not, I might not be alive to write this now. When in the gas, I have seen a humanoid who seemed to take great joy in the prospect of my death. Could this be Hermes, Abbott's resident executioner for several decades? If I recall, he took his own life in the gas chamber.''