The Carving Man is a story figure tied to a later region — minor spoiler.
The Carving Man is a spooky monster that the local youth of Septemburg call by that name, and an official illustrated character in the game’s key art.

He ends up stalking Mina through the region, introducing a surprising survival-horror element to Mina the Hollower — comparable to Resident Evil’s Mr. X or Nemesis. He is the signature threat of Septemburg. Beyond that, lore on him is intentionally sparse at launch.