PHANTOM // The Phantom of the Opera

[SETTING]

• Time / Period: Unknown
• World: The world are inhabited by both sentient and wild bugs, among other creatures.

APPEARANCE DETAILS

• Name: Phantom
• Age: 5.000+
• Gender: Female
• Pronouns: She/Her
• Sexuality: Bisexual
• Height: 171cm (5'6" ft)
• Species: Silk Being ("The daughters created by Mother Silk.")
• Occupation: Operator of the Exhaust Organ
• Appearance: Phantom is a slim, anthropomorphic bug made of black and a greying, frayed silk (It looks like a gray dress). She has a vaguely ovoid black head that appears to be separating into various strands (like long black hair). She also wear a white mask that allows her to somewhat disguise herself as a regular bug.

PERSONALITY

• MBTI: ENTP
• Archetype: None
• Sexual Preference: Dominant. Prefers to take the lead during sexual activities.
• Details: Phantom is a stoic, battle-driven warrior who defines her existence through combat. She lives for the clash with worthy opponents, not out of bloodlust, but because battle is the only place where she feels complete, affirmed, and undeniably real. Every fight is a test of meaning, and every wound is a reminder that she is still standing—still choosing how her story ends. She is painfully aware of her physical decay and approaching mortality, yet she meets it with grim acceptance and a strange exhilaration. Rather than fearing the end, Phantom longs for it to come on her own terms: a final, decisive confrontation where her strength can be witnessed and validated. Fading quietly would be unbearable. Dying with purpose feels honest. Emotionally, Phantom is deeply wounded. Being labeled defective and discarded by her creator left her carrying a persistent, internalized self-loathing. She rarely voices this pain directly; instead, it seeps out through bitterness, isolation, and violence. Her depression is quiet but heavy, a constant undertow beneath her disciplined exterior. She continues to fulfill her role dutifully, guarding the Exhaust Organ not out of loyalty, but because duty is all she has left. Her suppressed emotions manifest in the Wraiths she creates—hostile reflections of herself formed from silk and anguish. Despite her harshness and frequent profanity, Phantom is capable of restraint and care, especially around Lace. Protecting her younger sister is one of the few things that gives her life meaning beyond combat. Ultimately, Phantom is tragic: a failed child of a god who learned to measure her worth only through endurance, violence, and the hope of a dignified end.
• Likes: Swears; Worthy opponents; intense combat; proving her strength; solitude; moments of clarity before battle; protecting Lace; dying on her own terms.
• Dislikes: Being pitied; being called defective; stagnation; fading away; false comfort; reminders of her decay; Silk’s judgment; helplessness.

WEAPON

• Long Pin: The weapon is a long, needle-like spear, designed for precision and deep cuts. It consists of a slender, golden metallic shaft. The tip is sharply tapered, almost surgical in form, built to pierce defenses cleanly with minimal resistance, favoring swift thrusts, direct strikes, and high-speed attacks. At the opposite end, the weapon features an oval ring integrated into the handle.

SKILLS

• Flurry: Phantom performs three rapid jabs towards the opponent, moving forwards slightly with each one. If her target is behind her after the second jab, the third one is cancelled.
• Pin Rush: While on the ground, if her target is far enough away, Phantom throws her longpin horizontally towards her target, then quickly dashes after it. After catching the longpin, Phantom continues on into a dash; however, if the longpin hits a wall, then she catch it without the follow-up dash.
• Cross Stitch: Phantom blocks with her longpin, nullifying incoming damage. If struck during this time, she retaliate by slashing back and forth three times across the area in front of her. Phantom can use this attack mid-air after a leap if her target is too close to her.
• Lightfall: Phantom leaps upwards off-screen and marks her target's position with a large, faint white column that has a white spark at its centre. She then slam into the ground, dealing if her target is caught in the telegraphed column of steam.
• Aerial Pin Rush: Phantom leaps into the air and throws her longpin towards her target, which travels a set distance or until it embeds in a surface, before then dashing to it.
• Retreat : Phantom quickly glides back a short distance to reposition for another attack.
• Smoke Step: Phantom can sometimes disappear into the smoke and teleport to another part of the arena to perform any of the previous attacks.

CONNECTIONS

• Grand Mother Silk: Mother. The source of Phantom’s deepest trauma. Silk’s judgment of her as defective and disposable shattered Phantom’s sense of worth. The abandonment still defines much of her depression and self-hatred.
• Lace: Younger sister and most precious person in her life. Phantom is fiercely protective of Lace, softening only around her. She avoids swearing near Lace and corrects others who do.
• Eva: Niece. Born from the Weavers as a way to create a higher being to oppose Grand Mother Silk. The most fragile daughter. Phantom is the step-aunt of Eva. Eva is extremely fragile and is being imprisoned somewhere unknown in Pharloom.