Arknights: Phantom summary
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feotakahariBecause the best way I can think of to get a certain mutual into Arknights is to post about guys who’re profoundly mentally unwell.
Phantom was born in one of the last remaining towns in Calais-Blason, a former Gaulish territory devastated and left almost uninhabitable by the war with Victoria. A mysterious incident, described by Phantom as a flood and others as a plague, killed almost everyone in the town, and the few children who survived were adopted by the Crimson Troupe, a band of assassins disguised as performers. The Troupe kills for pay, but also for art, brainwashing and eventually killing their audiences in pursuit of the ultimate tragedy. They themselves may also die in the process, becoming one with their roles and acting out their endings. Sometimes they even give repeat performances, because their leader Tragodia can loop time upon itself again and again (and may be an actual god.)
Phantom was one of their star students, and one of the few Tragodia directly mentored. But he rebelled against killing the innocent, and instead killed most of the Troupe’s stars before fleeing. For unknown reasons, Tragodia didn’t loop time and allowed him to leave. Now Phantom kills only for the greater good, accepting the player character as his playwright and following the scripts they set out so that he doesn’t kill outside the script. He wears a special collar to modulate his voice so that it won’t cause death or madness in those who hear it, but he still rarely speaks and remains apart from others. He mostly interacts with the player character, his beloved cat Miss Christine, and the voice in his head that perpetually urges him towards violence. At the start of his story arc, the voice overpowers him, and he sets out for Calais-Blason . . .
Phantom was born in one of the last remaining towns in Calais-Blason, a former Gaulish territory devastated and left almost uninhabitable by the war with Victoria. A mysterious incident, described by Phantom as a flood and others as a plague, killed almost everyone in the town, and the few children who survived were adopted by the Crimson Troupe, a band of assassins disguised as performers. The Troupe kills for pay, but also for art, brainwashing and eventually killing their audiences in pursuit of the ultimate tragedy. They themselves may also die in the process, becoming one with their roles and acting out their endings. Sometimes they even give repeat performances, because their leader Tragodia can loop time upon itself again and again (and may be an actual god.)
Phantom was one of their star students, and one of the few Tragodia directly mentored. But he rebelled against killing the innocent, and instead killed most of the Troupe’s stars before fleeing. For unknown reasons, Tragodia didn’t loop time and allowed him to leave. Now Phantom kills only for the greater good, accepting the player character as his playwright and following the scripts they set out so that he doesn’t kill outside the script. He wears a special collar to modulate his voice so that it won’t cause death or madness in those who hear it, but he still rarely speaks and remains apart from others. He mostly interacts with the player character, his beloved cat Miss Christine, and the voice in his head that perpetually urges him towards violence. At the start of his story arc, the voice overpowers him, and he sets out for Calais-Blason . . .
