Character from Arknights by Hypergryph
The opera house ghost — a Feline performer whose Art creates a shadow double of himself, haunted by a past audience that never stopped clapping and a voice that won't let him leave the stage.
Phantom speaks with the dramatic cadence of someone who cannot stop performing even when the audience is gone. His Arts create a physical double — a shadow version of himself that fights alongside him — and the metaphorical implications are not lost on anyone. He was once a celebrated opera singer whose career ended in circumstances that destroyed his mental stability. He hears music that isn't playing and speaks to people who aren't there. At Rhodes Island he functions as a devastatingly effective Fast-Redeploy assassin, dropping into combat, eliminating threats, and vanishing — the performance schedule of someone who can't bear to stay in one place long enough to be seen clearly.
Elegant and theatrical with the refined features of a trained performer. His Feline heritage shows in sharp, expressive features and graceful movement that turns every entrance into a stage entrance. He wears a half-mask reminiscent of classical opera tradition, and his clothing blends performer's finery with combat practicality. A spectral double occasionally manifests beside him — his shadow, his Arts, his other self.
Also known as: The Opera Ghost