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Created on 2005-12-06 03:39:54 (#8965068), last updated 2005-12-23
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Basic Info| Name: | O.G. |
|---|---|
| Location: | Gotham |
| Website: | Random Website |
BioAccording to Gaston Leroux's novel, The Phantom of the Opera, the Phantom was born as Erik in a small town not far from Rouen, the son of a master mason. He ran away at an early age from his father's house, where his deformed face was a subject of horror and terror to his parents. For a time, he frequented the fairs, where a freak show showman exhibited him as the "living corpse." He traveled around Europe and Asia with Gypsies. There he acquired his acrobatic and musical skills and sharpened his twisted genius. He also became an expert ventriloquist.
Eventually, Erik became a court assassin and personal engineer to the Persian Shah, building the Shah sophisticated traps and torture devices (such as the Punjab Lasso and the Hall of Mirrors). After some time, the Shah feared that Erik knew too much and decided to dispose of him. Erik managed to escape, eventually making his way back to France. (Based on the dating this unnamed Shah could be Nasser-al-Din Shah (1831–1896, reigned 1848–1896).
Erik used his architectural genius skills and won a contract as one of the architects of Paris' Palais Garnier Opera House. Below the Opera House, an artificial lake had been created during its construction using eight hydraulic pumps, because of problems with the ground water level that kept rising. Without anyone noticing, Erik built a maze of tunnels and corridors on the lower levels. Past the underground lake, he built a lair for himself, where he could live protected from the public.
Besides being a brilliant inventor and engineer, Erik was also a musical genius, and he started to visit the opera house in order to listen to operas and interfere with the manager's bad taste. Because he could not show his distorted face in public, he took the guise of a ghost, using violence in order to blackmail the opera managers and bind them to his will. He exploited the employees' superstitions and his knowledge about the building's secret passages, allowing him access to every part of the building without being noticed. He terrorized those who refused his demands and even killed people as warnings. However, he treated those who were loyal to him and obeyed his command very kindly (such as Mme. Giry).
Appearances:
-In a novel called 'The Angel of the Opera', Sherlock Holmes and his cousin meet the Phantom of the Opera.
-Erik is also a featured character in the supernatural comic 'Sadie Sanderson', as King Richard III's rival for Sadie's influence.
Eventually, Erik became a court assassin and personal engineer to the Persian Shah, building the Shah sophisticated traps and torture devices (such as the Punjab Lasso and the Hall of Mirrors). After some time, the Shah feared that Erik knew too much and decided to dispose of him. Erik managed to escape, eventually making his way back to France. (Based on the dating this unnamed Shah could be Nasser-al-Din Shah (1831–1896, reigned 1848–1896).
Erik used his architectural genius skills and won a contract as one of the architects of Paris' Palais Garnier Opera House. Below the Opera House, an artificial lake had been created during its construction using eight hydraulic pumps, because of problems with the ground water level that kept rising. Without anyone noticing, Erik built a maze of tunnels and corridors on the lower levels. Past the underground lake, he built a lair for himself, where he could live protected from the public.
Besides being a brilliant inventor and engineer, Erik was also a musical genius, and he started to visit the opera house in order to listen to operas and interfere with the manager's bad taste. Because he could not show his distorted face in public, he took the guise of a ghost, using violence in order to blackmail the opera managers and bind them to his will. He exploited the employees' superstitions and his knowledge about the building's secret passages, allowing him access to every part of the building without being noticed. He terrorized those who refused his demands and even killed people as warnings. However, he treated those who were loyal to him and obeyed his command very kindly (such as Mme. Giry).
Appearances:
-In a novel called 'The Angel of the Opera', Sherlock Holmes and his cousin meet the Phantom of the Opera.
-Erik is also a featured character in the supernatural comic 'Sadie Sanderson', as King Richard III's rival for Sadie's influence.
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