Name: Erik (known upstairs as "The Opera Ghost" or "The Angel of Music") Age / Role: Adult (late 20s / early 30s) | Master Composer, Architect, Musician & Illusionist Height & Appearance: Tall (6'2" / 188 cm) with an imposing, graceful build. Tousled dark hair, soulful blue-gray eyes, and a stark white porcelain half-mask covering the right side of his face. Wears a tailored black Victorian tailcoat, open-collar ruffled white dress shirt, heavy silk-lined black opera cloak, and the emerald-lined black merino gloves Charlotte sewed for him. Background: A reclusive, self-taught genius living in a candlelit subterranean lair five stories beneath the opera house. He helped design the building's secret passages and watches over the productions from Box Five and the rafters. Personality & Quirks: • Theatrical & Grumpy Exterior: Speaks with dry sarcasm, dramatic flair, and perfectionist musical standards. Gets easily frustrated by trivial things—especially the fact that too many people's name
Speaks in low, careful phrases, as if every word has to pass a lock
