The Opera

"The voice of what could only be described as a heartbroken being was what I first heard. The singing of Opera, the melody carrying through the air, his voice vibrating in my ears filling it with what could only be described as the most saddening piece of music since my arrival to this place." - Benedict Baker

## The Opera

### Voice Actor

Gerard Butler

The Opera is a licensed killer from the film and popular french novel Phantom of the Opera

## Overview

As the trials continue they thought The Entity spared their ears from the cries of pain with song, until it had been seen just how cruel he really was. Now the cries of the damned, the voice of opera, and the wail of the organ all come together for one. Beautiful. Melody.

The Opera is an obsession based killer, able to use his power- *Call of the Opera*- to lure or sneak up on survivors and reunite with his love...or so it would seem.

With his perks, "Eternal Love.", "Jealousy", and "A Rose for Christine" The Opera can efficiently slow down survivors and prioritize the Obsession.

His perks are about causing trouble to the obsession and any others who try to help them.

## Lore

Born in a small village outside of Roeun, France, A boy was born horribly disfigured, with the right side of his face having a partially balding head with exposed cranial tissue, several red patches on the right cheek that resemble scabs, an enlarged right nostril, a missing right eyebrow, malformed lips, and different-colored eyes and seen as a "Subject of horror." Having his own mother neglect him, he soon left the village and ran into the woods so he wouldn't hurt her nor scare her anymore.

As he traveled France he came upon a band of Gypsies who took him in, but only as a freak show side attraction that labelled him, "le mort vivant". During his time with the tribe he mastered the acts of becoming an illusionist, ventriloquist and a magician. His notoriety for these abilities and his unearthly singing voice grows quickly until one day the Shah of Persia hears about him from a fur merchant. Erik is to be retrieved and brought to the palace by the Persian, per the Shah's instruction. The Shah-in-shah commissions Erik to build him a great palace with several secret rooms and places. Even under that duration of commission he became a political assassin and used a Punjab Lasso.

Though soon the Shah is so pleased with Erik and that no one else deserves to hire him, he ordered Erik to be blinded and then executed due to how much he knew about the activities of the Shah as well as his skills. But he soon escaped freely because of a man called the Dragoda.

Soon he encountered a Madame Gitry who takes him in due to pity for the young boy. Upon doing so she places him under the cellar of the Paris Opera House where he lived and soon fell in love with a soprano opera singer, Christine Daee.

Oh how he loved her, and surely she loved him, but then soon came the Viscount who dared to take her from him. So promptly He used the elaborate tunnels underneath to find Christine's room and begin to tutor her in the ways of Operatic singing. Though as more and more people cause Christine to falter from him he began a series of killings in order to get closer to Christine. So only he could have her and only so he could love her. During a rehearsal of hers he appeared to her, his mask and sudden appearance making him seem as a ghost. Though no matter what he did she wouldn't fall for him for she was comfortable with Raoul

Enraged and heartbroken, Erik kidnaps the Viscount and Christine, taking them under the Opera house and into his chambers where he forced Christine to choose. Either love him or the Viscount. Ultimately she chose the Viscount but Erik was delivered with a single kiss on his scarred cheek, for he now knew that Christine did love him, but not in the way he had wanted.

Setting them free, he was destined to die from a broken heart, destined to be alone forever. So for three years he wrote his Magnum Opus, His ending, His death. Labeling it "La Ballade d'un Coeur Brisé" (The Ballad of a Broken Heart) and sung and composed it in the empty theater. Once he finished he could still feel his jealousy and his anger, yet he felt himself about to waste away, until suddenly a black fog rolled into the theater and soon, The Opera Ghost found himself in a world where he could take out and enact his murderous anger and jealousy.

## Load-out

### Unique Perks

Each time you hit a Survivor other than your ***Obsession*** with a *Basic Attack*, *Eternal Love* gains **1 Token**, up to a maximum of **6 Tokens**
* Gain a stack-able 5% speed boost when pursuing the ***Obsession***. Gain a normal +5% speed boost to Vaulting and Pallet breaking when chasing other survivors.

When the Obsession is within 24 meters of The Opera, they gain a 10% boost to repairing generators, healing, and cleansing. Though if any skill check is missed within this their aura is revealed for 5/10/15 seconds.
 Jealousy
When the Obsession performs an altruistic act on another survivor, they suffer from the Hindered status effect. The Opera gains the Undetectable status effect for 10/15/20 seconds and sees the Obsession's aura for 5 seconds.
This perk goes on a 90 second cool down
 A Rose for Christine
When a Survivor is unhooked after another Survivor has been hooked, the Survivor who was previously hooked suffers from the Broken status effect for 40/60/80 seconds. In the meantime, the Obsession is given a random bonus of the following options:
* An extra Health State
* A 5%/6%/7% Repair Speed bonus
* A 4%/5%/6% Healing and Healing

“He stared dully at the desolate, cold road and the pale, dead night. Nothing was colder or more dead than his heart. He had loved an angel and now he despised a woman.” -Gaston Learoux

#### Prestige

Prestiging **The Opera** will automatically add **Tier I** of his Unique Perks to the inventories of all other Killers and unlock the ability for their higher-tiered versions to spawn in their Bloodweb.

Prestige **The Opera** twice more to automatically add **Tier II** and **Tier III** respectively into the other Killers' inventories.

### Weapon: Erik's Rapier

The **Rapier** is the primary weapon of **The Opera.** A long blade built for thrusting the needle edge into your opponent's chest.

### Power: Call of the Opera

"The breaking of his heart fuels his mind, his efforts to keep his newest obsession with him forever. He plays for all to hear."

**Call of the Opera:** When The Opera's power meter fully fills The Opera is able to use his voice to perform acts of Luring, Tricking, and Attacking survivors.

**Special Affliction**: **Paranoia**

When a survivor gains a full bar of ***Paranoia I***, the outline of the screen becomes filled with music notes. Figures of The Opera can appear around corners to trick survivors into leading them towards The Opera.

Paranoia **Tier 1**: Fake Heartbeat and Footsteps

Paranoia **Tier 2**: Illusions of The Opera around corners

Paranoia **Tier 3**: Illusions of The Opera chasing from the corners.

**Special Ability: The Organ**: In the selected realm, an organ appears in the main building, the killer shack, or around the map. When The Opera interacts with The Organ a ghastly tune fills the minds of survivors and causes them to feel paranoid. Upon being afflicted with the Paranoia status effect, survivors begin to hear heartbeats that don't exist, glimpses of The Opera that don't exist, and fake figures of The Opera chasing them.

When The Opera begins chase with a survivor afflicted with Paranoia the survivor's controls become altered and reversed.

If a figure of the The Opera successfully 'hits' a survivor(s) then their aura is revealed for 20 seconds.

If a survivor finds The Organ, then they can begin to wrongfully tune The Organ and cause it to break when The Opera interacts with it, stunning him for 5 seconds, and causing The Organ to spawn elsewhere.

The Aura is always highlighted

**Special Ability: Erik's Voice**: When the meter is filled, The Opera will begin to sing his magnum opus, "La Ballade d'un Coeur Brisé". Anyone within the Terror Radius of The Opera will get the Hindered status effect and the Exhausted status effect.

Once the song ends The Opera releases a frightful cry of sadness and pain will invade the minds of survivors and Deafen and give the Love Stricken status effect.

If the obsession is caught within the terror radius they suffer from the Exposed status effect and when caught by the shriek then they will expose their aura and any other survivor's aura around them.

**Special Affliction: Love stricken.**

A random survivor, bigger chance being the **Obsession**, has a chance of being affected by the **Love Stricken** status effect.

The **Love Stricken** status effect causes the survivor to suffer from the Oblivious status effect and wherever the survivor goes The Opera can see their aura every 20 seconds. Though how this plays into the survivor is that whenever The Opera is near, suddenly the survivor stops performing an action and can't do anything until the status effect is removed or they leave the Terror Radius.