Phantasm

**Phantasm** is a boss from The Saviors of Sunset City, played in part by Grey. He is a spirit from the Abyss who latched onto Void Empyrean in the time between Spinflux killing him and promptly resurrecting him.

## Appearance

Phantasm takes the form of a black, charred skeletal figure encased entirely in purple flames reminiscent of those used by Void. Despite this, Void's true self still lies underneath.

## History

### The Saviors of Sunset City

Shortly after Void Empyrean's death and prompt arrival to the Abyss, Phantasm latched onto Void's soul, being taken back to the mortal realm with him after Spinflux resurrected Void. After this, Phantasm started eating away at Void, forcing him to burn his bridges to the mortal realm, including his friends and family, in order to let Phantasm take root and fully take over Void. This was the reason behind Void's sudden disappearance.

Later on, Phantasm started tearing down a warehouse to attract the Eight's attention, and once he killed them, he would have full control of Void. He made a strong first impression with his distorted, warbling cackle. With a motive unknown, Phantasm ignored 10's question, but gave him a name to work with, Phantasm. With a snap of his fingers, the flames around the building grew closer to the Eight and their allies as he lit Big Red's cigarette, disgusting him with the ethanol-like taste. Before engaging in battle, he had one piece of advice for the Eight: "Don't blink."

In an instant, Phantasm warped behind the Eight, using a Black Well to pull them into a central point. Big Red attempted to jump at Phantasm, being knocked away by a thunderous snap of Phantasm's fingers, prompting Big Red to charge once again. Phantasm, for unknown reasons, let Big Red hit him before vanishing. He had not accounted for Oracle's aura-reading abilities, who could still see him. Every time the Eight insulted Phantasm, he cackled away, reveling in their pain. Spinflux soon used Battle Shifting to throw a precise rock throw at Phantasm, before Oracle tried to encase Phantasm in a bubble to reveal his location. She was interrupted by a volley of Abyssal Chains from Phantasm, which she escaped from almost immediately thereafter. By launching this volley, Phantasm was forced to decloak. Soon, the Alchemist and Holo-Girl were sucked into the Black Well, allowing his plan to push towards completion. Spinflux soon spun his wheel again, landing on Zords, and thinking he had the upper hand on Phantasm, had his allies launch an all out assault. Truthfully, it was Phantasm who had the loaded deck, as he used spell cards to absorb the assault, and launch it back at them. Normalcy soon submitted to the Black Well, being sucked in as well.

After this, Phantasm grew desperate. He then activated his Final Stand technique, which normally would cost a soul. But instead, he didn't use his soul. He used Void's. Soon after this, Savant came on the scene through a helicopter, thinking Phantasm was Void, and attacking him, allowing the Eight enough time to escape. As they fled, Phantasm taunted them with his story of using Void as a tool, burning away his ties to the mortal world. After Spinflux spun his wheel again and landed on Cursed Energy, the power that caused this accident in the first place, he taunted Phantasm with it.

The Eight soon got to watch as Void's soul dissipated, being able to see his face one final time, cold, dead and unrecognizable, before Phantasm returned to form, escaping Savant's clutches.

After this event, Spinflux carried the guilt of causing this, but also sought Phantasm as the ultimate challenge. Using God's Wrath, he created a training chamber with a clone of Phantasm within it, that he later had Terraformer lock him into to atone for his many kills.

## Notable Moments

* Latching onto Void's soul and eating him away
* Almost killing the entirety of the Eight while taunting them
* Being duplicated as a training room and punishment zone for Spinflux

## Powers and Abilities

Phantasm controls the same black flames Void Empyrean can, but seemingly more powerful. In addition, he has other techniques at his disposal, such as the Black Well, a vortex that sucks in nearby adversaries, and Abyssal Chains, summoning magical chains to restrain opponents.

Phantasm also has access to the Final Stand technique, which, when used, gives a massive boost to his power, normally at the cost of his soul, meaning he would die and be erased from existence upon its completion, which he instead did to Void.

## Trivia

* Phantasm's icon was a recolor of that of Burning Man.