Phantom

Phantom is a character in MÄR, fighting for the Chess Pieces, he is currently the strongest knight in the chess.

## Personality

Being the primary villain throughout most of the story, although he appears suave, charming and even benign on the outside, Phantom is unstable, sadistic, callous and like other Chess Pieces, revels in bloodshed and destruction. He especially likes to be entertained at all times, hoping during each Great War that a strong enemy will appear and trying his best to make each battle as enjoyable as possible, even to the point of allowing Ginta's power to grow equal to his. As opposed to the main protagonists, who respect life and unite in their love for MÄR-Heaven, he considers humans vile, rotten and above all, seeks emancipation from their transient lifespan with its natural weaknesses by means of immortality. Despite this, he still appreciates certain human values such as courage.

As the Chess Pieces' de facto commander, Phantom rules the four classes with an iron fist, tolerating no cowardice in his men or even haphazard killings of lowerclass members. At the same time, his charisma elicits great love and respects from many of his followers, i.e. Rolan, Peta and Candice. Later in the story (more obviously shown in the anime than the manga), Phantom's revealed to treasure those who are close to him, and his desire for eternity partly originates from his unwillingness to part with them. On occasions, he openly laments his solitude in their passings: his parents, his lover Alma, and in the course of the War Game, his best friend Peta.

## Appearance

Despite his old age, Phantom still retained his youthful figure from the effect of the Zombie Tattoo. Phantom was a tall, lean young man with lavender hair and lilac-colored eyes; his bang would grow past his face and cover his right side of his face. He possessed an athletic body with defined muscles and toned abs. Phantom wore a blue sleeveless fitted shirt and pants with a white sash that wrapped around his waist and flare out like a half skirt. The sash would slung across his chest and cover his entire left arm in a form of cast, in fact it was to hide his fake arm. Due to his encounter with Ginta's father, he was brutally defeated and his left arm was sliced off by the man. Over time he gained a fake left arm that was covered with a scaly-like green shards, underneath it was actually a dark, almost black-colored arm. Embedded into this arm was multiple ARMs he amassed over the years of fighting and some even are stolen. However, despite this left arm of his was actually an arm made with flesh and blood, only covered in scales, when it was destroyed by Ginta, it had the effect that the arm was completely blown away in the shards form, not cut off or hacked off. Over on his right arm, he wore a red armband near his bicep and some bracelets. His right hand had a remnant of the Zombie Tattoo. Right below his chest, specifically at his solar plexus, is a keyhole which can be inserted by Purific Ave and dispel the Zombie Tattoo.

## ÄRMs List

Phantom keeps all of his ÄRM sewn onto his newly attached arm, having lost the original during his fight with Danna, and usually hides the arm with a large number of bandages. Phantom's skill level is also powerful enough to call forth more than one of these Guardians at a time. His ÄRMs are:

* **Babbo**: Phantom's previous ÄRM, inside which 6 years ago Orb resided. After he was killed by Danna, it also was secretly taken out, and the ÄRM was sealed. It is now used by Ginta.
	+ **Zombie Tattoo**: Not an ÄRM, but a tattoo given to him by Diana. It allows Phantom to resurrect himself every time he is killed and only by removing the tattoo can one truly finish the Knight off. By using one of Babbo's old powers Phantom was able to pass on the tattoo to other people. These other tattoo are conected to him so when Phantom's tattoo is removed all tattoos cast by him are removed too. To remove his tattoo, one must place the Holy ÄRM, Purific Ave inside the hole in his chest.
* **Allu Majuu**: A Unique-typed ÄRM in the shape of a fiendish flame orb chained to a black halberd. When ordered, the orb will enlarge itself and engulf opponents, killing them in a deadly explosion.
* **Phantom Glass**: A Unique-typed ÄRM, a mirror which traps opponents inside it and shatters after a short amount of time (presumably coherent to the victim's magic level in the manga, while works on a mechanism with a hourglass in the anime), sharing the trapped ones a same fate. Phantom uses this to kill cowards in the Chess Pieces too.
* **Phantom Cannon**: (anime) Unique-typed ÄRM, releases blasts of energy from his palm. The beam is extremely powerful and nearly destroyed Puss n Boots.
* **Hexagonal Shards**: Another Unique-typed ÄRM, a mass of hexagonal fragments. In its defense mode the fragments construct an impenetrable shield, and when discharged in attack mode they will launch consecutive shoots at the target. When inactive, these are kept along Phantom's sewed on arm, giving the effect of scales.
* **Soul Infinitia**: A ghostly Darkness ÄRM that takes the form of a darkly colored ribbon. After draining the life force of all around it besides the user, it launches itself at its master's intended target.
* **I (Eins)**: Guardian ÄRM, the sentient type, a knightly armored creature which attacks with a long spear. Destroyed during his battle with Ginta. It can be said Eins is the strongest of the five gaurdians Phantom summoned at once.
* **II (Zwei) - Remrace**: Guardian ÄRM, the insentient type, one of the only two to be named and strongests - a Herculean version of these common dark souls. Destroyed during his battle with Ginta.
* **III (Drei)**: Guardian ÄRM, the insentient type, a muscularly built wood monster. Destroyed during his battle with Ginta.
* **IV (Vier)**: Guardian ÄRM, the insentient type, a four-legged puppet with its head twisted upwards. Special ability: crossing space. Destroyed during his battle with Ginta.
* **V (Fünf) - Dead Dragon**: Guardian ÄRM, the insentient type, one of the only two to be named and strongest - a dragon with decaying skins and reeky breath. Destroyed during his battle with Ginta.
* **VI (Sechs)**: Guardian ÄRM, the insentient type, a gigantic stuffed rabbit with a sewn mouth which, each time it opens, will release a destructive beam. Destroyed during his battle with Ginta.
* **VII (Sieben)**: Guardian ÄRM, the sentient type, a Humpty Dumpty-like midget, donning an outfit of late 18th/earlier 19th century style (as its top hat and cane suggest). Not much of its ability is known but it can be said Sieben as the weakest as seen when he tried to run away rather than fight. Destroyed during his battle with Ginta.
* **VIII (Acht)**: Guardian ÄRM, the insentient type, a stone monster. Destroyed during his battle with Ginta.
* **IX (Neun)**: Guardian ÄRM, the insentient type, a levitating cloaked monster with invisible gloved hands and a log for a head. Destroyed during his battle with Ginta.
* **X (Zehn)**: Guardian ÄRM, the sentient type, a skeletal hooded phantom, which assails the opponent emotionally. Special ability: once the opponent falls for its words, X's outwardly harmless appearance will transform into a more malignant one and finishes the prey. Destroyed during his battle with Ginta.

## TMNT X Pokemon

Phantom is one of the many villains you'll face throughout the game. He's one of the strongest and deadliest on the difficulty scale.

## Trivia

* All of Phantom's numbered Guardians are the German words for the numbers 1-10. Additionally, all ten of those Guardians also bear on them the Roman Numerals for their number.
* He ranked seventh in the character popularity poll.