Phantom Bride

Picture of the spirit, painted by Constantino.

The Secret in the Island

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The **Phantom Bride** is a kind of hallucination and the first appearance of a paranormal manifestation in The Secret in the Island. It was believed that this figure would be the spectrum of Noralma Moretti, the wife of Constantino Moretti, who died from a cliff fall near her mansion, where she supposedly was haunting.

Noralma’s body was collected by the subordinates of the house, who subsequently began to see her "spirit" wandering around the house, and theorizing that her husband also saw her, since he became obsessed and locked in his room painting other paintings and later painting the picture of such spirit.

This hallucination emerged due to Amelie’s fear of the Bride’s painting, along with a recurring nightmare she had in her childhood about a woman in white in a high place that called her. All of Amelie’s fear was responsible for this manifestation existing.

## Appearance

This manifestation has an appearance similar to classic ghosts and spectres, with a human figure hidden by a kind of veil revealing only the silhouette vaguely reminiscent of a face, along with a long torn and slaughtered wedding dress, which appears to be in a constant state of melting.

## Behaviour

The Phantom Bride does not usually manifest completely often, usually appearing as a quick figure just after an individual has felt a chill.

Despite this, there is a way to force this hallucination to fully manifest itself by imitating the style of "individual appreciation" of the works of Constantine Moretti in a painting depicting the Bride, located on the second floor of the Moretti's Mansion. If someone observes this painting while alone, the person will be taken by something similar to an uncontrollable panic attack; feel their eyes pulsating and vibrating as they alternate between shades of brown and black, along with the appearance of black veins around the eyes. Soon after that, the painting tries to "connect" with its observer, intensifying the main feeling that the person has when seeing the picture, which subsequently leads to the manifestation of the Bride.

Beginning to approach, she proceeds to ask questions and argue with her observer as if he were Noralma’s killer, Tobias. If the observer answers the questions incorrectly, the discussion results in a severe loss of sanity. The Bride continues slowly approaching until reaching a minimum distance from her observer, who begins to go crazy with the touch of the manifestation, entering a convulsive state.

## Gallery

Story "The Killer Painter and the Phantom Bride"Caricature drawing of the Phantom Bride made by Cavalcante BuenoPhantom Bride's drawing made by Milo CastelloPhantom Bride's painting predominantly meltedPhantom Bride's painting completely meltedPhantom Bride in the revealed art of the Revealed SecretsPhantom Bride on Amelie's promo art for the final episode of The Secret in the IslandPhantom Bride in the cover of "Tipora"Phantom Bride in the cover of "Beach"
## References

1. ↑ The Secret in the Island - Episode 1 (*watch on YouTube* at 4h21m53s)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Its first appearance in The Secret in the Island - Episode 1 (*watch on YouTube* at 4h20m56s)
3. ↑ Constantino making the Bride's painting in The Secret in the Island - Episode 1 (*watch on YouTube* at 3h34m38s)
4. ↑ Manifestation of Amelie’s nightmare in The Secret in the Island - Episode 9 (*watch on YouTube* at 22m07s)