Rosetta Parisi

> Friendly reminder, I can harness the power of the sun.
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"il fantasma"

The Ghost

Luce

Etta

Sorellina

Yosetta

Setti

Roses

Inmate .02

Stella Hargreeves (Timeline E)

The Star (Timeline E)

Number Two (Timeline E)

Catherine Stroble (Surogate Aunt)

Oblivion Academy (Adoptive Family in Timeline E)

Echo Academy (Timeline D)

Oblivion Academy (Timeline E)

Temps Commission (Alternate Timeline)

**Rosetta Parisi** is a fan-made original character portrayed on Twitter under the handle @sonoilfantasma. Neither the character nor the writer have any true affiliation with the Umbrella Academy franchise or with actress/model Tatiana Maslany.

## Biography

### **History**

Rosetta was one of the forty-three children born on October 1st, 1989 to mothers with no previous signs of pregnancy. Reginald Hargreeves attempted to adopt her and her twin into the Sparrow Academy but their mother, Elena wouldn't let him. Unsure of how to explain the existence of the twins, Elena kept them a secret. The only person who knew was their family friend, Catherine Stroble who they knew as Zia Catherine (Aunt Catherine). Unbeknownst to the family, Catherine was hired by Reginald to watch the twins.

The kids weren't allowed outside except for when Elena would sneak them out to the beach at sunrise before anyone arrived. When they were four Elena agreed to take them to a park in a neighboring town where no one would recognize them. It was here that Rosetta's twin went missing. Grappling with the mysteries of how the twins came to be and how one of them could vanish without a trace, Elena decided it would be best for Rose to forget her twin entirely. Over the years Rosetta began to believe the memories of her sibling were memories of an imaginary friend who she called C. She would have nightmares about searching a crowded park for an unknown individual. After the disappearance Elena decided to let Rosetta go out into the world and told everyone that she was the daughter of a late relative.

### ***Il Fantasma***

After the Sparrow Academy was revealed to the world Rosetta was excited to find out there were other children like her. She became a huge academy fan and also wanted to be a superhero. She began secretly fighting crime in her town under the alias *il fantasma* (The Ghost). When she was eighteen her best friend, Giulia Amato became suspicious and Rose decided to tell Giulia her secret. They snuck outside during Sunday mass where Rose demonstrated her powers. However, Rose didn't know the full limits of her abilities and accidentally set fire to the church. She tried to get back in to save everyone but failed and suffered severe burns to the left side of her face. All sixty-five people inside, including Elena and Giulia's family were killed in the fire. When Catherine found out, she contacted Reginald and Rosetta was sentenced to Hotel Oblivion.

### **Incarceration**

Rosetta was the second person admitted to the Hotel and was designated 'Inmate .02'. She met and befriended Inmate .01, then-supervillain Lyra Statesgard. Although the two were very different they became close during their twelve years of imprisonment. Lyra nicknamed Rose 'Luce' meaning 'light' in Spanish and Rose nicknamed Lyra 'Ombra' meaning 'shadow' in Italian. Following Lyra's escape Rose took advantage of the ensuing chaos to escape herself. After returning to Earth she spent several months in search of Lyra, eventually tracking her down to the Sparrow Academy. Here she was reunited with her sibling, now a friend of the Hargreeves going by the name Kid Howell. Rose moved in and formed a surrogate family with the academy members, including Kid although neither knew they were related at the time.

### **Rivalry with Ishie Mourri**

Shortly after moving in Rose became extremely suspicious of the family's close friend, Ishie due to Ishie's rudeness and casual attitude the Hotel. After demanding answers multiple times Ishie revealed the she had powers by using them to kidnap Rose and steal her identity. During this time Rose was locked inside Ishie's apartment until being discovered by Farrah Hargreeves and rescued by Rey Hargreeves. The academy fought Ishie multiple times and killed her twice. Ishie's first death occurred after Rose combined her powers with those of Zel Morsenove to trap Ishie in boiling water.

### Meeting the **Mothers of Agony**

Rose had a difficult time adjusting to life on Earth and processing her experiences. To escape this she asked Rey use her powers to reverse Rose's age back to a point in her life when she was happiest. Rose was transformed into her fifteen year old self without her adult memories. As soon as Ishie discovered this she revealed the truth. Rosetta was hesitant to believe Ishie so Farrah acquired a commission file with all the details of Rose's adult life. Farrah was able to return Rosetta to her proper age but in the process Rosetta lost control of her powers and destroyed the building across the street from the Academy. The building turned out to be a bar owned and run by the biker gang, Mother's of Agony. The fire put the Mothers' criminal activity into the public eye forcing them to go into hiding. Their leader, Lillian Argus was fascinated by Rosetta's abilities and made several attempts to recruit her into the gang. Rose refused, instead devoting her time to tracking and fighting against them.

### Learning the Truth

Through her commission file, Rosetta discovered she had a twin. Struggling with her mother's lie contacted Catherine who told her the story of the day her sibling went missing. Rosetta instantly recognized the similarities between Catherine's story and the story Kid had told her about how xe lost xyr mother as a child. Due to Rose's involvement in their mother's death Rose decided not to tell Kid the truth out of fear it would ruin their friendship. She was able to keep the secret for a couple months before Kid's adoptive father, Elias began blackmailing Kid, promising to give xem information about xyr birth family if xe betrayed the academy. Rose was forced to admit the truth in order to put an end to Elias' plan. Kid left the academy for sometime during which the twins rarely spoke. But when xe returned they quickly made amends and finally became close as siblings.

### An Old Friend

After a visit to her home town, Rose was reunited with Giulia. Surprised by Giulia's forgiving nature, Rosetta told Giulia all about her life at the Academy. What she didn't know is that Giulia was manipulating her for information. Giulia became disturbed by the idea that there were so many more people with powers in the world and followed Rose back to America in order to find and kill as many of them as possible.

### **Return to the Hotel**

A year following her escape Rosetta was brought back into the Hotel but this time was offered the choice to be rehabilitated and sent home. She underwent regular trials with Anomie, the new Hotel manager and one of the 43 kids with the power to send someone's consciousness into a metaphysical void. Anomie constructed a dream version of the real world inside of the void where Rose could unleash her full powers without fear of hurting people. During this time Rosetta not only became addicted to the idea of acting without restraint she also started confusing fiction and reality. She set fires and acted irrationally in the real world while believing she was still within the safety of Anomie's void. This came to a head when Lyra caught her destroying a street corner outside of the academy. While Lyra tried to talk sense into her, Giulia arrived. Taking advantage of Rose's state of mind she killed Lyra. Lyra's death only pushed Rose further over the edge as she attempted to destroy the world around her and return to a reality where Lyra was still alive. Eventually she was forced to accept the truth and vowed revenge against the Hotel.

(to be continued)

## Powers and Abilities

* **Photokinesis**: The ability to manipulate light. She can’t create light but can bend it however she wants.
	+ **Invisibility**: By bending light around herself or others at the right angle Rose can render them imperceptible to the human eye.
	+ **Illusions**: She is able to create illusions by using light to create a reflection of subjects around her. Like a camera redirects light to a single point to create a photograph she can redirect the light bouncing off of a subject to create a still image of them.
	+ **Heliokinesis**: The ability to manipulate sunlight and its solar energy. By directing enough sunlight onto an object Rosetta can heat it to the point of combustion. Similar concept to how you burn things with a magnifying glass.
	+ **Photoelectrokinesis:** Rose possesses a form of electrokinesis that allows her to create small amounts of electricity by manipulating electromagnetic waves (light waves).
	+ **Light Immunity**: Rosetta can look into bright lights without damaging her eyes.

* **Night Vision**: Rosetta is able to see in the dark via infrared light. When activating her night vision her eyes turn red so she mostly uses it as an intimidation tactic. But in fights she will often move all the light out of a room and use her night vision as an advantage against her opponent.

### Weaknesses

* To turn something invisible she has to bend light in a very precise way and hold it in place to maintain the illusion. For this reason she cannot cloak a moving target. However, through several years of practice she learned to adjust light in sync with her own movements so she can move around while invisible.
* Like her invisibility power, Rosetta's illusion power requires a lot of precision. She has to replicate exactly how light bounces off a person or object in order to create a proper image of them. Usually this would mean she cannot create illusions of something she cannot see. But because she has a photographic memory she is able to recreate images she's seen before even if the subjects are not in the room.
* Due to complexity of many of her powers they are exhausting to use for prolonged periods of time. Although Rosetta prefers not to be seen, she consistently shifts in and out of her invisible state in order to conserve energy.

## Alternate Timelines

   **Timeline B**: In this timeline Rosetta escaped the Hotel two years prior to when she did in the original timeline. With nowhere to go she befriended Lillian Argus only to discover that Lillian was trying to manipulate her into using her powers to advance the interests of the Mothers of Agony. She spent the next two years intervening in the gang's criminal activities. Later she learned that Lyra had escaped the Hotel and was attempting to take over the world. When Rose tried to stop them Lyra ordered Five to kill her. However, Five was able to convince Lyra to imprison Rose in the shadow realm instead.

**Timeline C**: In this timeline Rosetta's mother discovered that Reginald was watching them when Rosetta was five. They moved to Milan where Rose lived a normal life. As an adult she traveled to the U.S and befriended the academy members.

**Timeline D:** In this timeline Rose and Kid were never separated as children. Rather than Rose working as a sole vigilante the twins combined their abilities to form a fraud superhero team known as L'Accademia Dell'Eco (The Echo Academy).

**Timeline E**: In this timeline she was adopted by Reginald Hargreeves as a member of the Oblivion Academy and designated as Number 2, a ranking shared with her sibling, Alora. She became known as Stella Hargreeves and adopted "The Star" as her Academy codename.

**Lo Hargreeves' Timeline**: In this timeline the Umbrella Academy members came to Rosetta's town on a mission when she was a teenager. She befriended Lo Hargreeves and the two stayed close friends until Rose was sent to the Hotel.

**Unnamed Alternate Timeline**: In this timeline Rosetta was approached by members of the Temps Commission who offered to help her escape her prison sentence in exchange for signing a contract with them. She worked as an assassin in the Commission's corrections department and developed a work rivalry with Phoenix. She went on the run with an alternate version of Phoenix from Timeline A who unintentionally ruined her Commission assignment. After hiding out in New Zealand for several months Rose was located and killed by Commission agents.

**Unnamed Umbrella Academy Timeline:** In this timeline the Umbrella Academy successfully prevented the Apocalypse without changing time. They were unaware of the existence of Hotel Oblivion where Rosetta was the subject of several experiments as apart of their unsuccessful attempts to remove her powers permanently. She escaped after the Perseus Corporation broke in and damaged much of the machinery that was being used to suppress her powers while within the building. Over the next few years she befriended the Umbrella Academy who helped her publicly expose the Hotel and transfer all the remaining inmates into Earth's justice systems. She remained friends with the Academy and moved back to Sicily where she lived on a house boat.

## Trivia

- Rosetta's Twitter handle says "sono il fantasma" which is Italian for "I am the ghost."

-She is the younger twin by eight minutes. Kid will often call her xyr "little sister" as a joke.

- As a teenager Rosetta taught herself English after discovering that the Sparrow Academy comic books were not available in the Italian language. She also wrote several letters to the publishers requesting translations but never received a response.

-Rose has a pet kitten named Ghost who she found in an alley outside the academy. She originally named Ghost 'Gatta', the Italian word for 'cat'.