Phantom Insom

**Phantom Insom** (Vichnist'av: *Fantom Insom*) is a deuteragonist-turned-antagonist from the Greater Wolfpack of Nocturne, and a demi-wolf who wields the element of Death. She is the second child of Seth Insom, making her the half-sister of Rye Triste-Gris.

## Powers and abilities

* Necromancy
* Communication with L'Enfer and dark spirits
* Sentient shadow creation

## Biography

Phantom was born in Year 17 to Seth Insom and Azura Aclima, the King and Queen of Nocturne, though Azura passed away during childbirth. From an early age, Phantom was trained to endure harsh weather and survive on her own, receiving very little attention from Seth. When she was Titled with the Collar of Sud'ba in Year 29, Seth had gone missing under mysterious circumstances. She was not aware that Seth's body had split two - his physical half remained on Verenigde, while his spiritual half became omnipotent at the edge of the universe - and Kamots had killed his physical half moments earlier.

The night after her Titling, word spread of a demi-wolf slaughtering everyone in the Silent province, who was quickly detained by ecclesionyx knights and taken to Ecclesion. A week later, the six Elementals met up on the floating island Sydan. Phantom befriended Phoenix Bornafyre of Flint, and vowed as an Elemental to find her missing father. While, Phoenix, Cypress, Blue, and Terra distance themselves from Kamots, Phantom felt as though she should accompany him, but a cosmic force warned her to stay away.

One month later, Phantom approached Kamots's sanctuary on Sydan and found him crying. She asked what was troubling him, to which Kamots confessed to committing the Silent massacre. With her Death magic, Phantom was able to peer into Kamots's heart, learning of the Deathwish Soul lurking inside. She felt a strange connection with it as well, but stayed quiet, allowing Kamots to lament over the incident and talk about his alter ego, Deathwish.

Another three months passed by, and Seth's spirit from the universe's edge channeled a lightning bolt unto Kamots's sanctuary, shattering the magic barrier erected by Cypress. A Blood Moon then emerged, forcing Deathwish to take control of Kamots and swiftly murder Terra. The other Elementals were too late to save Terra, whose death caused both his sanctuary and the Eco province to collapse, taking the lives of several demi-dragons. Phantom, fearing for Kamots's life, took to battle and faced Deathwish head-on. Before Deathwish could kill her, Blue rushed in and slashed the Soul off his neck, allowing the dark presence within to evacuate Kamots's heart and planeshift to the universe's edge. Phantom briefly sensed the dark presence's energy, understanding it to be related to both her and Kamots by blood. However, it was long gone before she could question it.

Two years later when the Elementals were deployed to the Northern Territory, they encountered Flax Millet, Shinki Dorobou, and Nameless. They called themselves disciples of Seth, revealing the truth behind his physical body's disappearance two years ago. Finally learning the truth, Phantom quickly lost trust in Kamots, until a strange sensation overcame her. From the universe's edge, Trixie Castor used Seth's spiritual body as a conduit to possess Phantom, taking control of her heart and forcing her to turn against the Elementals. Shinki then conjured up a blizzard to scatter the Elementals throughout the Northern Territory.

Throughout the night, Nameless and Shinki hunted down Phoenix and Blue respectively to fulfill their sacrifices for Seth, while Phantom and Flax sought out Kamots and Cypress. By morning, Nameless and Shinki were killed by their targets. Phantom and Flax soon discovered Kamots by the shore nearly frozen to death, but before Flax could kill him, he felt Rye's presence upon seeing the remnants of Deathwish on Kamots's body. He asked Phantom to send his spiritual body to the universe's edge, which she obliged to, reuniting him with Rye at last.

By the time the other Elementals brought Kamots back to Verenigde, they noticed the Nocturne province remained above sea, signifying Phantom was still alive. Kamots would remain under Cypress and her sister Junebug's care for several weeks, retreating to the Silent wheat field after waking. He spent the next five years astral projecting through Balance, the boundary between planes, in an ethereal passage called Sanku's Aurora. During his slumber, Trixie put a plan into motion whereby she would harvest the Elementals' souls, and use them to bring Seth's spirit half to the Vichnist plane. She puppeted Phantom's body to seize control of the Nocturne demi-wolves and lead a charge against the remaining provinces, fighting Phoenix, Cypress, and Blue herself in the Battle of Four Hearts. Amidst the war, Kamots awoke and confronted Phantom, who grappled Cypress with demonic hands. "She" bargained with Kamots, offering to end her own life and spare all demi-kind if he killed Cypress, or annihilate the entire Vichnist plane if he killed Phantom. Kamots chose the former, to which Phantom destroyed her artifact and fell into the Demon's Gate, a portal to the lower L'Enfer plane. Just as Phantom began her descent, the soul of Trixie separated from her body. Kamots realized Trixie had been pulling the strings the entire time, leaping into the Demon's Gate to save Phantom, only to fail and emerge in L'Enfer.

For the next thirty years, Kamtos's talked with Phantom like they had done in the past, wondering what the future would be like had Seth never interfered with their lives. With no powers left to evoke, neither one of them could planeshift or touch the edge of the universe, wishing they could live omnisciently like Seth, Rye, Flax, and formerly Trixie. Kamots eventually assumed a monstrous form, to which Phantom detected a timeline unraveling within the distant reaches of space. She offered to walk with him to the universe's edge and visit their half-brother, embarking immediately after Kamots accepted. Once they reached the universe's edge, they felt Rye's warmth emanating from a large veil of silver clouds, and Cypress recited her Prayer of Tomorrow to resurrect both herself and Kamots back on the Vichnist plane. Kamots bid Phantom farewell as his original body was restored, promising they would meet again in a better, more beautiful world.

Surely enough, Kamots was able to go back in time to erase the half of Seth which lived at the universe's edge, using a bell given to him by Maize. Phantom watched L'Enfer fade to snow with the rest of the universe, feeling herself being pulled into the world that Kamots promised to create. Awakening in a new timeline with all her previous memories in tact, Phantom found herself in Year 29 surrounded by the Elementals, Terra, and her half-brother Rye. The group tearfully embraced, finally welcoming a timeline of unfettered peace for Verenigde and its people.

One month later, Phantom, Kamots, and Rye set sail for the Northern Territory to find Flax. They met him near the shore as though he were expecting their arrival, and he joined them on a voyage back to Verenigde. With the demi-wolves no longer separated, Silent and Nocturne became one nation again, effectively restoring the Plains of Golden Urozhay. Kamots retired from being Silent's leader, giving Phantom and Flax control of the reunited nation.

Kamots
Cypress
Phoenix
Terra
Blue
Rye
File:Flax portrait.pngFlax
Deathwish
File:Barley portrait.pngBarley
File:Maize portrait.pngMaize
File:Trixie portrait.pngTrixie
File:Junebug portrait.pngJunebug
File:Sanku portrait.pngSanku
File:Frost portrait.pngFrost
File:Nameless portrait.pngNameless
File:Shinki portrait.pngShinki