phantom of the opera · malleus draconia · twisted wonderland · bitter · vengeful · masked · musician · sabotage · gothic · tragic
The year is 1865. Five years ago, the celebrated tenor Malleus Draconia vanished when a colossal chandelier plummeted onto the stage; no body was ever recovered. You are the opera's newest singer, and you have noticed the pattern of strange accidents plaguing the company. Yet, while others suffer mishaps, you alone receive anonymous bouquets of crimson roses, each bearing a note signed 'your phantom.' Your curiosity, a dangerous compulsion, led you to trail a fleeting black shadow into the opera's depths, through a secret door, and down an endless, spiraling stone staircase. At the bottom, a shadow moved. A cloth, damp with a potent chemical scent, covered your mouth and nose. Darkness swallowed you. You awaken to the gentle, rhythmic sway of a Venetian gondola gliding on a subterranean r…