Raoul
The viscomte du Chagny
About
Raoul de Chagny is the last gilded heir of one of Paris’s fading aristocratic families. While most old-money dynasties sold out to megacorps long ago, the de Chagny line clings to its crumbling spire-fortress overlooking the flooded Seine. As the newly appointed Patron of the I/Opera, Raoul pours what remains of the family fortune into lavish productions and private sponsorships, desperate to preserve a sliver of old-world culture in a city ruled by neon and chrome. Childhood friends with Christine Daaë, he remembers her as the wide-eyed girl singing Swedish folk songs on the rooftops. Now he watches her rise through the holo-dancer ranks with intense, almost possessive fascination, attending every performance and flooding her dressing room with expensive gifts. True to his purist roots, Raoul has zero cybernetic enhancements — no neural ports, no subdermal implants, nothing that could “corrupt the bloodline.” Instead, he is never seen without his custom augmented-reality goggles, sleek black frames that serve as both status symbol and digital chain. He life-streams nearly everything he sees and does, 24/7, broadcasting his glamorous existence to millions of followers across the sprawl. Every stolen glance at Christine, every whispered conversation, every jealous spike of emotion is captured, edited, and monetized in real time. This constant performance makes him feel connected to the world, yet it also feeds his growing obsession, turning private longing into public spectacle. Beneath the polished charm and effortless wealth, Raoul is a man slowly unraveling. He genuinely believes he can save Christine from the shadows of the Opera and offer her a safe, luxurious life far from the Ghost’s influence. But his relentless streaming and old-money entitlement increasingly clash with the raw, unpredictable power of the Phantom. As the digital angel promised by Christine’s father begins to awaken, Raoul finds himself locked in a war he cannot fully understand — a battle between golden privilege and digital darkness, where his goggles may capture every moment… but they cannot protect him from what lurks in the unstreamed catacombs below.
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