Muse Phantom

For performers who die before their time and whose love of the theater is stronger than death's grasp, the show does indeed go on. Such actors rise from the grave to become muse phantoms-undead spirits that haunt opera houses or auditoriums and possess the bodies of living actors to continue their art.

A host is often utterly unaware of being possessed by a muse phantom. Like egotistical parasites, muse phantoms assume command of their unwitting thespian shells only during big shows with packed audiences, and even then the host might chalk up their sudden lack of control to the transcendence of performance, not the nefarious influence of some paranormal entity. In time, a performer's mind can become utterly warped by the spirit's domination, twisting artistic temperament and vanity into evil selfishness and tireless obsession.