Phantasma

Content Warning: This section of the guide discusses violence, torture, murder, and self-harm.

The Devil has a smooth voice as he asks an unnamed woman for her decision on his bargain. She tells him that he tricked her, but his proximity makes her breathless with adrenaline. She recalls the events that led to this moment.

Three Nights Until Phantasma

Ophelia Grimm stares down at her mother Tessie Grimm’s corpse before she steps closer to take the locket off Tessie’s neck. Ophelia places it around her own neck before kneeling next to Tessie’s body, as Ophelia’s younger sister Genevieve watches in silence. Ophelia takes a blade and slices her inner arm. She lets her blood drip onto the floor before she lights the candles that surround Tessie’s body.

Ophelia was the one to find her mother’s body first. She initially thought it was a nightmare, or a vision conjured by the Shadow Voice, a manifestation of Ophelia’s obsessive-compulsive disorder. The Shadow Voice frequently taunts Ophelia, telling her that if she does not perform certain actions, often knocking three times, terrible things will happen to her or to those she loves.

When Genevieve saw their mother, Ophelia realized that the corpse was real and sprang into action, quickly gathering the necessary materials to perform the spell to take over her mother’s magic.