# Fantômas — Fantômas character guide

> Fantômas in Fantômas by Pierre Souvestre.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Fantômas

**First appearance:** 0000-i-the-genius-of-crime

## Who they are

A living person who is impossible to catch or identify, he wears the faces of the famous and the obscure alike, and his shadow falls across the most inexplicable crimes.

## In the story

### [VII: The Criminal Investigation Department](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fant_mas_se/chapters/vii-the-criminal-investigation-department)

Mentioned by Juve as the possible mastermind behind the murder.

### [Princess Sonia’s Bath](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fant_mas_se/chapters/x-princess-sonia-s-bath)

The mysterious intruder who appears in Princess Sonia's bathroom, disarms her, cuts the bell wires, and engages in a cat-and-mouse game before departing.

### [XV: The Mad Woman’s Plot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fant_mas_se/chapters/xv-the-mad-woman-s-plot)

Mme. Rambert screams 'Fantômas!' at Professor Swelding, identifying him as the criminal.

### [XIX: Jérôme Fandor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fant_mas_se/chapters/xix-j-r-me-fandor)

Implied as the likely guilty party; his arrest is tied to Charles Rambert's exoneration.

### [Verdict and Sentence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fant_mas_se/chapters/xxix-verdict-and-sentence)

Revealed as the true identity behind Gurn and Rambert, according to Juve's theory.

### [XXXII: On the Scaffold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fant_mas_se/chapters/xxxii-on-the-scaffold)

Implied to have escaped execution by having an innocent man executed in his place; Juve realizes the deception.

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