Erik VonClause?

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Erik VonClause?

Yes, it has occurred to me that the following memories have been tampered by Erik's return. I have faith that the truth will be told in time. In the meantime, this is my history, to the best of my knowledge.

    After escaping from Juan/Carlos, Ellanna went to France. I honestly don't know how long she spent in his clutches before she got away. The nights run together in an endless nocturnal blur of torture, rape, unconsciousness, playing possum, battery, singing, fire and loneliness. I only know that when I left, I went to France, and eventually wound up in Paris. When I try to figure out what I did between leaving Spain, and singing at the Opera, the memories loop around and return to my life with Erik before meeting Juan. I'll call the Pre-Juan Erik, Erik-1, or this is going to get really confusing. Subsequent physical Eriks will be numbered accordingly as I distinguish them.
    When I began to have recollections of Alyra, a bit about Erik-2 was illuminated. I saw a curious, and very hazy scene: I was sitting on a couch, with a person who I knew to be Erik sitting on the floor in front of me. I was playing with his hair, but his hair was all I could see. He appeared as dark, shadowy, and filled with music, not unlike my astral Erik. Alyra rushed into the room, letting in a blast of cold air, which I felt, but it did not make me uncomfortable.
    Torel followed closely behind. I said something to Erik, and he picked Torel up, tossing him out the door as if he weighed no more than a sack of feathers! At that, he rushed back to my side. Being Ellanna, and a much colder person that I am now, I simply patted him on the head, rewarding him for his good behavior, which he responded to like an obedient puppy. Torel stormed back in, and Erik repeated the procedure.
    I saw nothing more in the future of that scene, so I looked into the past. How had I been reunited with my long dead husband?
    I saw Ellanna at the Paris Opera. Judging by the dress, I'm guessing this was late 1800's sometime, no earlier than 1860, and certainly no later than 1890. I saw her at a gala, and she was talking to an Erik, but it was neither the husband of hers that Juan had killed, nor the dark shadow that I normally see. This is the Erik I'll call Erik-2. Erik-2 was tall, very handsome, with a sort of wide, germanic face, dark hair and far more youthful than the 40-year-old Erik-1. I see a scene of myself sitting across a table from him, as he goes on about writing music. I remember finding his company painful, mainly because of his unveiled sexual interest. I saw Hanz as well, a greying gentleman with a distinguished reputation as a set designer or something similar at the Opera. I am filled with warm feelings of familiarity at the sight of him, and feel as though I have spoken to him many times. I can tell that he is a very caring individual, and am very sure that he's homosexual, probably in love with Erik-2, but I won't say that I'm sure about that. I see many scenes of the two back stage; Hanz is working, and Erik is trying to "help", and is asking questions faster than Hanz can answer them. This is the Erik who Erik called "Erik VonClause," and he is apparently a different incarnation of Erik-1.
    I'm not sure how or why, but at some point, Erik-2 vanished. I have many theories as to where he went, how it happened, and what happened to him, but I don't honestly have any memories to support any of them.
    The next scene I see, is returning to my dressing room, and finding a knife sticking in my door, pinning a note that reads, "Carrie, come home." I recognize the knife instantly; It belongs to Juan. I left the Opera very shortly thereafter, probably faking my death in the meantime. I did not see Erik-2 again until sometime during the twentieth century, and when I saw him next, I can recall him only as the dark shadow mentioned above. Is this a third Erik? Something tells me that it isn't.