Raoul de Chagny

Vicomfe, childhood sweetheart of Christine, patron of the opera house. After seeing Christine perform her beautiful aria, he falls for her once again. But when the Phantom takes her away he realises something is up. Once the Phantom kills, he vows to protect Christine and they become secretly engaged. After the Phantom returns, proclaiming Christine to be his, Raoul begs Madame Giry to tell him the truth. Upon learning the truth, he follows Christine to the cemetery and stops her from going with the Phantom, but is stopped from the killing blow by Christine. Raoul comes up with a plan to ensnare 'their clever friend', he plots to have the Phantom captured at the end of his opera. But the Phantom outsmarts him, killing Piangi and taking his place on the stage. Raoul follows the pair down into the Phantom's lair, where he is caught by the Phantom and used as leverage. Once Christine chooses the Phantom, Raoul is confused went he Phantom tells them to leave together. Throughout his marriage to Christine, Raoul knows, that there is always a special place in her heart for the dark man who lived under the opera. So he buys the monkey music box and places it on her grave, only to find that the Phantom had left a token as well.