Arthur Fantome I

Arthur Fantome I was a world-famous master thief who assembled the Fantome Collection which the Shade Rangers (led by his direct descendent) are trying to retrieve.

Character History
A famous gentlemen thief from 19th Century France, he is said to have gathered some mysterious treasures that were later called the Fantome Collection.

Sometime in the past, he adopted orphan Ezra Emile, & taught him how to modify the collection, gifting him the X TrainZords in the process. However, the collection storage cave soon was under siege by the Goonlocks, a crime syndicate from another dimension. During the raid, Arthur was murdered by the leader of the Goonlocks, Don Tyranno. By the time the now-adult Ezra arrived, the only things he found in the cave were the flaming wreckage of the shelves & his father’s corpse. This traumatic event led to Ezra desiring to recollect the artifacts & eventually, revive his father.

According to Louis, Fantome had intended to modify several pieces of the Fantome Collection such that they could be easily used by humans. His first successful modification came to be the StrikerZord, which was tasked with the duty of protecting the rest of the Collection.

Of all the collection pieces, Arthur's favorite & most prized piece was a legendarily powerful gun known as the Shadow Magnum, which was hidden in a trap-ridden cave where only most fortified of gentlemen thieves to pass, as a treasure worthy of one.