With the help of The Persian, Raoul traveled down to rescue her, but was caught in a torture chamber and nearly drowned.Īfter Christine promised to marry him, Erik let Raoul go free. Before they can, Erik kidnapped her and brought her to his lair.

This was defying his brother's wishes, who didn't want him to marry below his status. She had begun to realize how over-her-head she had begun, and told Raoul that they'd run off together. Now, he was determined to solve the mystery of what was going on with Christine.Īfter long months of arguments, heartbreak, and misdirections, Christine told Raoul that she was speaking with a man named Erik, who was madly and obsessively in love with her. He was heartbroken, until he heard a man's voice on the other side of the door. However, she denied that she knew him and sent him away. Years later, he met her as a young woman and went to proclaim his love for her. When he was a young boy, he met the Daae family, and became friends with the young girl Christine. Raoul de Chagny came from a wealthy family, raised by his older brother Philippe.

Phantom of the opera 1989