What little we see of his actions, PHEN-228 is a malicious entity that actively targets those who come across his path, Rendering people who look at him or hear him into pseudocomas (Paralysis). Due to his speech in one of the hijacked broadcasts, it's likely he knows what he is doing and is intentionally causing people to suffer from paralyzation. He is a demonic entity that renders anyone who looks at him into a state of locked-in syndrome. Manipulative, through both dreams and reality.