Oblivion:Adamus Phillida

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Adamus Phillida

Adamus Phillida is a commander in the Imperial Legion originally stationed in the Imperial City.

Adamus Phillida has been commander of the Imperial Legion for 40 years. He is the highest ranking member of the Legion located in Cyrodiil. It is not known whether he is the de facto commander of all Imperial Legion forces in Tamriel. He has spent much of his career investigating the Dark Brotherhood and hindering their operations as much as possible. This may be the reason he refuses to help the player during a few quests where an Imperial Watchcaptain is needed; he claims he is too busy with more important tasks. His eventual retirement annoys the Dark Brotherhood enough to send an assassin after him. They reason that someone who hindered them for so long must not be allowed to retire peacefully.

Before his retirement, Phillida divides his time between patrolling the streets of the Imperial City and investigating the Dark Brotherhood. He sleeps in the Imperial Legion Barracks from midnight to 6am then eats until midday in the Imperial Legion Offices. After lunch he wanders around the Prison District until 4pm and then patrols in the Market District until 8pm. He spends three hours from 8pm until 11pm investigating the Dark Brotherhood shrine in Claudius Arcadia's house. If he has time before bed, he will spend it relaxing in a chair in the Imperial Legion Offices.

When the Permanent Retirement quest starts, Phillida will have retired and he is transported to the Leyawiin City Watch Barracks, where he begins a new schedule. He sleeps in the barracks between 2am and 6am then breakfasts until 9am at the Three Sisters Inn. He then wanders around the Coast Guard Station until 1pm when he heads off for his daily swim. But when he arrives at the side of the lake he will simply stand there till 3pm before he will actually start swimming, which he does until 8pm. Afterwards he gets dressed again and heads for dinner in the City Watch Barracks, eating until 1am. After dinner he will wander around in the barracks for an hour before bed.

After his retirement, Adamus Phillida will be assigned a bodyguard, who follows him everywhere. When Phillida is murdered it will not go unnoticed. His bodyguard takes it personally and commits suicide, regretting his failure to protect Phillida. Furthermore, a special edition of The Black Horse Courier is published: "Adamus Phillida Slain!"

Phillida wears a full set of Imperial Watch Armor and fights with his trusty silver longsword. He also has a pair of sack cloth pants, although he only sleeps in them after he moves to Leyawiin. He holds several keys: an Imperial Watch Key, an Imperial Watch Office Key, the useless Commander's Chest Key and the key to Claudius Arcadia's house. After his retirement, he also gets copies of the Coast Guard Station Key, the Castle Leyawiin Key and the Leyawiin City Watch Key. He always has a decent amount of gold.

[edit] Points of Interest

• After completing the Deliver the Amulet quest a note appears on the Prison Sewer entrance that says "No entry on pain of death. Sealed by authority of Commander Adamus Phillida, Imperial Legion".

• According to editions of The Black Horse Courier, Phillida denied Hieronymus Lex's requests of having a bounty put on the Gray Fox's head.

• He is said to have pursued the Dark Brotherhood his entire career (and survived three assassination attempts by them).

[edit] Quests

• Permanent Retirement: Adamus Phillida spent years looking for the Brotherhood, assure him they’ve always been “right behind him.”