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- "That's right! I'm Philip! Watch me! Watch the man who will be the central figure of the Kingdom!"
- - Philip's self-proclaimed declaration.
Philip Dayton L'Eyre Montserrat (フィリップ・デイドン・リイル・モチヤラス) was the third son of a low-class noble of the Re-Estize Kingdom who became his father's heir following the deaths of his older brothers. However, he quickly proved himself unfit for the position, being manipulated by the Sorcerer Kingdom and ultimately causing the downfall of his country.
Appearance
Philip is described as a low-class nobleman of the Re-Estize Kingdom.
Personality
As a result of a lifetime of neglect due to his low birth, Philip desired to be noticed and feel important. To cope with his situation, he developed a self-defense mechanism where he deluded himself into believing that he was a genius, even though he was never even taught how to behave in high-society. In reality, Philip had a naïve and overconfident mindset; simply put, he was a man-child and a dimwit.
After becoming his family's heir, Philip quickly became drunk on power. Despite getting what he always wanted, he was still not satisfied and wanted more, causing him to develop an overactive imagination where he would come up with unrealistic ideas. Due to his greed, Philip especially disliked people who he viewed as lacking ambition, including his own father. Meanwhile, his ignorance caused him to selectively ignore people he disliked, including his superiors, and turn a deaf ear to anyone who tried to council him. It also prevented him from seeing the obvious contempt that others had for him. Overall, due to his delusions, Philip was an extremely reckless individual who lacked the ability to foresee the consequences of his actions.
While others saw Philip as easily manipulatable, it was actually the opposite. He had no allegiances beyond himself, having no problem forging ties with enemy nations until their interests clashed, causing him to suddenly become patriotic. He also did not understand his place in the political hierarchy, inappropriately flirting and dreaming of marrying another country's prime minister. His mindset was so alien to genuinely intelligent individuals that the greatest minds in the Kingdom and Sorcerer Kingdom could not comprehend his actions, with only Ainz deducing that they were simply poorly-thought out.
When his plans inevitably backfired, Philip refused to take responsibility for his actions, developing an alcoholic streak to drown out his frustrations and deflecting blame onto others. As shown in his final moments, when he pushed into the corner, Philip would act like a spoiled child, crying hysterically and becoming completely unresponsive.
Background
Philip Dayton L'Eyre Montserrat was born as the third son of a low-class noble family in the Re-Estize Kingdom. Philip grew up receiving minimal expectations from his father and also didn't receive a proper education as a family head. His second oldest brother died from illness while his first oldest brother was next in line to inherit the family. This elevated Philip to the position of a spare.
Chronology
The Ruler of Conspiracy Arc
- Main article: The Ruler of Conspiracy Arc
After the massacre at Katze Plains, Philip became the next head of his noble family as his oldest brother had been consumed by the Sorcerer King's magic and perished with the twenty peasants that went with him. He was allowed to attend the royal party to welcome the envoy, Albedo. Upon seeing her, Philip became entranced by her dark beauty and planned to bring wealth to his domain by allying with the Sorcerer Kingdom. He invited Albedo to a ball at his estate in the Royal Capital.
Back at his estate, his father scolded him for trying to befriend the kingdom that killed his older brother rather than deepening his relationship with the count and other nobles. Philip refuted his father that the Sorcerer Kingdom is a powerful ally and didn't want to draw their domain into a mess. Philip assured his father that the Count had recognized him as his heir, even though he didn't even meet with the Count. The family did not have an estate large enough to host a ball, but Philip made plans with a landlady named Hilma in the royal capital in exchange for an unnamed favor.
At the ball, the guests all greeted Hilma before they greeted him. While she provided the venue, since he was the organizer, Philip was greatly infuriated by this turn of events. However, his fury faded when Hilma convinced him that, under his leadership, the people present would come together to form a new faction. To make a powerful impression on everyone, she advised him to be Albedo's escort. Philip followed her advice and went to Albedo, who was in the waiting room. There, he requested to be her escort, to which she immediately agreed, causing him to believe that she loved him. Philip then asked Albedo if she was married, to which replied that she wasn't. He then took her by the shoulder and prepared to make his entrance with her.
Later, Philip approached Hilma, telling her that Albedo was tired. He insisted on going as well, but she convinced him that, as an organizer, he must stay at the ball. However, before the two took their leave, he asked Hilma if she knew a way to allow him to marry Albedo, but she stated that it was impossible due to the difference of their positions, though Philip didn't seem to think so.[1]
The Paladin of the Holy Kingdom Arc
- Main article: The Paladin of the Holy Kingdom Arc
After the rumored death of the Sorcerer King, Philip foolishly believed that he could become the next king by marrying Albedo.[2]
The Witch of the Falling Kingdom Arc
- Main article: The Witch of the Falling Kingdom Arc
Philip was shown in a foul mood and was drinking in an establishment. Philip believed that he had risen as the leader of the New Faction. However, his power was still inferior to his supporter, Hilma. His social standing had not improved whatsoever and he was finding no success in making his territory prosperous, despite his attempts. He was soon joined by Baron Rokerson and Baron Delvin and the three shared mugs of pale ale and drank in a rambunctious manner.
Later, the other two barons shared their woes on the struggles they have been facing as noblemen, specifically in their lack of funds coming from their demesnes. They agreed collectively that the fault not laid with them, but by the 'incompetent' peasants that they commanded. Philip lamented over the current situation and stated that if nothing changed, then all he could do was wait for a bad harvest so the price of grain would go up. When Delvin brought up the subject of Philip's territory, Wayne interrupted him and whispered that even if a bad harvest occurred, the price wouldn’t necessarily rise. He informed him that there was a huge amount of cheap grain being transported from the Sorcerer Kingdom to the Roble Holy Kingdom. Having acquired the intel from a trustworthy source, the baron told Philip that the Sorcerer Kingdom had stored large quantities of grain in warehouses owned by the merchants in the capital. He didn't know much about the exact details other than the fact that the grain was there for storage only and that the Sorcerer Kingdom had already paid the storage fee. Additionally, the grain was imbued the spell [Preserve] to prolong its shelf-life and undead workers were being used on farmland. Philip was furious at this prospect and considered this cheating as this was driving the grain prices low.
The grain was being transported to another location as food relief to the Roble Holy Kingdom, which was still recovering from the attack by Jaldabaoth. It was from this information that Philip concocted a scheme to drive the price of grain up and make a profit. He then decided to steal the stockpile from the Sorcerer Kingdom while it was en-route to its destination to the Holy Kingdom and later sell as his own. He then invited Wayne and Igor into his plan.
While carrying out his plan, Philip had finally reached his destination, a patch of road in Baron Delvin’s demesne. He had led his soldiers on a march, starting from the previous day and camping overnight, to the location of the attack. According to intel, the Sorcerer Kingdom’s caravan would be passing through that place. Present with him were fifty soldiers or villagers that he conscripted and paid for under his command. He was later met by Baron Delvin and Baron Rokerson to discuss where and how exactly to ambush the caravan, using the Crane-Wing Formation.
Later, he had the villagers blockade any caravan from passing through. This, in turn, led him to confront Christopher Olson, who was in charge of the trade caravan of grains. After briefly exchanging words with Christopher, the merchant decided to give up his cargo wagons to Philip while the latter ordered his crew of mercenaries to leave the place with him. Upon successfully claiming the caravan as his own, he then began to examine the content of goods inside it. Among the goods besides the grains that were obtained by him, Philip thought attaining the Flag of the Sorcerer Kingdom was his greatest prize of them all. Philip figured that with this flag, it would be enough to earn him recognition and popularity by everyone in the Re-Estize Kingdom for what he did to the Sorcerer Kingdom.[3]
After his successful raid on the caravan, Philip was then easily identified and captured by the government of the Re-Estize Kingdom. After deliberation with its king and other officials, the kingdom came to the conclusion that the Sorcerer Kingdom was responsible for the entire affair, all this in order to use the incident for their own purposes via Mind Control Magic. So instead of imprisoning or punishing him, King Ramposa instead decided to place him under the Kingdom's protective custody, despite the Crown Prince's own idea to behead the foolish nobleman and bring his head to the Sorcerer King as a gesture of apology to avoid war with the immensely powerful state.
Eventually, Philip's incredibly impulsive and foolish actions led to the Sorcerer Kingdom declaring full-on war against the Re-Estize Kingdom due to their unjust actions of stealing their grain supply that was meant for providing humanitarian aid for the war-ravaged holy kingdom. The act was completely supported both nationally and secretly by the Sorcerer Kingdom's allied nations and enemy nations due to them deeming Philip as a prime example of how much of a failed state the Re-Estize Kingdom had become.
Philip was confined to his mansion on his fief. During this time, he had fallen into a drunken stupor, refusing to admit that he was the cause of the war. He soon found Albedo waiting for him quietly inside his home. Seeing her presence, Philip automatically believed that she was here to reward him for giving the Sorcerer Kingdom a reason to start a war with the Kingdom. Albedo "happily" gave him a box, which contained his "rightful" prize inside. Philip then proceeded to giddily open it, only to be horrified to discover it contained the heads of his fellow barons who assisted him in his "great conquest" against the Sorcerer Kingdom.
It was then Albedo happily and gleefully disclosed about how little she truly thought of him and how it was laughable, almost hysterical, that a man as stupid as him could possibly ever exist, before shifting her tone. With a sudden change in demeanor, Albedo revealed to the noble why she was truly here for him; to punish him for causing them to waste precious resources when he instigated the war and for embarrassing her in front of her beloved master. Now aware of how fatally serious the situation was, Philip tried to run for his life as the Prime Minister invited him to go outside for another "surprise" to show him, only to trip and fall to the ground at the attempt. Philip began to bawl on the floor, weeping to himself over why this was happening to him and stubbornly refused to go outside with Albedo. Disgusted by this childish display, the Overseer Guardian then proceeded to drag him out of the domicile by the ear.
Nearing his wits end, Philip desperately wondered why no one was coming to help him and immediately believed that his servants had sold him out to save themselves. With this mindset, he proceeded to curse them out while labeling them all cowards until he was taken outside and found a forest of spikes that had been planted around his home; Spikes that impaled members of his family, servants, and every villager that ever existed in his territory. Albedo then proceeded to gleefully explain of how she personally killed them all as an example to those who would foolishly attack the Sorcerer Kingdom. She had even briefly considered to at least leave a few of his villagers alive to execute him and have them vent their hatred and frustration at him for causing this tragedy due to his vanity for her own amusement, before deferring her choice due to deeming that to be too boring. Philip was then told by Albedo that she had a fate much worse in store for him, promising to fulfill a request that his own father asked of her before he was put to death and make full "use" of him by using him as a test dummy for her "information gathering torture techniques" for future reference.[4]
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NOTICE: The following section and subsequent subsections are considered NON-CANON to the Overlord Light Novels. |
Mass for the Dead Arc
- Main article: Mass for the Dead Arc
In this timeline, Philip was unable to ascend as a proper noble due to being the third son. As a result he found a job as an inspector supervising undead exterminations into the Katze Plains. Although he did his duty as an inspector in tallying kills of the adventurers and workers, he retained his arrogant and authoritarian attitude.
On one such extermination expedition, Philip was escorted into the plains by a team of five, that included two escorts, Scama Elbero, Lilynette Piani and Neia Baraja. The group came upon a Ghost Ship. Philip had the idea that the extermination team should attack it, in order to hopefully defeat it and gain a significant achievement. But before the group could do so, they were attacked by ghouls. The inspector was nearly attacked by a ghoul, but was saved by a arrowshot of Neia. He was reminded of this by Scama and Lilynette to make sure to give the achievement to Neia. After the excitement, with the undead eliminated and the Ghost Ship vanishing, Philip agreed to Scama's idea to return to the Free City of Vadis.
Later back at the city, while many of the adventurers and workers were dining, while on break, Philip was seen greeting envoys of the Sorcerer Kingdome, Aura Bella Fiora and Mare Bello Fiore.[5]
Abilities and Powers
Philip was the head of his noble family and inheritor of his family's domain and had obtained the Authority over its villagers, workers, and resources upon succeeding his father as Baron. His sheer stupidity and foolishness was so great that it even shocked Renner, Demiurge, and Albedo, three of the most inhumanly intelligent beings in the New World were left completely baffled by his actions of stealing from the grain transports of the Sorcerer Kingdom and deemed his mindset and intelligence to be so low that even they could not calculate his actions; only Ainz is able to correctly guess that he was just that stupid, albeit unintentionally.
Main Equipment
- Enchanted Armor: It was given to Philip as a gift from Hilma. It was a high-grade item that was crafted by a renowned blacksmith and enchanted by magic casters. It had been enchanted with magic that boosted its defense, allowing it to outclass the armor set that had been passed down as a family heirloom in his house.
Relationships
Baron Montserrat
Philip did not get along well with his father. This was mainly because Philip viewed him as having a "slave mindset," as he kissed up to his superiors and had no desire to rise in rank himself. While the former baron attempted to advise him on how to handle his new position, Philip generally ignored it all in favor of his own "genius" ideas, causing the former to eventually give up on helping him.
When his family's domain was massacred during the war with the Sorcerer Kingdom, Albedo revealed that, before his death, Baron Montserrat requested her to inflict the same pain onto him as his countrymen for initiating the chain of events that led to the war, showcasing their familial relationship had been completely shattered. Philip, however, was too stuck in his own thoughts to even notice her relaying his father's final words.
Older Brothers
Philip did not think highly of his older brothers, viewing them as "morons" for not realizing his "true worth". When his second brother died of illness, Philip did not feel an ounce of sorrow and was even somewhat happy, since it effectively raised his rank from a peasant to butler. Similarly, when his eldest brother was killed during the Massacre at Katze Plains, Philip was overjoyed at becoming the defacto family heir and was even somewhat grateful towards his killer. Just how little Philip cared for his eldest brother was shown in his actions after his death: expelling his family from the Montserrat estate and shamelessly making deals with the country that killed him.
Hilma Cygnaeus
Hilma is the one who gave Philip the idea to create his own faction and later provided him with the venue for his ball in return for an unknown favor. She also advised him on certain matters, claiming that doing so would benefit herself as well. Philip took a liking to Hilma, describing their relationship as "the ideal relationship between lord and vassal."
Similar to his father, Hilma had also been shown to try and give Philip realistic advice in regards to specific matters as a noble. This was seen when Philip requested that she give him advice on a way for him to marry Albedo and confided to her that he believed he had a chance due to measuring that his position was not as different as hers due to the fact that the Sorcerer Kingdom was, at the time, as large as a City State. However, much like his father, Hilma’s advice to him on the reality of the situation was largely ignored by Philip upon her rejecting his fantasy.
Albedo
Initially, Philip only used Albedo to create a connection between him and the new nation as well as his own faction. As he spent more time with her, Philip delusively came to believe that she had fallen in love with him. This, in turn, convinced Philip to find a way that would allow him to marry her, oblivious to the obvious fact that she, in fact, despised him; thinking she is just being "shy".
At the end of the war with the Sorcerer Kingdom, Albedo confronted Philip at his family's estate. As the guilt of having effectively caused the war was getting to him, Philip believed she was there to comfort him. However, she instead proceeded to grab him by the hair and drag him outside while finally showcasing her hatred toward him by revealing that she had already killed his family, associates, and peasants. At this point, however, Philip could no longer hear her, having completely drifted into his own thoughts. Afterwards, Philip presumably met his end at Albedo's hands after extensive torture.
Ainz Ooal Gown
Philip felt some goodwill towards the Sorcerer King for killing his eldest brother, thus securing his place as the family heir. Upon learning of his supposed death, however, he was overjoyed and delusively believed that, if he were to marry Albedo, he would automatically become the next Sorcerer King.
Wayne Delvin
Wayne was a member of Philip's faction whom he saw as a "friend", viewing him to be someone more likely to take orders from others, oblivious to the hidden dislike the former had toward him.
Igor Rokerlen
Igor was a member of Philip's faction whom he saw as a "friend", although he was somewhat repulsed by his appearance, oblivious to the hidden dislike the former had toward him.
Trivia
- Philip's faction mainly consisted of second or third born sons of Noble Families whose legitimate firstborn heirs were all killed at the Katze Plains. In other words, these people were in similar situations to Philip.
- Philip thought his father had a slave mindset since he asked the count's approval for everything. However, Philip himself was unknowingly being manipulated by Nazarick in their plan to take over the Re-Estize Kingdom.
Quotes
- (To Albedo): "The pleasure is all mine, Albedo-sama. Nothing could delight me more than to make your acquaintance."
- (To his Father): "Father! Think a little! Although the road joining the Sorcerer Kingdom and the Kingdom is quite long, our domain lies on the middle of it! If the Sorcerer Kingdom makes war on the Kingdom, we'll definitely be drawn into the mess. Therefore, we should forge good relations with the Sorcerer Kingdom, shouldn't we?"
- (To Hilma): "It's not like that, I simply didn't expect the people here to be so unexceptional. Even if I gathered all these people into a faction, I wonder if they could compete with the other factions. That is what discomforts me."
- (To Himself): "A pawn! That’s right! To me, even the Sorcerer King of the Sorcerer Kingdom, who is feared by all the people of the Kingdom, is little more than a pawn in my hand!"
- (To Himself): "Oh, I can keep this as a souvenir. The first to capture the Sorcerer Kingdom's flag, the country that had defeated the Kingdom's 200,000 strong army in battle, is me!"
- (To Himself regarding the Fall of the Re-Estize Kingdom): "I Did Nothing Wrong"
References
- ↑ Overlord Volume 10 Chapter 2: Re-Estize Kingdom
- ↑ Overlord Volume 13 Intermission
- ↑ Overlord Volume 14 Chapter 1: An Unexpected Move
- ↑ Overlord Volume 14 Epilogue
- ↑ Mass for the Dead Part 2 Chapter 03: Assemble, And Step Forward
