Philia

:This page is about the Homunculus Philia. For the being inhabiting Philia, see Ishtar.
, is a rogue Einzbern Homunculus hunted down by Bazett Fraga McRemitz. In the World of Fate/strange Fake, she is salvaged by Francesca Prelati for the purpose of being utilized as the Lesser Grail of the True and False Holy Grail Wars. After being manipulated by the American organization running the Holy Grail Wars, she encounters Ayaka Sajyou in Fuyuki City and grants her special Command Spells to usurp a Servant from another Master for an unknown reason. With the summoning of True Berserker, her body was possessed by the Goddess Ishtar.Fate/strange Fake Volume 3 - Prologue IX: "The Star Performers' Banquet (Part 2)"
==Profile==
===Background===
Philia is a Homunculus created by the Einzberns. While not a normal Homunculus, Francesca, who was male and François at the time, assumed she was meant to be a prototype for the next Lesser Grail after the Fifth Holy Grail War considering she was resilient enough to fight against a Sealing Designation Enforcer and assuming the Holy Grail War wasn't going to be a critical failure, being defined as fully discarded "recyclable scraps" or "reference material" rather than as a Homunculus. However, she was regarded as a failed creation and was facing disposal, leading her to run away from Einzbern territory and hide in a human city, where she survived by scraping out a meager existence and adopted the name Philia while pretending to be human.Fate/strange Fake Volume 9 - Chapter 28: "This World's Madness Knows No Bounds"
She fought an all-out battle against Bazett Fraga McRemitz, who was dispatched by the Clock Tower and the one responsible for destroying her,Fate/hollow ataraxia - Heaven's Feel - 1/ Heaven's Feels Backnight I although Philia later implies she "lost control" somehow and asked Bazett to stop her.Fate/strange Fake Volume 9 - Chapter 27: "The Little Red Riding Hood of the Semina Apartments, Unraveled—or, The Mages Shot the Wolf I" All of Philia's combat organs were destroyed as a result the encounter and she was retrieved by the Einzberns, who, instead of getting rid of her, placed her inside a Repair Device in the castle's basement, as it would be potentially necessary to repair her later, magically severing her tendons to disable her self-regenerative functions. As a consequence of Bazett destroying her systems in their battle, she was unable to properly process the shutdown command, remaining the only non decommissioned Homunculus, eventually being found by Prelati, who decided to take Philia to Faldeus' organization instead of his original idea of modding a Toole series Homunculus of the Musik, though he had no idea what they would do to her mind and memories.
It is unknown if she was sent to Snowfield by them or if she went of her own volition.Fate/strange Fake Volume 3 - Interlude: "The End of Escape"
===Appearance===
Philia looks like a woman of twenty years, give or take, and as an Einzbern homunculus, has the characteristic features of one: flowing white hair, white skin, and red irises.Fate/strange Fake Volume 1 - Prologue VII: “Visitor & ●●●●“
Fillia (Manga)-2.jpg|Fillia's face in Fate/strange Fake, illustrated by Shidzuki Morii.
Fillia (Manga).jpg|Fillia's full body in Fate/strange Fake, illustrated by Shidzuki Morii.
File:Fillia Volume 6.png|Fillia's side-view appearance in Fate/strange Fake Vol. 6, illustrated by Shidzuki Morii.
===Personality===
She is described as frequently angry, from arguing with Sella to glaring at the world when she arrives in Snowfield.
==Role==
===Fate/strange Fake===
====Pre-War====
Some time before the True and False Holy Grail Wars of Snowfield, she had a very heated discussion with Sella at the Einzbern Castle in Fuyuki City, saying she didn't need to rely on them even if it means abandoning the name of Einzbern. During the argument, she spots Ayaka Sajyou, who crossed the Bounded Field somehow and was eavesdropping on them. She is intrigued by Ayaka, but what she told her and did to her is unknown as Ayaka doesn't remember, suspecting she was put under suggestion. The only thing she remembers is Philia telling her that her fate belongs to her and she shall "give her life meaning".
Philia granted Ayaka Sajyou five Command Spells for an unknown purpose, explaining to her the concept of a Holy Grail War and Servants, and telling her to go to Snowfield to participate in the upcoming Holy Grail War.Fate/strange Fake Volume 2 - Chapter 2: Day 0, Midnight "The Heroic Spirit Incident" Some speculate she is using Ayaka as a sacrificial pawn. She later comes to Snowfield herself, not bothering to conceal her presence and watched by Francesca Prelati from afar.
====Day 0====
During the summoning of True Berserker, her body is taken over by a higher existence, claiming to be a Goddess. Philia manages to calm Berserker and heals its Master, Haruri Borzak, who had almost been killed by her own Servant. Ishtar forms a sort of alliance with Haruri.
==Abilities==
As an Einzbern Homunculus, Philia was naturally a high quality Homunculus. She was capable of fighting againts an Enforcer, being considered tougher than many Magi even by Bazett who was still inexperienced at the time of their encounter and her Magic Circuit quantity being higher than what she was modeled with due to being specialized for the specific purpose of being a prototype of the next Lesser Grail.
==References==
Category:Homunculi
Category:Characters in Fate/strange Fake
Category:Magi
Category:Einzberns
Category:Introduced in 2008
Category:Germans
Category:Holy Grails