Philip Katela

Philip Katela was once a former prince from a faraway land called Kaharia, who was forced to flee after a horrific invasion that saw his kingdom ravaged and the death of his family, which left him, mentally scarred and deeply emotional. To make things worse he was corrupted after being wounded during a fight. Despite this, he was given a second chance by an unknown power who opened a portal for him to the world of Rathnir where he can find help and start a new life. 
=== Escape to Rathnir ===
He woke up inside a cave, not clearly remembering how he got here but remembers the final moments of the war. The slaughter of both innocents and soldiers' lives were unimaginable, as the dreadful monsters ripped them apart like nothing. He saw visions of himself corrupted, killing both loved ones and everyone around them before breaking free from the corruption. Feeling hopeless and overwhelming regret the prince cried in despair wishing to be dead instead of being alive so he could be with his family in heaven. 
The crying would be interrupted when faint noises could be heard deep inside the cave. The noises however were not from the dark forces but different entirely which made Philip calm and curious. He cautiously followed the noise with each step a feeling of hope grew inside him until finally finding the source of the noise. A portal in the middle of a cavern glowing luminously, the noises would change to a soft calming voice as they talked to Philip. They told him of a world where he can find both peace and people who can help. The voice also said that the corruption inside him will be weakened greatly but can grow when having negative emotions. Philip was not sure to trust this voice and abandon his world, everything to be exact. 
However he quickly realized there was no time as horrific creatures poured into the cavern from all sides aiming to kill the last survivor. Seeing theres no point in fighting back, Philip quickly rushes through the otherside of the portal and immediately closes behind him preventing the monsters from following. After taking a breather and getting up Philip now finds himself into a new world, the world of Rathnir. A new life has begun.
== Start of A New life ==
=== Arriving in Luxios ===
When Philip first arrived in Rathnir, he walked aimlessly through the landscape for a couple of days until finding himself in the city of Luxios. Instead of heading off to another direction, decided to stay after he felt a sense of security and warmth in his soul. Soon he discovered Lux and was immediately fascinated by everything and everyone in it, quickly joining the religion becoming a Luxite. 
=== Sataumia Khanate ===
During his early stay in Rathnir, Philip would help and create a new nation with a player named Atago. The two would create the Sataumia Khanate with him becoming Prime Minister. Things would go smoothly for the nation as members joined, with two members becoming influential friends to Philip, Tannic and Komodo. The Sataumia Khanate would meet an abrupt end by the nation of Plagos, who forced all of them to leave after a week of attempted diplomacy which ended in failure. 
Angry at losing his nation from Plagos, he vowed one day to reclaim what he had lost.. But gave up later on.
=== Ardat ===
Philip fled back to Ummarnu and stayed in Luxios for a while before being hired by Neo Aurelian as a builder. Philip was introduced to the city of Ardat where he was assigned to build the interior of a scholar university, during which Neo provided him a one story house that was later renovated to have 2 floors. For a couple days Philip built the interiors and finished the roof of the university but was never used due to the lack of community activity. What's worse is that he didn’t get paid because of a caste system where humans are considered 
slaves. However this didn’t really bother Philip much since he was happy to do something for his community and found another way to get money.
=== Solium ===
After Sataumia fell and was hired by Neo, Philip received an invitation by his friend Tannic to visit him in a sub-state-city called “Solium” in Sparwood. Once he arrived in the city the two friends greeted each other and toured around the town. Philip quickly figured out Tannic was in a high position and had joined Soliums royal family and soon became tsar of the sub-state. 
Throughout the rest of the months Philip would become a citizen of Solium and a helper to Tannic watching and helping the city grow as well getting paid a fair amount of money.
Philip would build a couple of his own projects in the city with the two notable ones being a massive ship at Solium’s harbor and a Luxite Temple next to spawn.
=== Spirit of Trojan Lurivee ===
After Sataumia Philip would be visited by an unlikely person, Trojan Lurivee. Trojan appeared next to him after hearing the fall of Sataumia. She sympathized with Philip and, actually, rooted for Sataumia’s independence. She also offered him sanctuary at a settlement called Escatommer where her daughter, Ashei currently resides. Philip is surprised that someone, especially a spirit, has come to offer him aid after what happened. He trusts Trojan and gladly accepts and promises to visit Escatommer someday. Thereafter Philip began to enjoy the company of Trojan as it helps him feel safe and not lonely most of the time, making her a mother figure to him.
=== Becoming Friends with Komodo and joining OP ===
While in Solium Philip would encounter Komodo, a pirate who offered a pact treaty between Sataumia and the Osteruim Pirates, with Philip being the one signing it. The two would be mutual at first having small interactions with each other before growing a strong friendship that saw the two becoming partners at sea. The two traveled the seas finding riches, telling tales, and killed an ancient mythic boss along the way. 
This relationship would further grow when a tragic event impacted Philip. He sought help and asked Komodo to train him since he wasn’t good at fighting.
Philip also joined OP with the first thing doing is participating in a pirate mutiny that saw the First Captain overthrown with Komodo taking the helm. To show support Philip built the massive ship at Solium and named it “Sataumia’s Vengeance” with one day taking revenge on Plagos and retaking Sataumia. The entire ship’s hull was made out of deepslate making the ship impenetrable and a juggernaut. The ship is also long being over 50+ blocks long, including a naval ram to ram ships with. Sataumia’s Vengeance is considered the biggest pirate ship in the OP fleet. However it was never completed with sails and wasn’t used in naval combat and since then has been in Solium’s harbor till Rathnir ended.
=== Hatred on Soleannen ===
Philip’s extreme dislike towards Soleannen started off small during his time in Sataumia. A Sataumian led a secession group and created a claim for the now then Third Empire of Escharia/Soleannen Imperium. He and Tannic attempted to talk to the secessionists, which didn’t go anywhere and decided to leave. The situation wouldn’t last very long due to Plagos intervention and forcing both sides to flee. 
His hatred would finally come in the Lux-Soleannen war. Being a fellow new Luxite he supported Lux but wasn’t able to come and defend the religion. When the war finally ended with a Soleannen victory, he became devastated upon hearing the news.  He was terrified that his new life was under threat and wasn’t there to do anything to stop them. Filled with guilt for not doing anything to help his fellow Luxites but imagine them being brutally slaughtered. Soon anger took over and a deep hatred formed inside him, becoming bitter and loathed Soleannen seeing them as nothing more than “Warmongering religion”.This one single event would not only change Philip’s life but also turn him into a devoted Luxite, for the rest of his life.
=== --Luxite Storyline-- ===
==== Tenebris Festival ====
On 9/10/2023 Philip took part in the Tenebris Festival at the Tenebras festival. The festival is an event to honor those who had fallen in the war. There he got to meet people who worshiped Lux and the Grand Priestess, Nico.  All of them went to the Temple of Tenebras and witnessed the sacrifice. This was the first (and the last) Philip got to see his first religious sacrifice, witnessing the cattle being sacrificed to Tenebris (and quickly later eating the chickens). After the sacrifice Philip and the others witnessed Nico ascend to the air for a few seconds before safely landing back to the ground which was a sign of Tenebris blessing. 
Philip also learns about another Grand Priestess, Emelyn and her sacrifice during the Segra Wars. He gave the Grand Priestess gifts from Ashei who wasn’t able to come and decided to bring it instead. The two would exchange smiles before heading back to the festival and for the first time in SW’s gets drunk in front of everyone. 
In the following weeks after the festival Philip became active in the community. Chatting with the members, learning what they’ve accomplished and having fun with them. 
==== Construction of the Solium Temple ====
To show his full devotion to the Lux, Philip constructed a small Luxite Temple in the city of Solium. Thanks to the help of Nico supplying him the building materials and his friend Tannic offering him a place to build, the temple would be finished in a matter of in-game days.
==== Accession to Priesthood ====
The day after the Temple was built, Philip was elevated to the position of priest by Nico after showing devotion to the religion. Not only becoming a priest but an apprentice to the Grand Priestess, Nico which made it more grateful for him.
==== Nico Luon ====
In his time being a devoted Luxite, he admired many Luxites but admired Nico Luon the most since joining the religion. After becoming her apprentice Philip helped Nico with plans to reform Lux after the devastating war against Soleannen. He proposed an idea called the “Enteral Goal''. A goal to spread the influence of Lux to the corners of the world and gain new members, which Lux lacks post-war. There were other ideas that revolved around strengthening and centralizing the Lux-sects into one unifying Sect but these were rejected.
However this all ended when his mentor left and all of Lux after losing her home when Lunaris collapsed. This impacted Philip alot, who secretly developed some feelings for her. With now her gone this left him emotionally depressed and helpless.
==== This is Outrageous, it's unfair! ====
After the disappearance of Nico, the clergy denied Philip the title of Grand Priest even though he was the apprentice. This rejection made him angry, as he wanted to continue the legacy and the work Nico started. But his requests fell on deaf ears and soon grew a distrust of the clergy, till Rathnir ended.
==== Adoption ====
Despite these misfortunes he would be adopted by a revived Adira, becoming part of the Lurive Family. Philip would take the family’s name while still keeping his original to remember who he was.
=== War Of the Comet ===
When news came that both Rathnir and Eldham will be frozen by a comet but also a world war between the two worlds. Philip knows he needs to choose a side soon even though he’s not properly good at fighting (In-game), but is willing to risk his life to protect those he loves.
==== Rathnirian Legion ====
Philip joined the Rathnirian Legion to help fight off against the Eldhamites who he saw as the aggressors. He played a somewhat important role in the Legion as he was the one who designed the Rathnirain Legion uniforms, but few members actually used it. There was no glory in this war as Philip kept hearing defeat after defeat and decided to bail out. 
==== Time to Leave ====
In the final moments of the war, Philip became disillusioned and disappointed in everything that happened since the loss of his mentor. Wanting to get away and find peace, also a cure for his corruption decided to leave Rathnir as well, disappearing in the sands of Ummarnu never to be seen until Abexalis was released.
(more coming)
Category:Traveler's Era