Philo Newcombe

**Philo Anthony Newcombe** is an elusive target in *Hitman 3*.

Lousie Smith (Mother)

Rebecca Batchelor (Step-Mother)

Claus Hugo Strandberg (Mother's ex husband)

Eva Strandberg (half-sister)

Samuel Taylor (Client)

Annabel Jones (Client)

Amos Simpkin (Client)

Rikki Badcock (Client)

He is voiced by Lance Fuller.

## Background

Philo Newcombe was born into a home so idyllic that a charmed life was seemingly his due.

His parents-a husband and wife duo who had spearheaded a renaissance at the greeting card company where they'd met-were deeply in love and were both devoted to their son. His mother, the ideal woman in his eyes, died when Philo was still too young to have seen any of the cracks in the pedestal he had put her on. Even as Philo aged and his mind grew more critical he was never able to look past that carefully preserved image. When his father remarried he could only loathe his stepmother for her perceived inferiority, and came to loathe his father as well.

Philo left home the day he turned 18. He was drawn to Vermont's romantic reputation, and found work as a part-time server and caterer's assistant in the state's thriving wedding industry. Much to the chagrin of every woman he tried to date during this period, Philo still couldn't shake the unreachable standard defined by his mother. They were never happy enough, pretty enough, or in love enough for him. It was a combination of this and simple proximity that lead him to begin fixating on the brides he was working for, who tended to be at their peak in all of these respects. His interest only intensified when their partner seemed like a poor fit. By the time he had advanced in his career and become a relatively successful wedding planner he found the fantasy of inserting himself into a would-be bride's grief for a departed fiancé irresistible. The access he had to these couples made it entirely too easy to act on his impulses, living out his fantasies by killing the unworthy partner and "rescuing" his favorite. Not that any of these relationships lasted. With his target's former radiance dulled by grief, Philo's eyes inevitably wander to a new subject, and a new victim.

There are plenty of fish in the sea, after all.

## Victims

* Rachel Bell, 30
* Georgina Anderson, 47
* Andrew Ling, 35
* Carter Stewart, 29
* Zoey Cooke, 26
* Edward Lane, 46

## Trivia

* Philo appears to be based on American serial killer Ted Bundy.
	+ Newcombe bears a strong physical resemblance to Bundy.
	+ Both are stated to have come from Vermont.
	+ Both are described as having despised their step-parents.
* Philo owns an event van in the parking lot containing his personal scrapbook, a Lethal Poison Pill Jar, and a Scalpel inside. If the scrapbook is given to either Phoebe Morris or Michele Pacheco, they will both be alerted and run away. He will then drink from the wine in the cinema room, which can be poisoned.
	+ After Morris and Pacheco have left, Philo will sulk about always being "the planner, not the planee" and kick one of the ornamental vases.
* Newcombe cannot be marked as a sniper target by "Falcon", as the earpiece cannot be obtained, unlike Joanne Bayswater.
* The scrapbook of his victims shown in the briefing contains pictures of several previous targets, most likely reused assets.
	+ Elusive Target Nila Torvik and The Sarajevo Six target Scott Sarno, with the former described as being killed in a "plane crash accident".
	+ Dino Bosco and Umberto Megazzini, the street performer from World of Tomorrow, the latter being described as having been killed in a "cosplay accident".
	+ Howard Moxon is described as having been killed in a "car accident".
	+ Elizabeth Lang from The Last Yardbird is described as having been killed by "drowning".
* Philo drove a Vehicle at age of 15.
* Philo is Bisexual.