Philomena Melaurum

Phil's In-game skin.

Philomena Melaurum is a female **Angelfolk Cherubim** living in the **Skylight Dominion of Caelenidium**. She is currently the Emperor of the Astruum Empire, which she established herself. She currently lives atop of Caelenidium, located on the Madrean Shards of Pyke, a sky isle in the El Gato(?) Ocean.

Arriving in **Vaktas**, Philomena was one of the first Angelfolk to inhabit the land. She hopes to discover the origin of her existence and the mysteries of the heavens, though strives to enjoy and find her dreams on Vaktas, believing her landing there was fate.

## Early Life

### Birth

Vilomova Molvorom was created from a distant star, part of the Vilomova constellation. The shape of this constellation is a horned lion, consisting of 9 stars still seen in the sky today. Being one of the first few celestials born, Vilomova was a lone child birthed when her angelic mother consumed the Vilomova star and gave birth to her. Now born into a tiny meteor, Vilomova grew for centuries until she landed in Vaktas, somewhere in the nothern stretch of Solenviddä.

### Arriving in Vaktas

Her slumber was disturbed by the impact of her landing, and her first glimpe of the unknown world was a cold rush of salty seawater. She quickly found her way to the closest place of civilization, and met her earliest aquaintances in the Kingdom of Solveigeir. Being one of the first settlers there, she was swiftly entrusted with a province of her own after swearing loyalty the Kingdom, heading North-West to the hotspring-painted province Solenviddä. She found herself aquainted with fellow settlers who wanted to build a utopia among the warm plumes of steam that emanated form the thermal pools. Philomena believes that her arrival in Vaktas to the Kingdom of Solveigeir was fate, and the thermal pockets of water that she landed by were created when her mother star cried and her tears landed and created the pools she was found in.

### Life on Pyke

Upon arriving in Vaktas, Phil discovered the bountiful treasures it had to offer. From keeping her own bees to drink sweet, golden honey to keeping cows on a small farm, Phil was enamoured by the sheer abundance of the land. She began recruiting a small group of expert builders, writers and friends, and developed the framework of Solenviddä and got to working on creating a city shrouded by hot steam.

### The Collapse and Agaroth

Phil doesn't have much recollection of what happened upon the collapse, though she often wonders what happened to her old home. Her memory is fuzzy, though she remembers having visions of other angelfolk, both strangers and individuals she'd met. Now on Agaroth, Phil has settled down on one of the Madrean Sky Isles and has established Angelloft as Caelenidium's first city. She kept the motif of water by incorporating it in many of her architectural projects, as well as reconstrucitng and upkeeping the naturally-occuring pools atop Caelenidium. Now as the Emperor, shes often seen takiing up more build projects and travelling.

## Personality

Philomena is level-headed, kind, and perhaps a little too aloof. She has a tendancy to get talkative about her favourite subjects but is an introvert, and enjoys to spend time alone, creating prose and poetry. Although she may put up a cold and spiteful front in the face of danger, she is a pacifist at heart and intensely dislikes confrontation and strife. She prefers to keep many friends and many aquaintances to get the widest scope of the world as possible. Being a social butterfly, Philomena is no stranger to the joys of alcohol and partying, and often enjoys participating in grand celebrations and cultural festivals. She has a keen interest in biology and physiology and wishes to create a research wing in the Institute to tinker in.

### Ideals

She had plans to run a park in the stretch of the Solenviddä hot springs that she owned, and establish a large Longhouse to host parties and events. She was also interested in the arts, frequently creating pieces of art, poetry and prose about the landscape of Solveigeir. Atop Agaroth, Phil prioritizes building and economic plans to build a striving nation and an angelic legacy she can be proud of.

### Relationships

Philomena's likes surrounding herself by talented and determined folk, which are qualities she finds in many of the citizens and friends of the Astruum Empire. She shares a close relationship with the nation leaders of her Empire; Gakavyr Hodelia Dumskalle of Sjurvælyr and The High Maiden Ieara of Arcadia, hoping her well of resources and collaborative work bring prosperity to their kingdoms.

## Gallery

Below are a few images and instances important to Philomena's story on Vaktas.

Solenviddä's main city.Outskirts of Solenviddä.