Fobos

**BGM** | Storyteller

**Fobos** is one of the Four Philosophers.

Since being freed from the La-Mulana ruins and completing his duty as a Philosopher, he's been living in the Gate of Illusion trying to recreate the ruins that were destroyed and the relics that were lost when the protagonist's father, Lemeza Kosugi, solved the mysteries of La-Mulana.

Visiting him, he can give you hints throughout your adventure, so visit him often!

## Ankh Jewel Repair

After defeating your 3rd Guardian, **Fobos** will give Hiner an Ankh Jewel, which you can buy from Hiner's shop in the Gate of Guidance for 50 Coins.

* He does this a second time? I'll update this when I figure out exactly when that is. For now, just keep an eye on your Xelputter for Fobos texting you about it.

## Dialogue

Who are you?

Ah, it's the daughter of the man who solved the mystery of the La-Mulana ruins, I see.

I am Fobos, of the Four Philosophers.

Since being freed from the La-Mulana ruins and completing my duties as a Philosopher, I've been living here.

I'm trying to recreate the ruins that were destroyed and the relics that were lost when your father solved said mystery. Anything I'm able to properly recreate, I send off to the shops in these ruins, so do me a favor and buy whatever you can.

I've received most of the pertinent details from Samaranta. It seems that monsters have begun appearing in La-Mulana once again.

With the defeat of the entity known as the Mother, the La-Mulana ruins were supposed to have become simply that: just ruins.

The monster spotted by Samaranta apparently had the ability to move freely through space.

That leads us to believe that it came from the lands of exile of Eg-Lana. Though we know nothing about it other than it exists, I assume you have questions for me, yes?

*What is the "Mother"?*

The La-Mulana ruins were constructed inside the huge living entity known as the Mother. It was said to have fallen to this planet from the skies long ago, and gave birth to its progeny for the purpose of creating a workforce to send it back into space. Those progeny are us, mankind. We Four Philosophers are of the seventh group to be born, known as the 7th Children. We sought death for the Mother, who had continually destroyed each generation of her children.

*What are the "Children"?*

"Children" refers to the various races born from the Mother. Each race was created by the Mother in order to work to send her back to space, but upon realizing that each subsequent generation was flawed in some way, she systematically destroyed them. It is said that she bore eight distinctive races, each of which was born inside the Mother and subsequently spread up aboveground upon developing civilization inside the La-Mulana ruins. This is why the La-Mulana ruins are referred to as the "cradle of all civilization".

*Nothing in particular.*

You modern humans, by the way, are part of the group known as the 8th Children.

Your race was born from a life-giving machine called the Tree of Life, into which we 7th Children imbued our own memories and mind in order to create you.

Eg-Lana is known as the child of La-Mulana...

The "child" reference brings something to mind.
Step outside a second.

This is called the Child's Statue.

I live here precisely because looking at this statue inspires my research.

In the La-Mulana ruins, there isn't much else with a similar name, so look into it.

My inspiration...

Hm? The gate won't open?

Let me try it.

Huh, it opened.

Hm... It would appear as though it will only open for those possessing the Mother's power.

For a 7th Child like myself, it's easily opened, but for an 8th Child without the Mother's memories such as yourself, I guess it can't be opened.

I don't know what exactly brought you here, but I feel like it was fate.

If the Eg-Lana ruins that we philosophers were investigating really do lie beyond this gate, then the entire world could be in grave peril.

"Ask, and you shall be given.
Think, and you shall find."

Words of wisdom for those wishing to face the ruins.
Come see us philosophers if you have any trouble.

Lend me your tablet before you go in.

This is a type of software that records data left in the ruins. I developed it myself.

If you can find some sort of microchips loaded with data, I'd suggest gathering them.

["Ruins Encyclopedia" acquired.]

Ah...
My inspiration...

So, why didn't we 7th Children take the Mother down ourselves? In order to have her children work to return her to the skies, the Mother embedded orders into their very genes. In other words, the children were unable to defy their Mother. Searching desperately for a way to bring the Mother's death under the guise of "research" was the best we 7th Children could do. It was impossible for the races which were unable to fight back against the Mother to actually realize this goal.

While I don't know the specifics, I was at least aware of the existence of the land of exile known as Eg-Lana. There were records of it remaining in La-Mulana. When I refurbished the La-Mulana ruins into a sort of "land of ordeals", I took inspiration from the records of the many traps remaining in Eg-Lana, and much of the information I had on monsters was from the records of Eg-Lana, with most of the monsters recreated using the Tree of Life having come from said records. Eg-Lana may just be the original source of all evil.