Adamus Phillida

Adamus Phillida was the Commander of the Imperial Legion in Cyrodiil during Emperor Uriel Septim VII's reign. He spent much of his career hunting down the Dark Brotherhood. Continued to serve the Imperial Legion until the end of the Oblivion Crisis. Afterwards he retired to Leyawiin where the Dark Brotherhood tracked and assassinated him. He was succeded by Giovanni Civello.

Biography
As said by Phillida's successor, Giovanni Civello, Phillida fought the Dark Brotherhood every day of his life, and as said by the Dark Brotherhood member Ocheeva, Phillida tended to "make their lives uncomfortable" when their contracts took them to the Imperial City. As Phillida had vowed to bring the leaders of the Brotherhood to justice, the Brotherhood had targeted him for assassination twice, but failed on both occations. Phillida reportedly uncovered thirteen separate attempts by citizens to contact the Dark Brotherhood. One of these included the unfortunate Claudius Arcadia, who was locked up in the Imperial Prison and whose house was seized and made into an Imperial Legion outpost.

Phillida is also known to have discarded the rumours about the presence of a Thieves' Guild in Cyrodiil, and denied Hieronymus Lex's requests of having a bounty placed on the Gray Fox's head.

The Assassination
After the end of the Oblivion Crisis, Adamus Phillida retired and took up residence in the City Watch barracks in Leyawiin. He spent most of his time in a house just outside the city walls (before mentioned City Watch barracks), but he took a swim in a pond inside the city. But one day while he was taking his daily swim an assassin shot him with the deadly arrow, The Rose of Sithis. Finally the Dark Brotherhood took its revenge for the loss of many of its members, by the death of Adamus Phillida. He didn't survived and eventually died. Upon seeing this his bodyguard, was shocked and accussed himself of Adamus's death. If the player returns at Leyawiin and goes to the Barracks located inside the city, he will find the dead bodyguard and an interesting message inside his corpse.

Personality and traits
Adamus Philida was a very famous Guard of the Imperial Legion. He was mostly known by his efforts against the Dark Brotherhood. Many praised him for his skills. Soon his skills made him the Commander of the Imperial Legion and he was known throughout all of Cyrodiil. But after years of service he took the fatal choice to retire. It was his retirement that made his assassination easy because the assassin avoided with ease the unskilled guard.

Appearances

 * The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion