Philip Briggs is a human rebel who was arrested in 15.033 V.E..
Biography[]
Early Life[]
At some point during his life Philip Briggs became affiliated with a group of human rebels in Lunathion, the Keres, and rose to become their leader. He has done his best to bring the human rebellion to Valbara. He was responsible for planning a series of bombings in Lunathion, but was apprehended by Danika Fendyr and the Pack of Devils in his bomb lab, located just outside the city walls. A few weeks before his initial arrest, he spoke to Danika, who expressed minor sympathy for his cause and told him to cease his bomb plot or else she would be forced to arrest him, which she didn't want to have to do, but he continued with his plot and was subsequently arrested. In his bomb lab, Danika finds his blueprints for blowing up the White Raven club.
House of Earth and Blood[]
Danika arrives at Griffin Antiquities and tells Bryce Quinlan that Briggs is being released that day due to a technicality. An undescribed loophole in the law allows him to be released despite the myriad of very clear evidence stacked against him. Later that night, Briggs is seen via television being escorted out of prison in a white jumpsuit. Within hours of this he is re-arrested by Naomi Boreas for murdering Danika and the Pack of Devils, with authorities claiming he had a clear motive and the means to commit the murders. He'd also supposedly been caught purchasing black summoning salts in the weeks before his initial arrest. The demon who killed Danika and pack would have required the deadly black salt to summon it into Midgard. After a trial that he described as a "sham," he was imprisoned in Adrestia Prison, an island prison just off the coast of Lunathion, and began to be regularly tortured by law enforcement.
On April 12th 15.035 V.E. he is brought to the Comitium, where Hunt Athalar and Bryce talk to him.[1] Briggs says that he did not desire revenge against the Pack of Devils or Danika. He tells them he even possesses knowledge that could've proven his innocence, but didn't reveal it out of a desire to protect anyone associated with Danika who might also be sympathetic to the human rebels and out of his regret over having failed his fellow humans by being caught.
Personality[]
Philip Briggs' goal is no secret. He wants a global conflict that would cost the lives of millions on either side. He views those lives as expendable if it means a possibility for humans to overthrow their Vanir oppressors. His bombs were small but deadly. They were designed to trigger a war between humans and Vanir. Isaiah Tiberian describes him as someone who "hadn't seemed dumb, just a fanatic hell-bent on starting a conflict to mirror the war raging" in Pangera.[2]
Physical Description[]
Philip Briggs is a relatively young dark-haired man of average height and build. He has dark blue eyes which Bryce describes as empty and hopeless during their meeting. After he is imprisoned, his hair is buzzed short and he becomes noticeably gaunt.
Powers & Abilities[]
As a human, he possessed no magic, but it can be assumed that he was skilled in chemistry and bomb-making.
References[]
- ↑ House of Earth and Blood, Chapter 35
- ↑ House of Earth and Blood, Chapter 6