Fil (Philomena) is the God of Fate, a true god far more powerful than the Grandmaster, the Arbiter, or anything in D&D lore, and an existential threat.
- Fil’s realm, and the Ruins of Giant’s Breath, lie outside all material planes, the Void included.
- In Vythorn’s Return, Fil sidetracked the Arbiter’s escaping soul and sent him after the Testaments of Morir’s Cataclysm, a tome of great power and destruction.
- The twins of Season 4 hate the God of Fate.
- The “something big that could kill us all” in Pieces of a King is Fil.
- The Arbiter has told the Grandmaster what he went through and about the threat Fil poses. The Season of Vigilance (Season 7) is a hint at Fil.
- Whether Fil is one of many gods, or using a royal “we,” is unknown.
Everything below is compiled from the episode pages, in show order.
Appearances
S4E15, Vythorn’s Return Part 2
(Caustic Phoenix; “Phil” in the transcript)
- Brown chestnut hair. Her “home” is the silent forest.
- Shapes Ise and Biff from dirt.
- Runs tests: those who fail “hang out with me for the rest of eternity,” as dirt or in “sleep of the ages.”
- Speaks of “bets going on up above” and “God of Fates” (plural), and of having “less to bet on.”
- Writes to Master Skreca, sends him gifts and visitors.
- Bound Ise as her crow “pet”; granted Biff eternal sleep. She hates the phrase “fate’s decided this.”
S4E17 (Season Finale) - Vythorn’s Return Part 3
(Caustic Phoenix)
- She and her side have “placed our bets” on Vythorn and brought him home as “a gift.”
- She froze time to urge him on. She wrote the contract making him Lord of Fate with full command of the Void.
- “We will be watching… or it will all go away. Because we can do that.”
- She speaks as “we” throughout (the identity of the others is unstated).
S5 Ep17 — Vythorn’s Return Part 4
(Caustic Phoenix)
- Whispers “Who are you going to become?”
- Had a deal with Vythorn: “The book was given. The void laid out in front of you.”
- Says “We will have to come to collect.”
- Leaves with a Cheshire Cat smile and an echoing chuckle.
- Her departure lets the frozen rain fall and Elusia move again.