Spectre, Philomela Agnes

Philomela Agnes

THE TRUTH IS THE STRONGEST WEAPON YOU CAN EVER WIELD IN THIS BROKEN DYSTOPIA

The Agnes family line is composed of mostly devoted followers of the Empire who dedicate their inherent talent for writing and attention to detail to archiving past events and historical happenings, as well as documenting breakthroughs that occur in the region of Loros. However, for the longest time, the Agnes family, as well as other archivists who worked for the Empire, were tasked with spinning some stories into tall tales which paint the Empire in an overly positive light. The archivists became tools to produce propaganda into inspiring youthfuls into working for the Empire as soldiers. This was an excellent tactic on their part to brainwash those not capable of critical thinking. The Agnes line was one of the most talented writers for the Empire, capable of making these tall tales believable enough that these lies became a 'truth,' after all in the common world, if a word was used and believed to be real, it became real. It didn't help that the archivists also were permitted use of one Pokemon to help them with these tasks. Whether it was to assist them in actual writing, or using their psychic powers to gain extra information to add flair to these fake tales, it all helped in weaving an excellent 'false utopia' which was the Empire. It also didn't help that because in this time, computers and the Internet were used to store records of this data, it was very easy to spread, and due to high-tech resources on the part of the Empire, it was also very hard to access. So through high-speed Internet, the Empire was able to spread these fabrications with an alarming speed, helping Empire-hired educators to create their lessons on Empire history very easily while using self-made "proof" and "evidence" to further brainwash students.

So where does Philomela come in? Philomela is the current generation of the Agnes family, and her parents were the last generation to stand for any of this slander that the Empire was making them and the other archivists churn out.

In secret, Philomela was raised most carefully - her parents used their talents and their life's work of deception to teach Philomela exactly how to speak, how to become a master orator, how to use deception against the Empire. Philomela's natural intelligence permitted her to comprehend these concepts, these tricks, giving her a natural way with words that allowed her to smooth-talk most things. Unfortunately these also imbibed overtly positive and idealistic values into her. Because Philomela was raised in secret and her parents took great care to make sure she wasn't involved in the affairs of archivists, Philomela was given a fake surname - Angelis. This would eventually make Philomela's future far more dangerous, as you'll see later on in her rather tumultuous history. After years of training in rhetoric, writing, vocabulary, and also tales-weaving, Philomela's parents found that the time was ripe to make her a part of something bigger. Amidst all this, they kept up their facade and charade of working with the Empire, something it took years for Philomela to actually understand, and only after her parents had already died in an event that was about to take place at this point in her history. It was around this time that the people had decided to make a peaceful protest against the Empire.

At least, it was supposed to be a peaceful protest. It eventually broke into a riot as it was clear that the Empire would not give in to the demands of the masses. The militia was deployed to break up the riot, and unfortunately Philomela and her parents had managed to take the day off under the pretense of sick leave. In the ensuing chaos of militia trying to break things up, Philomela saw her parents get killed by the soldiers from the Empire as she was trying to escape the whole mess. When the dust settled, Philomela rushed to her dying parents, each of them gave her their Pokemon to help her carry on the crusade of justice. Her spirit somewhat broken by this, it was then she realized that the Empire was a singular entity of tyranny, that they could only employ force to solve problems, that they had just craftily engineered this 'utopia' through people like her parents. As one of the sole survivors of that tragic event, Philomela joined other survivors and listened intently to their discussion. It was then that the seeds of rebellion would be planted, as these survivors would eventually come to form "Spectre." Philomela soon interrupts discussion, exclaiming that she knows what's going on, thanks to her deceased parents who used to work for the Empire. Philomela would then volunteer herself to be one of the public speakers of Spectre, utilizing her parents' Pokemon to help her elude capture and execution, in order to rally those who are apathetic to the slow destruction of their freedoms and liberties, to rouse them to action.

Philomela knew what she was getting into - despite claims that as a young woman, she would only be putting herself in danger, she ignored these criticisms, saying that if she did not step up to the plate, if she did not throw herself into the lead of the crusade, who would? Philomela declared her stoic willingness to fight with words, to fight for truth, to expose the lies of the Empire once and for all.

Or she'd die trying. This, she knew, was what her parents wanted.



Name Byron
Species Dusknoir
Gender Male
Ability Pressure
Moveset Will-o-wisp | Pain Split | Earthquake | Shadow Sneak
Origin Byron is the single Pokemon of Philomela's mother, who she commonly used for his ghostly powers. Byron's bulk and giant appearance lets him do things that Philomela and her mother could normally not do. Byron was given to Philomela as Philomela's mother was dying.
Personality Byron is a quiet Pokemon who does not make very many sounds, not even to express his feelings. As a very stoic ghost, he quietly follows orders. He is said to have kept the spirit of his dead owner (Philomela's mother) close to his 'heart,' so to speak, and thus appears to be very gentle and protective of Philomela, though rather distant and cold to anybody else. It is very difficult to anger Byron, only becoming mad if Philomela is in direct danger or if she is going to die.


Name Winterberry
Species Gardevoir
Gender Female
Ability Trace
Moveset Will-o-wisp | Wish | Heal Bell | Psychic
Origin Winterberry is the single Pokemon of Philomela's father, who he commonly used for psychic enhancement. Though Philomela's father was rarely in need of protecting, when Philomela's father was dying, he told Winterberry before he gave her to Philomela that the Gardevoir should protect her. Thus, Winterberry is very dedicated to protecting Philomela with her psychic abilities.
Personality Winterberry is much more outgoing than Byron, though she's that particularly loud. She works together actively with Philomela to help amplify her messages when she speaks. Winterberry, as a Gardevoir, has the power to read the future, but she refuses to ever use this ability. Winterberry's dedication to Philomela thanks to her father's dying wish, however, is second to none.

[b]PUZZLE & DRAGONS, metatron, keeper of the sacred texts[/b] as [i]Philomela Agnes[/i]