Adamus Phillida

Adamus Phillida is a commander in the Imperial Legion originally stationed in

the Imperial City.
Phillida has been in the Imperial Legion for forty years, and has since climbed
up to become the highest-ranking member of the Legion located in Cyrodiil. He has
spent much of his career investigating the Dark Brotherhood and hindering their
operations as much as possible. His eventual retirement annoys the Dark
Brotherhood enough to send an assassin after him, refusing to let someone who has
hindered them for so long to retire peacefully.
Before his retirement, Phillida divides his time between patrolling the streets
of the Imperial City and investigating the Dark Brotherhood. He sleeps in the
Imperial Legion barracks from midnight to 6am then eats until midday in
the Imperial Legion Offices. After lunch he wanders around the Prison
District until 4pm and then patrols in the Market District until 8pm. He spends
three hours from 8pm until 11pm investigating the Dark Brotherhood shrine
in Claudius Arcadia's house. If he has time before bed, he will spend it relaxing
in a chair in the Imperial Legion Offices.
When the Permanent Retirement quest starts, Phillida will have retired and he is
transported to the Leyawiin City Watch Barracks, where he begins a new schedule.
He sleeps in the barracks between 2am and 6am then breakfasts until 9am at
the Three Sisters' Inn. He then wanders around the Coast Guard Station until 1pm
when he heads off for his daily swim. But when he arrives at the side of the lake
he will simply stand there until 3pm before he will actually start swimming,
which he does until 8pm. Afterwards he spends an hour near the pond, then returns
to the Watch Barracks, eating and wandering until his 2am bedtime.
After his retirement, Adamus Phillida will be assigned a bodyguard, who follows
him everywhere. When Phillida is murdered it will not go unnoticed. His bodyguard
takes it personally and commits suicide, regretting his failure to protect
Phillida. Furthermore, a special edition of The Black Horse Courier is published:
"Adamus Phillida Slain!"
Phillida wears a full set of Imperial Watch armor and fights with his
trusty silver longsword. He also has a pair of sack cloth pants, although he only
sleeps in them after he moves to Leyawiin. He holds several keys: an Imperial
Watch key, an Imperial Watch Office key, the useless Commander's Chest key, and
the key to Claudius Arcadia's house. After his retirement, he also gets copies of
the Coast Guard Station key, the Castle Leyawiin key, and the Leyawiin City Watch
key. He always has a decent amount of gold. Once you have killed Adamus during
the related quest, the Finger of Adamus Phillida quest item is added to his
inventory.
When you speak to Adamus, before the Permanent Retirement quest, he will describe
the Imperial City and tell you that his career is at an end: "It is a wonderful
city, and I'm proud to have served her for 40 years. But I'm ready to retire, let
the young folks take over the reins." When you speak to him during the quest to
kill him, he will greet you with, "Do we know each other? There's something
familiar about you, but I just can't place it." If you tell him it's time for him
to die, he will respond with, "Ah, one of you again, eh? You Dark Brotherhood
types are all the same. All sneak and no swing! You'll meet the same fate as the
others! En garde!" If you tell him that Sithis needs his soul, he will tell
you, "Oh, Sithis needs my soul, does he? Well, you can tell your Dread Father
that he can kiss my wrinkled arse! Defend yourself, Dark Brotherhood dog!" Both
of these remarks are followed by him attacking you. If you choose to say nothing,
he will say, "Yes, well... I'm a very busy man. Enjoying my retirement, don't you
know. So why don't you just... go away." He will then end the conversation.
Ocheeva will give a bit of background information when providing you with the
contract: "Adamus Phillida has spent his entire career investigating the Dark
Brotherhood, interrupting our contracts, killing our family members! We tried to
eliminate Phillida, of course, but failed on three separate occasions. He's a
powerful man, and was surrounded by powerful associates. Now the Legion pig's
years of service have come to an end. He has retired. Phillida must not be
allowed such a victory! His destiny is... darker. Phillida now resides in
Leyawiin, in the City Watch barracks, an honored guest of the soldiers there. He
is, in fact, more vulnerable than ever."
Once the related quest is started, people will start to comment "So, Adamus
Phillida is finally retiring from the Imperial Legion. Spent his life fighting
the Dark Brotherhood. Time for a well-earned rest, I'd say." but once it's
complete, their hopes for his rest are dashed: "Have you heard? Adamus Phillida
has been killed! Murdered by the Dark Brotherhood!"

Related Quests
Permanent Retirement: Adamus Phillida spent years looking for the Brotherhood;
assure him they've always been "right behind him."

Notes
After completing the Deliver the Amulet quest, a note appears on the Prison
Sewer entrance that says: "No entry on pain of death. Sealed by authority of
Commander Adamus Phillida, Imperial Legion."
According to editions of The Black Horse Courier, Phillida denied Hieronymus
Lex's requests of having a bounty put on the Gray Fox's head.

Bugs
In the Imperial City, Adamus was supposed to greet people by saying "I'm Adamus
Phillida, prison administrator and commander of the Imperial Legion forces here
in the Imperial City. Have we met? You look familiar." but as he is a guard, all
the standard guard greetings take precedence and it is never used. (listen)
This bug is fixed by version 3.4.0 of the Unofficial Oblivion Patch.