Appearance: middle aged, imposing

Personality: hedonistic, retiring, covetous, iconoclastic

Philip is a wealthy immigrant from Burgundy, he owns the nicest townhouse in Jorvikburg, and is famous for buying up and importing all the books and luxury goods he can get his get his hands on. The only one is known to socialize with is Abbot Laurens, although they seem to have nothing in common except the closeness of their home towns.

There are frequent rumors that Philip is a wizard or warlock of some kind.