Philen
A skaa merchant on the Luthadel Assembly — one of the new class of tradesmen made wealthy in Elend's economy, who wears his rich suit with the practiced ease of a man who never wore one a year earlier. Argues bluntly for handing Luthadel to Straff without a fight. MB1:WoA:Ch 10
Known facts
- true-name-is-linWas born plain Lin under the Final Empire and renamed himself Philen Frandeu after the Collapse — picking a lord's name for himself the moment there was no obligator left to forbid it. Worked before the Collapse as the unseen broker behind nobleman merchant houses, arranging deals that needed to avoid the Steel Ministry's notice.MB1:WoA:Ch 31
- merchants-switch-to-penrodPhilen — the merchant who once led Cett into the city — and the rest of the merchant Assembly faction cast every one of their eight votes for Penrod instead of Cett at the rescheduled vote in Penrod's mansion, taking Cett down to two votes and setting up the deadlock Elend needs. The reason for the switch is, in the convalescent king's hearing, still unexplained.MB1:WoA:Ch 38
Events
- MB1:WoA:Ch 10 Argues from his merchant's bench that Luthadel should simply invite Straff in and have done with it; later proposes a separate vote handing the city's grain stockpiles to the merchants.
- MB1:WoA:Ch 32 Sits at the Assembly bench after his nomination and votes for the residency compromise that lets Cett into the city with a thousand men.
- MB1:WoA:Ch 38 Casts the merchant faction's first switched vote for Penrod rather than Cett and meets Elend's eye with a smile that could be either bitter or pleased.
Backreferences
- summaryMB1:WoA:Ch 10
- factElend Venture
- summaryMB1:WoA:Ch 31
- factAshweather Cett
- factGetrue
- summaryMB1:WoA:Ch 38
- factPhilen
- summaryMB1:WoA:Ch 39
- factLord Penrod
- summaryMB1:WoA:Ch 40
- factAshweather Cett
- summaryMB1:WoA:Ch 48