Phoebus

Unreleased

Phoebus is a character who appears in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.

Development
Phoebus was first revealed to appear in the game in a November issue of V-Jump, where he is depicted in a screenshot meeting Sora alongside Frollo.

Origin
Phoebus's original appearance dates back to 1831 in Victor Hugo's classic novel, Notre-Dame de Paris, where he is depicted as a vain, untrustworthy womanizer. This incarnation, however, is originally from Disney's 1996 film adaption of the novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. In the film, Phoebus returns to Paris to serve as Frollo's new Captain of the Guard, and he first meets and starts to develop genuine feelings for Esmeralda after he sees her dancing in the streets. Caring for the gypsy's well-being, Phoebus helps her escpae two soldiers who start to harass her over her honestly acquired earnings. He later follows her to the cathedral after Frollo orders her arrest due to her defiant actions against him in regards to Quasimodo during the Festival of Fools, and the two engage in a sword-to-candle-holder battle. Phoebus flirts with Esmeralda the entire time, sparing her life by stating she "claimed Sanctuary" when Frollo enters the cathedral and orders her arrest a second time.

The film version of Phoebus is also shown to be a man of principle and integrity, as well as one with a sense of humor. He does not approve of Frollo's increasingly unjust acts against the gypsies of Paris, and he is equally disgusted by the way he treats Quasimodo. It is not until Frollo orders Phoebus to burn down the house of a truly innocent miller suspected of harboring gypsies with his family still inside that he rebels against him. Sentenced to death for insubordination after rescuing the miller and his family, Phoebus is able to escape on Frollo's horse through Esmeralda's intervention (she had been watching the entire time in hiding), but he is shot in the back by one of Frollo's archer's arrows and falls into the Seine river. Esmeralda saves him from drowning and brings him back to Notre Dame, where she asks Quasimodo to hide him and she and Phoebus acknowledge their mutual love through a kiss. After Frollo arrives for a meal with Quasimodo and announces he knows the location of the Court of Miracles (the gypsies' hideout) and that he plans to attack it, Phoebus decides to seek it out for himself and warn Esmeralda. He teams up with Quasimodo and eventually accomplishes this goal, but it is too late. Frollo arrives almost immediately after and arrests him along with all the gypsies present. After Quasimodo rescues Esmeralda from burning at the stake and Frollo and his thugs declare war on Notre Dame itself, Phoebus breaks free from the cage that held him and rallies the citizens of Paris together to put an end to the Judge's tyranny once and for all. After Frollo is killed and his thugs are defeated, Quasimodo blesses Phoebus and Esmeralda's relationship.