Fantasy The Garden of the Gods - CS

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Name: Nicias of Crete

Age: 50

Gender: Male

Height: 165cm

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Country of origin: Crete

Bio/personality:

Among the aristocratic families of Rome, owning exotic slaves are a common way of demonstrating culture and wealth. Exotic dancing girls from the far East, hulking Germanic manservants, and learned Greeks all are in high demand.

Nicias of Crete was one such slave. Sentenced to die in the arena after a short stint as a bandit in his native land, Nicias proved a capable fighter and survived long enough to be bought by a talent scout for a leading gladiator school in Rome. Though an injury ruled him out of further fighting a year later, he was able to avoid being sold off by demonstrating his abilities with medicine. In 55 AD, having served as the school medicus for over a decade, he was bought by a wealthy Roman to serve as a mentor for his son. As fate would have it, that man was Septimus Licinius Crassus, the doomed leader of Legio I Misenum, and the boy he was to mentor was his son Titus. In the absence of his father, Nicias taught Titus the masculine arts, how to fight and ride, to read and write both Greek and Latin, and his place in the world. In return for his service, and in recognition of their strong bond, Titus used his power as the man of the house to free Nicias. Just a few short years before the Empire descended into civil war, Nicias of Crete arranged to travel to Bomarzium to start the next chapter of his life.

Though his old injury can sometimes slow him down, Nicias remains a skilled fighter. As a bandit in Crete, he mastered the sling and the bow at a young age, and later in the arena he trained to fight as a hoplomachus, armed in the manner of a Hellenic warrior. He visits the arena in Bomarzium to bet on the fights and tend to the injuries of the gladiators, though he often wonders what it would be like to step back into the ring one last time…

Language proficiencies: Latin/Greek/

Religious beliefs: Roman pantheon/Greek pantheon/

Martial training: Self-taught

Factional alignment: (choose one)

Gladiator

 

[Krinkov23]

Name: Titus Licinius Crassus
Age: 23

Gender: Male

Height: 170cm

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Country of origin: Italia

Bio/personality:

The Licini Crassi are a Roman family with a long and storied history. Most Romans know the name of Marcus Crassus, a member of the famous Triumvirate and the richest man in the Republic, and in recent times the name of Septimus Crassus, Praetorian Prefect under Emperor Nero. In the years following the disappearance of Septimus, however, some have said that a curse has been placed upon the Licini Crassi, a rumour that Titus would not readily dispute.

Born in 47 AD, Titus was just seven years old when he became the oldest man in his immediate family. Eager to avenge his father, he pursued a military career with the encouragement of his mother as soon as he came of age, and gained a place in the ranks of the Praetorian Guard. For the last three years of Nero’s reign, Titus served as a junior officer. When civil war broke out, Titus reaffirmed his oath to the Guard, pledging to support whomever bought their loyalty.

The reign of Emperor Otho was not a long one. The First Battle of Bedriacum, in which the Praetorian Guard and the legions loyal to Otho fought against the Rhine legions, effectively ended his reign after just three months. Titus and the rest of the Praetorian Guard detachment were forced to surrender, and Titus was singled out to be executed for his connections to Nero. Luckily, he was quickly forgotten during the political chaos that defined the brief rule of Emperor Vitellius, and instead of death his sentence was commuted to a lengthy jail term. Titus languished in jail until the arrival of Vespasian, but this event did not secure his release. It would not be until the following year that the Emperor granted him pardon, on account of Vespasian’s friendship with his father. However, in light of Titus having served Vespasian’s enemies, the Emperor was compelled to banish him from Rome, ordering him to serve in the general staff of the new governor of Appolonia, Gaius Proculus.

To say that the worldview of this young Roman has been somewhat shaken by the events of the past year would be an understatement – indeed, Titus has lost count of the various oaths of loyalty he has made and broken since he began his military career. Though his banishment from Rome has tainted his honour, the orders of the new emperor have given him purpose. For not only is he to continue his military career, advancing the cause of Rome in a far-away land, but he can now fulfill a vow he made as a child – to discover the fate of his father, and exact his revenge against the enemies of his family.


Language proficiencies: Latin/Greek/

Religious beliefs: Roman pantheon/

Martial training: Self-taught/Legion training

Factional alignment: (choose one)

Flavian Loyalist