51 Results with the "Historical" genre
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Nikonidas Orobius
Nikonidas OrobiusAge 27 | He/Him | Greco-Roman Niko was born in the Lepontine Alps just north of the Lario (modern Lake Como). He is the surviving son of a freedman employed to cook at Villa Servi. He resides where he grew up, in an apartment over the villa stores, and is the current head of the kitchen. He hasn't spoken since he was a teen, after his mother's death in childbirth and his father's passing from…-
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Luna, a War Horse
Luna Age 6 (24 human years) | She/her | Barb Horse Luna was born on the Servii plantation to a broodmare from Northern Africa when her owner, Scipio Servius, was five years old. After he left for schooling, Vitus Servius trained her to be a war horse and at age 3, she reunited with Skipio (then nineteen) to serve with him in the Legion Equestrian corps. After arriving in Britannia, she is stolen by Aedan the Ancalite and renamed…-
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Lucius Scipio Servius
Lucius Scipio ServiusAge 29 | He/Him | Roman Skipio is a decurio in the Legio X Equestri, a swordsman antesignani serving in the Gallic Wars. Skipio is an architect and heir to the Servii plantation in the Lepontine Alps just north of the Lario (modern Lake Como). He is known for his exclusive taste in men, and his penchant for consensual…-
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Lucia Vita Servia
Lucia Vita ServiaAge 25 | She/Her | Roman Vita is the unwed daughter of Scipia Lucia Servia and the sister of Skipio, born in the Lepontine Alps just north of the Lario (modern Lake Como). She is procurator of Servio Poma et Pira, the family business of apples and pears, fruit wine, and seasonal walnuts. Due to past trauma, she struggles with her brother's consensual violent romance with his Aedan, his…-
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IX – The Slaughter Arena
This violent summer is the hottest in memory. Bitch Face, the pretty Roman, covers the dead farmer and her children while his brothers hack away at her barley field. He casts an anxious gaze across the field at the forest. Deep within the trees, Aedan the Owl squats on a high branch, his foot rising so his toe can scratch the itch behind his ear. He watches Bitch Face, whose rage over a slaughtered lover burns hot, and grins. This rare show of emotion unsettles his cadre of most loyal, awaiting him…-
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Haze blankets a sea that burns silver under the high sun. Shadows appear along the vanishing point, first five and then ten, until there are too many ships to count. Those fleeing the continent speak of Prince Mandubracius and his deal with the Roman battle king, Kaiser. Those fresh from the fight say warlord Dumnorix plans to sabotage the Roman battle king with a hidden armada. Alas, it’s now clear that Dumnorix is as dead as his ships, and Mandubracius comes home for his crown. Their driver…-
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Longhouses cover the white expanse. Half-built ships stretch for miles along the shoreline. The majestic forest is gone, its slenderest remains fueling barracks stoves, its thickest trunks the backbones for Caesar’s growing fleet of flat-bottom boats. Roman victory kills more than those on the battlefield. Like locusts, the legions consume everything. They slaughter livestock and leave those unfit for enslavement to starve. Decurion Servius marches through the snow, his furry boots crunching in the…-
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His life is defined by how much pain he brings his mother. Twenty-two years ago, she left her princely father’s house to live with a coastal druid named Fintan, who, for all his holistic prowess, never suspected her already caught. Her pains began on the autumnal, and her unborn babe insisted on coming out ass first. The old druidess tending the delivery cut her belly to liberate him, and Ciniod reminds her grown son of this trauma every time she must force a fart. Aedan the Ancalite is a bony sort…-
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His name is Lucius Skipio Servius, or Skipio to those who call him a friend. He stands taller than most with a robust physique, chiseled face, and a captivating mouth no man can resist. His shorn head gleams like ripe wheat, unlike his dark, verdant eyes that run deep like river moss. Vitus Servius is bald like his son. The stocky patrician owns a vast orchard in the northern mountainous frontier. It boasts a thriving walnut grove alongside its primary crop of apples and pears. Still, his only son…-
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Britannia Cast
Fintan the OwlDeceased | He/Him | Brythonic Celt Fintan was archdruid of the coastal Ancalite tribe and a trusted advisor of warlord Cassibelanus. The original Owl King, he was born south of the Tamesa (modern Thames) in Britannia and was the husband of Ciniod the First and father of Aedan (The Owl). He dies before the start of the series in Belgica, fighting the Roman invaders. Taran the SecondAge 38 | He/Him | Brythonic Celt Taran is archdruid of the Belgae tribe born along the…-
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