Thread: Glory of the Roman Empire (Character Sheets and Sign-up)

Name Lucius Aurelius Alba House Aurelia Gender Male Age 39 Position Senator, Head of House Aurelia Sexual orientation Heterosexual Bio and details Born as eldest son of Caelius and Asinia, Lucius spent his youth and adolescence having only one thing in mind - to ensure name of Aurelia lingers on lips of Romans with utmost respect and admiration. His schooling was finest coins can buy, his training done by veterans of Legions that once placed their sandals lands of the barbaric tribes of north and west. He needed but point his finger and it would become his. It brought much desired smile on his father's lips when he pointed at house... his house. To Caelius, it meant that Lucius was preparing himself to want more, not just for himself, but for entire familia. And so he did. Caelius taught him ways of mind and coin, Asinia embedded into him means to recognize people's deepest needs, tutors and scholars brought to him the delicate art of diplomacy, ruling and philosophy. By his fifteenth's birthday, Lucius already followed his father akin to a shadow that follows its master, learning land and trade. Property of House was grand, grander than any single man possessed in Rome. Their estates dotted peninsula, their ships sailed in fleets, bringing wheat from Egypt, horses from Hispania and slaves from every corner of the known world. It was there he learned value of even single coin. Coin... that little piece of metal controlled the world. Nothing in this world is free, not wheat, not milk or wine, not cloth for shirt, not leather for sandals. Whatever his eye could see, price could be put on it. And so he has set a goal. By his twenty first birthday, Lucius was blessed with a child. Now already a man, standing strong on his two feet, he found a new reason to conquer this grand Republic. It will be a place he envisioned for his children and their children after them. At his thirty first year of life, he became a head of the house, not by choice... but by need. Caelius, wisest and most cunning, passed away into the realm beyond with coins on his eyes. Lucius was left to ensure House does not crumble under its own weight and so, all passion he possessed was focused, directed toward his own little 'empire'. House Aurelia was mighty and beloved and Lucius followed his father's example with fervor. Not once did he leave the house and forgot to shower coins on the street. Benevolent? Altruistic? No, he was neither. He simply knew that Rome is not just marble and laurel... Rome is its people and the one who rules heart of Romans, rules Rome itself. And so he carefully and diligently began buying their hearts. Grand edifices, games, bread and wine. He was playing his pieces well. Now, man who looks like age fears to follow, sits at the top, surrounded by peers who bring laws to Republic. His seat was costly but it was one investment he knew was never to meet regret. He walked as giant among giants. Cunning, relentless and ambitious. House Aurelia is large one, wealthy and powerful, beloved and feared but not without enemies. If anything, Lucius knows that coins cannot buy everything and his House is as good as his successors are. He knows this and fears for House Aurelia for he believes that vultures may try to sink their claws after he passes away. Desperation may soon find its place within his mind.