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Name Vesperus Aurelia Lucius, childhood nickname Lupus Paulo, which he partly hated, so now he goes by Lupa. House Aurelia Gender Male Age Eighteen Position Youngest son of Lucius and all-weather brat. Sexual Orientation Bisexual and ignoring propriety in several particulars. Might be aspiring to be the town bicycle? Bio Details From the time of his early childhood, Vesperus was enthralled with fighting, soldiers, combat, and once he learned about the Games, most of all with the marvelous, glorious gladiators. He was a little hellion with his wooden toy sword. An uncle joked to his father what a fierce little wolf the boy was, and this was how the youngest Aurelian son got the nickname. - Like any aristocratic lad, the 'little wolf' was trained in basic soldierly, dueling skills, but that was not enough for Lupa, and he demanded or pleaded for more, better, teachers and training. Otherwise, he was inconsolable, unreasonable on the issue, and eventually got his way when it became the only way he was annoyingly brave in the face of parental threats and punishment, and, one might not want to beat their son half-dead as would have been needed to force him. Instead, extort his actual cooperation in important matters, like schooling. Not terrorizing the servants to a complete frazzle. Things like that. - As he grew, only Vesperus' fighting talent and skill really grew with him, the sole thing he devoted himself to. Oh, being clever and quick-witted enough, the youngster would prove no shame as an actual idiot, no, and he did like to read his history, at least, the parts about war, with attendant hero-worship of a certain Macedonian, but he'd never be a scholar, either. Nor a Senator. Or possibly anything befitting his family auspices. - Lupa has always been gregarious, and he is a charmer when he wants to be. He has a bit of a gift for making friends, though, he seems no more inclined to be a leader than he is a follower. As a teen, the boy discovered sex either gender, though, yes, the greatest crushes were only for the warriors, where he developed a reputation for 'anything but the goat'. And, the joke was that it was only 'anything but the goat' because no one had gotten Lupa quite THAT drunk, yet. Though he was often at least a bit drunk, riotously on several occasions, at least one episode of which would have gotten him jailed at a minimum, were he of a lesser family. - The number one passion of Vesperus of Aurelius, though, has remained steadfastly the same. Lupa has been insisting for years that he would fight in the Games as a Gladiator. He is actually quite skilled with the one sword, or javelin, and not a bad eques, either. As good as superior training and natural talent can give a man, without any actual combat experience. He has had made two sets of lavish armor, the most elaborate ceremonial armor, and an excellent combat suit as well. Still, it is not the heavy armor, because while no one would call Lupa little anything anymore, he's a speed first fighter. And, what he proposes is potentially catastrophically dangerous. Aristocratic men have fought before, of course, but Lupa insists he will do so with no special advantage, no 'cheating.' - All the same, what is there to do about it? As one comment not in Lucius' hearing, of course, though he'd have heard of it anyhow, 'Let the brat fight, if that's what he wants so badly. Either he'll tire of it after a time or three, or he will die, and, either way - problem solved.' .. Working on finding a picture for Lupa. And, yeah, I know. I write too damn much.