Stilicho

* Roman Half
* German Half

**Flavius Stilicho** (359-408) is a Half-Vandal Half-Roman General serving the Western Roman Empire at its twilight until his demise. Due to his half-German heritage, he was portrayed as a Chad with a blonde hair on the bottom of his brown hair while his left of his face having a blonde hair, pointed, ear, and red-eye.

## In "Unbiased History"

### **"Barbarians at the Gates"**

Stilicho was born to a Vandal father and Roman mother, the latter being the one who civilized him to become the first Germ to be romanized in history. Like many half-Germans, he has the face of his father's kin (red eyes and pointed ears) on his left side; however, he lacked the desire to destroy and kill any living beings out of pure malice like his Germanic kin along with his overall Chad appearance.

Upon adulthood, he enlisted in the Roman army and rose up to become a famed general during the reign of Theodosius "The Great". His major services include the pacification of Goths after the disaster at Battle of Adrianople, diplomatic envoy to Sassanid Empire to secure the peace, a Frankish general Arbogaust and usurper Eugenius at Friggidus; where he advised on usage of Goths as meat shields despite Theodosius' reluctance. Although Stilicho showed disdain to his emperor's reliance of Goths for military, even up to granting them Roman lands and allowing them to massacre Romans in retaliation for their dead soldiers in Thessalonica, he served him loyally enough to become a guardian for his son Honorius as he ruled the west while his eldest son Arcadius ruled the east.

His tenure as Magister Militum, or the leader of Roman Army, in the Western Empire was difficult as he was stymied by incompetent and devious nobles in both Eastern and Western Empire all the while hunting down Alaric, a Visigoth leader who have been ravaging the empire and even granted noble titles by Eastern Empire despite his atrocities. He also had to face the endless hordes of g\*rms that crossed the Rhine in late 406 AD. Winning many victories throughout his career and holding the empire together against the massive challenges it faced.

Sadly, his god-son, Honorius, turned out to be an idiot who can be swayed easily by leech, one of whom being Olympius. His demise came when Ol\*mpius deceived Honorius to brand Stilicho as traitor despite his impressive records of loyalty, including fighting his Vandal kin when they crossed the Rhine. Instead of launching a revolt, he decided to stand down and was executed to the dismay of his subordinates.

His death led the Germanic soldiers under his command - who were impressed in his army to fight against other Germanic tribes, including Goths - to defect to Alaric, and left Alaric with no one to stand against him and stop him. Allowing him to later sack the city of Rome for the first time in 800 years with the newly bolstered ranks.

### **"The Fall of Rome"**

Stilicho is seen in the ending montage alongside Aetius and Majorian, with the shadows of Ricimer, Odoacer, Attila, Alaric, and Geiseric in the background.

## "Trivia"

* While Stilicho was stated to be half-Vandal, there was no knowledge if he had considered himself as one besides Roman as many Germans--especially Vandals and Franks--were integrated into Roman society to the point of gaining Patrician title and marriage into Roman populace as well.
	+ Furthermore, he would have been Nicene instead of Arians like his Germanic kinsmen due to his higher rank in Theodosius' empire where Nicene became an official denomination.
* The death of rebel governor's disgruntled brother--Mascezel--was in fact ordered by Stilicho due to fear of his ambitions stemming from his successes in North Africa and connection with his rivals.
* In real life, Stilicho married to Serena, Theodosius' adopted niece, who bore him a son--Eucherius--and two daughters--Maria, and Thermantia.
	+ Serena, Eucherius, and Thermantia--the last one divorced by Honorius--were executed under accusation of collusion with Goths a year after Stilicho's death while Maria died a year before her father's death.
* Stilicho was responsible for destruction of Sibylline Books in 405 AD due to its pagan nature, creating unrest in the face of Alaric's invasion, or both.
	+ This became an argument for the Pagans, who claimed that his action led to divine punishment through his death and the sack of Rome five years later.
* After he died he is shown to have lost his German half and became a full Chad.