Timus Aurelos

Sigil of Aureliani Rubei, a cadet branch of House Aurelos

> *"This indiscriminate, scorched-earth campaign of yours has done more to radicalise the population of Eluria than the very terrorists we're fighting against. You're not eradicating separatism, Valerio. You're proliferating it!"* - Timus Aurelos to Valerio Partinax
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A renowned veteran of the War on Taetrus and the Reaper War, Timus Aurelos (sometimes known as Timus Aureliani) is the *Duarch Exerciti* to *Primarch* Idus Valen of Taetrus and is currently first in line to inherit the Taetrian Primacy from him. He is a member of House Aurelos and is descended from Aurelion *Imperator*, with whom he shares their family's signature golden eyes.

While he was initially an imperial loyalist, Timus' role in the War on Taetrus and his failure to curb his imperial counterpart's apathy towards civilian causalities triggered a profound crisis of conscience within him. Over time, these intrusive feelings of guilt and disgrace pushed him to embrace separatism as an ideology. Unlike the separatists whom he had fought against during the war, Timus did not believe in violent revolution or the martyrdom of civilians; if Taetrus was to avoid another bloody civil war, separatism could only be achieved via diplomacy.

This new outlook caused much friction between himself and the rest of House Aurelos, who were staunchly against Taetrus' independence. When Timus signed the Vallum Agreement in 2191 CE, his family officially disowned him by stripping him of his house name. Timus continues to style himself as Timos Aurelos regardless, as he is permitted to do so under Taetrian Law. He has also founded a cadet branch of House Aurelos, named Aureliani Rubei ("[the branch of the] Red Aurelians"), whose sigil is a golden Aurelian sunburst on a red field, the red colouration representing Taetrus' flag and colonial markings.

## Biography

### Relationship with Alasius Carteia

Timus was a distant cousin of Alasius Carteia; Alasius' mother had been a member of House Aurix, a cadet house of House Aurelos, before her marriage to his father, thus she shared several common ancestors with Timus. The two men served together in the prestigious *Legio Prima Taetri* ('First Legion of Taetrus'). Alasius swiftly became one of Timus' most trusted subordinate officers due to his natural talent for leadership and unwavering focus during high-stress combat scenarios. Due to the turian social taboo against homosexuality, Timus and Alasius chose to conceal their shared nature by entering into a physical relationship together, knowing that their familial connection would ensure their mutual discretion. While this arrangement was purely physical, both men still deeply respected and cared for each other as family.

Having no children of his own and knowing that none of his nieces and nephews possessed the skill necessary to accrue enough merit, Timus began to groom Alasius to one day succeed him as the general of their legion. Under his tutelage, Alasius soon became the most respected officer in the legion, earning him the undying loyalty of his troops. But when Alasius' biotic potential manifested everything changed. His troops, who were so loyal to him that they had sworn to follow him into the Void if he so commanded, were forced to bind his hands in biotic dampening cuffs and drag him before Timus. Some attempted to persuade him to conceal his abilities, unable to bear the thought of him being replaced by another officer who did not command their same level of respect, but Alasius refused, giving a rousing speech about how it was the will of Aurelion's Sacred Law that he submit to the *Dicasterum Mutarius* for the protection of the many.

It was Timus who reluctantly handed his cousin over to the *Dicasterum Mutarius*' enforcement agents but not before telling him that, in another life, he would have made an outstanding general. Before he was dragged away to an awaiting biotic containment vehicle, Timus quietly expressed his immense personal pride at everything Alasius had achieved in his career and confessed that he would miss his company. Timus never saw Alasius again; his cousin was killed in action on Akuze during a thresher maw attack in 2177 CE. After the Reaper War, Marion Cailus, who had served under Alasius in the Talae Cabal, imparted the sad news to him, revealing that Alasius had been shipped home to Taetrus to be interred within the Talae Fortress' vault. Out of respect for his cousin, Timus had Alasius' body moved to the newly rebuilt Vallum Necropolis, to be laid to rest in House Carteia's vault alongside his father and younger brother.

## Trivia

### Quotes

* *"All turian space is praying for the people of Taetrus tonight, for the lives that were lost, for the families that mourn, and for the workers who toil here."*
* *"I assure you that the cowards who did this will have no safe harbour anywhere in the galaxy. They will be found, they will be killed, and their twisted labours will come to nothing. They have not crushed a people; they have united one far larger than they ever dreamed."*
* *"You care nothing for this planet. This war is just a convenient stepstone on your rise to power in Fedorian's court. What did he promise you, Valerio? The rank of duarch? Aurelion's throne?"*
* *"You're raising cities to the ground! Spaedar is a smoking ruin, and Iratiana and Madra are not far behind. How many innocents have you turned into martyrs for Facinus' cause? Do you know that they use your face in their recruitment propaganda now?"*
* *"Facinus is our target, not the people of Eluria."*
* *"I am deeply sorry for your wife's loss but brutalising the Elurians will not bring her family back. And neither will it make her love you."*