Sextious Pontius

Adventurer

Sextious Pontius is an Imperial Noble and adventurer known to have travelled with Rofic for a time.

## Biography

Pontius was born in Bruma in 4E146 to a noble family, his father was an Imperial of a Noble house which originated in Skingrad and moved North at some point, whereas his mother was a Nord. When the Great War broke out with the Aldmeri Dominion, Pontius joined the Imperial Legion as an officer. He survived the war, but his father would be killed and he would inherit his estate in Bruma. He also left the Legion after that. Pontius was very unhappy about the outcome of the war and dreamt of the Empire being restored to its former glory as he was an Imperial nationalist. He would keep this secret though as many other nobles were happy to welcome their new Elven overlords and wouldn't hesitate to expose Pontius to the Thalmor, even though it would certainly mean his death. Pontius was an Imperial cultural supremacist and especially hated the High Elves. There are even rumours that representatives of the Thalmor who went missing when they were invited to a celebration with Pontius in Bruma were murdered by him, though there is no evidence of this and the official story is that they were killed by bandits.

Pontius would marry a noblewoman in 4E 180, who agreed with his nationalist politics, and had 3 children with her, including Lucius Pontius who was born in 4E 182. In 4E 199, an uncle of Pontius would be killed by Nord nationalists. As he had no children, Pontius would inherit the land in Falkreath he owned. In 4E 201, Pontius would travel to Skyrim to finally visit this land and decide what to do with it. On his way, he met Rofic and they found that they both shared a hatred for the elves. They would travel together for a while and go on some adventures. Pontius was lucky to miss out on Rofic's fall to madness and subsequent murder spree though, as he when he discovered that Rofic intended to support the Stormcloak rebels, he secretly left the party to head for Solitude and rejoin the Imperial Legion to fight in the civil war as he had no intention of letting the empire become weaker even while they were under the influence of the High Elves.

After some months had passed with him receiving no word of his father's arrival in Falkreath, Sextious' son Lucius would travel into Skyrim to search for his father and discover what had become of him. It turned out that Sextious had gotten very carried away with going on adventures simply to obtain a large collection of artifacts - he was a hoarder and was planning to fill buildings with the loot he had obtained. Lucius would join him in his adventures, though he had much more altruistic motives as unlike his father, he genuinely wanted to help the people of Skyrim.

## Personality

Despite his mixed heritage, Sextious is quite contemptuous of the Nords. His dealings with Rofic made him a bit more tolerant of them, but all of this was undone when it became clear that he would see the Empire undone. Sextious is honestly a bit ashamed of being part Nord. The Empire is actually tolerant of the other races and cares about the culture and character of individuals rather than physical characteristics, but this didn't stop Sextious from feeling the way he did. Much of this was because he found himself being tormented by the Nords in Bruma as a child, as he was significantly smaller than them and his father did nothing to stop this. He never knew his mother, and he was resentful of his father as he saw him as weak, impulsive and lazy. Sextious was also shaped by his time in the military, as he was proud to fight in the Great War and found camaraderie with the other officers he fought alongside, almost all of whom were Imperial Nobles. He felt as though his empire had been greatly dishonored by the loss of the war though, and he wanted the Empire to return to a position of power and influence again, by force. This dishonor was why he left the Legion and tried to enact slow political change with secret actions, but failed.

It may seem unusual for someone who has such a bad relationship with the Nords to go to Skyrim, but as a Noble he had an obligation to take care of his uncle's estate and so his reputation would have been tarnished if he let it fall into disrepair. Despite this, Sextious would spend so much time away from his estate anyway because he was busy adventuring, that it was practically entirely manage by the local Nord steward. Sextious had missed the action and excitement of being in the military, as he did not enjoy his boring noble duties at all. This is why he leaned so hard into the adventuring which he basically stumbled into by meeting Rofic. This also gave him the advantage of being independent, for the first time in his life, and perhaps more importantly to him it let him obtain a massive collection of unique artifacts (most of which he never used).

While in the Legion of Skyrim, he would start to warm up to the Nords again, as most of his fellow soldiers were Nords and he realised that there were many just as loyal to the Empire as he was. He would still never accept an independent Skyrim though.