In the golden ages of the Roman Empire, a person's worth was measured almost as much by their quality and quantity of slaves, as they were of any personal worth. Gold rules all, and Slaves cost a hefty bit of gold. As such, it makes sense that members of ruling houses are given tribute through both the currency of gold and the currency of people.

Slaves come in many different shapes and sizes: All with the common trait of being 'not roman'. Some are delicate Persian women, given as whores or handmaidens. Others are the lithe and agile men, suitable for delivering messages and fetching wine. Yet no slave is more sought after or romanticized than a gladiator: for a gladiator is a god in his field. On the sands of the coliseum, a Gladiator is a king, brought for the right to shed blood and gore over the sand in the name of their owner. Entire fortunes have been won and lost on the shoulders of a single gladiator's fight, so the gift of such a noble warrior would obviously be one of great weight.

You'd be a slave - a gladiator and I'd be the Emperor's daughter, your new owner, but when push comes to shove, who's really in charge of whom?

CS:

Name: Claudia
Age: 21
Picture:

**Lets learn of their history or back story in the actual RP. :)

Name: Verus
Age: 24
Picture:

And I've always preferred expanding onto backstory in the RP itself. Anything else I need to know? I'd imagine that you should open up the scene, since you're the one having a party.

Nods. Yes... I shall post it up now. I wrote an opening when I created the idea.

Nothing else to know from the on-start, but we can chat it up should we need to in here.

Do tell me the idea behind your signature pic when you get a chance too - I'm interested.

You know Nicholas Flamel from the Harry Potter series? There's a series of books based on him, loosely. I'm almost certain it's not the same world, however it involves immortality and all that. Main character is this guy literally called The Necromancer, and at the time, I was obsessed with RPing them, so I felt that the signature fit well. I just liked the quote from the book.

I have a necromancer I love rp'ing as well. They are a fun breed and yet I don't find that I get to use them very often. :)

In my post, I did some controlling of the emperor, as I felt it was necessary, but correct me if I'm straying from what your vision of his personality is. And yes, Necromancers and the such are very fun to roleplay. Been far too long since I've been in an RP where I could use one though.

Lovely post. Your play of the emperor was fine. He's going to be a bit more of an ass, but we'll make him so in front of the people more than in private.

Alright then. Glad to know that I did alright then.

You bet. I'll get a post up as soon as time allows it. :)

Gooooood. I need to hunt down a new profile picture. My unicorn(?) Is growing rather old.

Um yes... it is most disturbing.

I think I heard that it can't be above 150 pixels, btw.

I've heard it has to be a really small size. I'll figure out something to use.

Sorry for taking so long, power went out due to weather. Didn't have internet or a computer.

No worries at all. I usually only post 2-3 a week because of work and life in general. I've just had an easy week - thank God.

Hopefully the weather is getting better for you. Nice update on the Avi- creepy.

Great post. I love him already - the depth of his character is peeking around the edges even this early. Love it.

I like the avatar too. Had to shrink it, but it came out well. I'm glad you love the character, hopefully he can continue to impress.

I'm sure he will. No pressure though - just play as you would.

I want a new Avi, but cannot find one that fits my personality better than the one up there at present. *growls*

Working on a post now.

Love the post. I usually try to post once a day, but I can function with less.

Sounds great. Glad you liked it. :)

I have too many stories, so people start poking me hard when I haven't posted in a couple of days. Managing expectations is half the battle here.

I've got eight, but yeah, I enjoy reading the posts far too much to let them go unresponded to for long.

*nods* I think I run 4 groups, play in 2 more and have 9-10 1x1s? Addict... I need a name tag.

My creativity must bleed out here to keep me sane.