{"id":4538,"date":"2015-03-17T02:02:29","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T06:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.childrenofdarkness.com\/?page_id=4538"},"modified":"2015-03-17T02:02:29","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T06:02:29","slug":"flavius-silva","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tlp-guild.com\/uo\/characters\/legionnaires\/flavius-silva\/","title":{"rendered":"Flavius Silva"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4265\" src=\"http:\/\/www.childrenofdarkness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/flavius_roman_times-1024x858.png\" alt=\"flavius_roman_times\" width=\"560\" height=\"469\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>=== FACTSHEET ===<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Full Name: \u00a0Flavius Aurelius Silva<br \/>\nBirth Name:\u00a0Flavius Aurelius Silva<br \/>\nOrigin: \u00a0Roman<br \/>\nBirthday: Unknown, ~68 BC.<br \/>\nHair Color: Brown<br \/>\nEye Color: Brown<br \/>\nHeight: 6&#8217;2&#8243;<br \/>\nWeight: 212 lbs.<br \/>\nMarkings: Multiple scars, especially across his back.<br \/>\nLore Used: Ricean<br \/>\nRace: Human<br \/>\nAffliction:\u00a0Roman<br \/>\nMaker:\u00a0Pandora de Romanus<br \/>\nMate:\u00a0Mary Drown, in Courtship<br \/>\nOrder House: \u00a0House Romanus<br \/>\nGuild\u00a0Rank:\u00a0Praetorian<br \/>\nCity:\u00a0West Umbra<br \/>\nAge:\u00a02,083<br \/>\nApparent\u00a0Age:\u00a030<br \/>\nMasquerade Use:\u00a080%<\/p>\n<p><strong>=== CHARACTERISTICS ===<\/strong><br \/>\nFlavius is super strong, even as a mortal. \u00a0He is over 200 lbs of pure muscle. His demeanor is very reserved, extremely polite. He will often look down, not out of a feeling of inferiority but more of respect for those ranked above his station, which is almost everyone in his eyes. He addressed Pandora as his Domina, and her husband Marius as Dominus, which is &#8220;master&#8221; in Latin. \u00a0Pandora, Marius, and Flavius will often speak in Latin, the language of their origin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>=== PHYSICALITY ===<\/strong><br \/>\nVampires \u2013 While Fed: \u00a0Sharp brown eyes with golden specs, skin tone is tanned, hair color is a deep brown.<br \/>\nVampires \u2013 While Hungry:\u00a0Eyes turn a light brown, skin lightens becoming very pale, \u00a0hair looks dusty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>===\u00a0PROGENY\/KINFOLK ===<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Pandora de Romanus, Sire<br \/>\n&#8211; Marius de Romanus, Protego et Sire-Father<\/p>\n<p><strong>=== CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY ===<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Flavius was born into slavery to parents who served one of the High Senate council members in Ancient Rome.\u00a0 His whole life, servitude was all he has ever known.\u00a0\u00a0At age 14, he started to develop a hard crush on the Senator&#8217;s daughter. Her name was Serafina, she was just 13.\u00a0 As the two played together and developed a friendship Serafina knew that she would soon be married off to someone of her own station,\u00a0 Flavius was just a slave boy.\u00a0 It would never be.\u00a0 At the age of 16, she was married off and left the house, forever breaking Flavius tender hear at the age of 17.<\/p>\n<p>When Flavius reached the age of 23, he was sold off to Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, who would later be known as Pompey the Great.\u00a0 He was the father of one ambitious determined little girl named, Lydia Atia Pompeia, who would later be known as Pandora.\u00a0Flavius was put in charge of her security so the two became friends.\u00a0 Lydia would read to him the works of Ovid, who became their favorite author.\u00a0 She would also go on to teach Flavius to read and write, for which he was forever thankful.<\/p>\n<p>At 15, Lydia fell eternally in love with the decorated, famous Legionnaire Marius de Romanus who also fell for her.\u00a0 She begged her father to let her marry him, but he refused.\u00a0 She was to marry a Senator&#8217;s son, of her own station.\u00a0\u00a0No matter how much Marius begged, he was brutally rebuffed. Even with the rumors that Marius descended from Romulus himself, it was not enough. \u00a0Flavius saw this as a repetition of his own sad love story. \u00a0He would sneak Lydia out to meet with Marius and hide such meetings from her father and others that would find it demoralizing to the family.<\/p>\n<p>Marius was sent to war on the front lines when Julius Caesar&#8217;s reign came to a bitter end with his assassination and Augustus Caesar came into power, tumultously. \u00a0Augustus fearing a revolt wanted absolute power and sought to eliminate any threats to his dominance, including Pompey the Great who had formed the First Triumvirate of the Roman Republic. Pompey was betrayed by his son, who was promised a seat in the new Senate by Augustus himself. \u00a0Flavius sought to protect the family, fought the gaurds that kept swarming the compound. \u00a0Pompey in his last moments asked Flavius to take his daughter and get out, out to Antioch. \u00a0Lydia would be held down in the chariot as her father was eventually bested by Augustus&#8217; forces. \u00a0A sight she would never forget.<\/p>\n<p>Flavius helped Lydia establish herself in Antioch with a new name&#8230; she was now known as Pandora de Romanus. \u00a0She would take Marius&#8217; name as hers, for she loved him still. \u00a0As luck would have it, \u00a0Marius heard of another Romanus in Antioch and flocked to her. \u00a0The two would reunite and live together for nearly 10 years. \u00a0In that time Marius&#8217; secret would be told to Flavius, but he remained steady and without fear. \u00a0In fact, he protected Marius during the daylight hours and guarded Those That Must Be Kept. And Marius would often send him out to acquire goods and supplies for them.<\/p>\n<p>One such time, would be the time that a rogue would break into their home attacking Pandora and nearly draining her. \u00a0While Marius quickly dispatched the fiend, \u00a0Flavius come home to a bloody scene and his Domina now turned a vampire. \u00a0He couldn&#8217;t help but feel anger towards Marius, for now he would age, grow sick, and eventually be separated forever from his Domina. Yet she would remain eternally a mid-thirties woman. How would he fulfill his vow to his Dominus, Pompey if he aged to the point of incapability? \u00a0Once the dust cleared, Pandora saw how tortured her dear Flavius was. \u00a0She asked Marius if he would turn him as well. \u00a0He refused. \u00a0So Pandora after a few decades, found a way to do it herself. \u00a0Barely being able to, Marius found her&#8230; \u00a0and angrily coursed her through it. \u00a0Flavius could have died, but didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"=== FACTSHEET === Full Name: \u00a0Flavius Aurelius Silva Birth Name:\u00a0Flavius Aurelius Silva Origin: \u00a0Roman Birthday: Unknown, ~68 BC. Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Brown Height: 6&#8217;2&#8243; Weight: 212 lbs. Markings: Multiple scars, especially across his back. Lore Used: Ricean Race: Human Affliction:\u00a0Roman Maker:\u00a0Pandora de Romanus Mate:\u00a0Mary Drown, in Courtship Order House: \u00a0House Romanus Guild\u00a0Rank:\u00a0Praetorian City:\u00a0West &#8230; <a title=\"Flavius Silva\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tlp-guild.com\/uo\/characters\/legionnaires\/flavius-silva\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Flavius Silva\">Read more<\/a>","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":4265,"parent":1705,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4538","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","infinite-scroll-item"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlp-guild.com\/uo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlp-guild.com\/uo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlp-guild.com\/uo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlp-guild.com\/uo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlp-guild.com\/uo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tlp-guild.com\/uo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4538\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlp-guild.com\/uo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlp-guild.com\/uo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}