Romilia Agnius Marcella
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Romilia was born a plebeian, raised by chance alongside the children of House Aurelion. Well-versed in poisons and alchemy, she became an undercover agent in the Cult of Mithras, eventually outing herself to aid in the eradication of the heretics, earning a position in the Roman Clergy under the inquistors, or Heretic Hunters.
Biography
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Appearance
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Personality
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Story
Pre-FOTR
Born to working-class plebeian parents, Romilia grew up in the capital by the sheer fortune of her parents' employment under a patrician house. With their residence in a near-central part of Rome, she encountered the easygoing children of House Aurelion when they were younger, befriending Lucius Aurelion-Vulpēculus and his brother, as well as many of the other children of similar ages from the servants of the estate, such as Yasumis Kurelia VI IX, Opiter Obellius Ovidius, and Aeneas Cladius. The Aurelion family would take her in after an unfortunate incident of sickness took both her parents from her, and she would be raised as a ward under Nihilius Aurelion Eximius VI IX.
She was rather aloof and odd as a child, but very eager to learn whenever something caught her interest. She grew up wanting to become a traveller or adventurer, but her rather frail health did not allow for that, so she became household's translator instead. Surrounded by resources usually limited to patrician children, Romilia took in the knowledge and tutors at an alarming rate, with Nihilius often praising her for her diligence.
One of her less-typical areas of interest were poisons and alchemy, though her studies as an apothecary were excused by the claim that they were due to the untapped grief of her parents' passing.
The Fall of the Republic
As the years passed and she, and her childhood friends, all grew up to become pillars of the estate, Romilia would be tasked by Lucius Aurelion to assist in his seizure of the Cult of Mithras. In her investigation into them, she became convinced Nihilius, the very same man who had been her kind-hearted guardian all these years, was working with the cult to displace their pater familias as senator. In an act of desperation, she would poison Nihilius.
When it was later revealed that Nihilius had no true contact with the cult, Romilia, stewing in guilt and grief alike, would be entrusted by Lucius Aurelion, equally as devastated by the incident, to go undercover in the cult, given that she had completed the very task she had suspected Nihilius of.
Eventually, she would rise up in the ranks and eventually collect enough information to hand over to Lucius, as well as the Roman Clergy. Romilia herself would apprehend and execute many of the heretics by her own blade, while their remnants would be hunted down with her assistance under the jurisdiction of the clergy.
Timeskip
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Notable Relationships
Aeneas Cladius
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Lucius Aurelion-Vulpēculus
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Yasumis Kurelia VI IX
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Nihilius Aurelion Eximius VI IX
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Opiter Obellius Ovidius
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Decaeneus the Dacian
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Decaeneus the Dacian
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