hist_theodosius;Blood of Theodosius;;;;;;;;;;;;;x
hist_theodosius_desc;This character is a descendant of Flavius Theodosius, who reigned as co-emperor alongside Valentinian II. It was during his reign that Christianity was instituted as the state religion of the Western Empire. In 382 CE, Theodosius ordered the destruction of the Temple of the Vestal Virgins and the defilement of the Sacred Heart of Sol, enraging Julian II in the process. Julian then invaded the West and conquered the city of Rome within three months. Valentinian and Theodosius regrouped at Ravenna where they were beaten again by Julian. Following this, they fled first to Gallia and then Hispania, where Theodosius instigated the foederati and other barbarian tribes to invade the Empire. In 387 CE, Julian was mortally wounded and so embarked upon his final journey into the desert. By this time Valentinian and Theodosius had gathered the support of the Severans of the Hispania, which they then used to re-establish their authority in the Western Empire. Because of tensions between the Eastern Empire and the Persians, Theodosius made peace with Alexandros IX who is now the sole emperor of the East. Theodosius died in 395 CE of sun stroke, to which Alexandros replied “is only fitting”. He was then succeeded by his son Honorius as co-emperor. However the true ruler of the Western Empire becomes the half-Vandal general Stilicho. Honorius later moved his capital to Ravenna, where his descendants still reign today. With the power of the Western Emperor broken, will the Blood of Theodosius once again reclaim their Empire?;;;;;;;;;;;;;x
hist_aetius;Blood of Aetius;;;;;;;;;;;;;x
hist_aetius_desc;This character is a descendant of Flavius Aetius, the Roman general who defeated Attila the Hun. Aetius was used as a hostage to placate the enemies of Rome twice, the first time he was sent to the Visigoths in 405 CE, and then he was sent to the Huns in 409 CE. His first military action was to restore Roman rule in Gallia and in doing so he subjugated the Visigoth kingdom of Aquitaine, the Burgundians and the Salian Franks. Following Aetius’ first victory against the Huns, Valentinian IV appointed Aetius as co-emperor of the West. In 451 CE, Aetius managed the impossible and gathered a large coalition against the renewed vigour of the Huns under their new leader Attila, and defeated them at the Battle of Chalons. However the new emperor, Valentinian V, saw Aetius as a threat and ordered his assassination, followed by the appointment of Aetius’ son as hereditary governor of Panormus to divert any suspicion away from himself. The descendants of Flavius Aetius still rule in Panormus and their anger at their betrayal has only grown stronger over the centuries. Will they take their rightful revenge against the manipulative Romans?;;;;;;;;;;;;;x