[hider=Titus] [img]http://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/33/8f/fd/338ffd7bc29b53567eaa01ed1e92f308.jpg[/img] [hider=Personal Information] [b]Name:[/b] Titus Licinius Nerva Fulvianus [b]Gender:[/b] Male [b]Birthday:[/b] [i]Nonae Maiis[/i] ('Nones of May', May 7th), 55 BC [b]Age:[/b] 23 [b]Height & Weight:[/b] 179cm, 79kg [b]Appearance:[/b] Generally carries the same build and fair complexion of Roman youth, although one toughened by his early adult years of service in the Roman Army. Possess a well-trimmed crop of black hair underneath his helmet and his blue-irised eyes are usually focused on either the enemy to his front or the immediate task at hand. [/hider] [hider=Equipment and Assets] [i][b]Weaponry[/b][/i] [i]Gladius Hispaniensis[/i] (early Roman legion sword) [i]Scutum[/i] (shield) Two [i]pila [/i](weighted javelins); and [i]Pugio[/i] (dagger) [i][b]Armour/Uniform[/b][/i] [i]Lorica Harmatia [/i](chain mail) Republic-era legionary helmet with cheek-plates and tri-feathered plume Greaves [i]Balteus[/i] (sword belt) [i]Caligulae[/i] (hobnailed boots) Short-sleeved woollen tunic [i]Focale[/i] (anti-chafing scarf); and [i]Subligaria[/i] (underpants) [i]Sarcina[/i] (military pack), mounted on a [i]furca[/i] and containing the following: Cloak bag, containing both of the legionary's cloaks (a [i]sagum[/i] and a [i]paenela[/i]), Approx. two weeks rations and personal waterskin (usually with enough water for a day's march), Spare tunic and [i]subligaria[/i], Cooking equipment (cooking pot, mess dish, cup and basic utensils), Entrenching tools – [i]dolabra[/i] (entrenching tool or mattock), turf-cutter and wicker basket, Two [i]sudes[/i] (wall stakes), for constructing a marching camp's ([i]castra[/i]) wall; and Titus' personal effects, such as letters, personal items, effigies of his patron gods and so on, contained in a small satchel. [b]Assets:[/b] None … at least, for now. [/hider] [hider=Psychoanalysis] [b]Merits:[/b] Five years of campaigning, garrison duties and the odd clash with the Gauls has hardened Titus into an aspirant Legion officer. Generally calm in the face of the foe and able to act on his own initiative if a tactical opportunity presents itself. [b]Flaws:[/b] While capable of acting on any orders given to him, the hardest one for Titus to ascede to is for a withdrawal or to give ground to the foe; as a Roman and a legionary, he believes that to retreat in the face of the enemy without due cause is cowardice. As a result, it usually requires either one of his fellow Legionaries or his cohort's Centurion to reiterate an order to fall back for Titus to do so likewise; a trait that has already seen him 'dressed down' by his centurion three years ago and one that Titus finds difficult to suppress. Additionally, while he recognises his adopted noble heritage, he currently doesn't possess any major drive to become a member of the Senate. He instead prefers to work his way up the Legion ranks and focusing on his merits rather then political connections - this results in him usually shunning political contacts and leverage when it would otherwise be advantageous him. [b]Tragic Flaw: [/b] None, at least by the time this story begins. Time and the strands of Fate, however, can only tell. [b]Personality: [/b] As an adopted son of a patrician family, Titus usually does his utmost to uphold personal and military standards to the highest feasibly possible. Conversely, he is no Stoic and will usually avail himself of the odd hard-one reward or luxury gifted to him by his commander for exemplary service - his increased pay as a [i]decanus[/i] could be interpreted as a reflection of that. Generally, Titus has himself "squared away" and will knuckle down to focus on whatever assigned task is ordered of him. Perhaps reflecting his traditionalist upbringing, he had possessed a firm faith in the Senate and its members - confident that they were capable of doing good and holding a fracturing Republic together. Such faith, however, had been badly shaken and, as a result, Titus transplants such devotion to the gods of Rome. As part of his piousness to the gods and while doing his utmost not to neglect all of them, Titus usually dedicates his prayers and small sacrifices to three of the main Roman pantheon: [b]Jupiter[/b] – God of thunder and head of the Roman Pantheon. Prayed to as patron god of both Rome and the army (though it goes without needing to explain why), [b]Minerva[/b] – Goddess of wisdom, war and strategy. Prayed to for success in battle and as patroness of the XIX Legion; and [b]Diana[/b]– Huntress of the gods and goddess of the woodlands. Prayed to for protection against the beasts (and, it could be argued, barbarians) that prowl the Gaelic woods, as well as for good fortune in his own expeditions. Thus far (save for open clashes against the Gauls), it seems Titus has remained in Diana's good graces. [/hider] [hider=Recorded Information] [b]Culture and Country:[/b] Latin Tusculum (original family), Etruscan-Roman (by adoption) [b]Languages:[/b] Latin [b]Public Record:[/b] Currently not a lot is known in the wider public record regarding Titus. However, according to legion records, Legatus Gaius Varus promoted the legionary to Decanus in 33BC. The general cited Titus' improvised command of his contubernium during a reconnaissance assignment in Gaul, which resulted in the legion able to prematurely ambush and wipe out a major Gaulish force while they were encamped. It later emerged that this barbarian army had been the fighting force of one of the last Gaulish holdouts in Amorica (modern day Brittany); said community would be subsequently 'flattened' by the 19th and the nearby 15th Legions after a second battle two days later. On viewing the burning remains of the town, Titus boasted to his centurion, “Caesar would have been proud: [u][b]all[/b][/u] Gaul is now Rome's!” [b]Private Information:[/b] As he had been part of the Roman Army since adulthood, not much regarding Titus' private life (outside of the legion's camp duty and the extremely rare temporary rotation back to Italia) seems worthy of note. While his adopted father had encouraged him to pursue an office in the Senate, the presently-toxic environment and the constant duties away from home have actively discouraged him from pursuing a political career so far. [/hider] [hider=Faction Information] [b]Loyalty:[/b] II Contubernium, V Centuria, IX Cohort, XIX Legion [i]'Scions of Minerva'[/i] - an Octavian-affiliated Roman Legion While he personally opts for a stable form of Pompeian-minded government compared to the present upheaval, the 19th Legion has declared itself for Octavian and Titus cannot renege on his enlistment. As a result, he is swept up in the Civil War between the Triumverate nominally on Octavian's side. [b]Political Rank:[/b] - [b]Military Rank:[/b] Legionary [i]Decanus[/i] (II Contubernium, V Centuria) [/hider] [hider=Skills and Metastatus] [b]Skills:[/b] [b]WARRIOR [/b] [i]Infantry[/i] Light Weapon ([i]Gladius Hispaniensis[/i]) (Trained) Light Weapon ([i]Pugio[/i]) (Knowledgeable) Shield ([i]Scutum[/i]) (Trained) Armour (Lorica Harmata) (Knowledgeable) [i]Skirmisher[/i] Throwing Weapon ([i]Pilum[/i]) (Trained) [b]OFFICER[/b] [i]Tactical[/i] Personal Initiative (Knowledgeable) (only applicable to II Contubernium at this time) [b]???:[/b] [b]Fate:[/b] [b]Miracle:[/b] [/hider] [/hider] [hider=Legion XIX] [b]Legion Number:[/b] XIX Legion ('Scions of Minerva') [b]Legion Founded:[/b] 19th March, 108 BC [b]Legion's Founding Region:[/b] Roma, Italia [b]Current Posting:[/b] Amorica, Gaul [b]Patron God:[/b] Minerva [b]Legion Emblem:[/b] A depiction of the Owl of Minerva surmounted on two crossed pila, with the Legion's number (in Latin numerals) underneath. [b]Legion Legatus:[/b] Legatus Gaius Cominius Varus (former), Decimus Aelius (current) [b]Style of Leadership:[/b] The former legatus in command of the XIX did not stand out from many of his contemporaries; like other legates, he's a stern disciplinarian, a drilled tactician and strategist and no slouch when it came to wielding the [i]spatha[/i] from his mount. He had recognised the usefulness of the recently-formed 11th Cohort and generally allowed their commander a bit more battlefield independence. Of course, there's always a metaphorical rod at the ready to reign this ticking battlefield time-bomb back in; as a result, 11th Cohort members are entrusted with the same expected discipline as the rest of the army. They are not driven into the ground as slaves, but they are expected to face the same penalties as the other cohorts - even if it should mean the rare (but bloody) decimation. [b]Previous Actions:[/b] - Participated in the latter stages of the Cimbrian War (then known as XXII Legio) from 107 BC - 101 BC. Was on the Roman Order of Battle at the Battles of Aquae Sextiae (102 BC) and Vercellae (101 BC). - Revived in Rome during the Social War. Fought in the Third Servile War at the disastrous Battle of the Colline Gate against Sulla - predictably, they and the defending Roma-Italians lost. XXII Legio subsequently disbanded. - Legion resurrected and renamed as the XIX Legion [i]'Scions of Minerva'[/i], at the outset of Julius Caesar's campaign in Gaul in 60 BC. Legion fought alongside Caesar throughout Gaul until the campaign's end in 50 BC; remained in the region to preserve the [i]Pax Romania[/i] and to put down any rebellion attempts or resisting communities the Romans had overlooked. [b]11th Cohort Composition:[/b] Drawn from both Italia and (when possible) from Gaulish levies within the occupied provinces. Similar to a "line" legionary cohort, though with their own methods of fighting and own command structure at [i]centuria[/i] level. Typically armed and armoured like the main-line soldiers, though they are allowed a limited increase in scope of uniform dress - it is their ability and disclipline that, at the end of the day, will count the most. [b]11th Cohorts Primus Prior:[/b] Centurion Primus Tiberius Marcius Corvus (Legion liaison), as-of-yet unidentified Centurion Priestess ([i]de facto[/i]) [/hider]