[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/DGPnItV.jpeg[/img][indent][sup][sup][h3][color=black] 𝕿 𝖍 π–Š . 𝕾 𝖋 𝖔 𝖗 π–Ÿ 𝖆 π–˜ . 𝖔 𝖋 . 𝕱 π–Ž 𝖗 𝖆 𝖓 𝖔 [/color] [color=crimson]𝕿 𝖍 π–Š . 𝕾 𝖋 𝖔 𝖗 π–Ÿ 𝖆 π–˜ . 𝖔 𝖋 . 𝕱 π–Ž 𝖗 𝖆 𝖓 𝖔 [/color][/h3][/sup][/sup] [sup][sup][url=https://open.spotify.com/track/1TtvthRzjO2Yn8VLKeaVAU?si=94ed0a907f8e4922]β™«[/url] [/sup][/sup][/INDENT][/center] [indent][indent][indent][h1][color=black][sub][sub]β–ˆ G I O V A N N I . L U D O V I C O . S F O R Z A[/sub][/sub][/color][/h1][/indent][table][row][color=#2e2c2c][sup][h3][b] β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…[right]β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…[/right] [/b][/h3][/sup][/color][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/p0aqpiX.jpeg[/img][/center][sub][color=#2e2c2c]β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”[/color][/sub][/cell][cell][center][color=#10100f][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][/color][/center][/cell][cell][indent][color=crimson][sub][h3][sup][sup]twenty. 188 cm. The Young Viper, Scion of House Sforza. [b]|[/b] [url=https://open.spotify.com/track/6CnxmLoIwpAfFVpvkBh3C4?si=63e458abdc7c4e7d]β™«[/url][/sup][/sup][/h3][color=cecece] Born as the intended spare, Giovanni was thrust into the role of heir to the House of Sforza at a young age. While his life has not exactly been a sheltered one, the boy has never had the chance to truly live a normal childhood. Being the sole remaining child of the Serpent of Firano, he has been kept under a close watch by his unloving father. Exposed to his mother’s operas and tutored by the enigmatic Nikephoros Monophtalmos, Giovanni has developed a sense of wanderlust, a thirst for knowledge and an aversion for violence; possibly in defiance to his father. Known to be outspoken and to wear his heart on his sleeve, Giovanni strives to live up to the nobility of the great men of myth and legend. His greatest companion is his dog, Sulla, a Cane Corso who mirrors his owner in being loyal to a fault, and by being exceptionally stubborn to boot. [/color][/sub][/color][/indent][/cell][/row][/table][table][row][color=#2e2c2c][sup][h3][b] β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…[right]β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…[/right] [/b][/h3][/sup][/color][/row][/table][/indent][/indent][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/wS3oC54.png[/img][/center] [indent][indent][indent][h1][color=black][right][sub][sub]L U D O V I C O . A R M A N D O . S F O R Z A β–ˆ[/sub][/sub][/right][/color][/h1][/indent][table][row][color=#2e2c2c][sup][h3][b] β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…[right]β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…[/right] [/b][/h3][/sup][/color][/row][row][cell][indent][color=crimson][sub][h3][sup][sup][right]fifty-nine. 175 cm. The Old Serpent, Consul di Firano. [b]|[/b] [url=https://open.spotify.com/track/5mxTww2EuHbK0txi7U5C0A?si=2d57669536a64978]β™«[/url][/right][/sup][/sup][/h3][color=cecece] A man marked by a harsh childhood of poverty and strife, Ludovico is a man with little love and even less patience. He ascended the political ladder of Firan from the very bottom and has now sat at the very top for more than a decade, turning the formerly free Republic into his personal fief. While known amongst the Vieran nobility to be calculating and ruthless, he can also be very pragmatic and almost appear magnanimous. This is shown in how he organizes many feasts and festivals, meant to keep the citizens of Firan not just obedient, but glad to be under his stewardship. The loss of his firstborn, Leonardo, deeply moved him. His relationship with Giovanni is one of necessity, seeing the boy as heir first, son second. [/color][/sub][/color][/indent][cell][center][color=10100f][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][/color][/center][/cell][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/MURs4EZ.jpeg[/img][/center][sub][color=#2e2c2c]β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”[/color][/sub][/cell][/cell][/row][/table][table][row][color=#2e2c2c][sup][h3][b] β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…[right]β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…[/right] [/b][/h3][/sup][/color][/row][/table][/indent][/indent][indent][indent][indent][h1][color=black][sub][sub]β–ˆ M A R G H E R I T A . G I U L I A . S F O R Z A - D I . R O S S I[/sub][/sub][/color][/h1][/indent][table][row][color=#2e2c2c][sup][h3][b] β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…[right]β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…[/right] [/b][/h3][/sup][/color][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/cpHS28m.jpeg[/img][/center][sub][color=#2e2c2c]β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”[/color][/sub][/cell][cell][center][color=#10100f][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][/color][/center][/cell][cell][indent][color=crimson][sub][h3][sup][sup]fifty-one. 184 cm. Prima Donna di Firano, Di Rossi Matriarch. [b]|[/b] [url=https://open.spotify.com/track/77AdHF6krPumIKlANWeRsC?si=63db020c9e9e454d]β™«[/url][/sup][/sup][/h3][color=cecece] Born in the honored House Di Rossi, Margherita would end up as the sole surviving child of the famed politician Giulio Di Rossi. While House Di Rossi had an incredibly prestigious name, most of its power had waned in the decades preceding her birth. Margherita found herself used as a tool to further the family’s goals of regaining their former glory. She received the greatest education available, turning her into one of Firan’s greatest artistic minds. All in an effort to make her the most eligible bachelor in all of Firan, if not Viera, hoping to profit off one of the Republic’s rising stars. And as it turned out, none rose faster than Ludovico Sforza after his famed campaigns in the distant lands of Tharzyum. The marriage was not a happy one. Most attribute this to Ludovico’s cold and ruthless personality, but that isn’t the whole story. For Margherita, as it turns out, is quite the womanizer. She rarely spends time at the Sforza estate, preferring to live secluded and focus on her role as Firan’s premier sponsor of the arts. Due to rarely seeing him, her relationship with Giovanni is very distant. Yet she does care, in her own way. [/color][/sub][/color][/indent][/cell][/row][/table][table][row][color=#2e2c2c][sup][h3][b] β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…[right]β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…[/right] [/b][/h3][/sup][/color][/row][/table][/indent][/indent][indent][indent][indent][h1][color=black][right][sub][sub]N I K E P H O R O S . M O N O P H T A L M O S β–ˆ[/sub][/sub][/right][/color][/h1][/indent][table][row][color=#2e2c2c][sup][h3][b] β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…[right]β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…[/right] [/b][/h3][/sup][/color][/row][row][cell][indent][color=crimson][sub][h3][sup][sup][right]sixty-eight. 172cm. Dux Phokos in exsilum, Prima Scolae. [b]|[/b] [url=https://open.spotify.com/track/35euFqGHJ1DP7aJdhJxMp4?si=2a2bcdc2ed21405a]β™«[/url][/right][/sup][/sup][/h3][color=cecece] Not much is known about old Nikephoros’ past from before he came into contact with Ludovico Sforza, except that he was the Duke of Phokos. When the two men met it was not under auspicious circumstances. Both Nikephoros and Ludovico fought on behalf of the Basileus Alexios XII of Tharzyum, the Neo-Vieran Empire, and his final stand against the Marmuk Sultanate. While the campaign was doomed, Nikephoros had proven himself to be amongst the wisest men of Tharzyum. This caused Ludovico to persuade the old Duke to join him when the inevitable time came to abandon the City Of Heavenly Splendor. Now settled in Viera, Nikephoros initially served as Ludovico’s most trusted advisor during the infamous Iron Years, serving in that role until Ludovico assumed the Consulship. After the dust had settled Nikephoros would take on the new role of tutor to the young Giovanni Sforza. He quickly developed a fondness for the young boy, almost treating him like a grandson. Quickly dismissed as an infirm old man, the old Dux Phokos still has a trick or two up his sleeve which might surprise even the most cunning of opponents. [/color][/sub][/color][/indent][cell][center][color=10100f][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]β–ˆ[/sup] [sub]β–ˆ[/sub][/h3][/sup][/color][/center][/cell][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/0QquOHI.jpeg[/img][/center][sub][color=#2e2c2c]β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”β–”[/color][/sub][/cell][/cell][/row][/table][table][row][color=#2e2c2c][sup][h3][b] β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…[right]β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…β–…[/right] [/b][/h3][/sup][/color][/row][/table][/indent][/indent]