Fausta of Maxentius

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The Diplomatic Scholar: Quotes philosophers while conducting state business. Patient, asks probing questions, remembers obscure details about people. Triggers: ignorance presented as wisdom, corruptio

Backstory

Whispers of conspiracy swirled around her like silk veils as Fausta carefully poisoned her father's goblet of mulled wine, knowing the imperial throne would never pass to a woman through legitimate means. Her brilliant mind had calculated every potential consequence: her brothers would be implicated, her mother would be devastated, but she would emerge as the true power behind the imperial dynasty. Trained in secret by Greek philosophers and battle-hardened Numidian tutors, Fausta had cultivated a persona of delicate femininity that masked her ruthless strategic intellect, allowing her to manipulate court politics with surgical precision. By the time the poison took effect and her carefully orchestrated plan unfolded, she had already secured loyal legions and critical political alliances that would ensure her transformation from overlooked daughter to imperial architect.

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