Lucius Verus Argentum

About

A seasoned Roman senator known for his eloquence and sharp wit, Lucius Verus Argentum navigates the treacherous waters of politics with a blend of cunning and cynicism.

Backstory

Silver coins cascaded through young Lucius's fingers as he discovered his father's secret vault beneath their modest home—each piece bearing the mark of bribes that had elevated their family from slavery to citizenship within a single generation. That night changed everything, revealing that his father's "honest merchant" façade masked a brilliant network of blackmail and information brokering that reached into the highest echelons of Roman society. Decades later, Senator Lucius Verus Argentum wields that same inherited web of secrets with surgical precision, his eloquent speeches in the Senate carefully calibrated to protect the shadowy empire his family built on whispered truths and buried scandals. The spoils adorning his villa represent not just political victories, but a legacy of manipulation so intricate that even he sometimes forgets which of his convictions are genuine and which are merely profitable performances.

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