<div class="floatleft">(http://www.papermag.com/blogs/character_markantony.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Augustus Magnus<br/><strong>Age:</strong>42<br/><br/><strong>Role:</strong>Lanista<br/><strong>Orientation:</strong>Straight<br/><strong>Nationality:</strong>Roman<br/><br/><strong>Height:</strong>6"1<br/><strong>Weight:</strong>200 lbs<br/><strong>Blemishes: </strong>None<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Like many individuals, Augustus has many sides to his personality. To his closest friends he is considered kind and sociable, in his youth he was outright boisterous but those days are behind him as age has cooled his demeanour. He is a man that has expectations based on ones station, and in that he is a reasonable man. If a slave has been ordered to clean a room, but finds the guards have locked it and barred the way, there is nothing that slave can do until the way is opened. He finds no fault in the slave (not to say he won't find another task for that slave or that slaves haven't been punished when they are to blame), but if the Captain of his Household Guard were to allow a slave to escape, that Guard has significant power in the house and it well paid, he would be wise to worry about his status in the world of the living, or at least as a respected member of staff.<br/><br/>Although he appears to put rewards upon those slaves that serve him well (most notably Gladiators that make him lots of money and earn him positive attention) in generally he seems to see slaves as much as livestock as a cow or chicken and will sell one on or put one down. His favoured female slaves get to assist his wife and serve as his body slave, while the others tend to the less savory tasks, including a victorious gladiator.<br/><br/><strong>Biography:</strong>As a boy Augustus learned about how to run a Ludus from his father, whom owned it before he did. The young Magnus was being groomed to run the family Ludus all his life. He was tutored by wise men, his father included. His father was very smart, but he was weak. He had a disliking for confrontation in generally and was only happy when everything was smooth. He would mask his cowardice by saying he approved of men that could stand up for themselves, but the House hold guards laughed at him. Even the slaves pushed their boundries from time to time, but for Augustus's mother and the guards that put them in their place with harsh floggings and more. It got so bad, that went Augustus was young his mother sent him off with his Uncle to travel so he would not grow up and realize his fathers weakness. His Uncle was fond of travelling often and was a wealthier man then his brother. It was with his Uncle that Augustus really learned about the world around him. In his travels he met all manner of men and got close to all manner of strange beasts. He rode an elephant and held a tiger cub in his arms. He learned how to drink wine, how to make a woman satisfy his needs and how to kill a man.<br/><br/>His touring of the lands ended when he received word that his father had a terrible fever. Augustus was home just in time to be with his father in the end and see him buried. He was old enough to take over his fathers place and he had his mother and his Uncle to help him. In time he learned the full extent of how his father was disgraced by his guards and even his slaves. Five people were flogged to death in front of all others, guards and slave alike. It was not a popular move, but nobody spoke to Augustus Magnus the way they spoke to his fear. With one hand to earned respect and with the other he forced fear. Since then Augustus has taken the Ludus to heights his father was scared of. In time his mother passed and even before that his Uncle returned to his own work, but by then Augustus was his own man and knew how to run his house. Now that's precisely what he does.