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Sack of Rome by the Visigoths

The Salarian Gate has been breached, and Alaric's Visigoth forces are pouring into Rome, marking the first time the city has fallen to a foreign enemy in 800 years. As the Basilica Aemilia burns and s

Setting

The Salarian Gate (Porta Salaria) and the surrounding urban sprawl of northern Rome leading toward the Forum, where the Basilica Aemilia stands engulfed in flames.

Characters

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Alaric I
primary
A man of imposing presence, roughly six feet tall, with a rugged, weather-beaten face and piercing blue eyes. His hair is a thick, sandy-blonde mane reaching his shoulders, paired with a well-groomed but full beard. He possesses the broad-shouldered, muscular frame of a veteran warrior, showing the physical toll of decades of campaigning across the Balkans and Italy.
Marcus Aurelius Valerius
primary
A man of aristocratic stature now reduced to trembling disarray. He is of medium height with a softening physique that suggests a life of luxury rather than the legion. His skin is pale, slick with cold sweat, and his thinning grey hair is matted against his forehead. He has high cheekbones and a prominent Roman nose, but his jaw is currently slack with terror.
Visigoth Chieftain
secondary
A rugged, thick-necked warrior with a weather-beaten face marked by a jagged scar across his left cheek. He has a coarse, salt-and-pepper beard braided into two points and piercing blue eyes that burn with the adrenaline of conquest. His build is muscular and stocky, showing the strength of a man who has lived his entire life in the saddle and on the march.
Slave Girl
secondary
A slight, malnourished young woman with dirt-streaked skin and matted hair. Her frame is small and trembling, showing signs of long-term physical labor and recent exhaustion. Her skin is pale from indoor domestic work, now smudged with soot and blood from the chaos of the breach.
City Guard
background
A battle-worn Roman soldier of the late Imperial era, showing signs of severe exhaustion and trauma. He has a jagged laceration across his left thigh and dried blood matting his dark, cropped hair. His build is sturdy but lean from the recent famine during the siege, with skin darkened by soot and the dust of pulverized marble.

Dialog

Marcus Aurelius Valerius By the threshold of Janus, keep pace, girl! If the Genius of Rome has not utterly forsaken us, we shall reach the Caelian Hill, though the very stones of the Salarian Gate weep at this sacrilege!
Slave Girl Dominus... perhaps... the trunk is too heavy... the dark breath of Orcus is upon the wind...
Visigoth Chieftain Strip the sun-stone from the temple walls! Leave the grain for the dogs; the King demands the yellow weight! Hah!
Alaric I The corpse of the world is cold. We find no life here, only the silver scales of a shed skin.
Marcus Aurelius Valerius Insolent barbarian! May the Furies take you! You trample upon eight centuries of law! Jupiter Optimus Maximus shall strike you down for this transgression against the Eternal City!
Visigoth Chieftain The stone hive breaks, King. Shall we burn the inner chamber?
Alaric I No. We take what feeds our children and what honors our name. Let the smoke tell the Emperor in Ravenna that the Goths have a home at last.

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