Aulus

Aulus was the only son of one of the wealthiest families in Ar, born to the Blue Caste. When his parents died suddenly of the Bazi plague, the estate passed to his uncle, who squandered it before Aulus reached adulthood. Aulus was kept ignorant of both the mismanagement and the considerable debts quietly incurred in his name.

Despite this, he received an exceptional education and excelled in academics, music, and dance, with hopes of becoming a scholar. Shortly after his nineteenth year, the creditors came. His possessions, slaves, and lands were seized, and Aulus himself was taken as a debt slave.

To shield what remained of his own reputation, his uncle paid a bribe to spare Aulus public humiliation. He was kept in chains, confined to a dungeon, and denied instruction in the one discipline he had never imagined needing to learn: the art of being a slave. Four years later, his uncle was executed for treason, and with the bribes ended, Aulus was sold to Scimitar so that his family’s disgrace might no longer burden Ar.

Years of darkness and isolation have left Aulus mostly obedient, his spirit largely broken, yet traces of privilege remain. He retains a streak of laziness and defiance and at times behaves as though entitled to freedoms denied other slaves.

Aulus currently is rented by Eric Regulus of the Greens. He is unrestricted and enjoys rough treatment, but may not be harmed in a manner that would leave visible marks not concealed by a loincloth, except when such marks are incidental to punishment.