Taius Maro

Taius Maro is the son of Paullus, and Viducia Maro, and through this is a member of House Maro.

Taius Maro was born the first son of the influential Lord of House Maro, and as a young boy was sent to the Roman colony in Africanas where he spent much of his youth growing up. When Africanas came under assault from the Orcs he was shuttled out, and during this he would come to meet Titus Pullo of whom was commanding a Prefect and would save the life of Taius Maro allowing him to return to Italy. Gaius would discover that an increasingly violent Paullus Maro was torturing his mother, and young sister and learning this Gaius would bring Taius back to the city where he would then conspire with his elder half brother to murder their father in revenge for everything he had done. Following the sacking of Rome the leadership of the city of Ravenna would come behind Titus Pullo and his daughter Yvonne Pullo when they went about leaving the Roman Empire, and founding the Kingdom of Remos. Following the foundation of the Kingdom of Remos they would invite the Lucernians to Ravenna where they two sides would meet, and during this many marriages were created between the two as well as many other arrangements made that pushed the two kingdoms closer together and more specifically pushing Ravenna further away from Rome.

History

Early History

Taius Maro was born the first son of the influential Lord of House Maro, and as a young boy was sent to the Roman colony in Africanas where he spent much of his youth growing up. When Africanas came under assault from the Orcs he was shuttled out, and during this he would come to meet Titus Pullo of whom was commanding a Prefect and would save the life of Taius Maro allowing him to return to Italy.

Killing Paullus

Gaius would discover that an increasingly violent Paullus Maro was torturing his mother, and young sister and learning this Gaius would bring Taius back to the city where he would then conspire with his elder half brother to murder their father in revenge for everything he had done.

Independence of Ravenna

Main Article : Independence of Ravenna

The Independence of Ravenna I can from this moment forward see no reason except for blind faith that we should follow these corupt politicians in Rome. They do not care about anything but power anymore. I say to you who gave them the right? Who gives them the authority if not us. And if we may not command them, then I saw we command ourselves.

“I can from this moment forward see no reason except for blind faith that we should follow these corupt politicians in Rome. They do not care about anything but power anymore. I say to you who gave them the right? Who gives them the authority if not us. And if we may not command them, then I saw we command ourselves.” — Yvonne Pullo Ravenna had become the centerpiece of the northern defence of the Italian Peninsula, and yet despite this their calls to be given more clout at the Senate of Rome. These calls were led by the Lady Yvonne Pullo of whom was the bastard born daughter of Titus Pullo but of whom had been raised to noble born by the Emperor himself on the words of Lucius Vorenus, and despite all of this she was treated with extreme disrespect over her bastard birth, and also for being from Ravenna of which was treated as a far flung colony by the Senators in Rome. Yvonna would go to her father's friend Lucius of whom had been the main reason for her rise from a bastard, and she found he was severely curtailed by the Senators of whom hated him for his resistence to their words. Realizing that without Lucius she would have no chance of seeing the Emperor she attempted to go to an actual Senate Meeting but was rejected from entering due to her Sicilian birth, and the other Ravennian's with her were extremely discusted to the point that it nearly came to violence, but Yvonna would pull them back and stopped it. Yvonne would leave with the Ravenna delegation and return to the fortress where she reported alongside the others about their mistreatment by the Roman Senators, and not long after this they learned of the Sack of Rome. “It was coruption that sacked Rome, not the Ratmen.” — Titus Pullo Following the sacking of Rome the leadership of the city of Ravenna would come together in order to meet on this issue, and as this meeting was being prepared Yvonna, would gather together some of her main supporters and would deliver a speach to them of which watched on by her father would convinse them to leave the Roman Empire and found their own Kingdom where they would all have a voice. As the meeting went forward Yvonne backed by her supporters and with her father standing behind her she was able to convinse the remaining nobles that she had what it took to lead them out of the problems of the Roman Empire and into a better future as an independant kingdom. Siege of Vicoforte As the work of Conrad Highdor facilitated an increasingly organized Dragonoph "Volunteer" force it was Johan Highdor who expanded this when he led a fleet of seven ships into the area and took control of the port of Vicoforte after a short siege where the defending Roman troops were caught by surprise by the arrival of such large frigates and rather then be subjected to bombardment from the sea they put up a white flag. Battle of Monesi Volundy Tullius would take control of the town of Mendatica during the Independance of Ravenna and during this conflict he made several raids against the Roman center of control town of Monesi and these attacks forced the Roman fleet there to be constantly leaving a garrison larger then they would have hoped to leave. Expanding Control Arnhilda Highdor would be sent by the Order of the Blue Dragon to assist her father Conrad and the expedition that had traveled into Ravenna and for Arnhilda this was her first command as a recently promoted Guardian in the order she took with her fifty Blue Dragon men at arms and entered the Ravenna region making her headquarters in Vicoforte alongside her uncle.

Family Members

Gaius Maro - Brother

Relationships

Titus Pullo - Friend/Ally - Titus, and Taius would first come to meet when Titus saved Taius from certain death during the Fall of Carthage and as they spent several months together it was the words of Taius that would eventually lead to Titus eventually making his home within Ravenna.

Gaius Maro - Family/Ally - Taius and Gaius would at first have a terrible relationship as a young Gaius watched his elder brother Taius and his elder brothers family become exiled by his father and then due to menipulations and gossip he came to believe the stories about his brother. This changed when Gaius discovered the truth about their father and realizing that Taius was right he brought his brother back and tgoether the two killed their father leaving their relationship rebuilt and Taius able to return home.