The first-born son of a senator. Romulus grew up as the center of the universe and as such, loathed his younger siblings; believing they were placed upon the earth to detract attention from himself. The sentiment grew to encompass his mother, who was not viewed with great regard by the society around him, and so he was not admonished for his contemptible attitude towards her or the children she bore. After various failed attempts to demonize, harangue, or outright murder his siblings, his father had him enlisted for the local war effort. Romulus saw this act as a great blessing -- the pinnacle of his father's love for him -- and invested all his time and effort in bettering himself for combat, so as to make his father proud and outclass those that came after him. By the time he had finally trained to the point of acceptance among the centurions, however, the war had ended and the legion was split apart, allocated to other work. Romulus did not get a chance to see true combat. The shame this brought to him was immense, and it fueled his dispersal from his father's land.