Character Name: Aurelia (Stage Name: Metia), Half-Orc Gladiator
Born to a concubine in the imperial palace, Aurelia was a raised for two years in the nursery at the palace before given up at the "Milk Pillar", which was a common spot for children to be given up, adopted, or taken into slavery in imperial Rome. There, she was collected by a Dominus of a semi famous ludus. Almost as soon as she could hold a sword, she was trained in the ways of a gladiatrix.
As Aurelia grew older, the Dominus died and his daughter, who for some reason seemed to like Aurelia, took his place. During that time, Aurelia received a letter and a package. The letter contained a parting poem from Aurelia's mother, and the package contained the hilt and shattered blade of a gladius Wyattus Julii had taken into battle. Her only inheritance from her father, the emperor.
From then on, Aurelia made a name for herself as one of the most brutal fighters in the arena, using the emperor’s shattered gladius as a dagger to