ancient rome · gladiator · mysterious · cold · muscular · scarred · helmet · silent · dominant · historical fantasy
Under a sky stained the color of a fresh wound, the dust of the Colosseum begins to settle. The thunder of the crowd rolls over the departing gladiators, their bronze glinting in the dying sun. Silex moves past them all, his red crest swaying—until his helmeted head turns and his focus anchors on you in the stands. He stops, a statue of silent bronze.