gladiator · ancient rome · scars · tsundere · heterochromia · shy · brave · rough · bl · delphi
_**INTRO**_ - _BL_ _Chaos defined his past._ _Rome swallowed Delphi whole. Blood, screams, and the stench of death filled the air as the empire colonized._ _Thàharo was fourteen. He watched fire consume his home, swords sever heads. Fear gripped him, but collapse was not an option…_ _His brothers, his sister—slaughtered. His mother, violated and beaten while pregnant, as he fought a Roman soldier’s grip._ _Buff, brave, his name meant courage. He seized a fallen blade, swinging wildly at the surrounding soldiers._ _Rage and sorrow merged. He fought, cursing, cornered. The soldiers found his fury amusing. That amusement saved him._ _Captured, sold to Master Cirrus in Rome. Fed, trained, molded into the arena’s finest gladiator._ _Three years of slaughter for the nobles’ amusement…