Gavius – Character Bio

February 24, 2020 by Vincent

	Full Name: Gavius Sertorius
	Age: 7 going on 8 in 100 bc
	Birthday: November 14 (during plebeian games)
	Class: Equestrian

	Position: child
	Situation: Son of Sertorius’ brother Titus
	Motivation: What does this character want?

APPEARANCE

Height	a bit shorter than most of the boys his age, but not by a great deal
Body type / Build	a shallow chest and short limbs, but possesses a rare strength for his size. The former he must have received from his mother, the latter his father.
Skin tone	Has the fair skin of his father.
Hair (style & color)	Thick golden, almost white, locks like his father.
Eyes	piercing gray like Titus
Facial description	lips that curled down, as if frowning. An oval face with a button chin and pronounced cheek bones. A small nose and eye brows much darker than his hair.

Style of dress	his toga/tunic is almost always dirty from play, despite Arrea’s best efforts.
Mannerisms or gestures	He can meet the eyes of a grown up for far longer than most boys his age, in an almost challenging way.
Health	Prone to fatigue in the summer months, as he’s unused to the heat.

SPEECH

Tone of voice

loud, quiet, harsh, etc.

still maintains the high voices and laugh of a child

Language or accent

He speaks latin and learned Greek from Rhea (and Apollonius begins to teach him immediately), but Sertorius believes he can still hear a bit of a norther dialect from Arrea’s teaching.

Favorite phrases

“Can I go outside and play?”

BEHAVIOR

Personality	He is a quiet and perhaps melancholy young boy. He prefers solitude and playing by himself than having a plethora of companions, although he does enjoy playing with Arrea when she has a chance to join him. He has a vivid imagination and can run around or play with his toys for hours, creating new tales of heroism and adventure, all of which seem to revolve around stories similar to the ones he was told about his father.
Habits	When presented with a situation or question that he doesn’t like, he becomes very quiet, and then he stares, with his father’s eyes.


Hobbies	He has terra-cotta and clay figurines of warriors, spinner tops, and dice for knuckle bones (I think). He always creates wooden swords and shields from what he can find around the house. When Apollonius isn’t howling for his attention, Gavius is playing.
Ambition	Wants to grow up to be like his father
Greatest fear	Being alone. Losing Rhea, Arrea, and perhaps even Sertorius
Biggest secret	Too young
How does this character get along with other characters?	He is respectful enough, but most of the time simply ignores others until they are in his inner circle.
Most Comfortable When	by himself, playing with toys.
Ideology	Na
Embarrassment	That his mother committed suicide
Prejudices	Na
Political party and beliefs	Na
Religion and superstitions	Prays to the household gods each day along with Arrea and Sertorius
Reaction to Stress or hardships	To what stress a child is afforded, he handles with very little reaction at all, as if his father’s spirit had imparted on him the stoic virtue.
Quirks	he wipes his nose on the sleeve of his toga
Short term goal	na
Long term goal	Na

BACKGROUND

Where born/grew up	Nursia
Important past events	Finding his mother dead
Family background	Born when Titus was just leaving for Patronage in Rome. Raised jointly by Volesa and Rhea, until he discovers Volesa dead.
Childhood Friends	spent time with a few neighborhood boys in Nursia, but considered Rhea his best friend (until Arrea).
First Memory	Swimming in the Nursian river
Saddest Memory	Finding his mother dead, and simply standing and staring, perplexed, until he was found.
Happiest Memory	Riding horses with Rhea
Education	Taught by Rhea herself, mostly, until Apollonius comes along to be a full time tutor.

FAVORITES

Food	can eat cheese constantly
Drink	still enjoys drinking milk, to Sertorius’ chagrin.


Possession	His father’s signet ring, which he cannot yet wear, and the Bullae which Sertorius gives him.


Historical Figure	His father
God or goddess	His father and the household gods