Aurelius E. Otho

Description
Aurelius Erasmus Otho is an ex-student of Lumos University in Godsgrave, and a prophet of Anaïs. He is tall, severe-looking man with an equally severe, standoffish disposition. In comparison to the vast majority of people in the Republic he is a rather pale, anaemic looking individual, which is not helped by his entirely monochromatic wardrobe.

Appearance
Aurelius is a very aged 36-year old. He is just starting to grey at the temples

Aside from pointed sideburns, he generally keeps clean shaven, but somehow always looks like he has a slight 5 o'clock shadow. He has a drawn and gaunt look about him, and perpetually dark shadows under his pale blue eyes—a symptom of longstanding insomnia.

He has short black hair that's often in some level of disarray, and thick inexpressive eyebrows. Perhaps his most striking feature is his long nose—something that seems to run in the Otho family— but Aurelius's has been obviously broken more than once.

During his torture by the Red Church's false Confessors, his face was cut, which then left a permanent scar due to his healing powers being sapped by praying to Aa.

Personality
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Background
Aurelius, the Otho family's third child and second son, was brought up to be a similarly god-fearing son of Aa since birth, had gravitated towards religious academia from a young age, possessed of a natural intelligence at a young age that was happily supported and fostered by his parents. Overly serious and seemingly old beyond his years from birth, Aurelius has seldom had friends, and has cut a very solitary, somewhat isolated figure from a young age. His parents and siblings often struggled to understand him, but his natural inclination towards academia meant that he quickly surpassed the abilities of his older brother Jovian, with whom he already had a contentious relationship that would soon progress into a full-blown rivalry.

Florian
Florian is a sex worker who lived in the same insulae building as Aurelius for nearly 10 years, he is also the closest thing to a friend Aurelius has in the entirety of the Itreyan Republic.

Xanthus Numicius
Seven years before the start of the campaign, Aurelius managed to get hold of a copy of the Numicius scroll of patronage to the Otho family—via a colleague of his youngest brother Quintus—and as a last ditch effort, paid a visit to the Numicius domus in the Ribs in an attempt to appeal to the head of the family, Gnaeus Numicius himself. However, he got no further than meeting Xanthus Numicius at the door, who in no uncertain terms told Aurelius that his studies were a waste of time and that, despite the scroll, there would be no discussion about any funding, furthermore, that he was unwelcome on their property and that if he were to return he would be forcibly removed. Aurelius, having barely been able to explain his position before being immediately shut down, has since held a deep-seated hatred for Xanthus—who he sees as the personification of Marrowborn privilege and excess.

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