#754 – Louisa Capitolinus

Born in 395 AD in Rome, Louisa Capitolinus, illegitimate daughter of Emperor Theodosius I and the last Vestal Virgin, was raised in secrecy at the Temple of Jupiter. During the sack of Rome in 410 AD, Louisa escaped through an interdimensional portal where she served as a centurion in a alternate matriarchal timeline.

ATTRIBUTES

ID#: 754/1000
Name: Louisa Capitolinus
Race: Roman
Type: Centurion
Avatar Rarity: Common
WAX Rarity: Common
Class: Fighter
Attack: 7
Defense: 8
Speed: 9
Tagline: “You may have to fight a battle in multiple dimensions to win it.”

LORE

Date of Birth: 395 AD
Place of Birth: Rome
Backstory:

Louisa Capitolinus was born during turbulent times in 395 AD. Her mother, Concordia Capitolinus, was known as the last Vestal Virgin after Emperor Gratian confiscated the revenues of the order in 382 AD, effectively ending the Cult of Vesta. Concordia begged the next Emperor, Theodosius I, to reinstate the order, who demanded she sleep with him in return. For years, she refused the Emperor’s advances, yet finally submitted to him on a trip to Mediolanum. Months later, Theodosius died of a disease involving severe edema, and Concordia was left to hide in the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus to raise her child in secrecy.

Louisa and her mother lived in harmony and secrecy in the temple on Capitoline Hill until 410 AD during the famous sack of Rome. As the Visigoths looted, burned, raped and pillaged their way across the great city of Rome, an interdimensional time portal at the Temple of Jupiter opened, providing immediate access to infinite timelines. As the ravaging Goths approached, Concordia pushed her beautiful virgin daughter into the swirling abyss rather than see her violated by the invaders.

Louisa fell flat on the hard marble floor as the swirling blue portal disappeared behind her. Immediately she noticed the tiles surrounding the large chamber were clear and spotless not tarnished, chipped and stained as she remembered moments ago. Hearing women’s voices approaching from the adjacent chamber, and with nowhere to escape, Louisa rose to meet them head on. The women were dressed like soldiers, fitted with armor, capes and brandishing short swords. Both were of average height and build. “Well, well, well, lookie’ what we have here”, said the dark haired one on the left. “Another deserter!” Centurion Alexa is going to be pleased when she sees us haul you in chains!”

To be Continued…

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About RomanPunks

“It’s AD 410, the Goths are sacking the city of Rome. A rift in the fabric of space-time occurs at the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus. Suddenly multiple dimensions collide and coalesce. Time travelers and spacefarers exist alongside terrestrials who had previously lived thousands of years apart. The world is now a fractured patchwork of time and space with Rome at the center of it all. The world is now RomanPunk.”

RomanPunks is a retro-futuristic cyberpunk derivative world-building project, hand-drawn by our brilliant artist and co-founder Cleopunktra and minted as NFTs on the blockchain. We find inspiration from pop culture + science fiction + ancient history + art + technology. Imagine epic gladiator battles followed by an afterparty with the likes of Vivien Leigh, William Gibson, Julius Caesar, Frida Kahlo and Shigeru Miyamoto. Your RomanPunk NFTs unlock a whole-new world of gaming, community and collectibles. There are only 1,000 RomanPunk ‘avatar’ NFTs created on the Ethereum blockchain, with many more tradable NFTs on carbon neutral blockchains including WAX, Polygon & Algorand.