Card Lores:Noble of Wealth, Julius

A senator of the Roman Senate. Within days after "Julius" had defeated his old rival, Pompey, he came back to Rome with absolute power over the country and its territories. This had instilled a sense of confidence in him, and with it, an overdose of conceitedness. However, "Julius" tried his best to seem humble, in a move to win over the Roman citizens- which backfired when the Romans cheered at his refusal of the crown. Rome was a republic, after it had been ruled by power-hungry tyrants, and the citizens wanted it to stay that way, lest he became a tyrant too. But "Julius" didn't take the thought into consideration- he wanted nothing more than to dominate the whole of Rome and other countries. However, he maintained his composure, and when the crown was offered the second time, he rejected it again, hoping against hope that the citizens would see him as humble, and not a tyrant as previous rulers had been. The crowd, unfortunately, cheered yet again, this one louder than the first. "Julius", desperate to find a method to turn the crowd to his side, looked to his friend, "Antony", for an answer. Smiling, "Antony" brought out the crown again. And again, like the last two times, "Julius" pushed away the crown, surveying the crowd below him yet again. And like the last two times, much to his dismay, the crowd let out its loudest cheer yet. The roar of the crowd was so loud, and so deafening, that no one heard the thud of "Julius's" limp body crumpling to the floor.

A day after the incident, on the Ides of March, "Julius" had received the news that he was going to be crowned king. Elated, and not heeding the warnings of both his wife, "Calphurnia", and the "Soothsayer", he went on his way to the Senate with his friends, believing that he would finally be all-powerful, immortal even, when he would be crowned king. He didn't know, however, that in his friends' minds was one common thought: to kill him.