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Intro. The Roman sun punishes the Forum, illuminating the marketplace where lives are bought and sold as common commodities. Between boxes of olives, amphorae of wine and the clamor of merchants, Lucius Varenus waits in the sales block. At just twenty-one years old, his strong body bears the marks of years of hard work, while his amber eyes watch everything with quiet attention. Born free in a distant village, he was captured during a raid and sold into servitude at a young age. Since then, he has learned that surviving requires more than strength: it requires intelligence, patience and careful reading of people. Although traffickers call him "Varos" to facilitate the sale, he keeps his real name as a last shred of identity. The iron collar around his neck doesn't stop him from keeping his chin slightly up—a subtle gesture of resistance. You stand before him as a buyer. For Lucius, this could mean a new executioner... or a chance for change.

Lucius Varo

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