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Hey, happy Banquet Day!
Today we get introduced to Hadrian, current king o' hell. There have only ever been four because hellbeasts live a long while. Hadrian is getting up there in years, but he's still able to hold his court together (as much as one can hold a mass of chaotic soul devouring demons of the pit together, yunno)
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7 thoughts on “Page 10”
reynard61
He seems like a nice guy, concerned as he is for the safety of his comrades.
fg
Terrific line art!
aszabla@alumni.risd.edu
Thank you!
Zimriel
Your Roman-Aristocracy names need work. The -an ending is typically used for transferees. So Hadrian Galerius wouldn’t be the head of the Vespatius family – he’d have been *born* to the Vespatius family, and is now of the Galerii.
This usually happened by way of adoption. The famous example is Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, formerly Gaius Octavius. It could also happen that a lower-class man could marry a high-class woman – Marcus Traius married one of the Ulpii, so became Marcus Ulpius Traianus.
Yes, that’s a man taking on his wife’s family name. Upper class Romans weren’t sexists – they were too snobbish for that! (Although they do say Trajan junior preferred the company of men. In between conquering Iraq and building columns.)
Back to this guy, honestly I’m not sure about Hadrian’s first name either.
aszabla@alumni.risd.edu
It’s a good thing these are hell beasts and not Romans then or I would be in a pickle, eh?
You’re going to be very disappointed if you cling to your Ecce Romani book while reading this story. Several Latin or even Latin sounding names and words are used, but not so much from Latin culture or convention.
Shelby
Huh… when it says “fourth crowned king”, does that mean the 4th crowned from his house or the 4th one to be crowned ever?
Shelby
Nevermind. Just read the notes.
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