Gangs of Rome, A Gallic Conspiracy

     Recently bought into the game Gangs of Rome. Gonna keep this intro short and to the point as I have a badass backstory for my first fighter to get to. Essentially Gangs of Rome is like a “historical” version of Necromunda with each player having his own “gang” of 4-5 rather unsavory individuals with which he uses to establish his “family’s” dominance in Imperial Rome. I am playing as  Dominus (Latin for “Lord”) of House Donnadus, an ancient family of Gallic origin who have made their fortune in Rome and have taken to doing dirty deals with the Senators to crush those who oppose them at the Emperor’s court. Of course, not all problems can be solved with a Senator with greasy palms. A few denarii here and there and a word to some distant cousins at the fringes of the Empire in Gallia and Britannia, and some local thugs hired can do far more than even the might of a Senator can do to crush those who dare to oppose House Donnadus. 

     If course it’s not just ambition that drives Donnadus to hire a small army, it’s also a matter of vengeance. For the family of Donnadus was once descended from a Gallic cheif who fought under Vercingetorix’s banner, before the entire tribe was cruelly massacred or enslaved by Caesar in his conquest of Gaul. The chief’s youngest son and wife escaped and after some time established themselves in Rome with a small fortune they received from an unknown source. From that time the Dominii of  House Donnadus have sworn to get their revenge on the Imperial Family for their ancestor’s treacherous dealings with the Gauls.

     But the road to revenge is a long one, and along the way other goals and rival families have stepped in the path of this family of determined Gauls to disrupt and outright destroy them. Which brings us to the first fighter of House Donnadus:

      Lugdunus, The Hibernian.

     Lugdunus is from a noble family of Hibernia which was destroyed in a blood feud against a rival clan. The High King took his family’s land and wealth and enslaved Lugdunus and all his surviving kin. Sold to a Roman family in Britannia, he fled the island after slaying two brothers of that house when they attempted to force themselves on him. Arriving in Rome after many adventures, he was found in a tavern by the Dominus of House Donnadus when he violently stabbed a Centurion to death at being recognized as the murderer of his twin sons. The Donnadii hid him til the whole incident blew over and since then he has been employed by them as a very capable and valiant fighter.