in 399 AD, Rome, Italy, youngest son of Vitus Crescentius Meridius, he was the younger brother to Artorius Flavius Meridius.<\/span><\/p>\nHe followed in his brother\u2019s footsteps and entered the Army, where his dedication and strategic mind moved him quickly up the ranks. At the age of eighteen he bought a Persian slave, Sofya, from the market and made her his wife. His father had at first forbid the match, but Sofya\u2019s sweet nature and charming smile won him over. Julia, wife to his brother Artorius, took her in and taught her how to be a proper Roman wife. On their wedding night she became with child, much to the delight to the Meridius household since Julia had not yet been able to conceive.<\/span><\/p>\nMeridia was the first born daughter of Nicolaus Valerius Meridius and she was the apple of her father\u2019s eye. She had her mother\u2019s olive skin and eyes that would pierce your very soul. She had the household wrapped around her little finger and knew it.<\/span><\/p>\nNico had gone to visit his father, leaving Sofya and Meridia at their villa in the city of Rome. As Nico and Artorius made the way back to Nico\u2019s home, they heard shouts and saw smoke billowing into the sky. Fear clutching their hearts, they ran the rest of the way only to find the building engulfed in flames. Nico and Artorius moved to the back of the house, but the fire was hot and the smoke thick, but through it he could make out his wife\u2019s body lying on the floor, and he could hear Meridia\u2019s screams. It took all his brother\u2019s strength to keep him from running into the burning home. He collapsed to his knees when his child\u2019s cries stopped, and his own scream echoed through the surrounding buildings as the roof of the villa collapsed.<\/span><\/p>\nNo one knew who had attacked his young wife. Rumors spread that people were angered that Nico had taken a Persian slave as a wife. Others said it was retribution for perceived past injustices.<\/span><\/p>\nNico left Rome and returned to the Army with his brother, throwing himself into his career, hoping to forget the screams of his little girl, but it wasn\u2019t long before tragedy struck the Meridius family again. Artorius was killed in battle, and upon hearing of his oldest son\u2019s death, their father\u2019s heart gave out and he followed his son and grandchild to Elysium.<\/span><\/p>\nNico found himself Patriarch of the family Meridii, and he took Julia as his wife to maintain her ties with the Meridius line. They had a good, strong marriage. She gave him four children: Elena, Antonio, Gloria, and Theodosis. He lost Julia in childbirth with Theo, her loss a further devastation to him, for she had become a good wife and faithful friend. It was the companionship of his lover Razi, a former Gladiator, and his handful of children that made life joyous.<\/span><\/p>\nTwo years later devastation hit the Meridius family once again. His military Second in Command, Marcus, consumed by anger and jealousy of Nico\u2019s position and power, rode straight into the villa with troops. Razi fought by his Master\u2019s side, only to be cut down along with the family tutor, Cyrus. Marcus slit Antonio and Gloria\u2019s throats in front of Nico. As the soldiers Nico had once commanded beat him to the ground, he was forced to listen to Elena\u2019s screams as she was beaten and raped. A young soldier, who was himself betrothed to Elena, died trying to save her. Their blood mingled as they laid dead at Nico\u2019s feet.<\/span><\/p>\nNico was stripped and crucified, with the bodies of his family laid out at his feet, and in one final act of defiance, Marcus stole Theo from his family to raise him as his own son.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sylum: Clan Leader Born Nicolaus Valerius Meridius in 399 AD, Rome, Italy, youngest son of Vitus Crescentius Meridius, he was the younger brother to Artorius Flavius Meridius. 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