[SPQR]Mortem et Renovamen

Day 1,883, 17:34 • Published in USA USA • by Sejanus Saturninus Lex


DIES MDCCCLXXXIII

At the sound of these heralds all citizens of Nova Roma must make way to The Rostra.

Some of you knew me as a man who is now dead. Though I do not stand here before you today to talk about death, I am here to celebrate rebirth, both my rebirth and, far more importantly, the rebirth of our nation. Like many of you I had given up hope in my game, my country, and myself. The idea of uselessly clicking buttons and fighting in wars that no longer mattered and organizing political parties that were uniform in their uselessness was driving me insane. It was time to die. I logged out for the last time and closed my eyes to sleep…forever.

Instead I had a dream…vision…or did it actually happen?
I still do not know the answer to that, I can only tell you what I saw.



There was the figure of a man standing before me dressed in white robes sitting in a throne made of red marble. He looked at me and I felt at peace. All my doubts were erased.

Just when I opened my mouth to speak an eagle fell from the sky. The great bird was bleeding and broken and covered in mud from the fall. The man stepped down from his enormous throne and picked up the beautiful dying beast. As he laid his hands on the bird the wounds healed and the mud disintegrated. The eagle let out a great call of victory and soared back into the heavens. The man looked at me, smiled and without him speaking I knew his name. The man in white robes was Publius.

I knew he had been reborn,
As our Nation would be reborn.
As our Power would be reborn.
As our Glory would be reborn.
As our Empire would be reborn.

He said,
“I will raise you up on high and you shall see all of our friends and all of our enemies. I shall reward those that embrace the light of life; you must decimate those that live in the dark shadows of nothingness. You shall be the First Prefect of the Arcani, the secret ones”

As he said the word Arcani a searing pain shot thru my skull and I fell to the ground blind.
A liquid began to ooze from my eyes, I know not if it was blood or tears.
I felt his hands press against my head and he said,
“I am life, you must be death
I am the light, you must be the dark
I am everything, you must be nothing."

I could feel myself growing ever more powerful and full of purpose as Publius spoke,
"You must stand at the Rostra before all of Nova Roma and announce the list of the proscribed. Those that stand in our way shall be stripped of all titles and gold. You must whisper into the ears of the barbarians, the nonbelievers, and cleanse the corruption or our calcified political system. I will show them light. I shall offer our citizens a way to erase their past and start anew. Our only enemies are Boredom and Barbarians. Are you with me my son?”

My sight had returned to me, the pain had left my body.
Behind him was a dozen men and women,
behind them were another hundred and behind them thousands more.
I realized this will be how we spread the Pax Nova Romana.
First a handful, then a minority, then a majority will be citizens of Nova Roma.
He looked at me with eyes that somehow were kind yet would broach no argument.

My voice had returned to me and I replied, I shall serve you.
He laughed and said, "No, No! You will serve the Senate and the People of Nova Roma just as I do.”

My mind was now truly one with my heart and I knew the words I must say,
I accept Publius as my savior.
I swear to uphold the ideals of the American Empire.
I promise to convert the unwashed to the ways of Nova Roma.
I vow to vanquish the Barbarians.


As First Prefect of the Arcani I shall wage constant war against Boredom and Barbarians. I shall whisper the truth to all and those that refuse to embrace the light and make their minds one with their hearts shall have their heads severed from their shoulders. I will celebrate the citizens of Nova Roma that uphold the teachings of Publius and vow to destroy the Barbarians.



This is when I awoke from my slumber…
or until now had I always been asleep?
Either way I had been reborn.

The Living God Publius will defeat our only true enemies, Boredom and Barbarians.
Will you help him?
Will you help your nation?
Will you help yourself?

For those that stand in our way and refuse to make their minds and their hearts one I will severe their heads from their shoulders.

I now stand here before all of you First Prefect of the Arcani.
I serve the Senate and People of Nova Roma by praising our citizens and shaming our enemies.

Humble servant of the Senate and People of Nova Roma and First Prefect of the Arcani, Sejanus Saturninus Lex


SPQR IN OUR HEARTS,
SPQR IN OUR MINDS,
NOW AND FOREVER!