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shared_worlds:prometheus [2013/12/10 09:48] Petikeshared_worlds:prometheus [2020/02/04 00:30] (current) – Updating to new link format eofpi
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 === Session 1 === === Session 1 ===
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=8409439&postcount=1488|Prometheus]] [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=8410280&postcount=1489|(born in]] [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=8412965&postcount=1496|352 AD)]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8409439|"Prometheus"]] [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8410280|(born in]] [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8412965|352 AD)]]**
  
 __Prometheus:__ I was born in 352 AD... Damn... very old. __Prometheus:__ I was born in 352 AD... Damn... very old.
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 === Session 2 === === Session 2 ===
  
-**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=8425813&postcount=1531|The Life of a Centurion - "Prometheus" (352-378 AD/CE)]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8425813|The Life of a Centurion - "Prometheus" (352-378 AD/CE)]]**
  
 My father was a General of the Emperor Constantine, so we were comparatively well off compared to most in those days. Our family had a long history, my father even told a story of one of our ancestors getting our land from Sulla. Siding with the man that would be Emperor got him a lot on influence, and quite a bit of wealth. There was a problem though. My father was a pagan. He followed Constantine's orders to fight for God, but in his heart he still prayed for Mars' aid. My father was a General of the Emperor Constantine, so we were comparatively well off compared to most in those days. Our family had a long history, my father even told a story of one of our ancestors getting our land from Sulla. Siding with the man that would be Emperor got him a lot on influence, and quite a bit of wealth. There was a problem though. My father was a pagan. He followed Constantine's orders to fight for God, but in his heart he still prayed for Mars' aid.
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 === Session 3 === === Session 3 ===
  
-**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=8426880&postcount=1535|The Life of a Philosopher - Atticus of Alexandria (Alexandria, 385-430 AD/CE)]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8426880|The Life of a Philosopher - Atticus of Alexandria (Alexandria, 385-430 AD/CE)]]**
  
 My next life of any consequence developed as a bit of a happenstance. I had found some work as a Architech's assistant in Constantinople. I could have rejoined the legion but the Empire was changing... The Christians were spreading faster than the clap in a brothel... What?! Despite the modern world perceptions of the past, I can say this with conviction the more things change the more they stay the same. My next life of any consequence developed as a bit of a happenstance. I had found some work as a Architech's assistant in Constantinople. I could have rejoined the legion but the Empire was changing... The Christians were spreading faster than the clap in a brothel... What?! Despite the modern world perceptions of the past, I can say this with conviction the more things change the more they stay the same.
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 === Session 4 === === Session 4 ===
  
-**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=8433187&postcount=1544|The Life of an Enterpreneur - Scorpio of Alexandria (Carthage, 430-463 AD/CE), Part I]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8433187|The Life of an Enterpreneur - Scorpio of Alexandria (Carthage, 430-463 AD/CE), Part I]]**
  
 The ship I boarded was bound for Hippo Regius. My ship never made it there. We came under attack by Vandals and the captain attempted to make a deal. Many feared being sold into slavery but the Vandals apparently were having none of that and opened fire upon us. We ran aground a few miles east of Hippo Regius, and the survivors made their way on foot. I chose the less common option. Faced with a choice of going east or west I chose to go west, perhaps it was time to join whatever military was there. All I had with me was an empty wine cask, and my knapsack. The ship I boarded was bound for Hippo Regius. My ship never made it there. We came under attack by Vandals and the captain attempted to make a deal. Many feared being sold into slavery but the Vandals apparently were having none of that and opened fire upon us. We ran aground a few miles east of Hippo Regius, and the survivors made their way on foot. I chose the less common option. Faced with a choice of going east or west I chose to go west, perhaps it was time to join whatever military was there. All I had with me was an empty wine cask, and my knapsack.
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 === Session 5 === === Session 5 ===
  
-**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=8436276&postcount=1545|The Life of an Enterpreneur - Scorpio of Alexandria (Carthage, 430-463 AD/CE), Part II]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8436276|The Life of an Enterpreneur - Scorpio of Alexandria (Carthage, 430-463 AD/CE), Part II]]**
  
 The modern world is very remarkable in one respect, there's a clear delineation between legal and illegal. The system of checks and balances keeps the two separate. In antiquity, the line was a bit murkier. I was an upstanding citizen of the Vandal Kingdom precisely because of two things: One, I was friends of the king. Two, I spent money not on audacious things, but on ensuring allies got a cut, and reinvesting. The modern world is very remarkable in one respect, there's a clear delineation between legal and illegal. The system of checks and balances keeps the two separate. In antiquity, the line was a bit murkier. I was an upstanding citizen of the Vandal Kingdom precisely because of two things: One, I was friends of the king. Two, I spent money not on audacious things, but on ensuring allies got a cut, and reinvesting.
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 In a way he convinced me to enjoy a simpler life. I slipped aboard ship bound North from Tunisia. So ended Scorpio of Alexandria. In a way he convinced me to enjoy a simpler life. I slipped aboard ship bound North from Tunisia. So ended Scorpio of Alexandria.
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 ==== Personal information ==== ==== Personal information ====
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 **Skills:** Centurion, Platonic Philosopher, Mathematician, Merchant, Capo, \\ **Skills:** Centurion, Platonic Philosopher, Mathematician, Merchant, Capo, \\
 **Languages Spoken:** Latin, Greek, Punic, Germanic\\ **Languages Spoken:** Latin, Greek, Punic, Germanic\\
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 ==== See Also ==== ==== See Also ====
  
 **[[The Trust]]** **[[The Trust]]**
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 ==== Navigation ==== ==== Navigation ====
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