Cingerix

Cingerix, a character in the A Courtesan of Rome book, is your brother. He is first seen in Chapter 1.

Appearance
Cingerix has short light brown hair, brown eyes and tan skin. He wears armor strapped to his right shoulder, an orange jeweled amulet around his neck, and a rope wrapped around his left arm. He has blue markings on his forehead, his left breast, and his left arm. He has the brand of his tribe on the left side of his neck.

Personality
Cingerix is fiercely loyal to his family and his tribe. He is easily angered, such as opting to fight the invading Romans when stealth is the preferable option. He doesn't understand why his father won't fight to the death in opposition. He would rather die than become Roman property.

Background
After being sold to the legions (unbeknownst to Legate Aquila), Cingerix started as a slave to an officer. He was treated fairly and when he was given the chance to enlist, he took it. He was "serving Rome" but at the same time, he was "free" and had purpose.

Series/Book: A Courtesan of Rome

 * Chapter 1: A Princess of Gaul
 * Chapter 2: Crossing the Rubicon
 * Chapter 3: The Aid of the Gods
 * Chapter 4: The Hunt
 * Chapter 6: Marked
 * Chapter 7: A Fighting Chance
 * Chapter 8: The Goddess of Watching (Off-screen)
 * Chapter 9: Power Vacuum (Off-screen)
 * Chapter 11: Trial By Combat
 * Chapter 13: Bread and Circus
 * Chapter 15: Best Served Cold
 * Chapter 16: Triumph
 * Chapter 17: A Life for a Life
 * Chapter 18: The Die is Cast
 * Chapter 19: A Warrior's Death
 * Chapter 20: The Liberators

Victus
Victus is his father. Victus tells Cingerix that the younger man has a lot of his grandfather in him.

Delphinia
Delphinia is his mother. In Chapter 18, she sees him for the first time in eight years in Egypt, wearing the armor of a Roman legionary. When she questions him, she can either tell him that she will haunt him for serving Caesar or that she understands that he had to do what he had to do to survive. The first will make him angry.

Main Character
The Main Character is his sister. Eight years ago, in Gaul, he blames Father and you for letting Rome take Tallius away from him, and for not attacking and fighting and dying for the Catauni.

Tallius
Tallius is Cingerix's best friend and someone he loved. According to Victus, he died in the raid against the tribe.

Aquila
Legate Aquila kept Cingerix after he had sold Victus, Delphinia, and Main Character. The legate tortured him for months, intent on breaking his spirit, but Cingerix was able to keep sane by holding true to his vow to survive and avenge your tribe. Eventually, the legate got frustrated with his lack of progress and sold Cingerix to the mines to die there. If Main Character tells her brother that she had Aquila killed or exiled, he thanks her for having his revenge. However, the caravan driver didn't take Cingerix to the mines. Instead, he sold Cingerix to the legions, which paid more than the mines.

Euthymios
If Main Character wins her brother back, he goes to the Gladiator barracks to help her train before her fight in the arena. There he meets Euthymios and Syphax or Victus (depending on who you could not free previously). He spars with Euthymios, and in Chapter 20, he is shown visiting Euthymios again. Euthymios says it isn't the first time he has visited and they hold hands. Cingerix blushes.

Trivia

 * Your Character and Cingerix are half-Gallic from their father's side and half-Egyptian from their mother's.
 * In Chapter 16, Aquila tells you that Cingerix was sent to the mines. Aquila believes that he is dead.
 * In Chapter 18, a flashback reveals that Cingerix shares with his sister that he would rather die than be a slave. This possibly foreshadows his fate.