Revenge

[Pontifex Maximus]

"Once we do this, there is no going back." Sejanus warned his friend Tiberius. "Are you sure this is what you want?"

"Fires happen all the time." Tiberius replied. "And sometimes things can't be helped." He said sullenly. The boy had been inconsolable at his father's death. The plan was simple. A fire would be started at the house of the Iulii. Once well kindled and blazing, the vigiles would seal the exits in the hopes that all within would be killed. It would be seen as a measure to contain the blaze. "Make sure to have the proper countermeasures in place, Sejanus. I won't have this fire spreading needlessly and inflicting damage upon any others, except maybe this new Sextus Savlia." He had once considered the man his friend, his father was married to his aunt after all. It was clear that friendship meant nothing to him. "Ensure the fire can't be attributed to you or any of the vigiles. Best to set it at night." he said as he prepared to depart.

Tiberius prepared for his travel to Neapolis to wait out the fire.

ooc: The plan is to set fire to the domus Iulus and kill as many as possible within the house. The fire will be set secretly at night with two cohorts of vigiles residing nearby. By my estimation, all characters within should receive a death roll if the fire is set.

[Lucius Malfoy]

OOC: I will roll this. I assume this attempt is being made at night when everyone would be in the Domus correct?

[The Mad Skylord]

ooc: The plan is to set fire to the domus Iulus and kill as many as possible within the house. The fire will be set secretly at night with two cohorts of vigiles residing nearby. By my estimation, all characters within should receive a death roll if the fire is set.

Yup. That's what he wants.

[Lucius Malfoy]

75% chance of fire going off without being spotted.
Range: 15/20
Result: 6, success

Due to the fire's success, the chances of escape are low.

25% chance of escape
Range: 5/20
Gnaeus: 11
Octavius: 11

None are able to escape before the exits are sealed by the Vigiles.

Chance of Vigiles Escaping
Range: 10/20
Result: 10, the Vigiles barely escape without being noticed

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A great conflagration rises from the Domus of Iulus, the smoke seen high above city of Rome as far as the Senate building. The Vigiles, who were the culprits of the fire, barely escape through the various alleyways as people rush out of their homes, mortified by the fire that had suddenly popped up and was devastating the Domus of the House of Iulus. By the morning, the Vigiles arrive to survey the damage, as per their role in Rome. They find the burned bodies of the Iulus household. The dark deed had been done almost with the aid of the gods it seemed, yet it was a black mark upon the Republic for such a figure among the people to die in a fire.

Rumors among the streets are that people had heard and seen figures running away from the fire, but could not make out who they were. Iulus was known to have many enemies in the Senate with the recent riot that had happened a couple days before, so it could be a number of suspects in who would want the death of Gnaeus and his family. The true culprit behind this arson may never be found.

The only survivor of the fire was Sextus.

[The Mad Skylord]

Sextus had been lounging in his quarters, dozing. It was only the sharp, acrid stench that had brought him to. Running down the stairs, he managed to jerk open the servants' door - to be met by an enormous burst of flame - setting the right half of his tunic alight.

Running back up the stairs in a blind panic, he threw himself out the window, his screams attracting the Vigiles to him. Having been put out, he was then hauled off to a well known Greek physician in the City..