John Gaius (Empire's Edge)

John Gaius is along with Lia the main protagonist of Empire's Edge. Born as the son of an aristocrat and a noble woman who died shortly, he was adopted by the Emperor of the Roman Empire and groomed to be a candidate for the throne. He however left the Empire and was caught in a crossfire between rebels and the Roman army.

Driven by his anger towards the way Rome choses their Emperors and how they start civil wars and invade countries in order to get more natural recourses and money, he swears to destroy the houses of Rome and to become its Emperor which would allow him to change the Empire and society itself.

He forms an alliance with the young woman Lia who has her own reasons for rebelling against the Empire. Because both of them are highly intelligent and have similar world views they are able to accomplish great things together and make a highly effective team.

Personality
John Gaius is a highly intelligent young man who is charming and seems to get along with even strange people. However this is rather a mask as he appears to have the distrust in most humans as he calls them "hopeless and driven by animalistic desires". In battle he is cold and calculating having no problems sacrificing many lives in order to win, he's even willing to sacrifice civilians as he calls it "collateral damage that is sometimes necessary".

However despite all this he also has a compassionate side which he attempts to hide, but he often shows this side to Lia for example. He also appears to wish to be unable to feel emotions as love and being unable to have desires.

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