| “ | One day, I was brutally dragged out of bed and thrown in the gallows, while Caecillus Metellus and Tiberius Livius usurped the throne of my father and become the rulers of Apollonia. Now that I am free I swear in my blood to find a way back to Apollonia and take my rightful place as a governor! | „ |
| ~ Camelius at the beginning of his long journey. |
| “ | At least, Tiberius Livius ha joined the traitor Caecillus Metellus in the grave. Now you could rest is peace, father, fot those how murderer you no more and the thronee of Apollonia has returned to our noble family! | „ |
| ~ Camelius, after he had fully accomplished his revenge on his father's murderers. |
Camelius is the main protagonist from Celtic Kings: Rage of War, Return to the Throne scenario. He was a half-Roman, half-Gallic man, who wanted to avenge his father's death on two evil, conspiring murderers.
Biography[]
Camelius was born to a Roman father and a Gallic mother and lived for several years in the city of Apollonia, where his father was king. One day, two conspirators, Caecilius Metellus and Tiberius Livius, murdered the young man's father, usurped the throne of Apollonia, and dragged him from his bed and exiled him to live a life of slavery. Camelius tried to escape by ship, but it crashed into rocks, but he successfully survived the incident and swore on his blood to return to the kingdom of Apollonia, avenge his father's death, kill the two conspirators, and regain his rightful place as governor. However, after the battle, Teutonic raiders appeared, and the young man was unarmed and knew that if he did not hide immediately, he would be torn to pieces in a short time. One of the raiders noticed his tracks and ordered the others to immediately find the survivor before he reached the nearby village and killed him. Camelius hid in the nearby bushes, but noticed that among the Teutons were Liberatus mercenaries, who were gladiator warriors, and he did not understand why they wanted to find and kill him. Not far to the west was the village of Ledobyt where Gallic warriors lived and noticed the Teutons and mercenaries, who could not find the survivor, but a fight was inevitable, so they attacked the village, but this ended in failure and they were all killed. Camelius reached the village and saw that these warriors were not mercenaries, so he wanted to ask them for help, but he knew he had to be careful.
He explained that only Roman citizens could enter the territory of Apollonia freely, and slaves could only enter it under the escort of guards. Camelius was a little upset by this, as he was also half-Roman, but Guduattr explained that only fully proven Roman citizens had a chance to enter Apollonia and suggested that the young man join the Roman army and find a recruiter. The Gallic warrior stopped him, however, because he couldn't just go to a Roman recruiter, because they absolutely wouldn't take him seriously if he went there in peasant clothes and without even a weapon, so he gave him a sword and shield and told him that if he needed any help, he should come back to him. Then, on the southern part of the wall, he found a Roman on horseback, Pavonius, in ornate armor, wearing a turquoise cloak, who had fought against the Gauls in the past, but was arrogant and contemptuous. Camelius knew he had no choice but to test him and, if he passed, help him to join the roman army. Pavonius enthusiastically tried to recruit so that recruits would see the world, become men, and join glorious legions of Rome, where appropriate performance and skills would be duly rewarded. Two more men came up to Camelius, and the young man told the recruiter that he wanted to join the army and that it would be an honor for him to defend Caesar and Roman civilization from any threat the world had to offer. Pavonius liked the young man and was pleased with his enthusiasm, but he told him that only one of the three could be a soldier and they would have to pass three trials. The first was the trial of intelligence where the recruiter asked the recruit a mathematical question, and he knew the answer, and Pavonius was very happy and surprised that the recruit had a sharp mind and gave him an amulet as a gift. The second was a trial of speed, and the task was that the recruit had to obtain an artifact, the Belt of Might, from a tree stump to the west of them, but Roman guards were guarded it and were ordered to kill any unauthorized intruders. Pavonius said that he could break off or refuse the trial at any time, but Camelius believed that the artifact could be of great benefit to him and that he could learn from this trial, so he accepted the test. The tree was on a hill, surrounded by archers and liberatus gladiators, but the young man noticed that there were some other hills nearby, which the guards did not really go near. Pavonius was very satisfied and said that there was only one test left, the trial of strength. The rules were that the three recruits would fight each other, the one who remained standing would be the winner, and that no mercy would be shown, as the Roman army was not for the weak. Camelius saw that one of his opponents was trying to cheat by using the nearby healing well to regenerate his wounds, so he tricked his two opponents into moving a little further away from the well, then tried to fight in a way that would make his two opponents fight against each other and tire them out. When they were quite exhausted, he rushed at them with full force and killed both of them, and Pavonius now called him legionary and recruited him into the Roman army, then gave him armor, weapons, and a shield. He was then instructed by him to report immediately to Atia.
Camelius, now as a Roman hastatus, set off on the road westward, but he knew that he could only go towards his goal, otherwise he could be killed for desertion. On the way, he met some guards who were Pavonius' men and they let him continue, but only so that he could reach Atia and make the report. He passed the village of Dithix and reached the outpost of Hydra, where a rather rude guard, Caleus, sent him on. He continued on his way and eventually found the city of Atia, where he reported to a guard, Burrus, who immediately sent him to the military camp near the city to report to a Roman commander, Cornelius, who was already waiting for him. The commander, Cornelius was already waiting for him at his own tent, dressed in black armor and riding a white horse with a priest, Quinctillius. The commander sternly told him that he was a little late and would be wanted for desertion, then immediately sent him to the other soldiers to stand in line next to each other. Camelius and the other hastatus stood side by side, then Cornelius told them that he did not know and did not care who they had been before joining, but that they were now Roman soldiers who had to follow many rules, such as obeying orders, serving Rome, and not getting killed in battle. He said that they had received a report of a group of brigands lurking in the area, and the new soldiers were tasked with finding and killing them, but at the same time not playing the hero, but getting help if necessary and not dying unnecessarily. The brigands were to the west in a slightly marshy area and initially attacked only one by one, so the Roman soldiers were able to kill them easily. They were Gallic warriors, most of whom were standing around an old headstone, and when they noticed the Romans, they immediately attacked them. Only Camelius and another hastatus survived the battle, the others all died, but the mission was a success, as the brigands were all killed. At the camp, the priest Quinctillius healed their injuries, and then Cornelius admitted that this was not bad for a rookie, and then gave him a new task. The commander said that some of the bandits had escaped and were hiding near a river, and the task was to find and eliminate the remaining bandits. Since he trusted Camelius, he gave him a horse so he could travel faster and told him to try asking around in the nearby villages to see if anyone knew anything. Camelius then went back to the village of Ledobyt where he asked Guduattr if he knew anything about the bandits, and he said he had heard some things in the southern part of the house of Dithix. In Dithix, he met a Gaul peasant named Hama, to whom he lied that he was a friend of the legendary Gaul, Larax, and that it was also his case to find the bandits. When Hama heard this, he became very enthusiastic and told everything he could, namely that not far south of them, by the river, there is a deserted house and it is quite certain that it is the hide-out of the robbers. Camelius rode south by the river and found the house from which he heard voices, so he was pretty sure the bandits were hiding there. However, he knew it would be foolish to attack them alone and he couldn't let them escape again, so he returned to Atia to report instead. Cornelius became very upset that the hideout of the bandits was so close and several villages were in danger, then he ordered his men to prepare for battle, and Camelius led them to the house and hoped that it was not a joke. When they got there, the brigands were already waiting for them, because liberatus gladiators launched a counterattack against the Romans, some of whom were killed, but in the end Cornelius and Camelius defeated them and none of them survived. The commander was very pleased with his soldier, to whom he gave a few days off, to do what he wanted, but at the same time he offered to get extra money if he help protect caravans. Camelius saw that a little extra money would come in handy, so he rode to the gate of Atia where he spoke to a man, Mannix, who told him what his task was. Some caravans carrying food and money had to be protected, which started from the village of Ledobyt and had peaceful journeys, but there were times when they were attacked by bandits with axes, but they were defeated, and the caravans arrived safely in the city of Atia. When Camelius said that he did not need more money, Mannix told him to find the priest, Quinctillius, because he wanted to speak with him. The priest said that he had been watching him for some time and offered him the opportunity to be one of the emperor’s special soldiers, if he could prove that he deserved it. Camelius accepted the offer, and the priest told him that their order received no special military concessions, but was highly respected, a mystery to most soldiers, and that from now on their orders would come first.
His first mission was to find and kill a criminal in Ranechir, but he had to do it secretly, hidden from the public, and not conspicuous in the villages. All the priest could tell him was that the person they were looking for wore green clothes, but he could not give any more information, and then Camelius set off to carry out his mission. In the village of Ranechir, he approached the leader of the guards, Flavius, who told him that he knew what he was up to and that his archers had sharp eyes, but in exchange for twenty gold, there would be no consequences for the young man's presence or actions. He then said that in exchange for two hundred gold, he would arrange a meeting between him and the traitor outside the village. Camelius accepted the offer, as he received enough money after protecting the caravans and gave the amount to Flavius who told him that there was a huge dead tree not far from the village and that he should wait for the traitor there. He waited a little while, until suddenly a Gallic peasant woman appeared, who wore green clothes and she was the traitor and Camelius attacked and killed her, then hurried back to the priest. Quinctillius told the young man that the woman he had killed was one of the leaders of a dangerous rebellion and that she had supporters, but after her death they had scattered and were no longer a threat to Rome. He then gave Camelius a more serious task, namely to go to the city of Ad Vallum, where an assassination attempt was being planned against Praetorian Stratorius Magnus. He didn't have much time, but the priest told him that if he was sure he had found the assassin, he should call out to him "Fear Pluto. Camelius, on the other hand, believed that the neighboring villages might know something, so he traveled to Linnbent, where a Roman peasant named Suavis told him that he knew why he was in the village and he must go to Ledobyt. When he returned to the village he asked Guduattr about the traitor, who said he should ask someone in the village of Dithix. In the village, he met Ham again, who, on the other hand, behaved suspiciously, and Camelius immediately noticed that he knew something, so he started asking him, and after a short time, the Gaul told him that the person he was looking for was in the city of Ad Vallum, near the arena. Camelius immediately rushed back to the city, where a gladiator was standing near the arena, then he yelled him that “Fear Pluto”, and then the warrior dressed in green clothes and attacked him. The Roman soldiers immediately rushed to the young man's aid and killed the gladiator together. Stratorius Magnus was completely shocked that a traitor who wanted to kill him was so close to him, so he wanted an immediate investigation in the area and Camelius was placed under his command. However, as soon as they got out of the city, they were immediately attacked by some Teutonic raiders and archers, but they managed to kill them, and then they continued in the direction of Caligae. They were attacked by liberatus gladiators in front of the outpost, but they also managed to kill them and then continued on. They reached the outpost of musa, but found no traitors or bandits there, and then continued north to the village of Linnbent. Here, however, something very unexpected happened, gaul axe warriors, archers and female warriors attacked the Romans from almost every building in the village, who only survived the attack with a hard fight, and the attackers were all killed. They then reached the military camp of Atia, where Stratorius Magnus wanted to speak to Camelius' superiors about he was pleased with the soldier and thus the young man had fulfilled his mission. Quinctillius was also happy and pleased, and as a reward he gave him ashes of druid hearts, which had healing powers. Cornelius then gave the young man a new task, namely to destroy a pack of wolves that attacked the village of Ranechir, which was important because most of the food for the Romans stationed in the area came from this village. Having heard many good things about Camelius, Cornelius thought he deserved to lead soldiers, so he became the commander of a small cavalry unit. The situation in the village was very bad, the corrupt Flavius and his men did not protect the civilians, but disappeared, and there were many wolves. Camelius launched an attack against the animals with his riders, but he was the only one who survived the battle, because the other riders were unable to fight properly against the many wolves, but the young man was already experienced enough to survive such a situation. He then returned to Cornelius, who was not angry with him for the loss of his soldiers, as the wolf pack was destroyed and the village was saved. The commander wanted to reward him and give him a new rank in the army, but suddenly Quinctillius raised alarm because a barbarian attack was being prepared against the Romans. Cornelius tensed as the outpost was strong, but he doubted that it could last long against the catapults, but Camelius offered that he would prevent the enemy from using siege weapons. Quinctillius supported the idea and told the others that reinforcements were on their way from Apollonia. Everyone entered the city, and Camelius was waiting for the enemy, then suddenly the gaul warriors began to attack without stopping. In the beginning, only the infantry attacked, then they wanted to start building the catapults, but the young man with his horse did not let the enemy rest for a minute and killed the warriors one after the other, who were more and more numerous, but reinforcements also came for the Romans. However, the barbarians did not run away, instead a large group of Teutonic raiders and archers appeared next to the Gauls and launched a frontal attack together, while Cornelius broke out of the city with his men. In the great and bloody battle, the barbarians were all killed and Atia was saved, and the heroism of Camelius did not go unnoticed. Quinctillius promoted the young man to principle and told him that he could get to Apollonia, where he could report to Tiberius Livius and Caecillus Metellus, but the priest did not know that these two men were the murderers of Camelius' father and usurpers of his throne, and he he couldn't wait to meet them and get his revenge.
On the way, not far from Apollonia, some guards stopped him, and one of the archers told him that he was honored to meet the already famous and heroic soldier and that if he followed the road, he would reach Apollonia in no time. Tiberius Livius was already waiting in front of the city gate in fancy armor and accompanied by several soldiers. He said that he had already heard of him and was very happy that he would now serve under his command and that the soldiers he saw were his men and he could lead them. He then gave him a task, which was to stop a large group of peasants with his soldiers who wanted to enter the city to steal what they could, and this was not tolerable, the governor, Caecillus Metellus, had personally given the order. Livius ordered Camelius to allow only Roman citizens into the city, and to kill anyone else who tried to enter. The city had a total of four gates and a total of eight thieving peasants tried to enter the city, but Camelius and his soldiers killed them, and when no one came, he went to report to Livius. However, he was disappointed because, despite careful and persistent efforts, a thief still got into the city, at the same time he did not harbor anger towards Camelius for his failure, as he believed that he could still be a useful man, but he wanted to find the thief at all costs. The thief was not difficult to find, as he was near the tavern of the city, and the soldiers chased him outside the town for a while, but eventually killed him. After this, a surprising thing happened, because Camelius learned interesting things from one of his main enemies. Tiberius Livius told him that Caecillus Metellus was a stupid and weak leader of the city and that he wanted to replace him with a coup, but at the same time he needed the young man's help to make the whole thing as easy as possible. Camelius saw this as a great opportunity to kill one of his main enemies while the other could be killed later, so he told the conspiring Roman commander that he sympathized with his views and would help him. His task was to kill Caecillus' soldiers wearing gold armor so that as few as possible of his own guards could protect him if the fight began, but Tiberius warned him to kill them when they were alone. The plan was successful, after the death of the soldiers in gold armor, Caecillus Metellus appeared with his remaining men in the main square of the city, where he said that he knew everything and that he would not let the coup succeed, and then suddenly put on a green cloak. Camelius then learned that he was behind almost all of the barbarian attacks, that the renegade gladiators and brigands were also his men, and that he had sent the Teutonic mercenaries to kill the young man. After this, all hell broke loose in the city, but Tiberius did not stay there, but fled to a stone garrison to the west, but his men fought against the gladiators and Caecillus' soldiers. Camelius finally succeeded in killing one of his main enemies, thus his revenge was half successful, only the other murderer had to die, but he had much more influence. After this, the priests of the city wanted to elect him as the leader of the city in a ceremony, but this was interrupted, as the Gauls launched an attack from the east and the city had to be defended, but Camelius wanted to go further and find out why the barbarians were attacking them.
However, the soldiers of the city did not want to leave the area, so he had to set off with his own soldiers, but everything became clear when he saw that the barbarian warriors attacking him were wearing green clothing, meaning that Caecillus Metellus had set up a new obstacle for him even after his death. Between the barbarian village and the Romans was a forest, which was cursed and several frozen Roman soldiers were seen, who did not move at all. Then a mad, evil druid appeared who transformed Camelius into a crow and mockingly said that he would remain like this forever, and his soldiers retreated and sided with Tiberius Livius. The crow, however, while flying, noticed an island to the north where there was a large eagle statue and thought he would explore the area. There was a priest on the island who told him that there were four wells around them, two of which would kill him, one would do nothing to him, but the fourth would turn him back into a human, and then he told him a riddle about which well was the right one. Camelius chose the right well and was transformed back, and the priest also felt the great perseverance and strength in the young man and considered him worthy to fulfill his mission and therefore, with his magical power, helped him immediately return to Pannonia. His soldiers were very happy and surprised when they saw him and told him that they would follow him anywhere, and the inhabitants of Pannonia fully supported him, so everything was ready for the young man's plans. First, he began organizing an army against the Gaul village to kill the mad druid and his warriors, but he also knew that he could not admit failure, so he had to prepare as thoroughly as possible. He set out against the Gauls with a very disciplined, strong, and well-equipped army, but he also captured the barbarian villages, where his soldiers killed civilians, but he did not want to make this a frequent occurrence. In the forest, the druid was very surprised that Camelius had returned and that he had even managed to break the curse, so the frozen Roman soldiers also joined him, but the barbarians did not want to let them build siege engines, so they launched a major counterattack. This resulted in many dead bodies and casualties, and the Romans fired catapults at the walls and gate, then launched an attack on the Gauls, almost all of whose warriors counterattacked with Viking lords and Teutons. Camelius killed the evil druid in the battle, and the barbarians were increasingly fewer in number, but they were met with an unpleasant surprise, as the Roman cavalry captured the camp of the Teutons behind them and then attacked the barbarians through a path. The Romans finally captured the village of Haltr with a some soldiers, and now all they had to do was eliminate Tiberius Livius and his followers to finally complete the young man’s revenge.
However, the balance of power had changed. During his adventures and travels, Camelius had become a very experienced, strong, muscular, intelligent and prepared person, and he also had many soldiers and was already two steps ahead of his opponents. Before he could capture the town hall of Haltr, he sent almost his entire army back to Apollonia and ordered them to attack Tiberius' soldiers when they received a signal. After capturing the village of the Gauls with the help of the Teutons, he sent some of his soldiers to give the signal to the army, after which the army massacred Tiberius' soldiers from within the city, civilians were not harmed, and thus the entire city was captured in a short time. The recapture of Apolonia had fatal consequences for Tiberius Livius and his men, and unstoppable processes began. Camelius began to raise another army in the city, while he prepared his own experienced soldiers to await the counterattacks of his enemies. Tiberius's barbarians launched several large attacks to bring Apollonia back into the hands of the conspirator, but they suffered several very heavy defeats from Camelius, who defeated the enemy commanders in a matter of seconds, and his soldiers fought very effectively. Before his final, big attack, Camelius decided it was time to deal with his father's murderer personally, so he went alone to the stone outpost southwest of the city, where Tiberius was already waiting for him. The conspirator knew it was over, but refused to surrender and decided to fight Camelius, however, the young man was much stronger. Their fight was not short, but in the end Tiberius Livius was killed in the duel, and Camelius called reinforcements, captured the stone outpost, and returned to Apollonia to prepare for the attack. The Gauls of Tiberius, Cornelius and the soldiers of the city of Atia regarded Livius as their governor, and Camelius made his decision, namely that those who surrendered to him, he and his soldiers would spare their lives and leave them alone, but those who fought for the traitor's name would all be killed, then set off with his army. The Romans advanced almost unstoppably, and the young man had a merciless war plan, as he was absolutely not interested in the smaller villages nearby, but wanted to capture Ad Vallum first, as this was where the arena and the barracks of the Gallic warriors were located. The Gauls knew that if the enemy won here, it was all over, since none of the other areas had a strong military besides Ad Vallum, and the barbarians launched a massive counterattack together with the Viking lords and a huge battle began. The attack stalled at first, but Camelius and his disciplined, experienced soldiers killed their enemies by the dozens after a while, who were losing more and more and finally tried to retreat, but the Romans went after them and killed them one after another. After this Ad Vallum was completely vulnerable, but Camelius did not allow his soldiers to plunder or kill the civilians, but they captured the city, and then only a small group remained, he and the rest of his soldiers continued in a south-easterly direction. After that, he launched an attack from three directions. They captured the villages of Ranechin and Linnbent, then surrounded and captured the outpost of Musa and then Calligae. It was completely irrelevant whether the civilians and inhabitants were Romans or Gauls, they did not harm them, they only sought out or killed those who tried to fight them with weapons in the name of Tiberius Livius. After that, only the city of Atia, the outpost of Hydra, and the village of Dithix remained. The city of Atia was surrounded and fired non-stop with catapults, and after a large part of the city was burned, the soldiers of Camelius launched an attack, who successfully captured the city, but did not start looting or killing innocents, but followed the orders of their leader, who wanted to continue in an eastern direction, but before he had a personal matter. In the military camp near the city, he found Cornelius, who refused to join or surrender to him, but was loyal to Tiberius Livius and with him was his priest, Quinctillius. Then Camelius challenged him to a duel, which he accepted, but during the fight, Quinctillius tried to heal his commander, but his enemy caused him more and more serious injuries and finally killed him, but he did not hurt the priest, but went back to his army. After that, his soldiers began to shoot the outpost of Hydra with catapults, while he and a small group occupied the village of Dithix, where the civilians immediately surrendered and no one was hurt. After the last defender fell and the outpost of Hydra fell, Camelius' revenge was complete. Caecillus Metellus and Tiberius Livius died, Camelius recaptured the city of Apolonia, and also acquired new territories, united the Romans and the barbarians so that they lived in peace and was able to give his father final peace.
Personality[]
Camelius was basically a good man who loved his father very much, but the events after his death changed the young man. He began to be a man hungry for battle, eager for missions and active, who served the Roman army faithfully and was able to truly prove that he could earn his place. The mad druid was evil and gloating after transforming Camelius into a crow and mocking him, but he did not know that by doing so he had caused something that he had not even thought of. Because after he turned back into a human, something changed in Camelius' personality. He became determined, bold, merciless, a little mean and ruthless, he was able to use bad means to win, but he did not cross a certain line.
Powers and abilities[]
Camelius was initially an ordinary peasant man who could easily be killed by even the weakest warrior, but after his father's death, his path to power and the success of his revenge underwent dramatic changes in his abilities. He became a very strong close combatant who was also physically strong, very tenacious, tough, and an experienced swordsman who was able to use both a spear and a shield effectively. In addition, Camelius was an intelligent and cunning strategist who defeated his enemies with clever tricks and carefully thought through almost every action he took. Before his revenge was finally fulfilled, he had become so strong that even defeating experienced Roman legionaries or commanders was no longer a problem for him, and he was able to easily defeat several barbarian warriors single-handedly. His endurance is also shown by the fact that he was surprisingly able to survive several days without food and was still able to fight effectively and win.