Round 1 - Nixsana

Before the Romans came, the Nixsana family was Temitope with her three boys, after her husband died. However, a Patrician family took her to work in their household, leaving the boys alone. The oldest one of the three is Rufinus Nixsana, an active and grouchy popularity sim.

The middle boy is Cassian. He's been in constant aspiration failure since his father died and keeps having outbreaks of anger.

The youngest one is Otho, who's pretty much a normal boy.

The first night, it's already time for Cassian to join his brother as a teenager. Of course, his wishes are impossible to fulfill this quickly and he grows up badly.

Here we have him. Although he has the most common face in the neighborhood (typical Nixeira), he's the only one who has it with grey eyes and this pale skin, making him stand out anyway. He's a playful knowledge sim (but also incredibly sloppy and lazy).

One of his fits of anger...

And he attacks his brother Rufinus. Of course I'm not surprised. Had he just resisted his anger a few more hours he would have had that best friend he so badly wanted, but no. Rufinus looks to be winning.

... But the tables turn and Cassian wins, killing his older brother.

As the Grim Reaper comes and he sees how devastated he made their younger brother, he regrets his actions.

Bye Rufinus, who was going to father a bastard next round. At least his blood flows in the veins of his and Iuliana's unborn child...

Cassian tries to become a better role model for his brother Otho now when he's the only one left to care for the boy.

He goes to take out the trash and meets his mother, who breaks down when she hears that her firstborn is dead. I swear, no one in the neighborhood has had as many aspiration failures as Temitope.

However, she seems to get in a better mood as the introduces Cassian to his future wife, Prisca. At least they'll marry if both of them survive, in this neighborhood, you never know... Especially since both of them are sick.

The Nixsana boys head to the Baths and Cassian, who's had his comfort in red all season due to a food poisoning, seems to be enjoying himself a lot.

And Otho found a cousin to play with in the mean time.