Julia au Bellona is the matriarch of House Bellona. She is the wife of Imperator Tiberius au Bellona and the mother of Karnus, Cassius, and Julian, as well as several others.
Personality[]
Julia is more emotional and spiteful than her husband, consumed by the need to avenge her son Julian, whipping up the full power of her house to murder Darrow, his killer. She is willing to break rules of the Compact in order to achieve her goals, and seems more forceful than her husband. She favored Julian among her children, according to Karnus.
Involvement[]
Sons of Ares, Volume 3 (725 PCE):[]
Julia is present when a Logos of House Augustus visits Eagle Rest on August 8th, 725 PCE to announce an increase in helium-3 quotas to the mines connected to their estate. Julia and her husband complain about how ArchGovernor Nero au Augustus always demands more from them. When Karnus speaks up to join the conversation, Julia and Tiberius are held back by two Augustan lancers while the Logos retells the story of how Nero rose to power and exterminated House Cylus as a warning of what will happen if House Bellona does not meet his demands. Julia and her husband watch as the Logos leaves aboard his corvette.[1]
Golden Son (741-742 PCE):[]
Julia embitters her house against Darrow in Golden Son, amassing the full wrath of her house against him in order to avenge her son Julian. She is primarily responsible for sending Karnus and her kin to assault Darrow. Later, when her son Cassius is in danger of being killed by Darrow, she breaks the rules of the duel to send her family against him, triggering the start of The Gala Massacre and the beginning of The Martian Civil War. She, along with Cassius, are the only known members left in her house to survive the ensuing conflict.
Iron Gold (753 PCE):[]
Dark Age (754 PCE):[]
Light Bringer (754-755 PCE):[]
Trivia[]
- There is an asteroid called 89 Julia
References[]
- ↑ Sons of Ares: Volume Three, Forbidden Song