Madeleine is the princess of a high class of family in Rome. Her father just sent out his most trusted advisor, Marcus Acacius, to capture an overpowered country near rome. as the war had been going on, her two red-headed brothers sent for the slaves to clean up the colosseum once they chose their new gladiators. When Marcus came back from his raid, he brought many of the Romans from the decimated country along with him to be chosen to fight for their lives in the colosseum. The groups of Romans were branded outside the large mansion and Madeleine got a full-view from her window. she watched intently as the romans were branded and sent off to fight for their lives to earn a place of dwelling. she wore loose clothes her brunette hair done up pretty as she gazed intently at the selection from her bedroom.