You couldn’t help being forced into the Imperial Household by Nero.

After years of abuse from the emperor, he’d finally gone too far to the point where battles broke out all along in Nero’s tower. You got stuck in a fight between Nico di Angelo while a rampant… was that a bull? — attacked the other ranks. You stood off to the side, hoping not to fight anybody. Obviously that didn’t work out.

Nico now had you on your knees with your sword clattered off to the side, blood streaming from gashes from everywhere with his Stygian Iron sword underneath your chin, tilting your chin up. He had a deep scowl on his face. The son of Hades didn’t quite kill you just yet — hesitance.