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Post by FieldMarshal Bismarck on Oct 6, 2021 8:45:35 GMT -5
 The Pantheon Aemilius Lepidus Built : 99 BCE Funded by: Marcus Aemilius Lepidus the Elder. Tier V
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Post by Magnate Lucius on Oct 20, 2021 21:01:16 GMT -5
A new target was easily found. The unmarked group moved towards a dedicated religious building, the Pantheon, built by the Consul Lepidus. This time, they came better prepared. While a few kept watch, several bolted inside and found that the ornaments of the temple could easily be lit. Carpets and cloth were tossed together in separate piles before oil was liberally thrown all over the place. Quickly, the preparations were made and a blaze started. The group bolts in various directions after sparking the fires.
Soon, the Pantheon is ablaze and lighting up its location upon the Hills of the capital. The devastation was not fatal, but dealt a considerable amount of damage.
Building loses a Tier as a result of the blaze. Pantheon is now a Tier III building.
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Post by sforza on Oct 21, 2021 16:35:26 GMT -5
After the fire, Aedile Decia us comes to visit the large temple and inspect the damage done. It was his duty to start an investigation into the matter.
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Post by FieldMarshal Bismarck on Oct 21, 2021 16:55:22 GMT -5
Lepidus's gang, under the leadership of Spurius are now employed to defend this building.
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Post by Magnate Lucius on Oct 22, 2021 14:03:03 GMT -5
Nat 20 on investigation roll
While the investigation cannot know for certain who caused the fire, as the men involved were not in their vigiles uniforms, someone does come forward. A male, in his mid-forties, says that he saw a group of several men come to the Pantheon and lit it up. They were dressed in ordinary clothing however. No discerning signs of who they were. Once the deed was done, he points at the various streets where the men ran off too, indicating the group divided themselves up and fled upon departure.
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Post by sforza on Oct 22, 2021 14:19:46 GMT -5
Decianus, as Aedile, who is investigating the fire of Lepdius' pantheon thanks the man with a sum of 25 denarii. The Aedile would wander around the streets and ask his fellow Roman citizens if they had seen any suspicious movements on the night of the fire. Anything could help his investigation he told the people, faces, voices, type of clothes and the direction where this group of rascals fled too.
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Post by Magnate Lucius on Oct 22, 2021 14:31:13 GMT -5
Either people were blind, genuine, or hid facts as the second phase of Decianus’ investigation gathered nothing of use. Some people responded with giving varying accounts that didn’t really link up. Someone even said it was his cousin, but that turned out just to be an ongoing dispute over some familial estates outside of the city. Some tried diverted from the conversation to try and bring other crimes to be known, but none linked with the recent damages to the Lepidian property.
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Post by sforza on Oct 22, 2021 14:35:52 GMT -5
With little to no information of use gathered Decianus returns to the Pantheon. He informs the citizens of Rome to meet him there if they have more accurate and reliable information. People with such information are to be rewarded with a large financial sum of denarii (30 denarii).
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Post by Magnate Lucius on Oct 24, 2021 12:22:09 GMT -5
A few individuals come forth, giving different accounts. One woman said she heard a pot smashed outside of her home as footsteps ran by. Another woman says she saw two men, wearing similar garb, who split up with one heading down an alleyway to cross over to another street. A beggar says he saw a suspicious individual running away down the street. These accounts didn't seem like some sort of speculation, but given the time of night it was, little to no features could be described save for the men looked built. Then again, that was likely majority of males in Rome's populace.
All fingers pointed for an escape into the lower city however.
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Post by sforza on Oct 24, 2021 13:17:45 GMT -5
With the gathered information the Aedile wanders off into the lower city in the direction that these people pointed out. These people are of course given their promised rewards (90 denarii for all three). He asks the people in the lower suburbs if they had seen any "built" men behaving suspiciously on the night of the fire. If so the Aedile asks to give him as much information as possible. A financial reward will be given if the information proofs to be useful.
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Post by Magnate Lucius on Oct 26, 2021 15:29:39 GMT -5
The success was moderate to say the least, but there was some general confusion. Those who did speak with the Aedile mentioned that there were a lot of suspicious looking people around the lower cities. All of them were Roman, Italian, or otherwise foreign. A few people pointed towards the river, others towards the residential areas. Some did say that they saw shadows of larger persons running down some of the alleyways, but suspected it was likely members of a gang or ill-intent people who stalked the streets, looking for someone to pickpocket. The Aedile might need to determine which cases to follow and which to try later as leads or abandon entirely.
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Post by sforza on Oct 27, 2021 7:04:17 GMT -5
The Aedile chooses to investigate the persons running into the alleyways first. He wanders off into the alleyways and looks for suspicious objects and questions several of Rome's citizens about these persons.
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Post by Magnate Lucius on Oct 27, 2021 14:02:49 GMT -5
The Aedile finds nothing of use. Someone gives him a torch, saying it belonged to the perpetrators but Decianus say her prior grabbing a torch from her stand and using it to get some free coin. Another says that he saw some men going into a building last night, but upon further inquiry, turned out to be a family gathering together for the arrival of a new baby. The trail was going rather cold now with these new developments.
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Post by sforza on Oct 27, 2021 16:31:31 GMT -5
Decianus investigates the other leads, particularly at the river.
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Post by Gandalf on Oct 31, 2021 14:09:59 GMT -5
Pius, in his capacity as Pontifex Maximus, arrives to inspect the Pantheon that Lepidus had proven so proud and protective of.
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