YMMV / Murena

• Complete Monster:
  • Massam is a cruel gladiator who shows what kind of person he is when he rapes and kills one of his fellow gladiators, then threatens Numidian Balba that he will eat him. Seeing the latter as a Worthy Opponent, Massam deliberately provokes him by killing a man Balba decided to spare, fighting his young and inexperienced friend Proyas and killing him against the will of the host of the game. As a henchman for Emperor Nero, Massam orders a fat histrion to be fed to his panthera; throws a young male prostitute into a fireplace; smothers a man in his own feces after telling the information he wanted; murders the old pontiff; and with the Emperor rapes the Vestal Virgin Rubria. After the burning of Rome, Massam plans to sell Lucius Murena who caused the fire and takes satisfaction in building his fortune on ruins. In his final confrontation with Balba, upon being defeated he unleashes his panthera, who mortally wounds the Numidian fighter. Without limit to his gratuitous cruelty, Massam stands out in a morally grey setting with many unsympathetic characters.
  • Sofonius Tigellinus is the scheming and ambitious advisor of Emperor Nero. Upon his introduction, Tigellinus helps Nero get revenge on a chariot racer who beat him at a race and later spreads lies about Vestale Rubria which eventually results in her death. When thousands of refugees from The Great Fire of Rome break into the field of Mars, Tigellinus advocates to push them back by force. Partnering with a hunchback called "The Needy" who scams poor hungry survivors into underselling their properties, Tigellinus comes up with a plan to get even richer: framing the Christian community for the fire so that the duo can seize their properties. Tigellinus pressures Nero into outlawing Christianity and kick-starting the persecutions by having dozens of Christians publicly crucified and burned alive. Tigellinus personally condemns the apostle Peter to be crucified far from his people and crowned with thorns out of pettiness. He then ensures that no one learns the truth about the fire by arranging Massam's death and attempting to murder Lucius Murena. On Nero's order, he captures and tortures a dozen of men to defeat the conspiracy of Piso, resulting in the arrestation of innocents, and then offers Piso's sister Lemuria as a Sex Slave to The Needy.
• Too Bleak, Stopped Caring: The comic is about Nero and his time ruling over Rome, its needless to say this comic is beyond harsh. Almost every major character has committed disturbing acts of rape and bloodshed to the point where it can be almost impossible to care about anyone.

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