Statia Mitela – Heroine of 'The Idealist' in HEROICA

Statia Mitela who features in ‘The Idealist’, the third HEROICA story, a dual timeline story, is undoubtedly rash. But she’s also courageous and altruistic.

Unlike the two other heroines featuring in HEROICA, she isn’t serving in the military, but is a senator and head of the powerful Mitela family in the mid 19th century. She […]

Honoria Mitela – Heroine of 'Honoria's Battle' in HEROICA

In the second HEROICA story, Honoria Mitela is a Pretorian Guard soldier in 17th century Roma Nova. She’s achieved the rank of prefect (praefectus), a senior commander. Grades and ranks still reflect the classic Roman Empire ones, something that will change in the 19th century to a mixture of classic and the equivalents of other […]

Carina Mitela – Heroine of 'Revolution?' in HEROICA

Carina Mitela is a captain in the Pretorian Guard Special Forces (PGSF), the intelligence and operations service of Roma Nova when we meet her in the first story of HEROICA. But, of course, that’s not all she is. We need to know where she came from, what does she want and what does she fear? […]