ESTP 9w8 Characters
Dominant Extroverted Sensing – living in the moment, hands-on opportunism, and learning by doing: Lucius is an exceptional fighter in the arena because he can quickly assess a situation even while it is changing shape and know how to respond within it, to keep himself and his fellow gladiators alive (directing them in the sea battle, ramming another ship, breaking the opposing ship’s oars; telling them how to outsmart a charging rhino and managing to get it to bash itself into the wall, thus rendering it insensible for long enough for him to fight and kill its rider, by using arena dust as a ploy). He often throws himself physically into battle, and is very good both as an instant strategist and someone who responds quickly to threats in his immediate environment. Lucius has a disdain for his own past and does not like to dwell on it, since all that exists in his mind is the present and what he intends to do in the future.
Auxiliary Introverted Thinking – looking for loopholes to exploit existing systems, and a desire for logical consistency: He is quite logical and able to figure out how to rig the game in his favor, by not playing by the rules—of Rome or anyone else. Lucius makes for a good general of his fellow gladiators. He knows how to leverage his talents against what Macrinus hopes to achieve from them, and to profit off him with a chance to face the man he wants to kill. Lucius occasionally shows mercy to his enemies, after he has a change of heart, but doesn’t see killing people as necessarily wrong, when they are coming at him with a sword. It is self-defense.
Tertiary Extroverted Feeling – gauging the emotional environment with a desire to influence it in their favor, and often being out of touch with their true feelings: Early on, we see how effective Lucius is at influencing a crowd to take his side; he speaks to the common people and to his soldiers in battle using “we” terminology, implying that they are all the same, all share similar desires, and want the same things out of life. When an injustice happens before him in the arena, he manages to use this same skill to rally everyone against the mad emperors and threaten their lives, talking about how if even a general is disrespected and thrown away by Rome, how can the common people feel that Rome has their best interests in mind?
Inferior Introverted Intuition – a desire to experience deeper meaning and a singular path, but sometimes being wrong in their intuitive conclusions: Lucius does not show much intuition, other than to argue that the past matters less than the future he intends to have, in which he will right the wrongs of his life, kill the men he holds responsible for his pains, and create a better future for Rome.
Enneagram: 9w8
Enneagram 9 – desires freedom from others’ influences, by going along with them and being tolerant, until it matters not to: Macrinus says that Lucius is “teeming with rage,” but nobody else notices it, comments on it, or draws attention to it. Lucius minds his own business for the most part, reacts to attempts to get him to speak by being silent (quiet defiance and passive aggression), and rarely gives anyone what they want from him. He also changes his mood and whims by the day, whenever he is exposed to someone of a stronger personality. He resists his mother’s attempts to win him over, until he doesn’t; he wants to kill the general who ordered his wife be shot, until he fights him in the arena and speaks to him. Other than to share his desire to kill someone with Macrinus, he doesn’t ever tell him what he is thinking.
8 wing brings in a tendency to assert oneself with strong but infrequent bouts of anger: He does have an assertive side to his personality, which defies authority without being fearful of the prospective consequences. Lucius kills people who come at him without remorse, and defies Roman authority to its face; he tells them he doesn’t want their mercy and kills the man who offers to pardon him. In anger at a man’s unjust death, he rallies the crowd to rage against the emperor, forcing them to leave the coliseum in fear for their lives.
