HANNIBAL AD PORTAS

Hannibal was a Carthaginian military commander during the Punic Wars who, in the early 2nd century BC, led numerous devastating attacks against the Roman Empire. To the people of Rome, the threat of an attack from Hannibal soon made him something of a bogeyman, and as a result Roman parents would often tell their unruly children that Hanniabl ad portas—"Hannibal is at the gates"—in order to scare them into behaving properly.*And Merle had his own unique experiences, emotions and skills that were his own. He had a way with plants, a certain knack for the natural. An even through all his jokes and leiniance, he was still -- fairly -- devoted to Pan. He also had his children.His daughter and his son. Even though he’d been one to act negelctful, he loved them with all that his heart would allow.