Horatio

Horatio can refer to the faction, the species and the indiviual. This article is for the character who founded the race and his fellow Horatios.

Appearance
Horatio the First's appearance is of a bald humanoid man with an elongated head clad in an elaborate green and gold armour that turns into a robe from the waist down, matching cape, black gloves and wearing a crown or headpiece of sorts upon his forehead.

He has several markings across his face and head and the other members of his species have similar but slightly altered versions of these markings.

The comic shows that before Horatio became the emperor he is today he wore a black jacket with yellow trim, yellow undershirt and black boots.

The members of the Horatio race all wear green outfits similar to Horatio the First's but less extravagant.

History
An exceedingly rich and exceedingly eccentric trillionaire who was exceedingly tired of everything, Horatio left the Mezari empire on a solo voyage. Subjugated for years to a reoccurring dream full of copies of himself each of them scrambling to reach the top, he arrived at

Crossing the galaxy in suspended animation, Horatio was awakened by the ship when it arrived at a habitable planet–of which he immediately declared himself Emperor.

Horatio used information culled from Endless ruins on the planet and its two moons to gain unnatural extension to his own life. In-system exploration led to other discoveries and eventually, through advanced medicines and biological adaptation, he evolved his own body into his vision of physical perfection.

The planet was also sprinkled with labs of ancient cloning technology left by the Endless, the boredom soon drove Horatio to create a race of allies, servants, and slaves who were every bit as beautiful as the most beautiful person in the universe - Horatio. Once the planet was repopulated, Horatio the First had only to look up, regard the stars, and realize how much more beautiful they, too, would be if they were filled with...Horatio.

One of the issues Horatio faced whilst experimenting with clones was whilst trying to create those in his likeness that he managed to make them just a little more willing to follow his orders, as perfect clones had a nasty tendency of threatening his rule. It is said perfect clones would be taken away and executed to prevent him from losing his position.

The Horatio as a whole have an emphasis on conformity, and uniqueness is to be considered a threat that should be wiped out, although Horatio the First isn't above splicing other species DNA into the genetic code of himself and his fellow Horatio, developing his self made species and evolving them into the dominant universal species.

Notable members

 * Horatio the First: The original Horatio, worshipped as a living god by his clones, ruler of the Horatio and the one deemed the most perfect and beautiful Horatio of them all.
 * Placeholdus F21: The freshly made clone the player plays as in Love Thyself: A Horatio Story. The name can be changed, although Placeholdus will become the official name if the player continuously attempts to name themselves "Horatio". This will net them an achievement however.
 * Aertunus P702: The highest ranking Horatio officer aboard the who is likely most similar to the one Horatio. Sees himself as being above other Horatio, pompous and desires the proper etiquette when being addressed.
 * Exrus B12: A high ranking military commander Horatio, who whilst still revering etiquette and enjoying ceremonial dances, is a far more hands on Horatio. He teaches gunplay at the Cadet academy.
 * Tergus F07: A science officer Horatio, Tergus F07's main role seems to be assisting in the DNA rebirthing chambers, throwing defective clones into a chute where they are harvested and fed back into the clone machine. He's a little bumbling compared to his boss, but strives to fit in.
 * Darien F19: A common low ranking Horatio, Darien F19 is a prankster and an outcast within the society, unhappy with the current way of things and wishing to insight a Horatio revolution.

Trivia

 * Horatio the First cameos in Two Point Hospital as a statue. Much like how Horatio finds himself beautiful, the Horatio statue increases hospital attractiveness.
 * On 1st April 2019, Amplitude Studios released a free visual novel dating sim style game for the Horatio called 'Love Thyself '. In it players take on the role of a Horatio and attempt to discover who they are along the way. Since every member of the Horatio are a clone of the original, this leads to some fun interactions.
 * Love Thyself showcases more of Horatio culture, including the classist system. Those at the bottom are treated poorly, and t hose at the top risk being backstabbed by those Horatio's below them as each hold a streak of self entitlement and megalomania.
 * July 2017, a comic explaining more of Horatio the First's backstory was released by Amplitude Studios. It can be read here.
 * Horatio the First is revealed to be responsible for the canonical deaths of three of the Dungeon of the Endless heroes; namely Max O' Kane, Sarah Numas and although not confirmed Gork "Butcher" Koroser.
 * Despite every Horatio being a clone from the original, it seems there are female Horatio in Endless Space. This was retconned out in Endless Space 2 and Love Thyself however.
 * Horatio's game traits include the ability to use cloning and gene splicing with other species. They require a lot of food to keep up the cloning process and their ships take longer to build(anything less than perfect is unacceptable) but due to this gene splicing ability they will often snowball into a force to be reckoned with in the late game.