Octavian does strike me as being guileful and full of the seductive, but ever-so-slightly off-kilter guile -- which, to me, doesn't rule out Servilia as a snake. A boa constrictor-type for Octavian to parallel the way he settles in, deceptively gentle and innocent, and then squeeeeeezes the life out of the Republic. Servilia would has a little viper, bright as a jewel.

XD I bet every male Roman patrician would pray and bargain and attempt to bribe in the most transparent fashion to get a wolf. Or an eagle. Jesus, the kind of bragging rights you'd get. XD

When I skimmed your fic, one of the most interesting bits for me was the notion of the Roman legionnaire without his daemon. I bet that if the legions got their boys young, a disproportionate number of the men would have their daemons settle into a canid form. Let loose the hounds of war, etc, etc.