Aro and Didyme were born to lower class Greek farmers
They mainly farmed grapes and used it to make wine (vineyard)
Aro (being the only other man in the house) was raised to take over the farm
which he didn’t want to do
He loved making trips into the city and seeing all the art and culture
he wanted to stay there forever
His father was especially strict on him and basically beat him into submission
One day he decided he was sick of all that shit and ran away in the middle of the night
Aro ended up being a beggar in the city for a few days
nobody gave him any food so he was miserable and ended up going back home💀
On the way back home (dreading the beating he was gonna get) he was attacked by some creature
was in unbearable pain and woke up a few days later in a weird shack all alone
Aro was taught himself how to control his thirst and hunted hunters in the country
Bro didn’t know he had a gift until he touched his first victim and was SCARED
Just chilled for like 4 years by himself (lowkey needed time to teach himself how to be a monster)
One day, Aro was hunting alone and came across someone like him
They talked for like an entire day and became besties
Both saw how powerful they were together and wanted to start their own coven
Were displeased abt the state of the vampire world and wanted to overthrow the romanians
Ended up traveling the world together trying to recruit people
Spent 1 year planning and building their new home
Aro realized how much he missed Didyme
refused to go near her because he didn’t want to risk hurting her
Coincidentally, he saved her from an arranged marriage a week before the wedding
Quickly turned Didyme and introduced her to Marcus and their plans for taking over the vampire world
he tried to ignore them falling in love n shit
One day he was just strolling down the road and saw a man barely alive
Aro ofc read his thoughts and found out his name was….
He thought he could be useful with his knowledge of battle tactics so he turned him
When Caius awoke he was cool with being a vampire but he demanded his wife be by his side, so he left to bring her and be changed
Once Caius and Athenodora showed up and he knew now was the right time to start the war
Ended up winning the war (yay!) and put their headquarters in Volterra, Italy
Made himself leader (as he should✨)
Met, simped, wooed, and married Sulpicia
Saved Jane and Alec from death at the stake a few years later
Main hobby is reading and gossiping
Everybody terrified of him but lowkey thinks his funny asf
Aro likes to tease all the guards and scare em a lil
Loves his brothers and sisters sooooo much
Goes from 0 to 100 real quick
Not into monogamy, him and carlisle had a fling
aro might still have feelings
The most intelligent member of the volturi