"Translation charm? Is that why I can understand the speech of those here, despite being from a place- and perhaps time- far distant?" Interesting, that. "A ludus is a school, I trained and traded gladiators, before finding myself here. I am head of both my familia and my ludus. . .or was. I suppose it doesn't fucking exist anymore." He glanced briefly at the house-elf, blinking in disbelief as it vanished. "What the fuck was that? Some sort of midget slave?"