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20s A Difficult Age
The 20s A Difficult Age logo in 3-D font, first used to market the rap album of the same name from 2014-7.
Alternate Name	20s A Difficult Age (series title) A Peplum Epic: 20s A Difficult Age (full title) 2.A.D.A. (acronym) 20s (affectionately shortened) The Ancient-World of 20s A Difficult Age
Creator	Marcus Orelias Antlionnn ("The Mysterious Man")
Original Work	20s A Difficult Age (Album)
Published Year	August 26, 2017
Publisher	R.O.T.U. World R.O.T.U. Books
Country	United States of America 🇺🇸
Language	English (American) Yorùbá
Genre	Kitabu Sword-and-Sandal Sword-and-Science Action-Adventure Bildungsroman
Media Type	Audio Print Video Merchandise
The alternate logo featuring the trademarked phrase "A Peplum Epic", used in 2017 promotional material to market the rap album of the same name.

20s A Difficult Age

Welcome to the official 20s A Difficult Age wiki! 20s A Difficult Age is also known as "A Peplum Epic: 20s A Difficult Age", simply "20s"or "2.A.D.A." (as an acronym) is a sword-and-sandal historical epic created by Marcus Orelias based on the rap album of the same name released on August 26th, 2017. The 20s A Difficult Age album was rapped from the perspective of Verus Antoninus, the series is telling the entire story from the perspective of Harnuphis.

Source Material

The original 20s A Difficult Age album by Marcus Orelias, released August 26, 2017.

Origin of 20s A Difficult Age

The Novels & The Epic Plots

TALES FROM THE 3RD WORLD AGE PREQUEL DUOLOGY Set in the early 3rd World Age, a conflict breaks out among eight races. It is further instigated by a high ranking spiritualist, named the Eighth Ancestor. For the survival of his kind, his fellow constituents are dispatched to deal with the reverberating effects of his evil choices.

#01 - A Peplum Origin: Energy Manual by Gods, for Taurari

#02 - A Peplum Origin: Tales from the 3rd World Age

20s A DIFFICULT AGE MAIN TRILOGYSet in the Ancient-World and 4th World Age, during the "First Frontier Wars" - a gifted Taurari, named Harnuphis embarks on a journey to avenge her father after his assassination by a usurper coming into power, Avidius Cassius but on her journey of revenge she discover through various bonds that she has a greater purpose. Forcing a transition from the Blue Madjai into greatness.

#03 - A Peplum Epic: Thunderbolt 12 Legion

#04 - A Peplum Epic: 20s A Difficult Age (Novelization)

#05 - A Peplum Epic: A Quarter Past 3

Characters

The characters below are categorized based on the respective books and eras they originally appeared in. Energy Manal and Tales (billed together as the Tales from the 3rd World Age series) are the prequel to the 20s A Difficult Age trilogy (Thunderbolt 12 Legion, then 20s A Difficult Age and finally A Quarter Past 3).

Third Ancestor (Energy Manual)	Eighth Ancestor	Second Ancestor	First Ancestor	Fourth Ancestor	Fifth Ancestor	Sixth Ancestor	Seventh Ancestor

The Leza	Mother Fertility	The Supreme Being	Mother Triple Blackness	Father Time	Si-Fe	The Ìyààmi	Scientist

Dogu

Third Ancestor (Tales)	Yo Ogo	Nommo

Harnuphis (T12L)	Antoninus	Avidius Cassius (T12L)	Dio	Camdidus

Harnuphis (20s)	Ibeji	Verus Antoninus	Iya the Agutan	Domitia Antoninus	Pertinax	Didius

Avidius Cassius (20s)	The Mysterious Man	Volusia	Annia Antoninus	Valerius the Wolf	Fronto

Hugo	Aper	The Portrait Maker	Patricus	V-0009817	Ego the Demon

Series Themes

20s a Difficult Age explores many themes that encompass what people in their 20s and beyond struggle with including mental health, social acceptance, love, relationships, the cost to live, and much more. Although not explicitly expressed through dialogue many of the themes can be seen through the character's actions and personalities.

Music

The musical themes present in the album 20s a Difficult Age.

Introduced in A Peplum Epic: 20s A Difficult Age
"A Peplum Epic"
"Arrival in Latium"
"The Mysterious Man Motif"
"The Light Motif"
"The Impending War and Epilogue"

References