Imperium

Victory often came with as much chaos as defeat. They had the field, but it had taken the rest of the day to collect the wounded and the bodies, and bring semblance back to the death and… [See More on Patreon]

The first Eastern shell burst short of the forward screen and threw a brown column of earth across the road. Ky turned in the saddle as the second shell came in low, struck the dry slope beyond a line of scrub, and burst with a dull orange flash that… [See More on Patreon]

Medb arrived after dark, while Lucilla was still in the smaller chamber off her sleeping room that she had turned, by sheer necessity, into an office… [See More on Patreon]

The legates and tribunes were already at the camp table when Ky came through the flap, followed by Modius. Auspex and Vibius stopped speaking the moment he entered, and it was clear the two men had been auguring and both were frustrated… [See More on Patreon]

“Bring him up, and see that his ropes are loose enough he can stand without making a fool of himself,” Claudius said. The marine saluted and headed below, leaving Claudius to stand by the rail of the Nauta where he could watch the repair work going on… [See More on Patreon]

“The good news is that they’ve finally stopped retreating; the bad news is that they’ve met up with a much larger force that seems to have come in to support them. Unless they have been very tricky, there’s no sign they have spirited their Emperor away, which means if we defeat these forces, we have […]