Zentmeister

The year is 407 AD and Rome is at the precipice. In the West, a usurper by the name of Flavius Claudius Constantinus has declared himself emperor. By doing this, he and his traitor legions have fractured the Western Roman Empire into two. At the same time, the north bleeds! Countless germans swarm across the borders of the Empire and pillage its lands in their ruthless raids. Alaric, King of the Goths, rises to a position of prominence and threatens the ancient capital of the dying Empire with his barbarian hordes. As if things weren't bad enough, rumors from the east state that a mysterious power rises within the fogs of war, threatening to drown the Empire in a river of blood.

As a response to these threats, the indolent emperor Honorius has given orders to his supreme commander Flavius Stilicho to reclaim the province of Gaul from the usurper. However, should he leave the heartland of the Empire undefended, undoubtedly Alaric would invade. Thus, under the threat of barbarians at the gates, Stilicho dispatches a young roman general by the name of Titus Claudius Marcellus to bring an end to the reign of the usurper. Will Rome fall to the tides of barbarians and traitors alike? Or can Marcellus restore a world collapsing around him? Find out in Heir of Aurelian!

Heir of Aurelian

<p>Yazdegerd stared at the report in his hands, which trembled with rage. He could hardly believe what he was reading. Previously, he had an agreement with Tasius that would see Placidia safely withdrawn from Ravenna and returned to her family. As far as the Eastern Roman Empire was concerned, the upcoming marriage between the girl and her fiance, Titus Claudius Marcellus, was one of coercion and was thus illegitimate.  </p>

<p>Aside from safekeeping Placidia, Hispania was supposed to join the East. It was planned to be the staging point for the Eastern Roman Army for their attack on Marcellus. None of these things had gone as planned, Tasius was dead, and his soldiers had declared Marcellus Emperor. Marcellus was still in the act of returning to Ravenna, but Yazdegerd's spies had already sailed from Hispania to Constantinople to give him notice of what had transpired in the foothills of the Pyrenees.</p>

Titus Claudius Marcellus Must Die!