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

While the war in the Sassanid Empire, which would determine the next High King, had just entered a new phase of violence. Marcellus was on the other side of the world, admiring the first of his new class of sailing ships to be completed.

In the city of Neapolis, a large vessel, far larger than anything this world had ever seen thus far, was sitting in the harbor. As the current Emperor of the Roman Empire, Marcellus was naturally surrounded by his most elite guard. Who protected him from any unknown threats lingering in the crowd.

This was not a warship, rather a large trading vessel, designed with the explicit intent of sailing across the world's many oceans. A crew of experienced sailors were standing on the docks, along with the Emperor of Rome himself, as he cheered them on for what would be their first trip in this newest vessel.

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