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Heir of Aurelian

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!

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The Aftermath

With Yazdegerd's death and the defeat of his army on the beaches of Italia, Marcellus had successfully removed one of the major threats to his power. Those who took up arms for the Sassanid King who were not outright killed in battle were quickly rounded up and imprisoned. Their fate would be as prisoners brought back to Rome and held for the duration of the war. 

Though not all was tranquil. Rather, the Gothic Chieftain Sarus had many concerns over what had just transpired. Because of this, he walked up to Marcellus, who was cleaning the blood off his blade, and voiced them. 

"The Sassanid Empire will not forgive us for killing their King. Sooner or later they will send an army after us, and not just in support of the Eastern Romans..."