Daughter of Edern Aeturnus, Adhan is a Celtic Princess born in Wales. To further her father’s political aims, she was strategically betrothed to the Magister Militum of Vindobala Fort.
However, Adhan found herself drawn not to the Magister Militum, but to Marius, a Roman soldier stationed at the fort. This clandestine love affair led to her pregnancy, resulting in her imprisonment for infidelity.
Now, she has given birth to a baby boy, and despite her captivity, she is driven by her unwavering faith and maternal instinct to protect and baptize her baby.
Marius, a Roman soldier stationed at Vindobala Fort, found his life irrevocably changed when tasked with guarding the Celtic princess Adhan. As time passed, the two fell deeply in love, despite the constraints of their respective positions.
Meanwhile, local attacks on Vindobala Fort increase, while more and more Roman soldiers are being re-deployed to fend off the Visigoths on the Continent. As chaos engulfs the Roman presence at Hadrian’s Wall, Marius’ love for Adhan and his desire to protect their family remain his driving force.
Katrin descends from a long line of Persian mages. As a child, she and her family were captured during the Battle of Ctesiphon and brought to Vindobala Fort as slaves.
During that time, Katrin came to view the Romans as greedy overlords who tax the locals and lead slothful, gluttonous lives. Meanwhile, she absorbed the rich knowledge of her parents, including Egyptian Alchemy, Indian Mathematics, Greek Astronomy, and Judaic Golems.
As an adult, Katrin earned her freedom, and became a formidable mage, with mysterious connections to the local rebellion, and to dark and ancient magic. She has dedicated herself to expelling the Romans from Britainia.
Blaise, a highly-educated member of the local clergy, is a worldly scholar proficient in Greek and Latin. His extensive library includes treatises by leading Christian theologians, as well as works on demonology and the old gods.
Through his studies with Pelagius, Blaise has embraced the belief that "original sin" did not corrupt human nature and that babies, being inherently innocent, do not require immediate baptism.