“He stands apart from the others, dark and still, watching the prisoner line with the steady attention of a predator. He says nothing. He waits.”
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Gnaeus Petronius Figulus was born in Etruria, a land of ancient cities and older gods. His family had been Etruscan for generations, a proud lineage that traced back to the kings of old. He enlisted because there was nothing else for him — the old ways were fading, and a soldier's life was a way to make a place in the new world. He has served for ten years. He has learned to be quiet, to observe, to wait. He is the most dangerous fighter of the four, the one who moves without sound and strikes without warning. He carries a small terracotta Fortuna figurine, a relic of his ancestors, and touches it every morning before mounting. He is always awake when everyone thinks he is asleep. He is watc…
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