It’s been a few weeks since I worked on this, so I’m going to start with a little recap. This is as much for my benefit as it is for someone who might be reading this.
Roughly in the year 100 C.E. (as we would reckon) the Roman Empire is searching far and wide for a mysterious red ore that “fell from the sky”. Their search takes them far beyond the borders of their empire as we knew it, in our history. They are lead by mysterious sorcerers, who can control the elements and summon destruction with a word. It is rumored that they can even see into the future or see far off events beyond their natural sight.
A group of disparate slaves from across the empire, and beyond, are packed aboard ships and sailed west across the great sea to an unknown land, where they are forced to dig in a crater rich with this mysterious red ore. Among these slaves are Aržak, Sigeberht, and Meleke.
They soon realize exposure to the red ore has given them some of the power the Romans are able to wield. Not long after that discovery, they find a little in-human creature, called Chobo, who wants to eat the red ore, believing it will make him big and strong. He claims to be a member of a tribe of creatures from “another world”. In exchange for some red ore agrees to help the slaves escape.
The three are able to escape, along with many of their fellow slaves, but not without causing a riot in the Roman mine.
And that is where our story resumes.
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