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Excerpt from The Eagle and the Wolf Part III- Downs and Ups:
Palla was busy as well. He had a stack of tablets in his arms as he struggled to lead a small parade of centurions to see the governor that very evening. It was late, the sun was down, and the small procession was moving slowly as if to a funeral. Each of the twelve senior centurions behind him was likewise burdened. Only the four Aquilifers, bearing their Eagles, and the four optios bearing torches to light the way were unburdened by stacks upon stacks of wooden tablets.
Vibulus escorted the centurions in once the governor heard of their arrival. Palla put his two stacks upon the floor before the governor’s couch, followed by the next centurion and the next until all were deposited before him. Then he stood with his peers at attention.
“What is all this?” the governor wheezed as he tried to sit up. The movement aggravated his injury, making him wince with pain. “Is this a mutiny?”
“No sir,” Palla said, speaking for all. “These are transfer requests.”
“Transfer requests?”
“Aye, lord,” Palla continued. “The men signing these request transfers to Britannia, Germania Superior, Gallia Comata, Hispana, Greece, Moesia, Pannonia, Raetia, Noricum, Syria, Aegyptus, and anyplace else that isn’t here.”
The governor looked over the stacks. There were dozens upon dozens of them. “Give me a summary, if you will,primus pilus.”
Palla looked the governor straight in the eye. “About every centurion in this army, every single one of the tribuni- except one- and all three remaining legates, sir. Most of the optios and all four Aquilifers as well. None of us want to serve in Germania Inferior any more...
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Other parts ofThe Eagle and the Wolf series :
The Eagle and the Wolf Part I- Remember!
The Eagle and the Wolf Part II- Tyroes in the Forest
The Eagle and the Wolf Part III- Downs and Ups
The Eagle and the Wolf Part IV- Mushrooms and Murderers
The Eagle and the Wolf Part V- In the Wolf’s Jaws
The Eagle and the Wolf Part VI- Doom and Despair
The Eagle and the Wolf Part VII- The Cauldron
The Eagle and the Wolf Part VIII- Broken Hearts and New Chances
The Eagle and the Wolf Part IX- Ominous Revelations
The Eagle and the Wolf Part X- Trials and Triumph
The Eagle and the Wolf Part XI- Return to Vetera
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Somewhere over the EXCO Rainbow
Master Skald, Order of the Silver Quill, Guild of the Skalds
Champion of the Sepia Joust- Joust I, II, IV, VI, VII, VIII
Palla was busy as well. He had a stack of tablets in his arms as he struggled to lead a small parade of centurions to see the governor that very evening. It was late, the sun was down, and the small procession was moving slowly as if to a funeral. Each of the twelve senior centurions behind him was likewise burdened. Only the four Aquilifers, bearing their Eagles, and the four optios bearing torches to light the way were unburdened by stacks upon stacks of wooden tablets.
Vibulus escorted the centurions in once the governor heard of their arrival. Palla put his two stacks upon the floor before the governor’s couch, followed by the next centurion and the next until all were deposited before him. Then he stood with his peers at attention.
“What is all this?” the governor wheezed as he tried to sit up. The movement aggravated his injury, making him wince with pain. “Is this a mutiny?”
“No sir,” Palla said, speaking for all. “These are transfer requests.”
“Transfer requests?”
“Aye, lord,” Palla continued. “The men signing these request transfers to Britannia, Germania Superior, Gallia Comata, Hispana, Greece, Moesia, Pannonia, Raetia, Noricum, Syria, Aegyptus, and anyplace else that isn’t here.”
The governor looked over the stacks. There were dozens upon dozens of them. “Give me a summary, if you will,
Palla looked the governor straight in the eye. “About every centurion in this army, every single one of the tribuni- except one- and all three remaining legates, sir. Most of the optios and all four Aquilifers as well. None of us want to serve in Germania Inferior any more...
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Somewhere over the EXCO Rainbow
Master Skald, Order of the Silver Quill, Guild of the Skalds
Champion of the Sepia Joust- Joust I, II, IV, VI, VII, VIII
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