Blasius' envoy

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When they arrived at the shores of Cimbria they were greeted by some of the fishermen that just caught large sums of fish. Joas stopped and purchased two nets of fish from the men. These fish they ate the next morning together with bread and olives. After they had their breakfast they went to the Cimbrian camp. At the camp they couldn't find anything in the Augustan archives about the retired soldier form Norway who called himself Erasmos Adonis. As a consequence they took the trip, by road, towards the Rhine city Ludgunum Batavorum. That journey took four days. At Lugdunum, also called Leyda by some of the Batavians, they found more information about Norse men that joined the army during the reign of Emperor Augustus. They found some records about a group of 20 young men that joined the military in Moesia, after registering at Leyda. Three of them were sons of chieftains who were send to Rome as a part of a bargain between the Emperor and the Norwegian leaders. One of those three was a guy who took the Greek name Adonis. Later he added Erasmos to it. He was married to the daughter of a Cimbrian warrior. He had twelve children with her. He also had a wife, during his time in the army, in Macedonia. With her he had eight children. After his 25 year and four months of Military service he was honoured in Spain. After that, he chose to migrate to his homeland, at age 51. He left with both his wives and his children and grandchildren. This soldier, however, didn't have a clean record. He is suspected of murdering at least 59 Roman civilians and robbing all their possessions. The Military court found him not guilty due to lack of evidence. Nevertheless, he could never explain where he got all his wealth from. After his retirement there were prosecutors that wanted to indict him. He was warned by some politicians that it would be better for him to leave the Empire. He did. After he settled in Norway, two years later, he heard that he was found guilty of treason and had to be arrested and executed. A higher criminal court, however, annulled the case due to the time span between the crimes and the conviction. The case had aged. Also, Norway fell outside the jurisdiction of the Empire, because of that they couldn't arrest him either. Furthermore, Emperor Augustus didn't want to spend any time on the case. He had other issues to deal with within the Empire. It was reported that Erasmos, who's real name is still unknown, died in Norway at age 72. One of his sons requested a military burial in Spain. This was permitted by the army. Whatever happened to his family is uncertain. 

''he died at 72, that means that he died only three years before Emperor Augustus died. That's about three years back. Not a long time ago''

''So that means he's buried in Spain''

''So this man was not a honourable soldier''

''Don't speak like that! He served Rome! He fought for Rome! And as mentioned, there is no evidence he murdered Romans!''

''Forgive me. That's true!''

''I'm not angry! Understand that the Roman world is not perfect. Far from it! There is something missing within our civilisation!''

''That might develop later on''

''All right. So we know who that soldier was. What now?''

''We will have to copy these documents and bring them with us. I want to find out what the heck is wrong with that villa''

''That's good!''

''Also, another thing! Nobody will share a word about this investigation. Understood?''

''Understood!''

''Good!'' Joas walked to the balcony ''Get prepared. Tomorrow we have work to do and within four days we will sail back to Norway!''

At the same time in Norway the chieftain, where Blasius was lodging, was murdered together with his family. The news led to big civil unrest. Joas is unaware of it. Blasius is removed by the guards from the region and send towards Hammer Town. At the time he arrived at Hammers town he was immediately brought to the Villa. There he informed his crew that there was a civil war going on in the Bay district. Travel between Norway and Cimbria would be difficult. 

Four days afterwards Joas and his men entered a navy ship to sail back to Norway.