A piece of historical fiction. Two legionaries, Claudius and Pontius, are stationed at the edge of the Roman Empire to spot Scythian invaders. On a cold winter day, the snow too thick to see beyond, a barbarian so vicious his gaze inspires fear, appears at the barricade. Claudius fails to signal the Citadel, and the Legion is unprepared to meet him. The Hungarian traitor contesting the barbarian King's rule, Gyula, is given to the horde as a piece of loot so they leave the Citadel. However, when Claudius cries out to his captured friend, the traitor is murdered in front of the legion, and the whole Empire's safety is threatened. How will Rome survive?