Innumerable crimson and white rose petals had been carefully strewn on the spacious floor. Shafts of gentle light descended from the forty embrasures which ringed the majestic dome’s perimeter. White smoke from the priests’ censers floated in wispy curls. Incense wafted delicately through the quiet air. Everyone else crowded the great basilica floor and beyond. The noblest Patrician families filled the galleries. The Empress Constantina, their five sons and three daughters, and their eldest son’s wife and her father were there. Maurice - Most Christian Emperor, Blessed of Heaven, God’s Vicar on Earth - looked out from the Imperial loggia. Pale daylight softly illuminated the vast and holy space. The marvelous dome floated weightlessly, impossibly high over their heads.
The people entered, and the wide central nave opened its arms to welcome them. The great cathedral rose up to a stupendous height. The Holy Nativity service was to be celebrated. Worshipers of all classes made their way into the Church of Saint Sophia. It was early January of the New Year of 587 in Constantinople. Romulus’s vision in the cathedral frightened him. From a battle song of the Imperial host Read moreĪbout The Author, Wim Baren - 1 - Romulus A final sea battle sees Romulus brought to the point of death, with only the hope of his heart’s desire to save him, even as the Empire turns to face a heart-stopping fate. Along the way, foes bring deadly harm to those he loves, leaving him devastated. Repelled by Phocas’s madness, Romulus and his family escape to Carthage, where he joins a huge military expedition to retake the crown and release the Empire from Phocas’s misrule. Their ancient foe Persia seizes the opportunity and attacks with all its forces. His incompetent reign of terror and bloodshed in obedience to his deranged mission brings the Empire to the edge of military and financial collapse, inflaming bloody riots and violence across the land. Hiding his plotting and subversion among the troops, Phocas raises a revolt, usurps the crown, and his malign influence spreads over the Empire like a suffocating darkness, seen through the eyes of several families. He befriends a weapon-maker’s son, Romulus Demantius, who saves his life in battle, and in turn he saves Romulus’s. Avatar of the Veil's elemental damage has been increased to 40%.In troubled 6th century Byzantium, Phocas, a centurion scarred by personal tragedy, is driven by a powerful vision to take the throne to restore the Empire’s blessings.Increased movement speed while phasing decreased from 20% to 10%.Also causes nearby enemies to have 15% less Accuracy while you have Phasing. Now causes nearby enemies to have Fire, Cold and Lightning Exposure while you have Phasing, applying -15% to those resistances. No longer grants 40% increased Elemental Damage.Now causes nearby Enemies to have Fire, Cold and Lightning Exposure while you have Phasing, applying -20% to those Resistances (from -15%), and causes Nearby Enemies to have 20% less Accuracy Rating while you have Phasing (from 15%).No longer grants 10% increased Movement Speed while Phasing and 10% chance to Dodge Spell Hits while Phasing.Now grants 50% chance to Avoid Elemental Ailments while Phasing.
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