Who could have imagined that a simple convoy would give the New Legion its first taste of adversity? Before today, the idea would seem absurd.
They must have seen our approach, because just as we spotted our prey, we found our left flank beset upon by a pack of beasts. Though the creatures were smaller in size and number, they struck fast, they struck together and they never lingered. By the time we chased them off for good, the convoy was long gone. Impossibly, I spotted but a single rider throughout it all. Who is she? If Mars has blessed me, does Minerva harry me?
No, I was simply unprepared. I will not be again.
Gaius Marcellus Nerva
Victory through discipline