Marcus Verus, Baron of Chester

Baron Marcus Verus was a legionnaire with the Valeria Victrix (Legio XX), inducted into the Cult of Mithras and subsequently Embraced by the Living God himself. Unlike Mithras, Marcus was active throughout the dark years after the fall of Rome and built his power base from the ruins of Roman Britannia and the Saxon kingdoms that followed. His combination of martial skill and classical learning have stood him in good stead as the 1 1 9 • CHAPTER FOUR • • LIARS, SINNERS, ZEALOTS AND BEASTS • Baron of Chester, a post he secured in the mid-eighth century before the arrival of the Danes and that he has maintained through a mix of guile and brute force. He remains a major power in the Cult of Mithras, inducting numerous mortals and Cainites into its mysteries, and aided his sire’s return to power. Like Mithras, Marcus revels in battle and takes the field whenever the opportunity arises, though the opportunities are rare and the troops he faces or commands are less impressive than those of the past. Now more than a millennia old, Marcus is beginning to feel the pull of torpor but has thus far resisted its call, engaging in skirmishes against the Welsh and the troops of the Fief of York under Eyolf Ivarsson to keep him stimulated, though Mithras is unhappy at his childe’s aggressiveness.