( Preparing to weave the crimson gown )

(  Cut for painting )

In Sutcliff's The Lantern Bearers, Aquila deserted the Eagles when they flew from Britain, but his friend Felix obeyed the call and sailed away to defend failing Rome. Aquila never knew what had happened to Felix. I thought I'd find out. Somehow this ended up as 3159 words, but given that it includes both a epic battle, the fall of Rome, AND two ( Read more... )

Words : 7974
Taking off point: Rosemary Sutcliff's The Lantern Bearers
Written for sutcliff_swap 2012

Flavia, brought up in the last lingering light of Roman Britain, was carried off from her burning home by a 'laughing giant' of a Saxon, in a raid during which her father and friends were brutally killed. Three years later, her brother found her again - married, ( Read more... )