In the following days, Mitra contacted Sigefrida and informed the woman of her need for Germanic mercenaries. Which the Suebi spymaster was quick to agree to. The borders of the Roman Empire were stabilizing, and the barbarian kingdoms which sought to carve their own piece of the Mediterranean were being pushed back.
The result of this was that many of the Germanic tribes were busily warring among each other for those lands that were left in Europe. Naturally Marcellus had not been idle since he reunited the Empire under one banner, and had been using his influence with the Germanic tribes to hire mercenaries for the conflict which had been brewing in the east for some time.
