Marcellus sat across from a Suebi warlord by the name of Asarulfo. This man was not only a Suebi chieftain who was gathering the clans into one giant army. He was also a veteran warrior of a hundred battles, and more importantly, Sigefrida's eldest brother. Sigefrida was in her late twenties, while this man was practically forty.
Despite the age difference between him and Marcellus, Asarulfo had a regal appearance, one that the Roman Emperor was not expecting. On one side was a Roman Emperor garbed in purple, with gilded scale armor, on the other was the Suebi chieftain dressed in a green tunic with red embroidery, and a shirt of mail.
