Andraste

Two legionaries, Marius and Sabinus, arrive in Britannia. Boudicca helps rebuild a burnt-out hut in Venta Icenorum, and the Druids receive a visitor from the Otherworld.

In Londinium, a historian and his apprentice recount the bloody tale of a former king of Britannia. In Venta Icenorum, Aithne and Aidan spar while Gwyn makes a discovery that points to war.

Aithne reflects on her first meeting with the Roman general Suetonius as she makes a difficult decision to set off a series of events that will lead her people into a bloody war.