Michael Varus

Praetor of the XIIth back in the 1980s and a member of the Fifth Cohort.

Michael was apparently ambitious for glory - not a bad trait for a Roman - but unfortunately he chose to pursue it against the advice of his augur who told him the Prophecy of the Seven was not for him. He led the Fifth Cohort, possibly the whole legion, north to Alaska where his hubris got its usual reward; the expedition was all but wiped out losing the eagle and most of the legion's Imperial gold weaponry. The Fifth has been regarded as cursed and outcast by the rest of the legion ever since.