Reunited after their separation at Kirkstall Abbey in 1779, William, Larissa, Luke and Cerah set out to investigate the earliest appearance of the Sapphirus Tempus, curious as to why Talamayn told William that it was the last remaining artefact from an alternative timeline when William recently discovered that it was in fact created by a group of Zyarya who'd crashed on the planet Melhandur. ?The vampires' investigation leads them to a place called Brigetio in the Roman province of Pannonia in the year 375 AD. ?While pursuing a man in possession of future technology, William inadvertently prevents the death of Emperor Valentinian the First, and all of future history is affected. ?Captured by a Roman time ship from the future, they're taken to the year 2148 where the Roman Empire extends across thousands of light years, encompassing hundreds of worlds. ?But the dangers of the ancient Roman world are srill prevalent in the future, where the least crimes mean being sentenced to the arena to either face execution or die as a gladiator. ?And simply being a vampire is considered a crime against the empire.Despite