Sinnoch and his partner Gault the Strong, a northern tribesman, offer Phaedrus a new purpose in life: to pose as their lost king Midir of the Dalriadain, whom he strongly resembles, in their planned uprising against Liadhan, the queen who usurped him seven years ago. Phaedrus is bailed out of jail by a merchant named Sinnoch. A free man for the first time, he is released to wander the streets of Corstopitum, falls in with a party of young drinkers, and is arrested when they get in a fight with the Watch (2). Phaedrus, the slave son of a Greek merchant and his British housekeeper, kills his only friend and wins his Wooden Foil as the last man standing in the games given by the new governor of Britain (1). 2.1 Continuity with The Eagle of the Ninth.
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