TAYGETOS MOUNTAINS
WESTERN EDGE OF SPARTA
Walter stepped onto the patio of his villa holding the mug of Aricia's coffee, the loose fitting clothes hiding his scarred but still muscular body. Even at just over three thousand years old, Walter remained the epitome of a Spartan warrior. The only man living who could claim to have known King Leonidas the First on a personal basis. A personal basis forged in the fires of combat for Walter had fought with him at Thermopylae. Fought and nearly died if not for the actions of his King. Walter had sworn two oaths that day to his dying King, just before the Thebans who had remained with them threw his body into the ocean in order for him to escape.
