Diocles, the Great General of the Imperial Army

The general staff of the imperial army did not take too kindly to aper's deception. They met in a closed council to decide who ought to wear newmarian's now discarded purple robes. The one of their own they settled on was something of a surprise pick, a career soldier by the name of diocles. Unlike claudius or aralian or probus, diocles had not been a man who had won fame leading the legions to victory in battle. But what he lacked in grand military reputation, he more than made up for with his skill in the less showy but equally important game of back room politics.