Valerian Marius was a young general, a prodigy among the military, breaking the modern era record of shortest time period to climb the ranks of the Hellenic Army. He was strong, tall, and lived only for battle. He was also unusual in that he preferred to fight alongside his soldiers, rather than command them from the safety of a bunker, which caused great unrest among the army's General Staff, and more times than he could count it nearly cost him up to his career.