In the City of Varium - located in the modern day Provence of Germania Minor, there lies a set of historic monuments.
One, depicting Publius Quinctilius Varus (for which the City was named), carrying a Roman Aquila while leading 3 Old Roman Soldiers Each with XVII, XVIII, and XIX engraved on to their helmets meant to represent Varus' Legions and their great victories against the disorganized barbarian tribes that sought to destroy the civilized world.
Across the square from it lies a more odd statue. It depicts a strange armoured man with flowing robes covered in crosses, 6 angelic wings sprouting from his back - holding the severed head of a man, and a large Holy Cruciform of Christus towering behind him. A plaque lies etched into the base of the stone monument to the stranger.
The Plaque Reads:
St. Hospitum
Slayer of the Barbarian Traitor Arminius
Saviour of the Legions of Germania
Bearer of the Icon of the Cruciform
September 6th, 9 AD
It was based on a smaller stone carved figurine of the man, held with some historical writings in Roma. The statue initially began construction in 1545 AD and was completed in 1575 AD. The statue was modified sometime before 1820 AD during the "Grand Sanctification of Heroes of the Empire" by a particularly extreme Iconodulist Pontifex Maximus. It is said hundreds of new Saints were anointed, with many statues commissioned or modified during his long Papacy.
In the Year of Our Lord 1898 AD, the statue remains. Albeit rather worse for wear, as Varium has experienced some significant decline in recent years.
It is still unknown who the cross-covered man depicted really was, or if he even was. Some argue he is just a manifestation of the fighting spirit of early Romans in Germania.
Regardless, his mysterious legacy remains sculpted in stone.

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