Chosen Man

Fanfiction
Title:	Chosen Man
Author(s):	Sineala
Date(s):	12 February 2013
Length:	116,551 words
Genre:	slash fanfiction
Fandom:	The Eagle
External Links:	Chosen Man (AO3)
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Chosen Man is a Marcus/Esca story by Sineala.

Summay:

The son of the man who lost the Eagle of the Ninth would never be allowed a first command of his very own fort, would he?

Marcus is posted not to Isca Dumnoniorum, but to a wretched and run-down garrison north of the Wall. There he finds that he is the new centurion of a group of scouts and spies, all of them British. He has few supplies and no experience. His men distrust him. His superiors despise him. His second-in-command is an incompetent drunkard. And the local tribes are determined to kill all of them.

But the worst thing of all is one of Marcus' soldiers. He is an enigmatic, dangerous, and insubordinate man by the name of Esca, who makes Marcus yearn for terrifying things he has never before wanted and can never, ever let himself have...

Motetus created an illustration that depicts a scene about halfway through Chapter 4. It shows Marcus and Esca in armor.

From the author's notes:

This AU springs from two points of canon divergence. The first should be fairly obvious from the summary: what if Marcus had a really lousy posting north of the Wall, instead? The other, more major change involves Esca's backstory and how he comes to be in the army -- since he is obviously not a slave. This is revealed in the course of the story.

Inspired Fanworks

• Fanbinding by armoredsuperheavy
• Scenes from Chosen Man by Sineala, ^{Archived version} by christyimnotred