The Folio - part 2

Of course, we do not know exactly where the five went to hide, and we don’t even know their names. But we can track their movements through history, at least parts of it. It is widely believed that one of the five made his way to the Greek Isles. There he hid for some time. Upon hearing of Darius’ death as he returned towards Persia from his campaign in Egypt, the folio carrier worked his way north into the main land of Macedonian. Before to long, Darius’ successor – his son Xerxes - was on the war path again. This time, he had his eyes set upon Europa and Greece. Determined not to let his portion of the scroll fall into the hands of the Persians, the old priest brought the folio to the sacred city of Sparta. With the reassurance of secrecy from the Greece priests, the Egyptian gave his potent blessing to the already powerful Spartan warriors. He hardened the shields and spears of the hoplites with the strength of Horus himself.
The Greeks defeated the massive Persian army, an army even greater than that of Darius. The Greeks went on to conquer the Persians and the rest of the land East of their homelands. They became arrogant though. They began to believe that their strength and power was of their own making. The guardian had taken on a young pupil by the name of Plato. Together they traveled to Egypt, and studied nature, science, medicine and philosophy. But Plato betrayed the secrecy of the teachings, and wrote many of them down. Fearing exposure, the old priest fled north into the dark territory. There he again took on a young student. This time he choose an already secretive man, a man who understood magic, and why it needed to remain out of the hands of the power hungry, blood drunken fools who would be called ‘heroes’ in the histories they would have written about them.
The name of the student has been lost to us, but one of his students shines gloriously in history for us. A young man from Germania went to study in the forest with the new master of the old teachings. The young man, still only a boy was nearly fully indoctrinated in the teaching of the folio was captured by the Roman legions of Julius Caesar. The boy was sent off to the great city of Rome to be educated in all things Roman. Never forgetting his vows, the young German kept his knowledge a secret for years and years. He worked hard to learn from the Romans. He studied their history, language, military, and art. Eventually, the Romans placed him in command of a legion with orders to lead the rest of the army into Germania to conquer the land.
The young man rode ahead of the rest of the army to survey the land. He made his way back to his old village. Overjoyed to find that his old teacher was still living deep in the forest, he warned the people about the Roman’s intents. Quickly, and quietly they gathered the village leaders from all around. They devised a plan, a plan so powerful that if it worked it would destroy the entire Roman army in the land. The Romans would have no choice but to give up their campaign to rule that part of the world.
The young Roman officer returned to the rest of the army with his report. He would lead the massive legions through a tight mountain pass. They would have to thin their ranks in order to fit through. As the army was thinned, and disordered the Germans would attack from the sides. Hit the weak parts of the formations, and slaughter the Romans. The plan worked. The Romans were thwarted, and Caesar gave up his hopes of taking Germania.
When the Romans returned to their homeland they told the story of Arminius, or “the man of arms” and how he single-handedly defeated the legions. In Germania also, his name spread. He become known as Armin, the guardian of Germania. Armin also become the guardian of the scared folio of Isis.