<p>Legate Plecio sends for his wife and daughter but while they are under Centurion Metella's protection the new Pict chief Drust captures the daughter Lollia. Eager to embarrass the Romans he has Lollia's handmaiden killed and takes the girl back to the Pict village to complete his vengeance. The legate blames Metella and a tribunal has him scourged and banished. What happens next shocks even the unflappable Metella. </p>