Drella

**Drella** is the sister to the bounty hunter Hella. Three years after the Roman invasion of Britannia, Drella travels with Hella to meet with Cait and her band, who have payed Hella to take them to the Roman deserter Lucius. Hella tells them that the route to Lucius is too dangerous for her, so Drella will take them instead as she knows the way. Although Hella doesn't like Drella too much, she still warns her to keep an eye on Ania, because although she doesn't know why, she feels that something is off with Ania, who had been hexed by Hemple prior to their journey.

Guiding the band on their path, Divis asks her how she smells so bad and questions whether she actually is Hella's sister or if Hella just found her at random to lump with the band. The band is stopped when they come across a fork in the road, and a tree decorated with red ribbon by the Sun Folk. Antedia says how it's a tree of the Sun Folk despite these not being the Sun Folk's lands, but they at least respect Veran, or at least they used to. Ania offers to travel along one path to the Sun Folk, and if she doesn't return, the band should go the other way. Drella is wary of Ania as she leaves.

After returning from her trip to the Sun Folk, Ania lies and says the highroads are too dangerous so they should take the lowland way. Divis disagrees as his gut says it is the wrong path. Being the leader, Cait decides that they shall do as Ania says and take the lowlands. As the journey continues, Cait senses something is wrong and tells the band to stop, and Antedia can hear the trees talking. Members of the Belgae Tribe emerge and surround the band. Cait tells them they were sent by Veran, but they reply that Veran abandoned them so now they'll repay Veran with the band's blood. They threaten Antedia but recognise her as queen of the Regni, and they all bow before her.

The Belgae Tribe toast to Antedia, who they will always view as their queen. Years before the Romans invaded, Antedia and the Regni once helped out the Belgae in a war with another tribe, but the Belgae had since been slaughtered by the Romans. They know of Veran's prophecy and who Cait is, and they believe in Cait. Antedia deliberately antagonises Cwunt by mocking the Cantii, who by proxy were the enemy of the Belgae as they were allied with Antedia and the Regni. Cwunt begins to confess to being Cantii, but stutters and instead sings a song deprecating the Cantii and his former family. Ania leaves after the song, watched by Drella.

The next morning, the band set off from the Belgae. It isn't long before they come across some Romans attacking a village. Rayne tries to convince Cait to leave, saying they are already lost, but she hears a woman call for help so rides back after her, followed by Rayne and Ania.

After the journey continues, Divis begins his task of finding out which ally will betray Cait. He first questions Drella, asking if she can't speak or if she just simply won't. He tries to use Big Pebble on her, but she proves resistant and throws it into a fire. She tells him that it's Ania he should be suspecting, and insults Divis.

The next day, Ania scouts the Roman deserter holding camp, but when she returns to the band she says she couldn't see Lucius as she was too far away. She tells them that if they do have Lucius, they do not know who he is, and she also says how the place is barely even guarded and it shouldn't be difficult to sneak in there. Cait warns Drella that if Hella lied to them, it would be Drella who pays the price for it. Just then, they see General Aulus Plautius arriving at the holding camp, complicating things. They watch Aulus leave with Lucius before making their move.

On the road again, the band come across a large Roman viaduct bridge, and are perplexed as to what it is. Divis calls it a monster, and Antedia says how she has seen one before in Gaul. She calls it a road, and the rest of the band are in disbelief as to how a road can be in the sky. Rayne then points out that to cross it, the Romans will have to break formation, making it the prime location to try and rescue Lucius.

Later that night, after the band realise that Cait has climbed the viaduct without them, they start climbing themselves. Divis starts having a fit as Lokka tries to break through. Cwunt tries to calm him down, and Drella joins Rayne ahead. As Cwunt falls off the viaduct, he grabs a rope to keep himself suspended, and Antedia then joins Rayne and Drella. On top of the bridge, Rayne sets the path on fire, and working with Drella, saves Cait from the Romans.

The morning after, Divis follows Ania and Cait's tracks to Rayne and Antedia arguing. After Antedia storms off, Cwunt tells Divis that Drella fell from the viaduct and died. While Drella did fall from the viaduct, she did not die, and soon after wakes up and eats the head off a nearby bird.

Drella tracks down Divis, Rayne, and Cwunt, and saves them from being sacrificed by tribespeople who want the Roman paths ripped from the ground. She also interrogates the tribal leader as to the location of the Romans.

Divis, Rayne, Cwunt, and Drella make their way to the Belgae Tribe, who are attacking the Romans, and are taken to see Antedia who is with them. After going into the prison, Divis picks up a fallen Cait, and he carries her out, supported by the band.

After escaping the Romans, Divis betrays Cait by returning and giving her to Aulus. The band realise Divis and Cait are missing, and are left confused.