Through many cities, from Aigyptos to Syria, a new rumour spreads about the Satrap of Alexandreia and Strategos Hetairos who led many victories throughout the Arche, specially the conquering of Kilikia, the island of Kypros, the once pontic region of Kappadokia and returning Ioudaia from Ptolemy.

It was already official that this Strategos fell bedridden, but many conspiracy theories grew. Some said he died from disease or that he was assassinated, but his aids didn't want to lose control of the rich lands of Aigyptos. Others said he retired to his homeland in Persia or even, outrageously, that he betrayed the empire and joined Ptolemy.

Nonetheless it is said that Aratos is out of his bed and was spotted leaving Alexandreia on his horse. This relighted the Aratos topic and certainly gave the peoples of the Arche a different thing to talk about besides the victory of the Basileus over the Kingdom of the Crescent.