Manuel Anemas was dead: all would mourn. Manuel I would grieve for a fellow-general who shared his name, a noble colleague, mighty fighter and wise counsellor. The surviving three gambroi of Manuel I, Ioannes Rogerios Dalassenos the kaisar, Stephanos Kontostephanos the fleet commander and Theodoros Batatzes, were expected to mourn Anemas, the fourth of their number. Theodora, Anemas' wife, despite the terrible turn for the worse her life would suffer, should now cease her mourning for her husband, as they would soon be reunited in another life. She would be aided by her relative the droungarios, who would use the charms of his words