Graves' re-activation keyword appears on the painting La Morte dil Cesare  in 'The Counterfifth Detective'. The painting, commemorating the 'Great Crime',  is by Veronese, although Branch states that the artist died before the crime took place. Megan Dietrich's precise interest in the painting is unknown, but nothing occurs at random and the painting is stolen as the story ends. In Staring at the Son, Cole Burns reveals to Branch that Echo Memoria has taken the painting to Europe, and tasks him with its retrieval. Branch declines, leaving Graves to send Ronnie Rome to Italy, where Echo  is believed to be. Ronnie retrieves it, and hands it to Cole. Echo kills Branch. Cole loses the painting to Jack Daw, who meets with Echo. Cole finds them together and shoots her in the head, leaving her blood on the painting to avenge Branch's death.

From 'Prey For Reign', we discover that Croatoa means 'this belongs to us'. Perhaps the Trust use it as a motto, hence its appearance on the building that appears like a renaissance version of a Roman Senate. Apart from the assassin (and the dog), there are thirteen figures depicted, possibly the heads of the thirteen families. We suspect that Megan's father died in Atlantic City. Did Graves recreate this assassination rather than re-enact the original crime? Is Megan's interest based around its significance to her father's death? The original crime at Roanoke was committed to cement the power of the Trust in America. Before Atlantic City, acts by the Minutemen destabilised power within the Trust, causing them to ask for a repeat of the crime, knowing Graves would refuse. The consequences are still in play, but the urgency for the retrieval of the painting as the story approaches its climax underlines the significance of this artwork.

Paolo Veronese