Wh□nnewso□a□invadingarmyreac□□dAld□r□□,M□rcuswa□thefi□sttovolu□teer□odefendhi□homelan□.Withhiss□or□inhand□n□armorshining□nth□s□nlig□t,□e□odeoutto□□et□heenemy□nt□ebattle□□eld.T□eoddswereag□i□□□him,butMarcu□'sunwavering□es□lvegav□hopetohisc□mradesa□dstruckf□arintothehe□rtso□□isfoes.<□p□ Whe□n□wsofan□nv□□ing□rmyreachedAldoria,Marc□s□asthefirsttovolu□teertodef□ndhish□□e□a□d.Wi□hhisswordinh□nda□darmo□sh□ninginthe□unligh□,herodeouttome□ttheenemyon□hebattlefield.Theod□swereagai□sthim□butMa□□us's□nwave□ingresolvegave□opetohiscomrades□ndstruc□fea□intothe□□artsofhisfoe□. Whennew□ofaninva□in□a□□yr□□chedAld□□ia,Marcuswas□hef□□s□to□olunte□rtodefendhishomelan□.□i□hhiss□o□dinha□dandar□orshiningint□esun□ight,herodeouttomeettheenemyontheba□tlefiel□.Theoddswer□againsth□m,□utMarcus□sun□averingreso□vega□e□opetohiscomra□esa□ds□ruckfearintothe□eartsofhisf□es.<□p> Whennewsofaninv□□ingarmyreachedAld□ria,Marcuswast□e□irst□ov□lu□t□ertodefendhish□me□and.Withhi□s□ordinh□ndand□rmorshi□inginthesunlight□h□rodeouttome□□thee□emy□nthebattlef□e□d.The□d□swere□g□insthim,butMarcus'sun□averingresolvegaveh□pet□hi□□omrad□s□ndstruckfe□□□□□□thehe□□tsofhisfoes.□/p□<□>W□□nnew□of□ninvadi□garmyreachedAl□o□ia,Marcu□□asthefirsttovolunte□rt□□efen□hishomeland.□i□hhisswordinha□da□da□morshining□n□he□unli□h□,hero□e□ut□omeettheenem□□ntheb□t□lefield.Theod□swereag□insthim,b□□M□rcu□'sunwaveringresolveg□vehopetohiscomradesa□dst□□ckfea□into□heh□□rtsofhi□foes□ □hennewsofanin□adingarmyr□achedAldor□a,Marcus□as□hefirsttovolunteer□odefendh□sh□□ela□d□With□i□sword□nhandandarmorshin□nginthe□unl□ght,□erodeoutto□eetth□enemyonthebattlef□□ld.□h□□□dswere□□ainsthim,but□arcus'sunwav□□in□res□lvegavehopetohis□omradesands□□uckfearinto□h□□eartsofhisfoes.□□p>