Whenne□sofaninv□□in□arm□reachedAl□□ria,Ma□cuswas□he□irsttovolunteer□□d□□endhi□h□□eland.W□□hhis□wordinhan□andarmo□shininginthesunlight,he□odeou□□o□eettheene□yo□□heba□t□efield.T□e□d□sw□□eagainsthim,butMarcus'sunw□veringresolvegave□op□toh□□□omradesa□dst□uckfearin□othehear□sofhisfoes.<□p><□>Whe□ne□sofa□invading□rmyreach□dAldoria,M□rcus□asth□f□rsttovol□nteerto□efe□dhisho□eland.Withh□sswordinha□dan□armorshiningi□thesu□l□ght,□e□odeou□□ome□t□heenemyonthebattl□f□eld.Theodds□ereagainsthim,butMarcu□'su□waver□ngresolvegavehopetohis□o□radesands□ruckfea□intotheheartsofhisfoes.□> W□en□ewsofa□in□adinga□myrea□□edAldoria,Marcuswasthefir□tt□vol□nt□ertodefendhishomel□nd.Withhissw□rdi□ha□dandarmors□iningin□hes□nli□ht,herodeoutto□eettheenemyon□he□a□tle□□e□d.T□eo□□□wer□againsthi□,butMarc□□'□u□wa□□ring□eso□vegavehope□□hiscomrades□□dstruckfearintotheheartsofhisfo□s□<□p>□□□When□e□sofaninvadin□armyreachedA□doria,□ar□uswa□thefirsttovolun□□ertodefe□dhishomeland□Withhissword□n□andandarm□□s□ini□ginthesunligh□,h□ro□eou□to□□etth□en□myonthebattlefie□d.Th□od□swereagainsthim□butMarcus'sunwavering□esolv□gaveh□pet□his□omradesandstru□k□e□rin□othe□ea□□sofhis□□es. Whe□news□faninvad□□garmyreached□l□ori□,Marcuswasthefirstt□volu□teertod□fendhishomeland.□ithhisswordinh□n□andarmo□sh□□ing□nthesunli□ht,herodeouttomee□thee□emyonth□ba□t□efield.Theoddswereagainsthim□butMarcus'sun□averi□gr□solvegaveh□□□tohisco□ra□es□ndstruckfeari□tothehea□tso□hisfo□s.□>