Whennewso□aninva□ingarmyr□ached□ld□r□a,Marcuswasthe□irst□ovolunteertod□□endhisho□e□□nd.W□thhis□wo□di□handa□darmorshi□inginthe□unl□ght,her□de□□tt□meettheen□myontheba□t□efield.T□eoddswereagainsthim,but□arcus'su□wa□ering□es□lvegavehopetohiscomradesandstruckf□a□intot□eheart□ofhis□oes. Whennewsofaninvadin□armyrea□hedAldor□a,Mar□us□asth□firstt□volunteerto□ef□nd□ishome□and.□ithhisswordinhandandarmors□□ni□g□nt□□sunl□ght,herodeouttom□ett□e□nemy□ntheb□ttle□ield.Theoddswereagains□him,butMarcu□'□unw□veringr□s□lv□g□ve□opetohis□omradesan□s□ruckf□arin□othe□eartsofhi□foes. Whe□ne□□ofaninva□ingarm□re□chedAldoria□Marcuswasthe□irsttov□luntee□todef□□dhis□omel□nd.Wit□hi□□w□rd□□ha□dandarmo□sh□ninginthesun□□g□t,hero□eouttomeettheenemyo□thebattl□field.Theodds□□reagainsthim,bu□Mar□u□'sunwaveringr□s□lv□gavehopetohiscomr□d□sandstr□ckfea□intotheh□artso□hisfoes. Wh□nnewsofaninv□din□army□eached□□doria,Mar□□sw□sthef□rsttovolun□□□rtodef□ndhishomeland.Withhi□swordinhandandar□ors□□ni□g□□the□unlight,□er□deo□ttom□ettheen□my□ntheb□t□lefield.Theoddsw□reagains□hi□□butM□rcus□sunwaver□ngresolv□gaveh□petohiscom□a□e□□nds□ruckfear□ntotheheartsofhisf□es□ Wh□nne□sofanin□adingarmyreachedAl□o□ia,□a□cuswas□h□□□rsttov□lu□teertodefendhishom□land.Wi□hhisswordinh□ndanda□morshin□n□i□t□esun□ig□t□he□□deouttom□□t□□eenemyon□□□battlef□eld.Theoddswereagainsthim,butMarcus'sunwaveringr□□□lv□ga□ehopet□hiscomr□□es□nd□□ruckfearintotheheartsofh□sfoes.