When□□wsofaninvadinga□□□reachedAld□ria,Marcuswasthefir□ttov□lunteertodefendhish□me□and.W□thhisswor□inhand□ndarmo□shi□inginthes□nlight,h□r□d□outtomeettheenemyont□□battlefield.Theodds□erea□□ins□him,but□arcus's□nwaverin□re□olve□aveh□pet□h□sc□mr□d□□andstruckf□arint□the□ea□tsofhis□oes.<□p> Whennewsofan□nvadingarmyreac□edAldoria,□arc□□wasth□f□□sttov□lu□teer□□de□e□dhishomeland.Wit□hisswordinh□ndandarmors□□nin□inthe□□nligh□□□ero□eoutto□ee□thee□□myontheb□t□lef□e□d.The□ddsw□reagainsthim□butMarcus'□unwaver□ngresolve□□veho□etohiscomra□□sandstruckfearintothehe□rtsofh□sfoe□. Wh□nnewsof□nin□adin□ar□yreachedA□dor□a,M□rcuswasthef□rsttovo□unteert□defendhishomeland.Withhi□swordinh□ndanda□morshini□gin□hesunlight,herodeouttomee□theenemyo□th□ba□t□□fi□ld.Th□o□ds□ere□□ainsthim,butMarc□s'sunwavering□esol□egavehop□toh□scomradesandstr□c□feari□tothehea□tsofhisfoes. W□ennewsofaninvadin□armyreachedAldor□a,Marc□swas□hef□□sttovolunteer□odefendhishomeland.Withhisswo□dinhand□nda□mo□shinin□in□he□unl□ght,he□odeout□o□eettheen□myontheb□ttlefield.Th□odd□□e□□a□ainsthim,□u□Marcus'sunwaveringreso□vegaveh□petoh□s□o□r□desan□struc□fearinto□he□ea□tsofhis□□es.□> Whennewsofaninvadi□ga□myrea□hedAldoria□□ar□□swasthefirstto□olu□t□ertodefe□dh□shomeland.W□th□is□wordin□anda□darm□□shin□ngi□th□sunl□g□t,he□odeoutt□mee□the□n□□y□n□h□battlefiel□.Th□oddswereagainst□□m,butMarcus's□nwav□ringresolveg□vehopetohisco□radesandstruckfe□rintoth□□earts□fhisfoes.