Wh□nne□sofani□vading□rmyreached□l□oria,Ma□cuswas□hefirsttovolunteertodefendhishomeland.W□thhisswordinhandandarmorshi□inginthesunlight□her□de□uttomeett□eenemyonth□battle□ield.□heo□dswereag□inst□im,butM□rcu□'sun□aver□ngres□□□egavehopetohisc□□rad□san□struckfearintotheh□art□ofhisfoes. □hennewsof□ni□va□ingarmyreached□□doria□Mar□uswasth□f□rsttovo□□nt□ertodefen□h□shomeland.□i□□□isswordinhan□andarmorshininginthesunl□ght,herodeo□ttomeet□heene□yo□thebattle□i□ld□□heodds□e□eagainsthim,butMarcus'sunwaverin□□e□ol□egaveho□□tohis□om□adesandstruck□ea□intotheh□a□t□□fhisfoes. W□enn□wsofaninvadingarm□re□chedAldoria,Marcusw□sth□firsttovolunte□r□□defen□hisho□e□and.Wit□hisswordinhand□ndarmorshi□in□i□□hes□nlight,he□o□eouttome□tthee□emy□nth□batt□efiel□.The□ddswe□e□gainsth□m,but□arcus'□□nwa□e□i□gresolve□aveho□etohisc□mradesandstruckf□arin□o□h□heart□o□hisfoes.□> Whe□newso□anin□adi□garmyreachedAldo□ia,Marcuswasth□firs□tovo□un□ee□t□defe□dhi□homeland.Withhisswordinhand□ndarmor□□inin□inthes□n□ight,herod□outtomee□□hee□emyon□hebattl□fi□ld.Theoddsw□reagainsthim,bu□Ma□cus'sunw□v□ringresolvegaveh□pe□ohiscomr□desa□dstruckfe□rintotheheart□ofhi□foe□.