Ye□rspa□sed,an□Marcu□'sdeedsbecame□hestu□fo□le□end.Hisnamewa□□pokenwit□re□eren□e,hi□talestol□and□et□ld□oea□ere□r□.□ou□gwarr□□rs□spiredtobel□keMarcus,t□embodythesa□ecou□ageand□ono□□hath□haddisplayedontheb□ttl□f□eld.Th□u□hMa□c□shadlon□□incepass□□int□therealmof□ythandl□ge□d,his□eg□cylive□on,□shinin□beaconofhopeandins□irationfo□g□ner□t□on□toco□e. Yearsp□ss□d□an□M□□cus'sdeedsbe□amethes□uff□□legen□.Hisnamewasspoken□ithr□verenc□□hist□lestolda□dre□oldtoeag□rears.□□ungwa□r□orsaspiredtobelike□□rcus,toem□odythesa□e□□urag□andh□n□□tha□he□addi□play□□onthebattlefield.Thou□hMarcushadlongs□ncepassed□nt□□herealmofmythandlegend□□isleg□cylivedo□□ashiningbeacono□hopeand□□sp□□ationforgeneratio□□t□□ome. Year□passed,andMarcus'sdeedsb□camethestuffoflegend.His□□m□wasspoke□withr□ver□nc□,hi□tal□sto□□andretol□to□a□erears.□oun□□arriorsasp□redtobelike□arcus,toe□bodythesameco□rageandho□orthathehaddispl□yedontheba□□lefi□ld.□h□ughMarcu□ha□lon□sincepa□sedi□totherealmofmy□h□ndleg□nd,hislegacylived□n,ashiningbea□ono□hope□ndi□s□□rat□onforgener□tionstocome.□> Years□□ssed,and□arcu□'sdeedsbe□amethestuffofle□end.H□snam□wass□okenwithr□ve□ence□his□alestoldandreto□dtoeage□e□rs.You□g□arrior□a□pir□dtob□li□eMarcus□toembodythe□ameco□rageandhonort□athe□addis□la□e□on□hebat□□efie□d.Thoug□Mar□us□adlongsinc□pa□sedintotherealmofmyt□and□egend,hislegacylivedon□ashi□□ngbea□onofho□e□nd□n□pirationf□rgenerat□onstocome.<□□> Yearsp□ssed□□ndMarcus□□de□dsbecamethestu□fof□e□end.Hisnamewasspo□enwithreverence,his□alestold□ndretoldtoeagerears□Youngwarriorsaspiredtobelike□a□□us,toem□odythesamecou□ag□and□□northathehaddi□p□ayedonthebattlefi□ld.Though□arcusha□l□□gs□ncepassedintotherealmofmyth□nd□egend,his□□□acyl□ve□□n,ashini□□□ea□□nofhope□□dinspir□tio□forgenerationstocome.<□p>