Whe□new□ofaninvadi□garmyreached□□d□r□□,Marcuswa□t□efirsttovol□nteertod□□end□ish□meland.Withhissw□□dinhanda□dar□□r□□ini□ginthe□u□li□ht□herodeoutt□meettheen□myonthebattlefield.Theoddswereaga□nst□im,butM□r□u□□□unwaveringreso□v□gavehopeto□isc□mrades□n□struckfearintoth□he□r□sofhis□oes. Whennewsofaninvadi□ga□myrea□hedAldori□,Marc□sw□sthefirst□ovolunt□e□todefendhishomelan□.Wit□hisswor□□nhan□a□dar□orshinin□□nthesunli□ht,her□deouttom□etthe□nemyontheb□ttlefield.T□eoddswere□gainsthim,b□t□□rcus'sunwave□ing□eso□vegaveho□et□hi□co□radesan□st□uckfe□rintot□e□e□rtso□his□oe□. Whennewsofan□nvadingarmyreached□ld□ria,Marcu□wasthefirsttovolunt□e□todefendhishomeland.Withh□sswordinhanda□darmorshininginthesu□□ight,hero□eo□ttomeettheenemyonth□ba□tlefield□Theo□d□w□reagainsthim,butMarc□s'□□□waveringreso□vegavehop□to□iscomradesa□dstruckfea□int□thehe□rtso□his□o□s. Wh□nne□□□faninvadinga□myreache□Aldo□□a,Marcusw□sthefirst□ovolu□t□ertodefe□□h□□homeland.Wit□hisswordinhandand□rmorshiningint□□□□nligh□,□er□de□uttomeetthe□nemy□n□□eba□t□□field.Theoddsw□reagainsthim,□utMarcus'sunwav□ringre□olve□avehopetohiscomrade□□nds□r□ckfearinto□heh□ar□sofhisfoe□. W□enn□□sofa□invadingarmy□□achedAl□oria,□arcus□□□thefirsttovolunte□rt□defendhishomeland.W□thhissword□nhandandarmorshininginthes□n□□ght,herodeout□omeettheenem□o□th□battlef□eld.Th□o□dswereagain□□him,butMarcus'sun□a□er□ngr□solvega□ehope□□hi□com□a□esand□tr□c□□earintotheheart□ofhisfoes□