Wh□nnew□ofa□i□□adingarmyr□□che□Al□ori□,Ma□cuswasthefirsttovolun□eert□def□ndhish□m□land.□ithhiss□o□din□a□dandarmorshiningi□thesunlight,□ero□eouttom□□ttheene□yonth□b□ttlef□□ld□Theo□dswerea□ainst□□m,butMarcus'su□□averin□resolvegave□opetohiscomradesandstr□ckf□a□□ntotheheartso□his□oes.<□p><□>Whenne□sofan□□□a□ing□rmyrea□hedAldor□a,Marcus□asthefirst□□volunteertodefendhishomel□n□.Withhissw□r□inha□d□n□armorshininginth□sunli□ht□h□□odeou□tomeetthee□emy□nthebattlefield.□heo□dswere□gainsthim□butMa□cus'sun□av□ringresolvegav□hopetohi□c□m□□desandstru□k□earin□othe□□arts□f□i□foes. Whenn□wso□anin□adingar□yreache□A□doria,Ma□cu□w□sthefirst□ovolunteert□defendhishom□land.With□i□swordinh□nd□ndarmorshininginthesunlight,h□ro□eouttome□tt□eenemyonthe□attlef□eld.Theo□□swereagains□him,□u□Marcu□□sunwaveringresolvegavehopet□h□□c□mr□desa□□struc□fearintotheheartsofhisfoes. Whenn□wsofaninvadingarmyreache□A□□oria,M□rc□sw□st□efirsttov□l□nteertodefen□h□sh□meland.Withhisswo□□inhandand□rmorshining□nthesu□light,her□deouttome□tth□e□emyonthe□a□tl□field.Theoddswerea□ai□s□him,butM□rcus'sunwav□rin□resolvegav□hopetohisc□□rades□ndst□uck□earint□theheartsofhisfoes.<□p> Whennewsofaninvadingarmyre□chedAldoria,Marcuswasthefirs□tovolunteertodef□ndh□shome□and.Withhissw□rdin□□nda□darmorshininginthesunl□gh□,herodeouttome□□th□en□myonthebattlefield.Theo□dsw□reagains□him□butM□rc□s'□unwaveringre□□lvega□ehopet□h□scom□ade□ands□ruckfear□□to□□eheart□o□hi□foes□