□hennew□ofaninvadingarmy□ea□□edA□dori□□Marcusw□sthefirst□ovolunt□erto□efendhisho□eland.Withhis□□o□di□handandarmorshini□ginthes□nlig□□,herodeout□ome□□theenemyo□thebattlefield.□heoddswereagainst□im,butM□□cus'sunwaveringres□lvegaveh□petohis□om□adesandst□□ck□ea□intothe□e□□□sofhi□foes.<□p> Whe□□ews□faninvad□ng□rmyreac□ed□ldoria,Marcuswas□hefirstto□olunte□rtod□fendhi□homelan□.W□thhisswordi□h□□d□ndar□or□hininginthesunlig□t,h□rodeo□tto□eettheenemyontheb□□tlefi□ld.□heoddswereagain□□him,butMarcu□'□□nwav□rin□reso□vegav□hopetohisc□mradesa□dstruck□ear□ntotheheartsofhisfoes. Whennewsofa□i□□a□i□□arm□reac□□dAldoria,Marcuswasthef□rstt□vo□unteert□defendhis□ome□a□d.Withhi□sw□□dinh□n□andarmorshininginthes□n□□ght,he□odeouttomeetth□enemyonthebattlefield.Theodds□ereag□□□st□im,□ut□arcu□□sunwav□ring□eso□□egavehopetohiscom□□des□ndstruc□fearint□th□he□rtsofhis□□es. □hennewso□an□nvading□rmyreachedAldo□□a□Marcuswas□□ef□rs□tovol□nteertode□□ndhis□om□land.Withhiss□ord□nhan□andar□orshining□nthesu□light,h□□od□outtomee□theen□myonthebattlefie□□.T□eoddswereagains□hi□□but□a□cus'su□waveri□gresol□egav□hopet□hi□□omradesandstruckfearintothe□eartsofhisfoes.□□ □henn□w□ofanin□adin□armyrea□hedAldo□i□,Marcuswa□thefirsttovolunteerto□efendh□shom□□a□d□Withhi□sword□n□andand□□mo□s□ininginthesunlight,her□deou□tomeetth□enemyo□theb□ttl□field.Th□odd□wereagainsthim,butMarc□s'sunwa□ering□esolvegavehopetoh□scomrade□a□dstruck□earintothehea□ts□fh□sfo□s.