W□□nn□□s□faninvadingarmy□each□dAldori□,Mar□□sw□sth□firs□tovo□unteer□od□fendhi□homelan□□With□issw□rdinhandandarmorsh□n□nginth□sunlight,herodeou□tome□tthe□nemyonthebatt□ef□eld.Theod□swerea□ai□sthim,butMarcus'su□waveringr□so□vegavehopetohiscomradesands□ru□kf□□rintotheh□□rt□of□isf□es.□/p> Whenne□sof□nin□adi□garmyreached□ld□r□a□□arcuswast□ef□rs□to□o□u□te□rtodefen□□i□homelan□.Withh□□swordinh□ndandarmorshi□i□ginthe□unlight,□e□odeouttomeettheenem□ont□ebattlefield□Theoddswer□a□ai□sthi□,bu□M□rcus'sunwaveringresolvegave□□petohi□□omrade□□ndstruckfearin□otheheartsofhisfoes. □□ennewsofanin□adingarmyreach□dAldoria□Ma□cuswasthe□irsttovo□untee□todefendh□shome□and.Wi□hhiss□ordinhand□□darmor□hi□□nginth□sunl□□ht,herod□ou□tom□et□heenemyonthebattle□ield.The□ddswereagainsthim,butMarc□s□sun□averingresolveg□□ehope□ohiscomr□des□□dstruckf□ar□ntot□□hear□so□hisfoes.
Wh□nnews□fa□inva□ing□rmyre□che□Aldor□a,Marcuswasthefirsttovoluntee□□odefendhishomeland.Withhiss□ordi□hand□ndarmo□□hin□ngi□thesu□light□herodeoutt□□e□tthee□emyontheba□□lef□□ld.Theoddswer□againsthim,butMar□us's□nwavering□esol□egavehopet□□iscomrades□n□□□r□ckfearinto□hehear□□ofhis□oes.