When□ew□of□ninvadingar□yreachedA□doria,Marcus□asthefirsttovolunteertodefe□dhishome□and.Wit□□iss□o□d□nhandandarmorshi□ingint□esunlight□h□r□d□outtomeet□heenem□ont□ebattl□fiel□.Theodd□w□reagainsthim□bu□Marcu□'□unwave□ingres□lv□gavehop□tohiscom□ade□andstru□kf□arintot□□he□□tsofh□sfoes. W□en□e□sofan□□□adingarmyrea□hedAldori□□Marcuswasthe□ir□t□ovo□un□e□rto□efen□□ishomel□nd.□ithhisswordinh□□dandarmorshi□□nginthesunlight,herod□ou□t□meettheen□myont□ebattlefield.□heoddswe□eagain□□him,butMarc□s'su□wav□□ingr□s□lvegavehopetohiscomrade□a□dstruc□fea□□□tothe□ear□□ofh□sfo□s.□><□>□hennewsofa□invadingarmyreachedAldoria,Marcu□w□sthefirst□ovolun□□ertod□fendhisho□ela□d.With□isswor□inhandanda□morshini□gin□hesunligh□,herod□outtomeettheene□y□nthebattlefield.Th□oddswereagainsthim,bu□Ma□cus'sunwaveri□gresolvegave□opetohiscomradesandstruckfearintotheh□artsof□isfoes.
W□enn□w□ofaninvading□rmyreache□Aldor□□□M□rcu□wa□the□i□sttovolu□te□rt□defendhishome□and□Withhisswordinhand□ndarmorshininginthesun□i□ht,herodeouttome□ttheenemyo□□□□battl□field.T□eo□□swe□□againsthim,butM□rcus'sunwave□ingresolvegave□o□etohisco□radesandstruc□fe□rinto□heheart□ofh□□foes.