□ears□ass□d,and□arcus'sd□edsbecamethestuffofl□g□nd.His□□mewasspokenwithreveren□e,histale□toldandr□toldtoeagere□r□.Youngwarrio□sas□□redtobel□keMar□us,toe□bod□thesamecouragea□dho□or□hat□ehaddi□pl□yedonthebattlef□eld.ThoughMarcushadlongsinc□pa□sedintothe□ealmofmy□□andleg□nd,hi□□egacylivedo□,□□hi□ingbeac□nofhop□andinspirati□nforgenerationsto□ome. Years□assed□andMarcu□'sd□edsbecam□t□estuffoflegen□.□isname□asspo□enw□thr□□er□□ce,histales□ol□a□□retoldto□agerears.Youngwarriors□sp□redt□bel□k□Marcus,toem□odythesamecourageandhon□rthatheh□dd□□pla□ed□nt□ebattle□i□l□.Th□ughMar□ushadlon□s□ncepassed□□tother□alm□fmy□handlegend,hisl□g□cyli□edon,as□in□n□b□aconofho□eand□nspir□tio□for□enerationstoc□□e.<□p>□p>Ye□rspassed□andMa□cus'□□eed□becam□thes□uffofle□e□d.His□amewassp□kenw□threverence,h□stalestoldandr□t□l□toeagerears.Youngwa□rio□sa□pir□dtobelikeM□□cus,toembod□t□esamecoura□ean□honor□hathehaddisp□ay□dontheba□tle□ield.Thoug□□arcusha□longsincepassedintotherealmofmyt□andlegend,hisleg□cylivedo□,a□hinin□be□co□□fhopeand□□spirat□onfor□□nerat□onstocome.□> Yearspassed,an□Marcus□sdeedsbeca□□thestuf□of□e□en□.Hi□n□□ewass□o□enwit□reverence□□is□al□sto□□a□□retoldtoeage□ears.Youngw□rriors□□piredtobelikeMarcus,t□embodythesame□□ur□gean□hon□rthathehaddisplayedonthe□at□lefiel□□T□oughMa□□ushadlongsince□assedintotherealmofmythan□legen□,hislegacylivedon,ashin□ngbeaconofhopeandinspir□tionf□rgenerat□onstocome□ Yearspass□d□and□arcus'sdeedsbeca□ethestuffo□legend.Hisna□ewa□spo□□nwith□everence,□is□□lestold□n□reto□dtoeager□ars□Y□ung□arriorsaspiredt□□elikeMarcu□,toembodythesamec□ura□e□ndhonor□hath□ha□displ□yed□nthebattlef□e□d.Tho□ghMarcusha□lon□□in□epassed□ntot□□real□o□my□handlegend,hislega□ylive□on,□sh□ningb□aconof□opea□dins□irationforge□□r□t□on□tocome.