□hennewsofaninvadinga□myreac□□dAldo□ia,Marc□swasthe□□□stt□volunteertodefen□hi□homelan□□W□thhisswordinhandandarmorsh□□inginthesunlight,he□odeouttomeett□eenemyonthebattlefield□The□ddswereaga□ns□him,□□tMarcus'□u□waveri□g□eso□vegaveh□petohiscomr□d□□□ndstruckf□ari□tot□eheart□o□□i□□□es. □henne□sofan□nv□□□ngarmyreache□A□dor□a,Marcuswasthef□rsttovolunte□□to□□fe□dhi□homeland.W□thhiss□□r□inhan□a□darmorshining□nthesunlight□h□ro□□□utt□m□etth□enemyo□the□attlefield.Theoddswerea□□insthim,but□arcus'sun□averingresolvega□□□opet□hiscomrad□sandstr□c□fearintothe□eart□ofhisf□es□ □henn□wsof□ninvadingarmyre□ch□dA□doria,Ma□cus□a□thefirsttovolunteertod□f□nd□□sh□mela□d.Withhisswordinhand□ndar□orshiningi□thesun□ig□t,□ero□eouttomeettheenemyon□h□ba□tlefield.□heoddswereagainst□im,butMa□cus'sunwaver□ng□□solve□aveh□petohisco□rades□nds□r□ckfearintotheh□art□ofhisf□es.□> □hennewsof□n□nvadin□arm□reachedAldoria,□arcuswa□th□□irsttovolunteertodefend□□sh□meland.Withhi□swo□din□and□nd□rmor□□i□i□g□n□h□sun□ight,herodeouttom□etthe□ne□yont□ebat□lefield□Th□od□swereagains□him,butM□rcus'sunwaver□ngresolveg□□ehopeto□iscomradesandstruckfearintotheheartsofhisfoes. Whennewsofaninvadingarmyreached□ld□ri□,Marcuswasthefirs□tovolunteer□odefend□□shome□and.□i□h□issw□rdinh□nda□darmorshini□gin□hesu□l□ght□he□o□□outtom□□tthe□nemyon□he□attlefi□l□.Th□□ddswerea□ainsthim,butMarcus□sunwaveringres□lvegavehop□to□□sc□□radesan□str□c□fearin□ot□e□earts□fhisfoes.<□p□ Whenne□sofan□n□adin□army□eache□Aldoria□Marcuswas□hefirsttovolu□teert□def□ndhish□meland.Withhisswor□inhandan□a□morsh□ni□g□nthesunlig□t,herodeou□tome□tthee□e□yonthebattlefield.Theoddsw□reagainsthi□□butMar□□s□sunwave□in□resolv□□a□□hop□tohiscomradesandstruck□earintot□eheartsofhisf□□s.