A□terth□dustofbattl□□a□settled,Aldoria□m□rg□□victorioust□a□kstoMarc□s'sh□□oism.Thekingdo□rejoicedinthe□t□eets,celebrating□heirc□amp□onandsavi□r.Atthevictoryf□as□,Marcus□ashailedasatruehe□o,□i□nameforeveretched□ntheannalso□□□sto□y□Butamid□ttherevelr□□Ma□□us□ema□□edhumble,kno□ing□□athisg□□atestrewardw□stheknowledgetha□hehadprote□tedh□□ho□elandand□tspeople.<□p> Afterthedusto□ba□□le□□dsettled□A□d□ria□□ergedvi□□o□iousthan□stoMarcus'sheroism□□he□ingdomre□□icedin□hestreets,□elebr□tingt□□irchampi□nan□□a□ior.A□t□evict□r□feast,□a□cuswashailedasa□□uehero□hisnameforeveretchedin□heannalsofh□sto□y.But□midstther□ve□ry,Marcusremainedhumble,□n□wingthathisgreate□□r□ward□asthek□ow□edgethathehadprotected□ishomela□danditspeople. □f□e□th□□u□□ofbattlehadsettled□□l□oriae□erg□dvictorio□s□hankst□Marcus□□heroism.T□eki□gdomrejoi□edi□□hestreets,c□l□bratingtheirchampionand□av□or.A□thev□□t□ry□e□st,Ma□□□swa□hail□□a□□t□uehero,hisn□meforeveretchedi□theannal□ofhistory.Butam□□stthere□elry,Marcusremain□dhum□le,kn□w□n□tha□hisgreatest□ew□rdwa□theknowledgethat□ehad□ro□ectedh□shomelandandi□□pe□ple□ Afte□thedus□ofbattle□ads□□tled,Aldoriae□□r□edvictorious□han□st□□□rcus'sheroism□Thekin□domrejoicedinthes□reets,celebr□tingthei□□ha□pion□ndsavior.□tthevictor□feast,Marcu□w□sha□ledasatruehero,hisn□mefore□eret□hedi□theann□lsofhis□ory.Butamidstth□revelry□Marc□s□emainedhumble,k□owingtha□□isgreatestre□ar□□as□he□nowl□□gethat□eha□p□o□ectedhishomel□ndan□itspeop□□. Afte□thedustofbattlehadsettl□d,Aldor□□e□ergedvictoriousth□nkstoMarcus'sher□is□.Th□ki□gdo□rejoicedi□thest□eets,cele□r□ti□□t□e□rc□ampi□nandsa□ior.At□□ev□ctoryfeast□□arcuswas□ail□dasatruehero,hi□nameforeveretchedi□the□n□□ls□f□istory.Butamidstthe□evelr□,M□r□usre□ainedhu□□le,kno□in□thathisgreates□r□□□rdwastheknowledgethathehadprotectedhishomeland□nd□tspeo□l□□<□p>