Spartans! Prepare for glory!

Now, as then, a beast approaches, patient and confident, savoring the meal to come. They came with beasts from the blackness. With claws and fangs they grabbed us. Except for me...

We Spartans have descended from Hercules himself. Taught never to retreat, never to surrender. Taught that death in the battlefield is the greatest glory he could achieve in his life. Spartans: the finest soldiers the world has ever known.

A new age has come; an age of freedom. And all will know that we gave our last breath to defend it.
Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
Ready your breakfast and eat hearty, for tonight we dine in Hell!

Immortals. We put their name to the test.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die!
Give them nothing! But take from them everything!

Madness? This is SPARTA!!!
This will not be over quickly. You will not enjoy this.
Have you not noticed? We've been sharing our culture with you all morning.

So my king died, and my brothers died, barely a year ago. Long I pondered my king's cryptic talk of victory. But time has proven him wise, for from free greek to free greek the word was spread that bold Leonidas and his 300, so far from home, laid down their lives, not just for Sparta, but for all Greece and the promise this country holds. Now, here on this ragged patch of earth called Plataea, Persian hordes face obliteration! Just there the barbarians gather, sheer terror gripping tight their hearts with icy fingers, knowing full well the horrors they suffered at the swords and spears of 300. Yet they stare now across the plain at 10,000 Spartans commanding 30,000 free Greeks! Ho! The enemy outnumber us a paltry three to one! Good odds for any Greek. This day we rescue a world from mysticism and tyranny, and usher in a future brighter than anything we could imagine. Give thanks, men, to Leonidas and the brave 300! To victory!

Harooh!

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Last burst for my Exams.

On these shields, boys!