Mar

Mar is a mantis found in Defiant Root's bar during Chapter 4: Mysterious Lost Sands. He is the persona of co-creator, character designer, and programmer in Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling, Márcio Cleiton. After Chapter 4, Mar leaves Defiant Root and is not encountered again until the ending ceremony in Ant City, where he can be talked to on top of the Ant City's Inn with the rest of the developers, after which he will not appear again.
== Real World Biography ==
Marcio "Mar" Cletion Jr. (Born June 9Deviantart page 1996)Although his DeviantArt from the archived time periods both cited links lists his age as 17 and 15 respectively (meaning he would've been born in 1994), conflicting evidence about his age regarding his English training and the first Paper Marios release shows he would've been 13 by 2009, 15 in 2012, and 12 when he would've created his DeviantArt account., also known online as marciocjr13 and Insanesana, is a Brazilian artist, character designer, programmer, and comic artist.
Although much is unknown about his early life, it is known that he learned English at age 5 to play Paper Mario using a dictionary and school.Discord messages His family also wanted him to become a biologist (or at least get him into biology) at age 6,Discord messages Discord messages and had worked with his family on their local computer repair business.Discord messages. He started doing art around his prepubescence or adolescence, making Paper Mario comics Discord messages and even a fictitious species known as the "Sana".Deviantart pageDiscord messages
In 2010, Mar would meet Jose Fernando "Genow" Gracia on a Pokémon Nuzlocke forum.Youtube Interview The two became friends, making a Pokémon Fire Red/Leaf Green ROM hack titled Pokémon Manly Pink, a ROM hack that had every Pokémon up to Gen V in the game. The two also would make comics regarding the topic. 
Sometime during or after high school, Mar would learn coding and head out to university. Mar mostly taught himself on how to code, though did take a class of Basic C.Discord messages Mar, using his knowledge of coding would experiment with some original idea concepts along with Genow, though most didn't go through.Spotify podcast One of these projects was a test prototype only known as "Project Dreamdiver".Discord messages
During this time, he, Genow, and another friend named Oma made a comic that revolved around a prototype Team Snakemouth, with the plot eventually becoming Chapter 1 of the final game.YouTube video showcasing the known panels Mar would also draw other comics, featuring other bug characters or their personas as bugs, some of which would eventually become characters in the final game.
== Trivia ==
*Mar is into entomology (the study of insects) and helped with the attacks and role each character and enemy had (e.g the Peacock Spider's dancing behavior).Reddit AMA
*According to Mar, his in-game persona uses Maki's sprite as a basis.Discord messages
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Category:Mantids
Category:Developers