Marcus

This article refers to the Persona user from Shadow Palaces. For other uses of "Marcus", see Marcus (disambiguation).
Marcus is a player character from Shadow Palaces, played by Deeto. He is a variant human monk best known for his eccentricities. He is the user of the Thanatos Persona.
== Personality ==
Marcus is antagonistic in a non-malicious way, liking to get a rise out of his friends. He does some things deliberately to cause the pain of others, but values his comrades and loves his mother.
== History ==
=== Backstory ===
Marcus seems to have baggage revolving around his mother and her illness, but the specifics of it have not been disclosed.
=== Shadow Palaces (Pre-Reboot) ===
Marcus had the same dream that Boris and Benny had about the crimson moon, waking up with a card in his bed. Marcus soon complained to Benny about the bad crack he gave him, which Benny denied doing. After the moon turned red as it did in the dream, Marcus questioned the presence of the homeless man in the subway station. Marcus then asked Boris if he was Oz, to which the latter vehemently denied. On the subway with the others, Marcus got sucked into the Metaverse, meeting the squid who guarded the place. When the weapons he was given were covered in a sticky slime, Marcus had a visceral reaction. Marcus then asked Bartholomew if they needed to eat in the Metaverse, to which Bartholomew said they didn't. When Bartholomew told the party of their destiny, Marcus questioned why he picked a druggie, a drug dealer and a homeless man to do it, receiving no response. When he asked if the weapons were magic or god-slaying, he was disappointed to find out that they were simply normal weapons.
Marcus was visibly frightened by Boris' katana skills, then asking if Boris would kill him in his sleep for the bullying, to which he was somewhat comforted by Boris stating he would not kill his party. Marcus asked Boris why his sword was so shiny, learning that the only part of Boris' person he cleans is his sword. Marcus asked where Boris got the sword, and learned it was a family heirloom. Upon asking why his family would let him go homeless, Boris responded to him, saying he did not want to talk about it. After defeating the Shadows, Marcus cheered that they saved the Metaverse, to which Bartholomew made sure to say that they hadn't yet, much to his disappointment, and Marcus was soon slapped by Bartholomew for this, causing him to cry.
Marcus aided the party in the next wave of Shadows.
=== Shadow Palaces (Post-Reboot) ===
Marcus was in the GonzoMart attempting to buy ramen when he found Boris begging for change. Feeling generous, he gave Boris a dollar while he was waiting in line to check out. During Heinrich and Cable Guy's tobacco debate, Marcus sided with Heinrich in silence by lighting a cigarette in the store. Marcus was among the ones that investigated the rumors about the "Midnight Channel".
In Cable Guy's home, after someone opened the bathroom door, Marcus took note of the smell and wanted to drink the pain from it away. When the Midnight Channel finally came on, Marcus was the first to put his hand up to the TV, watching it sink in before he pulled it out quickly, realizing it was now covered in slime. Heinrich diagnosed the slime as a lethal disease, but Marcus did not believe this claim from the non-doctor. After this, Marcus fell into the TV, being completely covered in slime by the time he climbed out. Marcus comments about the yellow mist he saw before Cable Guy tripped and fell into the TV, being promptly pulled out by Marcus.
After Cable Guy volunteered to enter the Midnight Channel with a rope tied to him, Marcus went in afterwards, wanting to save Cable Guy in case he got trapped in there. On the way down, he almost lands on Cable Guy, but narrowly misses.
Marcus aided the party in fighting off the Shadows, later picking up Boris in the second room, trying to run him to the end, but failing miserably, dropping him. Marcus was the one to initiate the conga line the party formed to evade the Shadows, eventually yelling "CONGA!" and alerting the whole room to their whereabouts. He was not the one to initiate the first bout of conga-ing amongst the enemies, but was the most eager about the idea.
In the end room with the many portals, Marcus went through TV #6, initially hitting his head on the outside before jumping in, landing in a restaurant on someone's food. After the correct TV was found, Marcus threatened to break it and trap Heinrich in there for reasons as-of-yet unknown, but did not do it, allowing him to return with them.
After returning to Cable Guy's home, Marcus called the police about being "covered in jizz", prompting a cop to come to the place, soon questioning Cable Guy as to whether or not he was the man that jumped out of the TV earlier.
After Cable Guy conspired to make a crazy hamburger, Marcus and Heinrich joined him. Marcus restrained Boris during this, allowing Cable Guy to force-feed him the rotten burger. Marcus was the sole person responsible for force-feeding Marcus the other two crazy hamburgers afterwards, however. After this, Boris threw up on Marcus. Marcus and Benny went into the TV at the same time that night. In Cable Guy's drunken stupor, Marcus and Heinrich attempted to restrain him to try and prevent him from making advances on Bartholomew. This was unsuccessful, as even though Marcus was able to stand his ground, Heinrich lost his grip, prompting Marcus to no longer be able to hold him. Unfortunately, Marcus was unable to avoid the squizz incident. When Cable Guy and Felix cuddled in a very heterosexual way, Marcus jokingly asked if Boris would join them in the bed.
During the first of Bartholomew's training exercises, Marcus tried to paint Felix as an extreme racist. After a few of the Shadows were defeated, Marcus hit Soulja Boy's signature dance, convincing multiple of the other Shadows to do the same. After this, Marcus' nuts were destroyed by a hit from Benny.
Marcus aced Bartholomew's second trial, using his sharpshooting skills to knock down and kill multiple Shadows. He did not do much of note during the third trial, however.
When Maxwell appeared at Cable Guy's door, Marcus accused him of being on drugs, but this was proven false. After the Midnight Channel opened again, Marcus threw Maxwell into the TV against his will. Upon arriving at the new tower that had emerged, Marcus looked and saw a woman on the top of the tower, and asked about how hot she was. Heinrich scolded him for objectifying women, and in response Marcus brought up Heinrich's dead wife that he should not have logistically known about, claiming Heinrich talks in his sleep. During the second room of the tower, Marcus was one of the first to flee from the strong Shadow, teaming up with Boris to break down the walls to make a safer escape route.
At the top of the tower, Marcus soon found out that the woman he asked about the hotness of beforehand looked eerily similar to his mother. His "mother" exclaimed that it was all his fault that she has the virus she does. Marcus told the woman that he was working hard to pay her medical bills, and she claimed he likely used the money on booze and hookers. Marcus denied this, prompting the Shadow to transform into its true form, that of a giant woman in a hospital bed surrounded by multiple IV-drip minions. Bartholomew reassured Marcus not to give in to its lies, knowing what was going on.
Marcus asked the Shadow why she was attacking them, to which he was told that he was a naughty boy in need of punishment. Soon, Marcus heard a voice in his head, saying "I am thou, and thou art I". After the voice in his head gave its spiel, he was granted the mask of the Persona Thanatos, which he then promptly tore off of his face. Marcus used the power of the Persona to aid the party in killing the Shadow of his mother, confronting his demons in the process.
== Relationships ==
=== Heinrich ===
Marcus seems to have either hatred for Heinrich or a liking of antagonizing him, doing several things to make him angry and repeatedly refusing to call him by his name, calling him "Heimlich" and "Hindlick" on multiple occasions.
== Notable Moments ==
* Siding with smoking
* Being the first to enter the Midnight Channel
* Starting the conga shenanigans
* Calling the police
* Standing his ground against a drunk Cable Guy's advances
* Somehow knowing about Heinrich's dead wife
* Objectifying his "mother"
* Being the first to unlock his Persona
== Trivia ==
* TBA
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