Marquis

The is a character in the Netflix original animated series, Castlevania: Nocturne. He is an aristocrat who owns the sumptuous Vendée château in western France. Though regarded as a "pillar of the community", he hides a terrible secret behind his high nobility persona.
He was voiced by Jonathan Roumie.
==History==
The Marquis makes his debut while throwing a luxurious masquerade party at night on the courtyard of his château, the Vendée. The event gathered the most noble members of the French vampire aristocracy, featuring live orchestral music, an extravagant banquet, and plenty of human blood. One of the Marquis's minions suddenly approaches to his master and secretly informs him something. The Marquis discreetly nods to him and the man immediately understands what he has to do: gather a couple of men and disband a group of revolutionaries that are conspiring in the nearby woods.
The attack takes place, but the three vampires are easily defeated by two individuals within the revolutionary group: Richter Belmont and Maria Renard. Surprised by seeing so many vampires at once, which wasn't common, and suspecting the château could have something to do with it, they head to the abbey to inform the Abbot about this. The clergyman dismisses their accusations against the Marquis, telling them that he is a pillar of the community, but that he'll keep an eye on him anyway.
That same night, Jacques, one of the revolutionaries who was accompanying them earlier, is attacked by the Marchioness, who then drags his still living body all the way to the Vendée. At the château, the Marquis is found sitting on a staircase conversing with other vampire nobles about how everything about peasants is so dull, even their blood. At this moment, his wife arrives with Jacques body and both feast on his remaining blood until leaving him completely dry, killing him. The Marquis then takes the dead body outside and unceremoniously throws it on a pile of many other freshly consumed bodies that are surrounded by the Comte de Vaublanc and other vampire cultists.
The next night, Richter, Maria, and their two new allies, Annette and Edouard, head to the château in an espionage mission, where they find the Marquis and Vaublanc supervising the delivery of the dead bodies to a group of night creatures. They get discovered and a battle ensues between them and the many other vampires gathered there. After the fight, the Marquis and his wife are seen at a nearby beach supervising how the night creatures load the bodies on a boat and take them away by sea.
The next time the Marquis is seen is actually during daytime. He accompanies Drolta Tzuentes to the abbey of Machecoul in a negotiation appointment with Abbot Emmanuel. Drolta does almost all of the talk, while the Marquis is mostly there just to escort her. The Abbot agrees to turn into night creatures the dead bodies the vampires have been providing him in exchange for some influence in the aristocracy and to help end the ongoing revolution in France. After the negotiations are concluded, the group, comprised of the Abbot, Mizrak, Drolta and the Marquis, descend to the abbey's cellars to inspect the already created night creatures. However, they stumble with Richter, Maria, Annette and Tera, who had broken into the cellar at the same time, and a battle ensues between the two groups. The heroes start gaining the upper hand, and during this time, Richter manages to subdue the Marquis with a combination of punches and knife stabs and throws, culminating by severing off his head with his shortsword.
That same night, the Marquis's funeral is carried out outside the Vendée. His body is cremated, but oddly, his wife decides to keep his head, possibly driven to insanity. The Marchioness can then be seen carrying the head everywhere she goes, constantly caressing it and looking at it with nostalgia. During Erzsebet Báthory's arrival to France speech, and encouraged by her words, she resolves to avenge her husband's death by herself. She leaves with two vampire servants and attacks Tera and Maria, but fortunately Richter, who had been absent since the battle in the abbey, joins them at that moment and kills the wife.
==Appearance==
The Marquis, being one of the most prominent members of the French nobility during the 18th century, wears the most lavish men's clothes of the era. His attire usually consists of a long open jacket with ruffles and long neck flaps, a long waistcoat underneath, white gloves, knee height trousers, white tights, and most notably a powdered wig with a big hair curl on each side.
==Personality==
Being a member of the French aristocracy, the Marquis is known for frequently having important guests at his château and throwing big parties for them. This demands him to have excellent social and diplomatic skills. While his guest are partaking on the various activities prepared for them, the Marquis is usually seen apart, quietly observing that everything goes properly. If an urgent situation demands it, his men are instructed to secretly inform him what's happening to avoid disrupting the enjoyment of his guests; and likewise, he can give discreet orders to them without even having to utter a word.
During his free time, the Marquis can be seen losing his straight composure a bit and adopting a more relaxed behavior, where he can talk more freely with his guests. He may also act as witness during diplomatic appointments, where his mere presence is symbol of the power of the aristocracy.
==Powers and abilities==
*Vampire physiology: Being a vampire, the Marquis has likely developed the usual traits characteristic of this species, such as enhanced strength, agility and levitation. However, he doesn't display them often, and for the most part he behaves similarly to a normal human being.
*Skilled swordsman: The Marquis sometimes carries a French cavalry sword with him and he knows how to use it, possibly having previous military training. He is skilled enough to endure a fight against a vampire hunter with relatively balanced odds for a reasonable time.
==Appearances==
==Quotes==
*"Every single day, every moment in Versailles, there was something exciting, entertaining to do... but here, even the peasants--" [...] "What is it about you peasants out here that makes everything, even your blood, so unremittingly dull?" ("A Common Enemy in Evil")
*"Father Abbot, may I introduce you to emissary Drolta Tzuentes." ("Horrors Rising from the Earth")
==Gallery==
===Screenshots===
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Horrors Rising from the Earth - Nocturne - 64.png|Olrox holding the severed head of the Marquis.
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==See also==
*Marchioness
==External links==
*Marquis (Netflix's Castlevania) at the Villains Wiki
*The Marquis at the Villainous Benchmark Wiki
Category:Antagonists
Category:Deceased Characters
Category:Male Characters
Category:Vampires
Category:Nocturne Characters
Category:Nocturne Season 1 Characters