Martin Gellenvary

Martin Gellenvary is a former Petronas City resident. He is a private detective who managed to crack the highly-publicized Anne Zallery case.
Gellenvary arrived in Petronas soon after the city's founding, securing a flat in a modern building and immediately starting his own detective agency "La-Zu." Several months afterwards, Gellenvary was summoned by the police commissioner Jim Gordon to help solve the case of Anne Zallery, a woman brutally murdered in Hotel "Panorama." Gellenvary, who had already been financially struggling, accepted the invite.
The peculiar investigation led the detective to cross paths with the mafia, become a criminal by trying to steal from Kvaks's Vault, help bring end to a wizarding war, and end up locked in Azkaban Prison. However, because Gellenvary in the end managed to crack the case, he was secretly released from the prison by Helliar, under the condition that he never return to Petronas. He took a boat ride and ended up in Thrathira, where he was greeted by Wololo.
==Biography==
=== Early life and arrival Petronas ===
Not much is known about Gellenvary's early life.
He moved to Petronas in April 2011 and managed to secure a well-sized flat in Yellow Corner Building. He immediately started his own detective agency named "La-Zu," which made him the first private investigator in the city. However, it is likely that he did not have a lot of work, and did not receive a lot of murder cases; this is furthered by the fact that he eventually ended up struggling financially. He befriended either Obiteljka Fuf or someone who lived with her at Old Antunovac.
===The Curios Case of Martin Gellenvary===
One day in the early September, Gellenvary was idle at his home, as he had no work. He was unexpectedly visited by police commissioner Jim Gordon, who was ordered by President John O'Conor to solve a new murder case under any circumstances. In an unusual turn of events, in which a police commissioner opted to use services of a private investigator, Gordon explained to the detective that a woman was brutally murdered at Hotel "Panorama." Gellenvary immediately accepted the case, believing it to be a case suited for him. He was driven by an urge to earn some money, as he seemed to be financially struggling.
After his quick chat with Gordon, Gellenvary visited Old Antunovac to borrow some money from his friend, most likely Obiteljka Fuf or a possible male companion of hers. He continued towards the hotel, happily singing; however, on his way, he noticed an unusual love note placed on a window of a random house. The message read, "Will come back soon. Don't worry. Your, Anne." Despite having no connection with the note or the house, Gellenvary considered placing love notes on public locations "inappropriate," so he became visibly upset. He took the note and left for the hotel.
At the hotel, he greeted two policemen and a receptionist. The policemen explained that Anne Zallery, the victim, had been stabbed eleven times with a sword. Gellenvary took a closer look at the guest book, and found out that "Marko Z.," "Anne Z.," "S. King," and "Rolo G.," checked in at various times at the hotel. When he was told by the receptionist that the victim was killed Anne, he briefly toyed with the idea that this "Anne" could be the same person who wrote a random love letter that he had found earlier, but gave no much thought to this idea. He realized "S. King" was actually Shorty King, a famous politician.
When Gellenvary entered the hotel, he talked to some policemen, and was seen as a bad detective. He later visited the room where Anne Zallery was killed, and was shocked with the murder.
To make things worse, Anne Zallery was a lover of Shorty King, a famous politician in the city at the time. The fact is, King was married with his wife at the time. Gellenvary visited King in the Senate, but King said he didn't kill her lover. He told Gellenvary Anne told him that she was going to the bank, but there wasn't any bank in the city at the time of her murder. Gellenvary was suspicious, so he went to Anne's house. He didn't find anything, but he visited a farmacy below her house, and a woman working there told Gellenvary to ask Lorgo about the bank in the city, since "he knew everything".
Gellenvary first refused to talk with Lorgo, but later decided it is better to solve the case. He asked Lorgo in his penthouse about the bank, and Lorgo told him the information. However, Lorgo told Gellenvary to bring him lots of money in 3 days, which Gellenvary couldn't get. He then visited Gringotts, a wizarding bank (he never realised that the bank had to do anything with wizards), and he met goblin Griphook.
Griphook told him that Anne had a vault in Gringotts, and that she was there very often. Gellenvary, later, decided to break into Kvaks' Treasury, to steal the money he had to pay Lorgo. However, when he saw all the gold in the vault, he decided to play with it, but was rather seen by Kvaks who was sleeping there. The next day, Kvaks told publicly that the man who wanted to steal from him was Martin Gellenvary, so Gellenvary had to leave the city.
He decided to go to Hogwarts, a school for young wizards. He found out about Hogwarts when he talked to goblin Griphook in Gringotts. On his way to Hogwarts, he saw Lorgo onthe street, who forgave him about the money but Gellenvary had to tell him where he is going. Soon after, Gellenvary found Hogwarts. 
In Hogwarts, Gellenvary met professor Severus Snape, who became a headmaster at the time, because the night Gellenvary arrived, Albus Dumbledore, old Hogwarts professor, was killed by Death Eaters, evil Lord Voldemort's men.
Gellenvary used to ask Snape about Anne Zallery every day, and Snape always told him that he doesn't know anything about her. At the same time, in Petronas City, school drop-outs Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger decided to break into Gringotts and steal a horcrux from Gringotts, only to destroy and weak Lord Voldemort.
Lord Voldemort was that day in Lorgo's hangar Mulat, only until midnight, and decided to attack Hogwarts the same night. Harry Potter and his friends broke into Gringotts and stole the horcrux, and destroyed it.
Gellenvary was in Hogwarts, and loved talking to Rubeus Hagrid, a gatekeeper. That night, Harry Potter and his friends came to Hogwarts, only to find more horcruxes. Gellenvary also talked to Snape, again, and asked him about Anne Zallery again. This time, Snape decided to tell Martin about Anne Zallery, that she had a relationship with goblin Griphook, from Gringotts. Gellenvary was surprised. On his way outside the castle, Gellenvary met Harry Potter. Also, Gellenvary saw Lord Voldemort and his army, who was attacking Hogwarts and wanted Harry Potter. Harry Potter accidentally killed Voldemort's last horcrux, a zombie, and was finally able to defeat Voldemort. He saw Voldemort in Hogwarts, and when Voldemort was about to kill Potter, Gellenvary jumped out of nowhere and killed Voldemort with an axe he found in Hogwarts.
Later, Gellenvary decided to return to Petronas and talk to Griphook once more, because he didn't tell him the whole truth about Anne Zallery. At the same time in Petronas, Kvaks was swimming in his pool, when Lorgo appeared and told him that he knows where Gellenvary is. 
Lorgo told Kvaks that Martin Gellenvary was now in Hogwarts, however, Gellenvary returned to Petronas at the same time. Gellenvary decided to visit the mayor and tell him everything that happened, but since Helliar wasn't in his office, Gellenvary talked to Wololo. Wololo let him go, but said that he will find him if Gellenvary tricks him.
Gellenvary went to Gringotts, but Griphook refused to talk to him about Anne Zallery, and even insulted the detective. Gellenvary then left and visited Lorgo, only to say hi and tell him that when he solves the case he will go to Azkaban prison. Lorgo was then angry, because Kvaks sent his man off to Hogwarts to find Gellenvary. Lorgo then talked to Kvaks and told him about everything. Kvaks wasn't mad at all, however.
Gellenvary then decided to visit the house where he found the note where the name Anne was mentioned, and a guy opened the door and told him that he knew Anne. He and Anne had a real relationship, and were both poor, and Anne was with Shorty King and goblin at the same time, only to get money from both. Goblin saw her with Shorty, and decided to kill her.
Gellenvary was shocked, and decided to tell everyone the truth. He went on a small Medieval Tower, and screamed at night. Many people came to hear, including Helliar and Dan Timbly, and thought Gellenvary was mad.
Gellenvary then went to Azkaban prison, only to be visited by Helliar who told him that he believes him. Gellenvary then went on a boat and left the prison. He later found Thrathira, where Wololo was waiting for him. His fate is unknown at the time.
==Legacy==
Gellenvary's affair, which included his circus-like proclamation of the Anne Zallery murderer from the top of the Medieval Tower, catapulted the detective to a legendary status in the eyes of Petronas residents. It is most likely that common residents believed him to be locked in the Azkaban Prison. Lorcione crime family, with Lorgo in charge, however, knew that he had been exiled from the city. Few months after the Gellenvary affair, Wololo and Kvaks discussed that Gellenvary was the only person who had tried to break into Kvaks's Vault, with Wololo claiming that he had been "depressed."
After arriving in Petronas, Santa Claus Bifsi II read extensively about Gellenvary, who in turn became one of his two heroes (the other being James Robinson). Under the influence of alcohol, Bifsi II tried to imitate Gellenvary by trying to break into Kvaks's Vault, but was, like his idol, caught before stealing any gold. Tomislav Jantol read books about Petronas history at Petronas City Library, and most likely read about various "incidents" that occurred in the city, including the Gellenvary one.
When Helliar returned to Petronas after faking his own death and held a press conference, he was asked by a journalist where Gellenvary was, which meant that media still considered the detective relevant even months after his affair.
A year after the Gellenvary affair, there was an attempt by a movie studio to produce an autobiographical movie about Gogos the rapper, directed by Marko Lazarić. The script added Gellenvary as a side character, even though Gellenvary had never crossed paths with Gogos, and the rapper was absent from Petronas around the time of the investigation. Gogos was in the storyline supposed to be the one to have murdered the detective. Despite Gogos's protests, the production started with Gogos starring as himself and the famous actor Donny Delure as Gellenvary. The fact that such as high-profile actor portrayed the detective implied that the Gellenvary character was taken seriously and that he would have had a great role in the biopic. In the only filmed scene, Delure as Gellenvary suspected Gogos as having something to do with the death of Anne Zallery, and considered himself to be "the greatest detective alive." The production ended when Gogos left in the middle of the shoot.
After Amanda Vjetrobran was killed, there was a speculation in a newspaper article that she had been murdered by Gellenvary's ghost, thus implying that some residents believed the detective to have died.
==Trivia==
*His surname was derived from Károly Khuen-Héderváry.
*He is the only character in the comics that had his own full trilogy, in the sense that all three stories revolved around the same plot.
*He seemed to take justice into his own hands, as evident by the fact that he removed a love letter from a window from Dirt House 2, as he considered putting love letters on public locations "inappropriate."
*He did not seem to be tied to the Petronas Police, as he did not know who Jim Gordon was when the police commissioner had entered his flat.
==Appearances==
Martin Gellenvary has appeared in a total of 4 Petronas Stories.
* Petronas Stories
** Original (4 appearances)
*** The Curious Case of Martin Gellenvary - Part 1
***The Curious Case of Martin Gellenvary - Part 2
***The Curious Case of Martin Gellenvary - Part 3
***A Fallen Hero (seen briefly in a flashback)
==Gallery==
2011-11-01_13.24.30.png|Martin talking to Griphook.
== References ==
Category:Petronas Characters
Category:Murderers
Category:Protagonists