Martin Dunkly (Green)

Martin in "Cheats Never Prosper"

**Martin Dunkly** was the version of Martin from the Green World.

## Biography

Although Francis Zapmeister once claimed that Martin was a slimeball in all worlds, he proved to be an exception. Whereas his counterparts from the Blue, Red, Silver and Yellow Worlds were pompous, obnoxious bullies who delighted in belittling other people and making their lives miserable, this Martin was a decent person with good morals.

His mother owned the biggest wood chipping mill around. He was very proud of the fact that it exported to ten countries and produced 500 logs per week and 400,000 tons of chips per year.

Martin was a reserved social outcast. With the exception of Mundi, the Foresters of his world tended to laugh at him and call him "Townie." He found forests hugely overrated and objected to the loose system of government that existed in his Werrinup. Specifically, he believed that the town's laws should be placed in a coherent structure and important decisions shouldn't be made through ad hoc discussions. Betti told Katherine that this Martin was an aberrant as he did not fit in with the general ethos of the Green World.

He became attracted to Katherine and tried to impress her by boasting about his mother's mill, even offering her a tour. He also played an improvised game of football with Ben using a pine cone. When he said that Ben wasn't bad for a Forester, Ben replied that he wasn't bad for a Martin, who then explained that he knew another guy of the same name. Given his experiences with other versions of Martin and his mother in the Parallax, Ben correctly guessed that this Mrs. Dunkly owned a business in town.

As with his counterparts from the Blue, Red and Silver Worlds, Martin was recruited by Betti as part of her Martin spy network across the Parallax. He was given a green baseball cap to distinguish him from the others. While the other three Martins were eager to divulge whatever they knew about Ben and Katherine, he denied knowing either of them. Martin was very disturbed by his counterparts' immoral attitudes, particularly the Red World version's pleasure at Ben's apparent death. Betti told him that he needed to start contributing if she were to continue to rely on his services. His Blue World counterpart, who considered him to be pathetic and a total wuss, was suspicious since he was aware that both Ben and Katherine had been to the Green World as he had once seen them there himself.

After his Blue and Red World counterparts found Betti's stave and accidentally activated it, they laid the blame on him. Betti warned him that he was not indispensable and threatened to eliminate him if they were any more such incidents. He was extremely frightened and decided to have nothing more to do with either Betti or the other Martins. However, using the threat of blandishing, the Martin of the Blue World intimidated him into revealing Ben and Katherine's location. He betrayed them only very reluctantly and immediately returned to the Green World in order to warn them that Betti was coming. This gave Ben and Katherine enough time to escape to the Red World.

## Appearances

* "The Big Sleep-Over"
* "Decoy"
* "Cheats Never Prosper"
* "Martinmania"

## Behind the Scenes

All versions of Martin were played by Kazimir Sas.