Mark Heathcliff

* Vol. 1 (RESTORED)
* Vol. 1 (OLD)
* Vol. 333
* ORIGINAL\_COPIES

> It followed me home, Cesar
>  I do not want to see what is on the other side
>  But it has been days, and nobody has come to help me
>
> An excerpt from Mark's notebook as shown in The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 1/RESTORED EDITION

**Mark Heathcliff** was the posthumous protagonist in *The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 1*. Mark was a young, religious boy from Mandela County who had multiple encounters with alternates throughout his life. These events tie heavily into the plot of The Mandela Catalogue. He serves as the overreaching character of Act 1, and as a major character in Act 2.

## Description

Mark is a round-faced, fair-skinned young man with fluffy brown hair and brown eyes.

He is seen wearing a gray hoodie over a black T-shirt with blue jeans. It is unknown what he uses as footwear.

Mark is an overly paranoid, possibly traumatized individual. Having encountered 6 at a very early age may have left an impact on Mark growing up, as can be seen in Exhibition.

Mark has some sort of fear of the Torres household for unknown reasons, whether due to an experience or simply his exaggerated paranoia is unknown.

## Personality

Mark was an average young man. His interactions with Cesar showed he was concerned for his friends and family. He appeared to be paranoid about going over to Cesar's house, notably due to the 'THINK principle' being broadcasted to the entirety of Mandela County and its surrounding counties. The 'THINK principle' explicitly states that locking your doors and staying home was the safest approach to avoid an alternate encounter. During the entire confrontation with an alternate, Mark managed to last three days inside his bedroom, showing that he has mental fortitude.

Mark only snapped when the alternate impersonating Cesar presumably revealed the truth: Christianity's saying about Christ was a lie and humanity had been fooled from the very start. This leads him to having a mental breakdown, desperately shooting the alternate before succumbing to MAD and ending his own life.

## Biography

### The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 1

Introduced as Victim One, sometime in September of 1992, Mark gets a call from "Cesar Torres" who is on the way to the Emergency Room after finding his mother collapsed. Cesar asks Mark if he can go to his house to turn on their security cameras to which Mark reluctantly agrees, claiming to not like Cesar's house. Before hanging up, Cesar asks Mark to get a good look at the back hallway.

After turning on the security cameras and returning home, Mark discovers that he was followed home by an alternate and barricades himself in his bedroom for days whilst being taunted by it. Mark attempts to call authorities multiple times but is ignored. Mark attempts to confront the alternate but ultimately takes his own life.

Near the end of the episode, we are shown a story written by 4-year-old Mark about the "Scary Night". In this story, he describes how he was up late at night and had an encounter with 6, which he referred to as "the man in the corner". After this, he fell asleep, implying that 6 was not attempting to kill or take Mark. He is known to have shown this story at his elementary school: Mandela Elementary School.

### Exhibition

We are shown multiple recordings by Mark on August 30, 1992, going to a church and his home, recording at seemingly random. He is supposedly suffering from severe paranoia. At the midpoint of the episode, he is shown recording an analogue television with an alternate emerging from it. The alternate is presumed to be 6.

### The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 2

Mark makes a small cameo during the scene where 6 flashes imagery from Season One on the television after Adam asks who he is.

### The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 333

Mark’s high school contacts the police after he fails to appear at school for several days with no excuse of absence from either of his parents and no emergency contact on file to call. They ask the police to go to his home and get the number of whoever responds at the door.

Once MCPD Lieutenant Thatcher Davis arrives at the home, he is forced to break down the door as there is no response when he knocks. Shortly thereafter, we cut to an investigation of Mark's house. We first see the analogue television in Mark's room before Thatcher turns his flashlight on and discovers Mark's body with multiple .50 caliber casings beside the bed, implying he tried to attack Cesar's alternate. Thatcher finds a cassette player, a Holy Bible, and a notebook titled "Reassurances" on top of the television.

A slideshow plays, identifying Cesar Torres as the perpetrator in Mark's case, as his fingerprints were discovered on Mark's bedroom doorknob. The following are shown as points of interest:

* Mark's camcorder containing a tape titled "shadow under the door": The tape is dated September 14, 1992. The shadow of an individual's feet is seen outside of Mark's door as they rapidly and repeatedly knock.
* Mark's cassette player contains a cassette labeled "voices outside my room": When played, the voice tells Mark to let them in before harshly mimicking a different voice. The tape is flipped and a crowd of people can be heard.
* Mark's notebook: In Mark's journal, he wrote reassurances of God's love, saying that he needs protection and that he is scared. Mark slowly breaks down, saying nobody came for him and begging the reader to stop "it" before it does this to anyone else. Mark wrote "Who have I been praying to all this time?" repeatedly. The next image shows the phrase written over itself several times until it was illegible scribbles.

The last page reads "My eyes are wide open", indicating that he has been affected by Metaphysical Awareness Disorder (MAD).

### The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 4

While the alternate was speaking to Thatcher, he says, "A scared boy with a gun, sound familiar?" and shows an image of the outside of Mark's house, implying that Mark was "the scared boy with a gun" and comparing Mark to Thatcher.

### Mandelapolice.com

The mandelapolice.com website has a page about the Mark Heathcliff case. The following is written on the website, describing the progression of footage:

**SEP 13 92**

**9:38 PM**

Vehicle dashboard recording through the windshield (to Torres residence) Heathcliff mutters. Words are indiscernible.

**9:56 PM**

Heathcliff arrives at the Torres residence, exits the vehicle, enters the house and returns after 23 seconds.

**9:58 PM**

Dashboard recording shows Heathcliff exceeding double the speed limit on county roads.

**10:09 PM**

Heathcliff returns home and locks himself in the bedroom with a camcorder.

**10:12 PM**

A voice reminiscent of Torres calls to Heathcliff from outside the bedroom window. Heathcliff remains silent.

**10:30 PM**

The following message was shown using the camcorder's text display:

IT FOLLOWED ME HOME, CESAR

Heathcliff directs the camcorder to the bedroom door, where an unidentified voice is heard speaking to Heathcliff.

**SEP 14 92**

**2:02 AM**

The camcorder is positioned to face the bedroom door.

Shadows are seen under the door, coinciding with sporadic knocking. The knocking continues in intervals until **9:34 AM**.

**10:01 AM**

Heathcliff repeatedly dials numbers on his mobile phone. No response is heard. Heathcliff continues this until **6:26 PM**.

**6:26 PM**

Heathcliff starts sobbing until he stops at **11:47 PM**.

**11:52 PM**

Footage cuts out.

**SEP 15 92**

**7:32 PM**

Footage resumes. The camcorder continues to face the bedroom door.

**7:54 PM**

Heathcliff gathers a handgun and a Holy Bible from the dresser drawer.

**8:16 PM**

Heathcliff repeatedly shouts for help until the voice gives out.

**8:42 PM**

Heathcliff physically "hugs" the Holy Bible, crying into it while rocking back and forth.

**8:49 PM**

Heathcliff aggressively writes in composition notebook.

**9:17 PM**

Heathcliff curls into fetal position in the corner of the bedroom, sobbing uncontrollably. The word "please" is very faintly heard being muttered through the tears.

**10:23 PM**

After an hour of silence and stillness, Heathcliff calls out to his Mother and Father.

**10:37 PM**

Heathcliff gets up to retrieve the handgun. He shoots multiple rounds into the door.

**10:49 PM**

The power goes out. Camcorder light also ceases function.

**10:58 PM**

The following messages were shown using the camcorder's text display:

"I DO NOT WANT TO SEE WHAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE

BUT IT HAS BEEN DAYS

AND NOBODY HAS COME TO HELP ME

WHAT IS LIFE REALLY WORTH

WHEN ALL I CAN DO

IS CONFRONT IT ALL ALONE?"

Heathcliff curses the perpetrator, before firing another round.

**10:59 PM**

The following message was shown using the camcorder's text display, in a secondary text style:

"UH OH! BAD DECISION, MARK!"

**11:04 PM**

Obscured in darkness, the footsteps of the perpetrator are heard approaching the recording camcorder. The perpetrator stares into the lens until **11:13 PM**.

**11:14 PM**

The following message was shown using the camcorder's text display, in the secondary text style:

"I HAVE A GIFT FOR YOU"

The camcorder is then shown facing Heathcliff's remains. Over it, the primary text style reads:

"NOBODY CAME FOR ME"

This is replaced by the text in the secondary text style reading:

"AND NOW I'M FREE"

**11:15 PM**

Footage ends.

## Gallery

Mark's disturbed appearance during Cesar's reveal.Mark is labelled as 'The Victim' and Cesar labelled as 'The Perpetrator'.Mark labeled as "MH" in The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 1/RESTORED EDITION
### Miscellaneous

Mark's original depiction in Mark's Soliloquy.Mark as he appears in The Scrimblo Catalogue.A clear photo of Mark and his sister Sarah.Clearer version of Mark's ID Facial Reconstruction photo from Vol. 333.Mark-etable PlushieMark's camera pointed to his bedroom door.Mark as seen in Phone a friendNOBODY CAME FOR ME
## Trivia

* While he was named after the YouTuber Markiplier, his name is a biblical reference to a figure known as Mark the Evangelist.
* The image used for Mark is of series creator Alex Kister himself.
* Mark is one of the five characters to have a piece of merchandise based on them; for example, Intruder, Cesar's Alternate, and Preacher have plushies, as well as Gabriel having a figure.
* Mark is a writer and would probably write poetry, as stated by a tweet by Alex Kister.
* Mark is canonically left-handed, as revealed in his Mark-etable plush promo, using his left hand to write.
* It is most likely Mark has IBS.

## Sources

1. ↑ https://www.makeship.com/products/mark-plush
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/kisterkatalog/status/1692741055811068098?s=20