Marcelline Tzass Markin

## Personality

(+) Scheming

Marcelline always has a plan, adapting and working to fit her design- sometimes convoluted, sometimes straight to the point, but she never leaves home without one.

(+) Determined

When an opportunity to get ahead, or pursue her goals appears, she spares no quarter or second to act on it. Cunning and full of presence, she is an expert at getting what she wants.

(=) Egotist

For better or for worse, she places an overinflated value on her own self worth. Perhaps some sort of defense mechanism or just sheer psychotic ramblings, she certainly has no illusions about it.

(-) Carefree

While it is true Marcelline likes to plan, they come so easy to her- because certain variables that might be considered for others, might not be for her. Less to say she is incautious, and more uncaring.

(-) Righteous

Marcelline has come to her conclusions, from very specific reasons, proof, arguments and trains of thought- she knows they're right, because she's proven herself of them, and has no problem sharing these truths with the rest of the world- though, to those not well verbose or educated enough to form an opinion of their own? They should keep whatever rhetoric they repeat to themselves

## Abilities

### Physical Strength

Physically, Marcelline was nothing above average before she began to become frail due to her magical pursuits. Now, she is sickly and finds herself becoming winded doing anything for extended periods of time or doing something even mildly strenuous others would have little issue with doing.

### Speed & Agility

Marcelline is small, and has ran from danger many times with great success. When she needs to be, she can be quite fast, find clever places to sneak through and hide, but she isn’t an athlete by any means, and will likely be beat out by pure endurance quite quickly in a chase or race.

### Endurance & Stamina

Marcelline is frail, she relies on the loyalty and service of others to stand between her and danger when necessary. Additionally, her illness has helped to atrophy her physical stamina quite a bit, making her need to make movements and spend effort more deliberately than others.

### Charisma & Intelligence

Marcelline’s tongue may as well be gold, forget silver. She speaks well without hesitation and always has a response, anecdote or quip. Paired with her vast, sage lore, she is hard to ignore and even harder to refute. When she wants to be charming, she can easily win most laymans with a mote of effort, and easily go toe-to-toe with many of the most educated people around.

### Combat Ability

If Marcelline is forced into a combat or a situation in which she might need to defend herself, she would opt instead to try talking her way out- and if unable, attempt a quick, critical strike to the head, neck or other vital area. Marcelline relies solely on surprise and speed, being unable to likely stand toe-to-toe with anyone in a pure match of strength and speed.

### Skills

Aside from witchcraft and the artifice that comes with it, Marcelline is an avid writer and reader of philosophy and enjoys indulging in the minds and thoughts of others, whether in person or secondhand through text.

### Drawbacks & Weaknesses

Marcelline is likely more weakness in the current moment than she is strength. Studying the forces of life and death have afflicted her slowly with a nil-reversible magical atrophy of her physical health and body. Now, Having been a practitioner of magic robbed of her ability to use said magic, she is likely a sitting duck physically in terms of her ability to contest others and defend herself physically.

## Backstory

### Early Life

Marcelline was born a bastard daughter to a powerful man, Charles Vantress- and her mother, Clarissa Tzass, who was at the time working a period of indentured servitude under him. Though Marcelline was in no way or essence tied to the debts of her mother, and her mother and father had a seemingly amicable relationship, her father made himself known as a greedy and cold man, ever refusing to publicly adopt her or her mother as part of his family. Because of this, Marcelline’s choices were to remain a distant, struggling outsider to her family, or seek a better life elsewhere. Discussing with her mother, she decided to see if there was any other family left to seek out and ask for help and shelter.

### Recent Life

During Marceline's journey to find the rest of her family, she learned at increasingly rapid rates the history and legends associated with her family name. Tzass belonged to a line of powerful wizards who were infamous for their treachery and cruelty in the ancient history of her home. Going farther and farther back into her line, she eventually found out that one of those relatives still lived in secret… partially. Markin Tzass lived in the depths of unknown wilderness, as a specter of his former self. A lich, some would say- others a demon, a nightmare. To Marcelline, she saw him as cheated of his right to the world, just as she did. Though her meeting with her distant relative was a dangerous and idiotic move, she had just enough of a convincing story and silvered tongue to convince the wizard, agreeing to harbor her and teach her what he knew, to keep on her family's ancient tradition.

### Present Life

Marcelline did Markin’s delegacy and busywork, whilst he sheltered her, fed her and protected her. Teaching her of magic, he encouraged her to not just learn his wisdom, but to learn everywhere she went, and that to become truly great, one must glean from all schools of thought. Marcelline quickly fell in love with her work, and bonded more with her ancient family than she ever did her childhood family. She excelled at her studies of the arcane and built up a great repository of knowledge from all her travels, though during the war that shattered the loom of magic- she’d feared the worst and returned to find her fears confirmed. The magic Markin had used to cheat death had also faded, and with it- his life. All she had was his remains, both literally and of his legacy- one she could never share. She decided, to this extent, that she would seek out more knowledge of the world and attempt to fix what had been broken in his name and so that his efforts would not go to waste.

## Goals & Motivations

### Short Term Goals

Establish herself within a group of like-minded people, whether it be someone elses or her own.

### Long Term Goals

Recover her lost magic and help to cultivate a more educated and developed world.