Marcel

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Marcel is a grumpy bartender who works at The Burrow, a bar located under the CaPital. He's former medic who was taken under The Burrow's first owner's wing after the death of his parents before eventually inheriting the bar. He's a workaholic who cares more about his family than himself. He tries to be friendly but ever since one of his friends betrayed him, he has a hard time trusting people.

## History

Marcel was born in a family of two children: himself and Cynthia, his older sister. He had a pretty normal childhood and although his father Jackpot had a troublesome past, they were a fairly happy family. That is, until one day his past had finally caught up to him when Marcel turned 15. While accompanying his wife Ariane to the CaPital's market, they got ambushed by bandits that got scammed a while ago by Jackpot and Valerie. They seemed to hold a grudge so big that they murdered them and robbed them of the possessions they had on them. Marcel's big sister eventually learned about what happened and felt very detached, as she was very close to their mother.

Cynthia disappeared out of nowhere so Marcel found comfort in Tusk and Alice, his childhood best friends. From that day on, he liked to tend to others which led him to learn how to perform first aid and other medic stuff. It proved to be rather useful when he accompanied Alice to an underground bar and helped tend to injured drunkards who ended up fighting. Sunday, the owner of the bar, took an interest in him and invited him to stay with her once she learned that he had no place to go to anymore. Despite telling him that he was useful to her in case someone ended up badly injured, she started caring for him and treated him like a son. He also helped her find ingredients for her drinks. He even crossed path with Emmett one day while he was visiting the CaPital and they kept in touch since they were both medic at the time. Cynthia made her comeback at some point and was relieved to see that Marcel had someone to look after him, even if he was at first angry at her for abandoning him before finally accepting to get back in touch with her.

A young Marcel surrounded by his sister and his new parental figure.Marcel and his two best friends.
Marcel, unknowingly, seemed to be a magnet for bad luck. Sunday kept somewhere in the bar a stash full of important belongings, most of them being money and things that some might have lost during a bet or that she might or might not have stolen. It didn't go unnoticed and many people tended to come to The Burrow to attempt to get their hands on it. She eventually got attacked when he was around 18 and was murdered. Since Marcel was known as being her protégé, they thought she had told him about the stash and made their way to The Burrow in order for him to spill the location. Of course he didn't know anything about a stash, Alice was a witness to the scene and almost got herself killed in order to protect Marcel. They both managed to survive with a couple of scars.

Despite being young, Marcel had to take over the bar because it was her will after seeing him manage to make tasty cocktails. Tusk had accepted to work with him as his bouncer and with the help of other co-workers, Marcel didn't feel as overwhelmed and lonely as he did when he first lost his parents. Years later, he even met Milo, his now husband, at the bar since the blue lagomorph rapidly became a regular because of his growing crush on Marcel. After seeing him so often and getting to know him, he also grew fond of him and they both eventually got together with the little help of their daughter Petal. He was finally happy again, surrounded by his loving family and his best friends'.

Marcel & Milo

## Alternate Universes

#### Reverse

In an alternate universe where everything is reversed, Marcel is still owner of The Burrow but also the leader of a gang of punks. He's merciful and is much more easier to anger, often resulting in bar fights caused by himself. He's still friends with Alice even though he dislikes her distaste for danger.

#### Bounty Hunter

In a scrapped lore idea, Mistral was meant to try to lure Marcel into becoming a bounty hunter in order to avenge the death of his parents. There's an AU where he eventually becomes one and teams up with Yorick aka Alice's older brother. He is still actively looking for the bandits that took his parents' life.

## Trivia

* Marcel was originally going to be named Maurice, but it sounded too much French.
* It isn't known for sure if Valerie's abilities to feed on other people's energy has been passed down from her parents, but there's still a little chance that Marcel could end up unlocking this ability too at some point.