Marquis Dubois

**Marquis Dubois** is the deuteragonist of the science-fiction, action-adventure series, The Sacred.

Marquis is the second-born son of Louis Dubois, the younger brother of Celeste Dubois, the older paternal half-brother of Lilac Dubois, the best friend of Corey Freeman, the love interest of Kaden Thomas, the fellow ward of Paris Bryant, Tyrone Miller, Psalm Carter, Rylee Dixon, Rashad Dixon, Quincy Martin, Alyssa Wilson, Prince Harris, Brooklyn Thomas and Leila Evans. Marquis is an meta-human with the newfound ability of Empathy, allowing him to sense and feel the emotions of others around him.

## Character Description

*Marquis is free-spirited, charismatic and incredibly wise for his age. He is an empathic young man and a mechanical engineer, who attempts to find his own place in the Otherworld, especially after finding his power to sense and feel others emotions. He finds a deep connection with Kaden, who helps him cope with his new reality.*

## History

### Early Life

Marquis was born to Louis Dubois, as his second child and only son. He has an older sister, Celeste, and eventually had a younger half-sister, Lilac.

Around six, Marquis met Corey Freeman, an orphan with great art skills and a talent for martial arts.

### Throughout the Series

In *An Inhumane World*, Marquis is seen in a seat, watching at Corey's belt ceremony, watching him break seven boards and advance to black belt status.

## Physical Description

Marquis has brown skin, green eyes and black hair.

## Personality

Marquis is a good-hearted, caring, kind and loyal. He is extremely empathetic, as he cares about how other people feel, being very understanding of other peoples feelings and situations, and this was before he was an empath.

After gaining the power of empathy, he began to get very overwhelmed by others emotions as it is originally very hard for him to comprehend the various emotions of others.

He is also incredibly wise and intelligent, for his age. Marquis is very confident and charming.

## Powers, Abilities & Weaknesses

### Powers

* **Empathy**: Marquis has demonstrated the ability to sense and feel others emotions, feelings and intentions. He's even demonstrated to be able to detect thoughts and memories, through physical touch. He is able to see emotions through a specific aura around a person, as a sort of halo that only his ability allows him to see. Marquis was able to feel how Corey felt at home in the Otherworld, stating that he felt an feeling a sense of completion and could see a bright orange aura emanating from around his body. Marquis is able to access another person's mind with this ability, allowing him to see into their minds and know why their feeling what they are. He eventually learned that the stronger and more passionate the emotion, the more he can feel it.
	+ **Emotional Inception**: After Marquis' powers expanded, he was able to cause other people to feel whatever emotions he does, which first demonstrated when he was in an argument with Miss Pierre, and projected his anger onto Quincy and Rashad. confrontation with Shawn, Marquis has learned how to project his feelings onto others, as shown when he transferred all of his fear and worries to Shawn in order to make him feel what Marquis felt.