Marcelino

Marcelino Alta, commonly described as Marcé, is a player character in the SSMP. His origin is Zombified, and his character class is Warrior. He is played by Kiwi.

## Appearance

###### (Post-Death/Revival)

Marcelino typically wears very formal clothing, almost always accompanied with a ruffle cravat. His outfit leaving the ship was a somewhat damaged red and gold three piece suit, with the presence of a golden sash running down from his right shoulder. Both of his eyes have whitened prior to his death, but his right eye is now completely white and covered by his hair. His dark-purple hair is long, and fits into a loose ponytail tied with black string. His skin appears to be rotting a bit, and is a lot more faded/gray than it was when he was living. His left cheek has rotted a lot more however, as it's partially fallen off. He stands at around 6 feet, 2 inches and has an average build. He appears to be fairly strong in combat, despite his physique not exactly showing that.

It is unable to be seen due to his clothes, but he likely has a wound from an arrow from his upper-back to his chest. (...This can be inferred due to Annex's describing him as a *"donut."*)

###### (Pre-Death)

There is little information thus far regarding Marcé's appearance prior to his death. Though it is safe to assume he appears just a bit different now. Annex mentions his previous use of "pounds of eyeliner" in their conversation journal.

## Personality

Marcé is rather quiet, and tends to remain isolated from the rest of the prisoners by force of habit. He is at times very arrogant (especially within his journals), yet clearly has an odd soft spot for those he cares about. He's been found to struggle plenty with relationships; typically pushing away friends or partners and refusing to become upfront, especially when there is a risk of conflict.

He tends to be rather introverted, and is usually only available for conversation in his own home.

When speaking, he is a lot more thoughtful of who he is speaking to and attempts to filter out his more...*unpleasant* thoughts and opinions that may be more present within his writings. He typically speaks and writes very formally.

Marcé has shown to be one who struggles very heavily with coping with his more negative emotions, and has the tendency to break things (namely his instrument), and hunt monsters as a means of catharsis.

## Plot

Marcelino arrived to the Tudi-Mare-Gin Sutudoan islands at the beginning of the server. His first course of action was to build a home in the Spruce biome, near the End Tower.

He seems to keep to himself, rarely starting interaction with many islanders himself. Despite these efforts to stay isolated, a few have made way into his life and heart here (likely for the best).

His goals currently seem to be quite fuzzy, having any dream of heading home and returning to his castle shattered. At the moment, it seems it's only in his best interest to attempt and do his "story" well.

## Backstory

Marcelino was raised as a prince in the now fallen Vaskan Empire, a relatively small country populated by human and humanoid folk alike. What was once a common refuge for fleeing individuals, is now a Vredin-dominated land mass.

Vaskan royalty and general culture had contained simple rituals. Being a rather musical country, it was only natural that Marcé should pick up an instrument at a young age. Since he was quite young, he has practiced the violin on and off, though performing more often when he was a youth. Another example would be that of rings, where a ring shall be passed down by the royal family, being passed to a marriage partner, and thereafter the first son of each generation. The wearer of the ring shall wear it until a marriage partner has been inwardly decided, and proceed to remove it until it will be passed on. In this time, it shall remain off the previous wearer's hand, even if they decide to go back on their decision.

Growing up in a castle, Marcé was kept in isolation for quite some time, not including royal events. His closest relationships were of that of his mother and sisters, who he'd be more inclined to confide in in comparison to his father. During his teenage years, however, he was eventually permitted to connect with the Vaskan people directly by attending the country's annual New Years' Festival.

While attending the event, he had found the company of a fellow youth, Annex Mueller. The two were only able to meet for a short night, but agreed to meet once more, and send letters frequently. (wip... i got brained at like 3am)