Lucius Marcellus

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*"I don’t much care for you as a person, Ten. My only fascination was with watching you squirm and cry. Don’t presume my intentions were ever personal. With prisoners, they never are."*

### Family

Luke Marcellus (Father)
??? Marcellus (Mother)

### Nicknames

Marcellus (Before name reveal)
The Overseer's Gunman/Hitman
"That Sadist Asshole" (Lilah)

## Physical description

### First Mentioned

Chapter 41: Rest Twenty - Quiet

Lucius Marcellus is one of the doctors that works at the facility and acts as the second in command to The Overseer.

## Appearance

Lucius has wavy, dark hair loosely held and bunched up on his head, with loose strands falling along his pale cheeks, ears, and neck. He has an old scar on his cheek, and a gap on his right eye brow, indicating another scar. He also has a small, looped silver earring on his left ear.

Lucius generally wears black slacks and a loose, white dress shirt along with black shoes. He carries gun holsters on each side of his body to hold his two silver pistols, although he usually only uses one at a time. When Lucius wears his lab coat or coat jacket, the pistols are hidden.

## Story

### Before the Facility

Assuming what Lucius said of his personal life in Chapter 67 is the truth, his father was shot to death when Lucius was young, age and his mother died shortly after. Due to his parents' early death, he had to take up his family responsibilities as the only male child in his family.
Before he was born, Luke Marcellus, Lucius' father, had been working on an anesthetic drug that Lucius would later attempt to finish on his own long after his father's death.
It is not known if Lucius had done any formal training for his career, but it can be assumed he spent a while helping The Overseer run his operation. From the context of their conversations, it can be assumed that Lucius and The Overseer had known each other personally for a very long time.
### In the Facility

Lucius is first seen in Chapter 41, when he shoots Jay in front of Ten during her escape attempt from the facility. He largely remained in the background before and even a little while after, once entering Ten's room to remind Yosuke to return to work, and administering another dose of anesthetic after Ten's injection.
Lucius becomes more of a major player during and after Ten's confinement to The Overseer's room. There, Lucius feeds Ten small amounts of information regarding the facility and his colleagues, only opting to reveal the true nature behind the Worker's strange behaviors and the Red Valentine drug. He also seeks entertainment in putting Ten through insurmountable emotional and physical pain by pecking at her deepest insecurities, threatening her, continuously using her body, and toying with her fear of impregnation. Before returning Ten to her group, Lucius gives her a parting kiss and ends his interest in Ten for the sake of his boss, who is wholly displeased knowing Lucius did what he did.
After Ten is returned to her group, Lucius only appears to deliver warning messages from The Overseer to keep Ten in line.
In Chapter 83, it is revealed that Lucius is the partial creator of the General Anesthetic (nicknamed Luma after his and his father's namesake of Luke/Lucius Marcellus), having helped to finish work that was initially spearheaded by his father.
## Personality

Lucius appears to be indifferent about all of his colleagues and keeps his relationship with them purely professional (for the most part, since he still teases at them at times for his amusement). He is also desensitized by the concept of death and seeing dead bodies, likely due to his line of work and seeing many workers and prisoners die (either medically or by homicide). For Lucius, death isn't much of an issue, and he can downplay and brush off most everything surrounding the subject. He is also fairly accustomed to the sight of the unconscious given his affinity for anesthetization, so he tends to be aware of people trying to trick him by pretending to be asleep, something Ten had tried on a few occasions to absolutely no success.

It has been stated by The Overseer in Chapter 63 that Lucius tends to fare better in keeping up their façade aboveground in business junctions, thus indicating that Lucius is better capable of being sociable than his boss. There have been instances when Lucius lightly jokes with The Overseer and even has a joking tone with Gale after their punishment for getting caught talking to Ten behind The Overseer's back. Compared to The Overseer, Lucius is more talkative and willing to tolerate Ten's back talk and entertain her questions. However, even he has his limits and gets frustrated in some moments.

Lucius' most striking personality trait is his sadism, as he finds enjoyment in inflicting pain on the Workers, Ten and misbehaving doctors. After Yosuke uses Ten outside of her room, Lucius trailed and pecked at Yosuke without telling The Overseer about what happened, likely toying with Yosuke's discomfort while he awaited inevitable punishment. Lucius also sexually abuses Ten, not only to quell his sexual urges, but to relish in her discomfort. He's stated he's accustomed to silence and the dark because of his time usually only abusing the workers, but that he also enjoys the sounds of pain and crying and finds having Ten (or any other prisoner with a voice) being close enough for him to abuse a rare opportunity too enticing for him to ignore.

## Job at the Facility

It can be speculated that Lucius specializes in anesthesiology as he seems most familiar with the anesthetic drug the facility provides in-house. In Chapter 50, Lucius is the one who makes the suggestion to increase Ten's anesthetic dose to just below 10 mL, much to Nathaniel's surprise. In Chapter 64, Lucius notes how Ten's body was starting adapt to the anesthetic dosages, and The Overseer asks Lucius for his recommendation. Lucius then relays how the alternatives wouldn't be optimal and suggests lessening her dose. It is not confirmed if Lucius had received formal training or not.

In addition to his work as a doctor, Lucius is delegated to a number of other roles. He serves as The Overseer's right hand man, overseeing the Workers, trailing doctors (often finding out their wrongdoings before his boss does), assisting in kidnapping subjects, tagging along in business meetings aboveground, and many other things according to The Overseer's needs. Lucius has a myriad of responsibilities next to his always-busy superior, but he is most notably known as The Overseer's immediate hitman who takes care of problems in the facility. Should a Worker or prisoner need to be killed, Lucius is usually the one to "take care" of it.

## Kinks and Sexuality

(with nonconsenting partners he’s indifferent to)

* Rape
* Crying
* Resistance
* Fearplay
* Blowjobs
* Mindbreaking / Psychological
* Corruption
* Dominance

Lucius has only been seen to have deep rooted loyalty towards The Overseer that fans have speculated to be a partnership, though nothing is explicitly stated beyond them being close ("brothers", in The Overseer's words). It has been said Lucius is "fascinated" with the Workers, Jade and Ten, but that his use of them is only to quell sadistic urges to toy and sexually abuse them (unconfirmed if he's done so to Jade). Lucius doesn't seem personally invested in anyone he's used, and it is unclear if he's been with anyone else.

Although Lucius is cruel, it's been said by the author he can be much more open and flexible with a consenting partner, and would not be nearly as cruel (unless they liked it). In story, Ten has noted that, if not for his terrible tendencies, Lucius could be an adequate sex partner, based on how he briefly engages in "foreplay" (purely in an attempt not to get in trouble by hurting her body and forcing his way in). Lucius is said by the author to be capable of caring for a person individually, but that the audience only sees his twisted side when he is seeking to be dominant and controlling.

## Relationships

### **The Overseer**

Prior to Ten's confinement, it is already implied that Lucius is The Overseer's right hand man and most trusted worker.
From the context of their conversations, it can be assumed that Lucius and The Overseer had known each other personally for a while. The Overseer views their relationship as "brother in arms", having explicitly stated seeing Lucius as someone close to him, a brother in bond. The Overseer has said that the two of them have a deep, mutual respect for each other, and that Lucius is always attentive to his needs and willingness to carry out orders. Lucius has also shared the same sentiment and adds that while The Overseer dislikes Lucius' "urges," he is willing to look the other way and tolerate it as long as Lucius attempts to hide it. Due to their personal relationship, Lucius is often the person The Overseer vents to about his frustrations with the other employees.
There have been times when The Overseer lightly scolds Lucius for being careless, like killing Jay during her escape attempt. Lucius reasons that he killed her since she was reciting a code, but The Overseer says it had been easily changeable and remarks that Jay could have been salvaged. However, since The Overseer has a low opinion of prisoners in the the first place, he reconsiders this immediately and agrees with Lucius. Another instance is when The Overseer sees Ten's bruised genitalia and discerns that it was Lucius' doing (when it had been a worker under the influence of Red Valentine). He only let's it off with a warning not to make Ten's visits with Monica a regular occurrence. Even when it occurs again *because* of Lucius, The Overseer takes little dramatic action, but does make his distaste for the act known.
The two men also appear to have a strong business partnership, said to regularly participate in business junctions and social events together, and having financial talks while Ten was going in and out of consciousness.
Despite how close both men are, there are still some times when even Lucius has a hard time reading The Overseer due to his stoic nature and tendency to shut others away. When Lucius makes this apparent, The Overseer responds that Lucius shouldn't sell himself short and that he is important to him.
Later on, Ten hears the two men talking more intimately in her sleep while presumably under the effects of anesthetic during an observation (likely of her brain activity), and learns a bit more about their relationship and the name of The Overseer's father as a result. It's revealed that Lucius knows more about The Overseer's family, as he expresses a familiarity to his father, Elias.
### **Ten**

Ten first sees Lucius Chapter 41 when he shoots Jay in front of her during a solo escape attempt from the facility. Ten found him to be familiar but couldn't pinpoint any specific memory. Their interactions between their initial meeting and Ten's confinement were at first minimal due to Lucius' position of working in the background. However by this point, Lucius already served as an object of fear.
They meet again when Lucius brings Ten to The Overseer's room to confine her as punishment partly due to Yosuke's offense and Ten's willingness to discuss the circumstances of Jay's death to her friends. It is later confirmed that the reason why Ten found Lucius familiar was due to crossing paths with him twice before she saw him shoot Jay in the hall: once when he first brought her to the facility, and again when The Overseer interviewed Ten after first dose of the Mnemosyne.
During Ten's confinement, she has many conversations with Lucius ranging from Jade, the Workers, and general opinions of his colleagues. Ten is aware that he's dangerous, but her quest for understanding the facility and her growing frustration at her situation causes lapses in judgement when speaking to him. When she asks more details about the Workers, Lucius sees this as an opportunity to use Ten's curiosity against her for his own enjoyment. He strikes a deal with her under the pretense that he wouldn't personally hurt her himself, but manages to restrain her to be used by C1 when he was feeling the effects of the Red Valentine (after explaining the true nature behind the Workers). Not only does he subject her to this torture, but when she lets it continue for the sake of not letting Lucius kill the worker (after he threatened to and gave Ten a choice), Lucius kills him anyway.
When Lucius later catches Ten and Gale having conversations in The Overseer's room, he allows the discussions to continue while he uses Ten orally out of enjoyment of seeing her suffer. Eventually he starts having intercourse with her repeatedly, playing with Ten's fear of impregnation but also enjoying seeing her struggle to climax until he eventually forces her to.
While Lucius doesn't harbor any emotional attachment towards Ten, he admits he was entertained by her despite disliking his position of watching over her. Even when he carried Ten to an examination room in Chapter 63, Ten can feel the coldness in his handling of her. In Chapter 67, he gives Ten a parting kiss to indicate that he's willing to let go of any fascination and tendency to toy with her for the sake of The Overseer. Any future interaction he has with her is purely to carry out punishments and warnings on The Overseer's behalf.
In Chapter 83, Lucius lets the name "Dahlia" slip around Ten while she is coming out of her drugged sleep (and he is unable to pay attention to her state to notice it). When he later interrogates her in the recovery room, he learns what she heard and he informs her Dahlia was someone she once knew. With the intention of torturing the information-hungry Ten, he does not divulge any information about Dahlia other than that Ten knew her by another name, citing he only wants to watch the lack of information eat at her.
### **Yosuke Chisaka**

From the few interactions seen in story, it appears Lucius tends to peck at and tease Yosuke for his amusement, while also making sure that he does his work as expected when Yosuke starts to let his focus be mostly on Ten. Yosuke seems rather frustrated by the man's antics, especially when he understands the extent of Lucius' abuse toward Ten when she was confined away from him. Despite his distaste toward Lucius, he still shows him respect given that he's his boss' right-hand man.
### **Gale Smith**

Lucius is indifferent towards his colleagues, but has shown far more "respect", or at least a more casual demeanor, towards Gale than when he speaks of the other doctors. After the Overseer punished Gale for their transgressions in Chapter 65, Lucius is the one who helped Gale out to the hallway. He is even heard making light jokes with them.
### **Milos Simanek**

Lucius' relationship with Milos seems fairly casual now, as both men had previously been in a partnership wherein they both went out to find new subjects to kidnap to the facility. It's likely that Milos once did all the same things Lucius does now (surveillance, acting as a hitman, etc.), but he no longer is responsible for it because of his disobedient track record and unstable moods and behavior.
In Chapter 83, Lucius jokes casually with the man, and while he does reprimand him for his transgressions, he reveals a kinder nature for Milos otherwise. He even defends him from The Overseer's judgement and wrath by promising to delete video feeds showcasing Milos' aggressive sexual assault of Ten while in recovery from her second shot (although becuse of his dedication to The Overseer, he refuses to cover for him again a second time when Milos doesn't heed Lucius' warnings and does the same thing again later).
Lucius refers to Milos as "old man" and constantly pokes at his heritage and Russian blood. Neither man much minds the other's teasing, however.
### **Lilah Valentine**

Lucius is cheeky toward Lilah as he is most everyone, though he especially seems to treat her like and see her as a sibling or a daughter the way The Overseer does. Briefly, he was seen speaking directly with Lilah in both Chapter 64 and Chapter 84 and seemed to be unphased by her angry outbursts, even prodding at her further for his own amusement. Even though she rejected and yelled at him, Lilah still followed his and her boss' orders (something The Overseer has remarked positively of despite all his other negative words of the woman).
Lucius is accustomed to Lilah's attitude and is coy with her, but he does buckle down and give her orders as someone who is superior to her. While Lilah fights Lucius more openly, she still listens to his word as well.
### **The Workers**

Lucius oversees both the Workers and Nurses to ensure the overall operation is running smoothly, and to keep them in line. It's explicitly mentioned that Lucius enjoys bringing harm and sexual abuse towards the Workers and takes out his sexual urges on them.
### **Parents**

Lucius' relationship with his parents isn't explicitly known, though he has stated a more neutral view of them. It's been said that his father was shot to death, and that his mother died sometime after. At first, Ten doubted the truth of this, until Chapter 83 when Lucius expressed his work on the general anesthetic and stated it was a joint creation, first started by his father, then finished by himself.
It's revealed that his father's name was Luke Marcellus, and while The Overseer seemed to hate his own father, Lucius might not have hated his own quite as much. Lucius had said he felt a need to cultivate and finish his father's drug as a means to lay him to rest, so it's likely he still had some attachment to the man despite his currently cold and sadistic personality.
### **Dahlia**

When Lucius speaks of Dahlia to both The Overseer and Ten in Chapter 83, he seems to take an embittered tone. His impression of her seems to be negative since he considers her someone who only caused problems (and equates that same trait with Ten). It's currently unknown otherwise how the two are linked.
## Visit Chapters

* Chapter 65: Struggle
* Chapter 66: Adapt

## **Trivia**

*Most of these are pulled from asks featured on the author’s tumblr*

* Lucius once may have wanted to get into law enforcement when he was younger, and was fascinated with the concept of justice. This is likely due to the death of his father.
* It was said that Milos and Lucius knew each other as kids but didn't interact with each other until Lucius was in his early teens.
	+ They did casual things together like (Milos) driving them around town and practicing how to shoot a gun. Milos didn't want to be a father figure to Lucius but likely enjoyed his company.
* Lucius' **Meyer Briggs type** is ENTP
* Lucius' **intelligence type** (per original theory) is Intrapersonal / Bodily-Kinesthetic
* Lucius' **love language** is Acts of Services
* **Lucius' parent's opinion of him:** *Lucius’ father was hard on his son [but not nearly as much as TO’s], and often wanted the best for him. He did not harbor distaste toward Lucius, but did find himself frustrated because he was busy working all the time and Lucius was a bit more carefree and curious as a kid, so often prodded at his father in want of understanding what he was doing.*
* **Lucius' controversial opinion:** *The world is cruel, but everyone has their place in it. Anyone who wines about living in it doesn’t deserve to*
* Despite having come from some money, Lucius once had a more “socially acceptable” sense of morals and had a fascination with law enforcement (especially likely because of what happened to his father)
* **Embarrassing fact:** *Probably accidentally shot himself once while learning how to use guns*
* Lucius likes whiskey
* **How would Lucius flirt:** *If he cared to work for it, he’d be a cheeky little shit and expect the other person to pick up on his intentions. If they don’t, they’re probably not worth his time. If they do, he might decide to be charming for the hell of it.*
* **Lucius as a parent:** *The kind of dad who would mess with his kids all the time by telling them lies to scare them out of bad habits, or who would trick them in small ways. He might not really have the patience for a kid but figures they’re just small, stupid people and sees it no issue to deal with them if he has to. Though, chances are if he had a kid that was his, they’d be as sneaky as him.*
* **Lucius' triggers:** *Anything regarding TO’s safety*
* Lucius and Ulrich likely got their matching earrings mid-late teens/early twenties
* Lucius and Milos used to drink together, especially when they worked more closely with one another. Though, Lucius does not consume liquor to anywhere near the same extent as Milos.
* Lucius used to have his own apartment. When he started working at the facility, it was easier to stay in The Overseer’s place. He has his own room there, and he goes home more often The Overseer since he leaves the facility a lot anyway. The house is actually a short drive away from the facility, in a closed off area surrounded/hidden by bushes and trees.

## Gallery

Hair downWith gas maskLucius with The OverseerPainting of Lucius from the authorApproaching JayLucius administering the Anesthetic in Chapter 50Kidnapping Ten with the help of Workers in Chapter 59Standing by during Ten's interviewThreatening a drugged up worker in front of Ten in Chapter 62Assaulting Ten in Chapter 66