Marcel Gerard

## Marcellus Kol Gerard

**Marcellus Emil "Marcel" Gerard** was first seen in "The Rager" along with Hayley he is actually a caring vampire with no ill intention

Marcel is the husband of Hayley Marshall whom he is the adoptive father of Hope Gerard he was previously the adoptive father of Davina Claire the adoptive son of Niklaus Mikaelson and the adoptive-step-son of Kiana Mikaelson the adopted great-grand-daughter of Esther and Ansel Ross the adopted-grand-daughter of Niklaus and Kiana Mikaelson the great-adopted-niece of Damon, Stefan, Kiania, and Aryia Mikaelson the great-half-adopted-niece of Freya, Finn, Elijah, Kol, Rebekah, and Henrik Mikaelson the the great-adopted-niece-in-law of Elena, Rebekah, and Barrett Johnson the great-half-adopted-niece-in-law of Keelin, Stefanie, Katherine, Bonnie, and Stefan Salvatore he is the biological son of the Governor and Kaylee Gerard.

Marcel was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1810 to a female slave and her owner, the Governor of Louisiana. Despite being the Governor's son, he was enslaved and worked on the plantation until he happened to meet Klaus during his half-brother's funeral. Marcel caught Klaus' eye after he threw an apple at a slave overseer after being whipped. Klaus, impressed with his defiance, and feeling as though the two were kindred spirits, decided to adopt the boy into his family as his ward. Marcel's mother had chosen not to name him until she was sure he would survive the fever but ended up succumbing to it herself before she could choose a name for him. Klaus then gave him the name Marcellus, meaning "little warrior", which has been shortened to Marcel his full name is Marcellus Kol Gerard.

He then lived with the Mikaelson Family for the majority of the next century until he was enlisted in the Army during World War I and was deployed to France until the war ended in late 1918. He returned home and continued living with the Mikaelsons; Klaus and his siblings Elijah, Rebekah, and Kol at their compound. Marcel and Rebekah, taking a chance at love decided to summon Mikael, the Original Vampire vampire-hunter, who arrived in town to the terror of his children, who dreaded their father completely. As was the norm, the Mikaelson children fled New Orleans after his arrival, a long cat-and-mouse game they played with their father. Following the Mikaelsons' absence and the subsequent power vacuum in the city's he never really cared about New Orleans but s supernatural community, Marcel to eventually rose to be the leader of the vampire faction continuing to build up their numbers by carefully turning humans into his kind. The vampires quickly became more powerful. This made his vampire faction reign supreme over witches, humans, and werewolves during the next few decades until Marcel ultimately became the *de facto* King of New Orleans.

During Marcel's rule, he enforced a system of rules of his creation within the French Quarter, by which all supernatural residents must abide. At the beginning of the series, Marcel found himself at war with Klaus, who was trying to reclaim the French Quarter. He was trying to maintain order within the city, which meant dealing with the witches, who continued their pursuit of Davina after the Harvest ritual he and his army interrupted.

Davina learned of the secrets Marcel had been keeping from her and lost her trust in him. It was around that time that Davina's powers began to grow out of control and began to endanger the people of New Orleans, leaving them no other choice but to go through with the Harvest ritual to stop the plague of earthquakes, windstorms, torrential rain and wildfires that were intended to consume the town. Marcel went to desperate lengths to protect her as he loves her like his own daughter, but the event could not be avoided and Davina eventually agreed to go along with it for the sake of the town's citizens. She was thankful that she had Marcel in her life, and it is clear that Marcel would do anything for her. Davina was then killed by Sophie Deveraux, but despite properly completing the ritual, Davina and the other three witches sacrificed as offerings to the Ancestors were not resurrected as they were intended to be, causing Marcel great anguish for her loss. Marcel deeply grieved Davina's death and avoided ruling the French Quarter for some time. when Klaus, came back he happily gave the reigns to him as it began to be to much for him since he didn't like killing people that much and didn't want to rule due to Davina's death because it pained him to much sometime after that he started dating and eventually married Hayley

he is apart of The Gerard Family, The Labonair Family, and The Mikaelson Family due to marriage, birth, and adoption.