Marius von Raum

Marius von Raum (played by Kofi Young) is the ship's doctor on the Aurora; he sings and plays violin and mandolin for the band. His mechanism is his right arm.

## Origin

Marius joined the crew around the same time as Raphaella la Cognizi, while Ivy Alexandria and Nastya Rasputina were elsewhere. It is implied that he may not have been mechanised by Doctor Carmilla.

He is from a world which used to have incredibly powerful technology, but downgraded through years of war. While hiding from soldiers, he and another person found an army of ancient mecha and attempted to use them to fight back/stop the war, but failed.

## Appearances

### Ulysses Dies At Dawn

Marius was present in The City during the events of Ulysses Dies at Dawn. The album liner art shows a flyer for a lecture by Dr. Marius von Raum on "The Psyche of the Olympians", now cancelled. He is implied to have helped Ashes O'Reilly set up surveillance equipment around the City.

### High Noon Over Camelot

Marius was at Fort Galfridian at some point. He took part in the Saxons' sacred ritual of staring at the sun until you had to look away and succeeded in staring at it for a very long time due to his immortality, which resulted in them thinking of him as some kind of prophet.

### The Bifrost Incident

Marius is one of the Mechanisms who talk to Lyfrassir Edda during the events of The Bifrost Incident.

### The Ignominious Demise of Dr. Pilchard

See Tales to be Told

To capture Marius, Dr. Pilchard just asks him nicely.

## Death

Marius was always more sceptical of the Mechanisms' supposed immortality and is not surprised to discover he will have a permanent death. He is eaten by octokittens when he checks on them after they've not been fed for several decades, with Jonny recording the attack as taking 11.7 seconds.

## Track Appearances

* "Trial by Wits" (Ulysses Dies at Dawn)
* "Ulysses' Will" (Ulysses Dies at Dawn)
* "Trial by Strength" (Ulysses Dies at Dawn)
* Favoured Son (Ulysses Dies at Dawn)
* "Loose Threads" (Ulysses Dies at Dawn)
* Underworld Blues (Ulysses Dies at Dawn)
* Torn Suits (Ulysses Dies at Dawn)
* The Ignominious Demise of Dr. Pilchard (Tales to be Told)
* Gunfight at the Dolorous Guard (High Noon Over Camelot)
* The Hanged Man Rusts (High Noon Over Camelot)
* Blood and Whiskey (High Noon Over Camelot)
* Skin and Bones (High Noon Over Camelot)
* "The Hermit" (High Noon Over Camelot)
* Loki (The Bifrost Incident)
* Thor (The Bifrost Incident)
* Losing Track (The Bifrost Incident)
* Expert Testimony (The Bifrost Incident)
* Ragnarok I: Runaway (The Bifrost Incident)
* Ragnarok III: Strange Meeting (The Bifrost Incident)
* Ragnarok IV: Jormungandr (The Bifrost Incident)
* Alice (Tales to be Told, Volume II)

## Trivia

* 'Baron' is actually a corrupted version of Byron, which is Marius' real first name. Marius isn't actually a baron.
* Marius isn't a real doctor. According to Drumbot Brian, ship's doctor is the job they're most comfortable giving him, and it keeps him busy.
* Marius is 5'5" and very thin because of the lack of food on his home planet.
* He sometimes plays violin without realizing it.
* His character is partially inspired by the fighter pilot the Red Baron.

## References

1. ↑ https://the-mechanisms.tumblr.com/post/58960694562/whered-you-folks-pick-up-marius-and-raphiella
2. ↑ Death Of Byron Von Raum summary, blog
3. ↑ Album liner
4. ↑ Eskhatos
5. ↑ thedreadvampy, tumblr post
6. ↑ Death to the Mechanisms
7. ↑ Mechanisms Tumblr
8. ↑ Thedreadvampy, tumblr post
9. ↑ Thedreadvampy, tumblr post
10. ↑ Thedreadvampy, tumblr post