Marcus Liu

### Affiliation

The Collections and Consulting Company, The Collections and Consulting Consortium

### Occupation

Collection Constructor, Implement Consulter

## Overview

The semi-official leader of the Collections and Consulting Company, formerly known as the Seattle Enchanters Group. The guy who runs their OMO account.

## Appearance

Asian. About average height. Thin, lean, lithe, wiry. Filled with nervous energy. Prefers semi-casual clothing, with lots of semi-useful random stuff in the pockets.

## Powers/Practice

A collector who focuses on tools. Practice revolves around the 4 cardinal directions with the center, which grants it a moderately recognizable baseline in the west, with Chinese and Eastern influences on the characteristics, granting a little more strength in Eastern influenced areas and some defense against typical Western Countermeasures.

Around 75 magical objects, arranged into 5 groups of 15, with each group divided into another group of 1-5 items, with each group serving as a role?

His Implement Consultation is an attempt to get more magical items by offering to postpone payment, in the form of the Implement, until after death, to possibly make a stronger or more cohesive Collection (Tools>Implements>Implements made by him). Also considering switching Collections entirely, if he can find, build, or capture a good enough one.

Keeper familiar grants him better dexterity, motor control, and general speed, as well as understanding of magical objects and the ability to carry and hide more of them on himself.

Over the course of his 10 year career, due to his work with the 200 member Consortium, Marcus has been blessed enough to see 6 grails. 2 of them belong to other Consortium families, closely guarded. 2 of them belonged to non Consortium families, that he saw during deals and trades with. 1 of them was seen at a top secret auction during a visit to Europe. The 6th Grail is the only grail Marcus has ever laid hands on or possessed. He held it for less than 3 days.

## Background

Born in Seattle, Washington, to Japanese and Taiwanese parents.

Went to college in Seattle, studying chemistry.

2010: Becomes Aware when a chemical leak in his lab poisons him before blowing up. Other after effects may include madness and paranoia, although it is unsure if he had these beforehand. He stops pursuing chemistry as a primary career.

2011: Joins the "Seattle Enchanters Group", a small local group, and is formally Awakened and taught by them. Although he does learn some Enchanting, he focuses much more on their limited texts of Collecting, and decides to use that to piece his life together again.

2012: Two of Marcus's grandparents die. They hope to help Marcus by giving him ownership of their Hardware store, which he takes to very well. The Seattle Enchanters group begins using the store as a public front for operations, and a source for raw materials.

2014: "The Seattle Enchanters Group" is renamed to "The Collections and Consulting Company" in an effort to tie its fortunes more strongly to the Collections and Consulting Consortium. A new website is created for them as well.

2015: During DY's first worldwide trip, she visits Seattle and meets Marcus. After dealing with a local problem, they become friends.

2018: A grail in a near-complete Collection is uncovered. The Consortium slaps together a group to try and acquire it for study. Marcus is foiled once by a Keeper, goes to a draw with it in their second clash, and for the third time sacrifices his chance at the grail to bind the Keeper. Due to luck and the efforts of the rest of the Company, including the death of one of the older members, the Grail falls into his hands anyways. Ignorant of how to actually use the grail, chased by other Keepers and Practitioners alike, Marcus negotiates with the Bound Keeper, trading the grail back to the Keepers for some protection over the Company, his safe escape from the situation, and the Keeper as his familiar. In the resulting turmoil, the Collections Consulting Company rises to become a respectable middle class practitioner group.

2021/02: Marcus begins running an OMO account under the name "The Collections and Consulting Company", hoping to find more customers. They sell a Collection to another family in exchange for more magic items.

2021/02: Marcus begins negotiating with the Lady Lim of Sanctuary, planning the construction and operation of a gift shop on the bottom floor under their shared jurisdiction. A custom Collection is made for this as a gift and a gesture of cooperation.

2021/03: Marcus meets the Duke of Milk and Honey online, and opens preliminary negotiations for further trade, despite the risk.