Marlow

## History

Marlow Meers was the son of a fairly prominent business tycoon out in New York. Malcom Meers, Marlow's father, was someone who worked and bled himself dry for his company, wealth, and position. His hard work (and back alley dealings) rewarding him with loads of wealth and a growing business. It was only a matter of time before Malcom would get hitched and be further blessed with two sons, Marlow and Harley. Marlow the older of the two spent the formative years of his youth vying for his father's attention, his father however only showed interest in furthering his wealth and Marlow would soon learn to resent his father. Marlow instead grew acting out and flaunting his family's money, leaving Harley to be the responsible brother.

Marlow continued to live in decadence and blew off many of his studies. His father would eventually take notice of Marlow's lackadaisical attitude and became ever the more confident in focusing solely on Harley's development. If Marlow was disappointed in the newfound attention given to his brother he didn't show it only further falling into his pointless acts of squalor and rebellion. That was until one night after getting drunk and wreaking his fathers car into a disgruntled Nosferatu named Sheeve. Marlow was too far gone to even take note of Sheeve or the fact that he had wounded him with his recklessness, all Marlow would do was complain about his Father and his life...Sheave originally angered looked to Marlow and wanted to simply end his life but the longer he observed how Marlow flaunted his wealth not even seeming to care about how the expensive car next to him was totaled. The only sentiments expressed by Marlow was his disdain for his father and in that moment Sheeve decided that a more fitting punishment would be to take Marlow down into the Sewers and embrace him into clan Nosferatu. This however was something not allowed by the local prince so Marlow's existence was kept under wraps by Sheeve and Marlow was hidden away deep within the sewers among the other Nos that resided in the Sewers.

Marlow spent most of his Childer years torment by Sheeve and his cruel style of showing the young Nos the ropes always vigilant to keep the man under his thumb. Sheeve hoped that Marlow would be broken into serving the Nos ,or for him to give up and take a walk in the sunlight. Each night Marlow despaired about his new life, his hair gone falling out his head had become bald and only furthered how his skin had darkened turning ash grey and flakey, his once perfectly aligned teeth had become long and needle like making it almost impossible for him to smile properly, and Marlow hated how he would look in the mirror and see his sunken in eyes and would reoil in fear and disgust at the fact that he was no longer human.

Marlow continued to despair and struggle to cope with his new life, when he wasn't being tormented by Sheeve's lesions he would hide out in the corners of the sewers away from the rest of the Nos. Having to scrounge for scraps of newspaper that had been discarded in order to find out any form of connection to the outside world. Marlow would vent about Sheeve in these moments, letting out all of his hate towards the one who ruined his life, dragged him down to these festering holes, and made him a monster. It was on one of these occasions that Marlow caught the attention of one Sister Elizabeth. Whatever it was that sparked her interest in the disgruntled and dissatisfied Nos Marlow would probably never know, but Marlow was given an offer by her to escape his pitiful situation. She would arrange for him to come to Hamilton under her tutelage, all it would cost him was his service to her. Marlow looking for any chance to get away from Sheeve and these sewers accepted immediately. True to her word the Sister took him from the cold sewers of New York and brought him to Hamilton.

Marlow at first was ecstatic to be free of his old horrid taskmaster, something he was sure drove Sheeve crazy and mad, but after a while Marlow began to grow dissatisfied once again. After all he was once again in another sewer, looking absolutely horrid, and with little money or anything else that he constantly longed for from his old life. Marlow however would only mope about for a short while this time, as a renewed vigor and desire for his old vices to be fulfilled once again.

So Marlow now stalks the streets, sewers, and buildings of Hamilton, smile on his wretched face, in search of various ways to gain money, influence, and pleasure until he can once more live the decadent life that had been robbed from him.