Shane Marcus

> You can take my blood. You can do it right in front of me. I told you already -- **I'm gonna fucking kill you.** All of you. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow... but **nothing** is gonna change that -- **NOTHING!** ...**You're all already dead.**
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> Shane venomously threatening Alana and EVOLVE after Kisaragi's life is put on the line

**Shane Marcus** is the main protagonist and a Heavy Cruiser in Zack Snyder's Kantai Collection series. He is the son of the former admiral William Marcus and the late Sarah Marcus and the younger brother of Natalie Marcus.

As time goes on, Shane slowly becomes hardened, due to the severe loss of life of those around him. He has also had to adapt to the new world which he was reluctant to do, but has done so with much brutality and animosity.

Shane eventually shifts into a leadership role much like his father. He takes it upon himself to take more risks for what he believes to be right.

## Personality

Ever since his parents and older sister had presumably died in the Abyssal invasion, Shane had developed a rather bleak outlook on life, rather choosing to shut out the world, as evidenced by the headphones he wears rather often, connected into his phone.

Despite that, his most distinguished trait appears to be brave, intelligent, and straightforwarded. Shane is extremely skilled, from being the first trainee to ranking first in the initiation. Though he doesn't seem like it, Shane’s higher aspect outranks even some of the destroyer cadets as observed through his actions. His extreme bravery when fighting the Abyssals often leads people to think of him as someone who recklessly throw himself into danger for others.

After the W Island ambush that resulted in Kisaragi’s sinking, Shane quickly began to develop a violent personality, going so far as to attack Diego for indirectly dismissing Kisaragi as an expendable asset. He slowly became merciless and sadistic, without a conscience, and more than ready to kill every last enemy without a single remorse, even almost attacking one of his own allies at the slightest provocation. However, it is shown that Shane subconsciously uses violence as a dysfunctional coping mechanism and outlet for his deeply repressed emotional and psychological issues. It is only after being stopped by Aiden from causing further carnage that Shane snaps out of his violent state. However, Diego betrays everyone in the Naval Base by orchestrating the mayhem by the Abyssals, thus causing massive distrust and vendetta from Shane, who eventually kills him in the final battle on Iron Bottom Sound.  After managing to save Kisaragi, Shane slowly regains his brighter personality.

Shane had always been an inquisitive person. He has a habit of becoming frustrated when answers are kept from him, something he experiences on a regular basis. After the deaths of Destroyer Aaron Ulmer and Private Josh Winter after a botched operation in the Dark Sea, Shane openly admits to everyone, including Kisaragi and Aiden, that deep down he actually hates the current state of the world, his bleak outlook in life and the person he has become, and that he wants it all to change but does not know how.