Marcus

## Countess Marcus Vitali

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*I have no duty to the Vex as a race. I can live however I want! The drones are just a way for me to live more comfortably, and nothing else!* **Ch 126**

## Personality

'Be true to yourself' those were the words Marcus' father used to tell him and he has done his best to live his life according to those words.  He couldn't stand people who pretended to be something else. He could forgive a lot of things, but hypocrisy was not among them. Especially not in himself but this attitude, so far, had only brought him trouble. He had lost many jobs because of his inability to look the other way and keep his mouth shut. **Ch 1**

Sending someone else to risk their own life while he remained hidden was really something that he would have never done and went against his perception of being a man (**Ch 14**).

Klara describes him as being a good person and as straight as an arrow in his dealings (**Ch 124**).

### Effects of the Hive Mind

Marcus has found his personality being affected by the Hive Mind and his instincts to some degree. He found himself unable to feel anything at the deaths and bodies of Orc victims including at least one child other than a feeling of wastefulness for leaving so much meat (**Ch 108**). He took no joy or felt any sense of justice while taking down Blueskin merely slightly peckish (**Ch 115**).

He has also found himself attracted to men and women seemingly based only on their power with Yassen (**Ch 65**), Felix (**Ch 79**) and Alya (**Ch 108**). His subconscious turns the *I wanna eat that* feeling into the *I wanna tap that* feeling for things and people he subconsciously doesn't want to eat.

### Public Perception

* A bit impulsive and wearing her heart on her sleeve, but that only serves to humanize her. And she isn't too scary looking either, quite the contrary actually. She's rather cute when she is properly dressed —though she doesn't like wearing elegant clothes. ~ Eisen **Ch 120**
* Friendly, clumsy, honest to a fault, a bit naïve and clearly out of her depth when it comes to politics or subterfuge. No overt signs of ambition or thirst for power either. ~ Orr **Ch 142**

### Hobbies and Interests

Marcus was something of a fan of WW2 aesthetic and history in his previous life and that informed his decision to purchase his favourite outfit on Aos (**Ch 11**).

Marcus liked anime in his youth but was unable to keep up with it due to working so much . He'd probably be a weeb if he had time to watch anime.

## History

Marcus worked various jobs to pay for his tuition on a Civil Engineering course and after an encounter with an unruly customer at a fast food place that resulted in them calling the police on her he was fired from that position.  Ruminating over his life and what happened to him he witnessed a robbery and due to his emotional state intervened without thinking resulting in him getting shot in the chest and losing his life. **Ch 1**

He awoke within an egg and before he had a chance to get his bearing he was assessed by Mother as being a weakling and nearly killed and eaten.  His strength of will and refusal to die impressed her enough she was willing to gamble on him forming a strong Swarm and so she sent him away to fend for himself (**Ch 2**). He was later revealed to be formed from the DNA of Sarah who was consumed by Mother (**Prologue**).

He has been granted a Knight title for defending Bretthollz from a Goblin invasion and a territory in the province where he has moved alongside Klara, Felix and Hoggs, who is teaching him to master his aura. He is visited there by Golam a taxidermist Marcus became friends with and hired as his personal agent to source newer and stronger DNA samples.

He had his rank elevated to Countess for his actions during the war against the Orcs and his territories will expand with the reclamation of Rodenheim. **Ch 140**

## Appearance

### Earth

Marcus was an American male of Italian extraction, in his twenties, prior to being reborn in another world standing at almost 190 centimetres with very broad shoulders. He had short copper brown hair, and a short beard, little more than a stubble really, of the same colour.  His face was quite rough and sharp, but not without something of a virile, attractive quality. His expression was almost always serious with droopy eyes, seeming kind of threatening and brooding. He described himself as athletic. **Ch 1**

### Aos

Now he's a creature known as a Vex birthed to be a Hive Queen.  In this form he appears to be some kind of insect/lizard girl with greyish purple skin with the majority of his arms and legs covered by a tough layer of purple chitin (**Ch 3**).  Marcus is now only 147 centimetres tall.  As a Vex Queen he is completely flat chested and lacks nipples (**Ch 3**) but has wide childbearing hips and a big round butt from which a tail sprouts with a thin layer of purple chitin covering its upper half and extending up his spine to his neck (**Ch 4**).  This tail has grown somewhat since he was born and now sits at 60 centimetres in length (**Ch 66**).

His face is that of a young girl with long brown hair. It has big and vaguely insectoid eyes with no pupils and shining with a purple glow.  In the centre of his forehead, right above the eyes, there is a small, sharp horn.  He also has no nose, just two barely visible nostrils, and his mouth is a jagged line with no apparent lips.  Said mouth contains a disturbing set of very sharp teeth and his tongue is now bright green and unnaturally long being about 20 centimetres in length (**Ch 4**).

His voice is now cute and feminine but with a strange reverb making it sound alien (**Ch 3**). He has additionally gained the ability to carry a tune something he couldn't do in his past life (**Ch 130**).

### Outfit

A noble officers uniform custom made in Castillar.  The fabric is top quality and the coat is lined with the finest Rok leather, which is not only very comfortable and light, but also as durable and resilient as chainmail.

The upper part of the jacket reaches just above Marcus' knees, and is kept tight at the waist by a dark leather belt. It is completely sleeveless.  The dark leather long coat is draped over Marcus' shoulders to avoid him damaging it if it catches on his chitin covered arms.

## Trivia

* His shits are so small and dry, he couldn’t get dirty if he tried. **Bk 1 Ch 27**
* Marcus' limbs are a lot more sensitive than they look. After all, unlike a glove or a gauntlet, his chitin armour *is* part of his body. While his sense of touch is indeed dulled to some extent, he is still capable of handling delicate things like an egg, though he'd have to be more careful than usual.  However handling very small things that require some attrition to be held, like a needle for example, would be very, very hard for him. **Ch 43** *and statements by the author*
* Even though Marcus hatched from an egg, he does have a bellybutton.
* Marcus has already reached full maturity, so he won't grow further.
* Marcus horn is the focus for his telepathy.
* Marcus body temperature is a lot higher than that of a human and is comparable to that of Felix an awakened Half Fire Djinni.
* Regarding underwear Marcus usually just goes for maximum comfort, without caring for appearances... but as it happens, the most frilly and girly panties in his wardrobe are the most comfortable ones. Most of which are side ties with a few bloomers to avoid them catching and being ruined on his chitin.
* According to Felix he is amazing at communicating through gestures (**Ch 29**).
* He never really cared for breasts. He's always been more of an ass man.
* Marcus hair length stays pretty much the same. Even if cut and/or trimmed, his hair would grow back to its usual length in a matter of days. As for body hair he doesn't have any save for his eyebrows and presumably eyelashes.
* his chitin seems to insulate him somewhat from the cold. **Ch 132**

## Notes

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