Marro Velz

> "I do not see how the world cannot be bent to my whims. That's what it's there for, right?"
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*Depicting the traditional "fuck around and find out" attitude of Baril Witches, Marro has a tendency to overestimate how cool he is when saying anything at all really.*

Marro Velz is a kadungganan serving under contract alongside the Kadungganan of the Red Sky. He is the only son of a prominent Meginoo who abandoned him at birth to avoid the scandal of having a child outside his marriage. He subsequently survived on the streets (after a brief stint at a simbahan from ages 1-6) until he met a Diwata (or Yawa? Hard to tell, given its illusive and fickle nature) at the age of eight: Kaigekikell who he made a deal with (or possibly hallucinated) that left him marked with purple snake like markings up his neck and white hair. This lead to him meeting his mentor and pseudo father figure, the supposed war hero and Baril Witch: Three-Finger.

He wields two delicately balanced wheellock pistols, named **Ang** **Pasalamat sa Mga Magiting na Namatay** ( Thanks To The Heroic One's Who've Died) and **Ang dakila na Dumudurog sa mga Di-Makaturongan** (Majestic Silences Crushes The Unjust) respectively. These were made in a combined effort by Three-Finger and Marro, melting down two of his old guns to make Marro two new ones. While a novice in many respects, Marro is a quick learner and has earned a small but growing reputation around his skill as a Baril Witch.

## Appearance

Marro has long stark white hair arranged neatly into a ponytail. cobalt blue eyes with white sclera and carefully maintained black teeth, sharpened to a point. He has purple, snake like markings that roll up his neck and down onto his chest. These occasionally pulse and move and are known to migrate between parts of his body, but always maintain some presence on his neck.

He typically wears a wrapped piece of cloth and silk, stolen from many sources as something to guard his usually bare chest from sword strikes. An open jacket of fine materials, colored white with blue and purple moving up the arms in a snake-like pattern. A firmly discolored bahag that has been almost destroyed from far too frequent travel, golden forearm bands that are mostly there to etch in certain mantras for use with his wheellocks. During feasts, he lets his hair down and tries his best to look presentable. He cleans up nice, but doesn't clean up often.

## Interesting Events

As a child, made a deal for fortune and a new name with a spirit made of mercury and moonlight. This will have no repercussions ever.

Mentored under Three-Finger, a famed war hero and man who can hold three daggers in three fingers (and only has three, hence the name)

Dated Grian, a Datu. It exploded in his face and he was forced to flee Vetani with Three-Finger

## Relationships

### Warband

**Saradong Yakal:** A figure strongly connected to Marro's past, he holds quite the barrage of feelings towards Yakal. A mix of anger, respect and a deep longing for a victory he never quite managed. It's not clear if Marro even acknowledges how many years have gone by since their brief time training together but it is clear that at one point (a point he's never quite progressed past) he considered her his greatest rival. In the amount of time they've spent together in the present, he has come to see someone very different from what he used to know. And he doesn't quite get how to feel about it.

**Daguum:** While not technically someone Marro has a great deal of appreciation for, Daguum has proven himself to be a competent fighter and a good conversationalist. Marro's mocking approach to most things and Daguum's willingness to go along with the bit means Marro finds himself agreeing with the man more often then not. *"Oh god there's two of them"-A typical response to seeing both Daguum and Marro collaborate*

#### Parental Figures

**Three-Finger:** Three-Finger is both Marro's mentor and the closest thing he has to a father. He raised him from a street thief and conman to a practicing Baril Witch and for what? Free, of course. Marro feels deeply indebted to Three-Finger for all his help, and cares for him about as much as he cares for himself. Which is to say, a lot. Three-Finger reciprocates with the occasional silent thumbsup and whatever training he can muster, though he still refuses to share much of his past with Marro, a fact he constantly bemoans.

## Trivia

> Marro speaks like a Vatican priest with a streak of arrogance mixed in, which is to say he maintain a charming façade but can get downright crude when needs must.
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> He has a habit of "borrowing" bartering items from others to sell them back and while in full knowledge the cards he carries are probably not actually real, he firmly believes they do actually deliver results, at least for him.
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His wheellocks are named after angels from an old campaign, one is used as a toll for the sacrificed dead. The other, a just hammer for the wicked. They are called **Ang** **Pasalamat sa Mga Magiting na Namatay** (Thanks to the Heroic Ones who've Died) and **Ang dakila na Dumudurog sa mga Di-Makaturongan**(Majestic Silence Crushes The Unjust) often shortened to the ang pasalamat and the ang katahimikan respectively. (The Thanks and the Silence) note the translation work by Togi, many thanks.

He has dated at least one Datu. It did not go so well.