Mark Sollinger

Foleyman (The Golden Age)

**Mark Sollinger** is a secondary character appearing throughout the Archive 81 series.

## Personality

### Mark

Mark is a dedicated and hardworking individual, and a loyal friend. He is persistent and determined, but tries not to be too pushy with people he likes. He is incredibly loyal, willing to help out at a moment's notice and willing to go to extreme lengths for the people he cares about.

## Physical Appearance

Nothing is known about Mark's appearance.

As Dromen, they look different from person to person. Christine sees them as something of a cloud, made of old 1940s recording equipment. Nicholas describes them as "a bit like the robot from Metropolis, but with strange angles, and too many mouths". Static Man refers to them as "buddies" in the plural, and Dromen states they require a great deal of sustenance.

## History

He first appears in season 1, speaking occasionally with Dan on the phone, and narratting the end credits of both the real Archive 81 podcast, and the fictional podcast he has created out of Dan's recordings. In the first episode, Mark states that Dan sent him the hundreds of hours of recordings he made while at the archive right before he disappeared, and that he created the podcast in order to find anyone with information about Dan's whereabouts.

Mark appears as Dromen after season 1, giving the openings and closings of season 2, appearing as a minor antagonist in season 3, and in The Golden Age as the foleyman and Dromen.

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## Relationships

### Daniel Powell

Friends since at least college, Mark and Dan know each other very well, Mark being very in-the-know about Dan's life, including his personal projects and dating history. Dan seems to know who Mark's co-workers are, and thinks of him when making terrible jokes. He is the first person Dan calls when he needs help, and is clearly someone Dan trusts and can rely on a great deal. Dan considers Mark his best friend, for good reason, as Mark is consistently shown to go above and beyond to help Dan. The two are very close and care about each other a great deal.

In season 2, Dan suspects Mark is the reason he got captured, not intentionally but due to a lack of security when releasing the podcast, and is somewhat frustrated with him for it.
Mark goes so far as to become Dromen in order to get Dan out of The City, and even after becoming Dromen, Dan still considers them his best friend.
Dromen is also still incredibly fond of Dan; Static Man taunting them with Dan's voice about an apparent betrayal is a more painful thought than seeing more members of The Cult killed, and they are willing to let Chris and Nicholas go in order to free him, despite all the destruction they have caused.

### Tanya Molova

Little is known about Mark and Tanya's relation other then that they don't get along, seemingly a significant clash of personality. Neither of them tries to pretend this isn't the case, and is well aware the other doesn't like them, only reluctantly talking to each other when Dan begins to fall out of touch, worried for his health. Mark calls her "slightly controlling", takes issue with her taste in books, and thinks of her and just another in a long line of similar girlfriends that Dan will eventually grow bored of. Mark reacts positively to news of Dan and Tanya's breakup.

## Episode Appearances

### As Mark

* 02 - A Night At An Opera (Intro/outro)
* 03 - A Story In Cycles (Intro/outro)
* 04 - A Collection of Disparate Strangeness (Intro/outro)
* 05 - A Spider in a Web
* 06 - A Conversation Without Record (Intro/outro)
* 07 - A Face in a Crowd (Intro/outro)
* 08 - A Chemical Experiment
* 09 - An Implosion of an Idea (Intro/outro)
* 10 - The Ending, Perhaps (Intro/outro)

Season 2* 13 - Song, Doorway (Mentioned)
* 15 - Aurora, Cello

The Golden Age* The Golden Age, Part 1
* The Golden Age, Part 1

### As Dromen

* 12 - Fly, Honeypot (Intro/outro)
* 13 - Song, Doorway (Intro/outro)
* 14 - Water, Leviathans (Intro/outro)
* 15 - Aurora, Cello (Intro/outro)
* 16 - Vines, Contest (Intro/outro)
* 17 - Reflection, Retaliation (Intro/outro)
* 18 - Collection, Composition (Intro/outro)
* 19 - Escape, Birth (Intro/outro)
* 20 - Portal, Ending

Season 3* 27 - Mix the crushed lead with three drops of your own blood
* 32 - Are we going to have a problem here?

## Trivia

* Mark can play the piano
* He is based on creator Marc Sollinger.
* He dislikes Harry Potter, and is a big fan of Tales from Earthsea