Marko Bachinski

Marko Bachinski is a seventeen year old Etruscan Demigod son of Laran and Tamara Bachinski. He came to camp at twelve years old

## Basic Stuff

### Name

Marko Artem Bachinski (Ukrainian: Марко Артем Бачинський)

### Residence

* Camp Olympia (Currently)
* Uranium City, Saskatchewan, Canada (Formerly)
* Odessa, Ukraine (Formerly)

## Family

### Biological Family

* Laran (Father)
* Tamara (Mother)
* Mischa Bachinski (mortal half-brother)
* Miles Leo, and Katelyn Guzman, Quiara (Half-siblings)
* Sethlans, Enie, Eris, Hebe, Ilithiia (Aunts and Uncles)
* Cassandra Ryan, Esperanza, Oscar, Sadie, Anatole, Diana, Philip, Gabriel, Evelyn (Cousins)

## Appearance

### Outfit

* Normally red, light color
* Light red tee shirt that says “Sorry Not Sorry”
* Black jeans
* Black jacket
* Gray combat boots

**TW: Mentions of neglect and suicide (PS, Marko is a crossover with the Musical Ride The Cyclone and is Mischa's younger half-brother)**

## History

### Early Life

Marko Bachinski was born to Laran, god of war, bloodshed, bloodlust, and violence and Tamara Bachinski, a mortal woman in Odessa, Ukraine on August 19, 2004. Tamara had begun healing from her exposure to Uranium, and moved to Odessa, quitting her job. While living in Odessa, she got news of a roller coaster accident in a small Canadian town in the middle of now where. When learning her son, Mischa had been on the roller coaster and had died as a result, Tamara found herself in a deep depression, wishing she had kept her son with her Ukraine. Tamara, one day, decided to take a walk around the town while it was quiet. While walking, she bumped in to a man. The man helped her up, and introduced himself as Luka. The two began chatting, and Luka offered to take Tamara out for some lunch, which Tamara agreed to. While eating lunch, Tamara told Luka of her son, Mischa and his unfortunate fate. Luka comforted Tamara, saying that her son would be in a better place than this world

Later that day, Tamara offered to let Luka visit her home. Luka accepted and they went back to Tamara's house. They continued speaking to each other, even flirting a bit and Tamara found herself falling in love with Luka. One day, after a date, one thing led to another and they ended up in bed together. The next morning, Tamara found out she was pregnant. Luka then something to his lover... he was really the Etruscan god Laran. Laran explained that their child would be a demigod

### Childhood

For the first seven years of his life, Marko grew up in Odessa, being cared for by his mother. After Laran left, Tamara fell back into her depression but tried to remain strong for her son. Marko was a very tough kid and school, and was a bit of a rowdy kid, and was later diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. As Marko grew, his mother's depression became worse, and when Marko was six years old, his mother committed suicide, leaving Marko an orphan. He was able to be in the foster system until he was seven, when he was adopted by a Canadian couple in Uranium City, Saskatchewan (Coincidentally, this was the same couple who adopted Mischa when he got to Uranium)

### Life in Uranium

When Marko got to Uranium, Marko felt... out of place. He was the only one in his class to not speak English, and was often made fun of it for this reason. However, things turned around when he was eight years old, he became friends with a popular boy by the name of Noah Gruber. At first it was hard to talk with each other because of the language barrier, but Noah helped Marko speak English. When the two boys were nine, they became friends with a boy named Jamie Potts. The three of them got along together great, and would also help Marko speak English. He wasn't that close with his adoptive parents, never calling them "mom" or "dad", and had a neutral, almost negative relationship with them, but things would take a turn when he was around twelve years old

### Finding out

When Marko was twelve years old, he went down stairs to ask his adopted parents something when he heard his parents talking about how much better Marko was than their last adopted child (AKA Mischa). Marko heard his and asked "What other kid?". Marko's adopted parents explained how his mother had another son before him and how they adopted him thinking he was toddler. Marko's adopted parents went into detail about how much they disliked his half-brother, causing Marko to get angry. He yelled at them in disgust, saying that his mother only wanted to give his brother a better life and how they failed him. He stormed off back to his room, slamming the door. He then eventually decided to take a nap, but then had a very strange dream. In his dream, he was standing on a deserted battled field, when a strong looking man dressed in Greek armor came up to him. The man spoke in a very fatherly voice and introduced himself as Laran. Marko was confused and asked how he knew him. Laran explained everything to Marko and how he had to go to a place called "Camp Olympia". The dream was short, and Marko woke up on his bed, and it was now night.

He decided to wait a bit, and went to play some video games while his parents were asleep. While playing his video games, Noah arrived at his house, speaking of a strange dream, almost similar to his! The two boys agreed to go with each other, but not before walking with Jamie. Bout boys knocked on The Potts' family door, to which Jamie answered. Both Noah and Marko explained they had to leave, and when they saw that Jamie was confused, Noah told him about Camp Olympia. Noah asked if he had a strange dream like them, and Jamie said yes, so he agreed to go with them. The Three boys journeyed across Canada, and literally cheered when they crossed the American border. They all followed a map that Noah had and began to journey towards California. The three boys had made it to Montana.

### Getting to Camp

They walked around the city for a while, and they ended up at a park. While they walked, they saw three girls being attacked by a chimera. They watched as a girl with ginger hair ried to kill the chimera with a knife, but they jumped in to help. After they killed the chimera, Noah explained how he, Marko and Jamie, were demigods and trying to get to Camp Olympia and that if the girl were attacked then that meant they were also demigods. After a long conversation and many questions, Skye, Iris and Estella agreed to go with them to Camp Olympia. The six of them made their ways to camp on foot. They all spent their time getting to know each other and they all found out they all grew up in Uranium, well, except for Marko who lived in Ukraine until he was seven. They manged to get to camp with too many casualties and they actually had fun! Skye mentions she and the other played games and would often pretended they were superheros or pirates looking for treasure. They all finally made it to camp and were soon claimed by their respective godly parents.

## Personality

Reckless/zds, brazen, and unapologetic, Marko goes through life in a whirlwind. He is what most would call a "punk" - both in the sense of how he dresses and how he acts. One can usually see him furiously skating around the campus of Camp Olympia and then, subsequently, trying to escape the "confined imprisonment" that is detention. He has no respect for rules or authority and seems to go out of his way to tread on aforementioned things. He is a wild and headstrong youth - passionate and flagrant - and the more one tries to control him, the more he will struggle against it. He has a very short temper and will lose his cool over the smallest and insignificant of things. On a good day he'll be laidback, aloof, and uncaring in the worst of ways. He has a terrible habit of bottling up his emotions, thus making him susceptible to meltdowns and tantrums at seemingly random times. He knows that he would most certainly crack under the pressure of being the son of Laran. He has trouble expressing his thoughts and emotions clearly and coolly, believing that emotions do nothing but weigh you down and make you seem vulnerable. This stems from watching his father rule the fairies with barely any emotion getting in his way. Marko strives to act like that, but he is naturally a sensitive person who would do much better off if he was honest with himself and his feelings. Because he is unable to live up to his expectations of his father, Marko considers himself to be a disappointment. This causes him to lash out at others and even himself. He is constantly anxious and angry but has immense trouble reigning in and controlling these feelings. Because of this, people tend to avoid him and his unstable emotions. However, that only leads Makor to act like he doesn't care what others think about him, despite the opinions of others being the foundation of his extremely low self-esteem. He feels the need to act out in order to prove to everybody else that he doesn't need them - that he's perfectly fine and dandy on his own, thank you very much. This sort of attitude is only self-destructive, though, but Marko is in too deep to try and turn back now. Nothing but a scared and uncertain boy deep down, Marko wishes he was actually as unashamed and rash as he tends to act. He wants to prove to not only everybody else, but to himself, that he can be in charge of his own destiny - his own life. He sees "legacy" as something that The Fates is using to try and control everybody with. His rebellious nature makes him want to fight against this, as he believes everyone should taste true freedom of choice. However, he tends to revolt against authority in smaller and more rowdy acts that usually only get him landed in detention or in-school suspension. It pisses him off even more knowing that, after all the trouble he has gotten into over the years, by now he should have been expelled from the school. But since his destiny is so "important", he is able to get away with it all. As a kid, he was known to be a wallflower, who would basically have a heart attack whenever a teacher called on him or who would get made fun of because he would stutter as he was learning English, but nowadays, he’s mostly chill but aggressive at the same time.

### Fatal flaw

Marko's fatal flaw is his wrath. He tends to let his anger and his emotions get the better of him and this leads him to being aggressive at times

## Appearance

Marko is described as a tall and lanky boy of Ukrainian descent. He is described as standing at 5 '11 in height with very thick and curly light brown hair, light skin, and light red eyes like his half siblings. Marko is often seen wearing a light red tee shirt that says “Sorry Not Sorry”, black jeans, a black jacket, and gray combat boots.

## Powers and Abilities

### Laran Kid Powers

* He has enhanced strength, speed, and combat skills, even more so than other demigods.
* He instinctively know how to use any weapon.
* He has the ability to telekinetically control any weapon, as well as curse them.
* He has an innate expertise in battle strategies.
* He can communicate with boars/pigs and vultures.
* He can summon weapons out of thin air.
* He is able to manipulate feelings of war, anger and rage.
* He unconsciously causes others around him to feel anger, hatred, and blood-lust in people, to the point of causing fights wherever he goes.
* He has the ability to summon weapons or armor
* He has the ability to curse/enchant weapons/armor
* He innately knows his surrounds in warfare, causing him to be great in battle.
* He has limited Necromancy and can control the spirits of the losing side of any battle.
* He can summon the scared animals of his father (boars, venomous snakes, dogs and vultures).
* He was blessed with the power of enhanced hearing, much like his sister, Quiara

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Marko's supernatural alertness and keen senses that keep him ready for, and alive, in battle.
* Dyslexia: His brain is "hard-wired" for reading Tyrsenian languages instead of mortal languages.
* Ukrainian: Being born and raised in The Ukraine, Marko speaks fluent Ukrainian
* Weapon Proficiency: Marko is skilled at using all types of weapons
* Spear Usage: He is very skilled at using a spear in battle
* Parkour skills: He is very good at parkour
* Fighting skills: Marko is a very skilled fighter
* Gymnastic skills: Marko is pretty flexible and is known to be good at gymnastics
* Superhuman Durability: Being a demigod, Marko is more durable than a regular human
* Superhuman Strength: Being a demigod, Marko is stronger than the average mortal
* Superhuman Reflexes: Marko has incredible reflexes, which is proven throughout his life
* Superhuman Agility: Being a demigod, Marko has shown countless times his amazing agility

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Noah Gruber

Marko and Noah have been friends since they were kids. They met in the third grade, a year after Marko had first moved to Canada. At first it was hard to talk with each other because of the language barrier, but Noah helped Marko speak English. Noah and Marko are often seen hanging out with each other at camp along with the rest of their friends.

### Family

#### Laran (Father)

Marko is pretty close with his father, despite him not being there as a kid. Marko respects his father to a high degree and wishes to make him very proud

#### Tamara (Mother)

Marko was very close with his mother, and was sadden when she died.

## Etymology

The name Marko is boy's name of Spanish, Ukrainian origin meaning **"warlike".** Marko is one of the many names derived from Mars, the god of war.

His last name is a habitational name for someone from **the village of Bachyna**

## Trivia

1. In the musical, it is implied that Tamara had died, but I changed it to make it that she lived so it would make sense for Mischa and Marko to be half-brothers
2. His middle name is Artem, which means **"unharmed, perfect health"** or **"dedicated to Artemis"**
3. He is one of four characters to be from the Ukraine. The other three are Talia Prevost, Zorina Kriska, and Josephine Van Rensselaer
4. He and Ryan both represent the relationship Aphrodite has with Ares and Hephaetus
	1. His crush on Primrose mirrors Ares and Aphrodite's love for each other
	2. Ryan's love for Max mirrors the marriage between Hephaestus and Aphrodite
5. He tends to wear light colors, unlike the other Etruscan demigods (Besides Moana), who wear dark colors
6. He has a fear of war
7. He likes to play video games with his friends
8. He often slips into Ukrainian when angry, excited or overwhelmed