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MARCUS CIVIS
By: 22639 Date: December 19, 2011, 8:02 am
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[center][font=segoe ui light]Marcus Civis
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/>ui light]Full Name: [/font][font=segoe ui light]Marcus
Civis[/font]
[font=segoe ui light]Aliases: [/font][font=segoe ui light]None
in this century[/font]
[font=segoe ui light]DOB: [/font][font=segoe ui light]About 35
AD[/font]
[font=segoe ui light]Apparent Age[/font][font=segoe ui light]:
[/font][font=segoe ui light]Late 30’s[/font]
[font=segoe ui light]Sex: [/font][font=segoe ui
light]Male[/font]
[font=segoe ui light]Hair color: [/font][font=segoe ui
light]Black [/font]
[font=segoe ui light]Eye Color:[/font][font=segoe ui
light]Blue[/font]
[font=segoe ui light]Height:[/font][font=segoe ui
light]6’2”[/font]
[font=segoe ui light]Weight:[/font][font=segoe ui
light]220[/font]
[font=segoe ui light]Nationality: [/font][font=segoe ui
light]Roman[/font]
[font=segoe ui light]Residence: [/font][font=segoe ui
light]Kentucky[/font]
[font=segoe ui light]Close Friends:[/font][font=segoe ui
light]None just now[/font]
[font=segoe ui light]Teacher: [/font][font=segoe ui light]Marcus
Constantine[/font]
[font=segoe ui light]Watcher:[/font][font=segoe ui light]He’s
not aware they exist[/font]
[font=segoe ui light]Personality:[/font][font=segoe ui
light]Right now he’s mostly sullen, angry, hostile[/font]
[font=segoe ui light]Special Skills:[/font][font=segoe ui
light]Farming, Horse breeder, tanner, blacksmith, wine
making[/font]
[font=segoe ui light]Weapon of Choice:[/font][font=segoe ui
light]Great sword[/font]
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[font=segoe ui light]History: [/font][font=segoe ui light]Marcus
Civis and his sister Livilla grew up as beggars in the streets
of Rome shortly after the time of Julius Caesar. After Livilla
died (of tuberculosis), Marcus joined the Roman army, where he
was given his last name. He served in Gaul and in Britannica
for many years, and in his 30’s he met and married his wife Elia
– an officer in Boadicea’s army who was a fierce fighter and a
brilliant tactician, and who had a reputation for being
“unkillable”. Marcus by this time was disillusioned with the
corruption of Rome and the officers he served with. When his
term of service was over, he left the Legion to fight for
Boadicea under Elia’s command. It was during this time that he
was killed in battle, and miraculously came back to life as Elia
was grieving over his body.
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[font=segoe ui light]It soon became obvious that he was changed,
and as years went by, neither he nor Elia aged. They eventually
left Britain and made their way to Egypt, where they met Marcus
Constantine. Marcus was their teacher and he explained what
they had both become; both were Immortals, although nobody knew
at what point Elia had first “died”. They were a passionate and
passionately devoted couple, and after they learned what they
had become, it was always Elia’s belief that the gods had
brought Marcus to her all the way from Rome. Nobody who saw
knew them throughout the centuries ever doubted that they were
destined for each other.[/font]
[font=segoe ui light]They lived together for centuries, mostly
keeping to themselves, fiercely protecting each other and their
lives together. They had no interest in the Game, and they
believed in survival more than in the Rules: if you left them
alone, they left you alone; but come after either of them and
you had better make sure sure you got them alone, or you’d be
fighting the both of them.
[/font]
[font=segoe ui light]They owned a large farm in the hills of
Kentucky, which suffered a little less damage than some other
places because it was so remote (the house was still standing)
so in recent years, they did better than some; but Marcus’
peaceful life was destroyed when, after two thousand years of
survival, Elia’s head was taken. Nobody knows by whom – Marcus
came home one day to find her headless body. She had been shot
in the heart and then beheaded.[/font]
[font=segoe ui light]Marcus went a little crazy. He went a lot
crazy. With no leads, no way of avenging his wife’s death, he
has never found either closure or revenge. He travels randomly
now, seeking out other Immortals, hoping to find whoever killed
Elia – how, he has no idea.[/font]
[font=segoe ui light]It is much more likely, he is aware, that
he will lose his own head before he finds his wife’s murderer.
Marcus doesn’t much care. If someone wants to take his head,
they’re welcome to try. But they had better come loaded for
bear, because Marcus will not sell his life cheap. He would
welcome death; he believes that whatever gods brought them
together will reunite him with Elia – but he will not dishonor
her memory by being an easy kill.[/font]
[font=segoe ui light]Marcus drinks a lot these days. He is foul
of temper and surly, and he’s easy to pick a fight with. But if
you leave him alone, he’ll leave you alone. Unless you’re an
Immortal with a .45 who’s been in Kentucky recently……[/font]
[font=segoe ui light]Played by “Trilby”[/font]
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