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       MARCUS  CIVIS
   DIR By: 22639
       Date: December 19, 2011, 8:02 am
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       [center]Marcus Civis
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       />Name: Marcus Civis
       Aliases: None in this century
       DOB: About 35 AD
       Apparent Age: Late 30’s
       Sex: Male
       Hair color: Black
       Eye Color:Blue
       Height:6’2”
       Weight:220
       Nationality: Roman
       Residence: Kentucky
       Close Friends:None just now
       Teacher: Marcus Constantine
       Watcher:He’s not aware they exist
       Personality:Right now he’s mostly sullen, angry, hostile
       Special Skills:Farming, Horse breeder, tanner, blacksmith, wine
       making
       Weapon of Choice:Great sword
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       History: 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.
       
       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.
       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.
       
       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.
       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.
       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.
       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……
       
       Played by “Trilby”
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