Editing Marquis (section)

==History==
===Background===
[[File:Изображение 2025-03-22 055519822.png|thumb|Marquis by [https://www.tumblr.com/blog/serellia Falvy]]]
He claimed to have grown up in hard circumstances.<ref name="16.z e1" /> His father was possibly a physician.<ref name="II16.y eFather">“My father was a physician, you know,” Marquis said.  “When he was practicing, they were only just introducing anesthesia for surgery.  One in ten died on the table-” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/09/24 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 16.y II]]</ref>

Marquis was an independent villain who operated in [[Brockton Bay]]; though he was a crime lord, he was the sole parahuman making up his group, operating in the early days of parahumans.<ref name="SBD">Raviollius:<br/>Did the Marquis lead his gang as solo parahuman?<br/><br/>Wildbow:<br/>Marquis was the sole parahuman in charge of his gang, but keep in mind it was earlier days & the local dynamic was different. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/37024231/ Dicord discussion] archived on Spacebattles</ref><!--new WOG <br/>--> He reportedly didn't give a second thought to murdering any heroes who got in his way, nor killing his own henchmen, and was notorious enough that he was still well-known a decade later.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":6">[[Scarab 25.5]]</ref> He'd lived in the outskirts of the city, residing in a large house in the woods, just beneath the mountains,<ref name=":2" /> although this wasn't public knowledge until the Brockton Bay Brigade tracked him down.<ref name="I15" />

He fought [[Empire Eighty-Eight]], and was on record as having murdered [[Iron Rain]],<ref name="I10.5 e1">"Can I not say you are a kindred soul?  Someone who fought against the Empire Eighty-Eight, in a different era?"<br/><br/>[...]<br/><br/>Marquis shook his head, "Not entirely.  I have some reasons to be concerned.  In one of my fights with Empire Eighty-Eight, I executed one particularly irritating young woman.  Iron Rain, I think her name was?  No matter.  It turned out she was Allfather's daughter.  The man called a meeting, and swore he would wait until my daughter was of similar age, that I grew equally fond of her as he had his own daughter, then murder her.  So I knew how he felt."<br/><br/>[...]<br/><br/>Dragon turned her attention away from the audio and video streams.  She checked the records, and true enough, Marquis was on record as the killer of Iron Rain.  It was impossible to verify the rest of the story. - [http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/05/17 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 10.5]]</ref> although [[Jack Slash]] argued he was not capable of it.<ref name=":7">"It's the name you were born with.  Imagine my surprise when I found out your relation to Marquis.  In my last visit to Brockton Bay, I crossed paths with each of the major players.  I met the man.  I must tell you, Amelia, he was a very interesting character."<br/><br/>"I don't really want to know."<br/><br/>"I'm going to tell you.  And I have another motive, but I'll get to that in a moment.  Marquis was a man of ''honor''.  He decided on the rules he would play by and he stuck to them.  He put his life and limb at risk to try to keep me from killing women and children, and I decided to see if I could use that to break him.  I admit I failed."<br/><br/>[...]<br/><br/>"No.  What I'm saying is that Marquis would not have killed the girl, even under duress; that was one of the rules he set for himself.  If he was going to violate that rule, he would have done it when I'd tried to break him." - [http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/06 Excerpt] from [[Prey 14.10]]</ref> Jack Slash claimed to have fought him when the Nine visited Brockton Bay, and that he was unable to make Marquis break his code not to harm women and children.<ref name=":7" /> On more regular occasions he fought the [[Brockton Bay Brigade]], winning every time. [[Carol Dallon]] had a special hatred for him, because he reminded her of the kidnapper who treated her well but was still willing to kill her.<ref name="I15" />

At some point he had a daughter, [[Amelia|Amelia Claire Lavere]], with an unknown mother, who gave Amelia to him when the mother was dying of cancer. He raised her for a year, finding the parenting experience enjoyable. At the start of 2000 he was captured by the [[Brockton Bay Brigade]], defending the cupboard where his daughter was.<ref name="I15" /> This was the only occasion he ever lost a fight.<ref name="16.z" /> Amy would be adopted by [[Carol Dallon]]; she did not remember her father, although she did have some vague memories of that time in her life.

He would eventually become the leader of Cell Block W in the Birdcage.<ref name="16.z" /><ref name=":3" />
===Story Start===
After [[Lung]] was sentenced to the Birdcage, he and Marquis began regularly meeting.<ref name="I10.5" />

===Post-[[Slaughterhouse Nine]]===
After his daughter had a mental breakdown, she asked to be sent to the Birdcage. Marquis welcomed her there.<ref name="I15" />

He kept Amy safe in his cell block as she weathered her depression, even as it began to damage his reputation. He considered provoking a mutiny so that he could defeat it and prove his strength, or provoking the other cell block leaders into attacking him so that she would be forced to defend him. Luckily, meeting the other cell block leaders prompted her to emerge from her shell somewhat.<ref name="16.z" />

===Post-[[Echidna]]===
Panacea told him and [[Teacher]] about the [[Entities]], which she had glimpsed through [[Glaistig Uaine]]. They watched [[Skitter's Surrender]] on television. He and his daughter agreed to communicate this information to Dragon, but Teacher quietly worked to sabotage them in the hopes of being released at the [[End of the World]].<ref>[[Interlude 22.y]]</ref>

===Post-[[Timeskip]]===
He was among those who attended the meeting of all the major powers to defeat [[Khonsu]], and argued in favor of releasing powerful capes from the Birdcage to fight the monster, but the heroes argued against it and he was sent back.<ref name=":6" /> He and Amy had successfully deduced that Scion would be the one to end the world by this time.<ref>[[Extinction 27.2]]</ref>

===[[Gold Morning]]===
He was finally let out of prison for the battles of Gold Morning.<ref name="27.3 e55" /> He worked alongside Panacea in a makeshift hospital, healing broken bones with his power once she had anesthetized patients.<ref>[[Cockroaches 28.3]]</ref>

Following the [[Rise of Khepri|apotheosis]] of Khepri, Marquis tried to contain her but was temporarily subsumed as she tried to parse her new abilities.<ref name="SPK30.1"/> He was among the first to join her army, alongside the [[Doormaker]] and the [[Clairvoyant]].<ref>[[Speck 30.2]]</ref> With the depletion of Doormaker, Marquis became active on the final battlefield.

He returned to his old life as a crime lord. Teacher visited him to discuss his dreams of forming an alliance to create a pseudo-[[Entity]] between the parahuman members, so that they can all share and join their powers together and rule over the governments and warlords.<ref name=":1" />

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===Early-[[Ward]]===
Was at a [[the Lodge|certain villainous bar]] when [[Lord of Loss]] and his mercenary team returned from their job.<ref>[[Interlude 2 II]]</ref>

Mentioned as one of the main villainous influencers.<ref>[[Glare 3.5]]</ref>

===Post-[[Mathers Compound Assault]]===
Marquis became a part of the inner circle of [[Lord of Loss]].<ref>[[Torch 7.8]]</ref> Although [[Victoria]] and [[Sveta]] suspected that he actually used Lord of Loss as a decoy ruler.

Marquis insisted on a familial relationship with Victoria and offered a 'favor' for her team. He led the [[Breakthrough]] to hideout cabin and by his effort they were able to stabilize a suspect, who was bleeding out there.<ref>[[Torch 7.9]]</ref>

He met with the [[Goddess]], apparently providing her information, assistance and [[Amy]].<ref>[[Gleaming 9.2]]</ref>

===Post-[[Goddess' Takeover]]===
Marquis moved to [[Earth Shin]] following after his daughter and abandoning his [[Earth N]] allies.

===[[The Ice Breaks]]===
Following the sudden rampage of recently [[titan]]ified [[Hunter]] Marquis saved multiple people by covering their retreat, including [[Amy|his daughter]].<ref>[[Sundown 17.z]]</ref> Together with [[Flashbang]] they brought her to [[The Wardens]] HQ.<ref>[[Radiation 18.1]]</ref>

Marquis continued assisting The Wardens' teams.<ref name="II19.z">[[Infrared 19.z]]</ref>

He attempted to stop Amy from accepting [[Victoria]]'s plague from her adoptive parents. Amy walked over him using her power.<ref name="II20.10">[[Last 20.10]]</ref>

===Ward Epilogue===
Marquis returned to his villainous ways and amassed a new entourage.<ref>“No.  He’s picked up the villain thing again, he’s gathering people around him.  Pretty women, naive villain boys who look up to him." - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/04/28 Excerpt] from [[Last 20.e6]]</ref>