Editing Marquis (section)

===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" />