| “ | It's through the pain that we find the truth of who we are... It strips us of our defenses - we are made innocent again, like children. I like children, Angel. | „ |
| ~ Marcus to Angel |
Marcus is a major antagonist in the Buffyverse franchise, specifically serving the main antagonist of the Angel episode, "In the Dark".
He was portrayed by Kevin West.
His Evil Ranking[]
His Villainous Deeds[]
- It is implied that he's lived for centuries since he apparently inspired some of the "classic" methods of torture. He is also a rapist and child murderer who likes killing and even raping children for fun. His victims he has tortured in the past included humans (such as politicians) and other demons.
- He is hired by Spike to torture Angel for answers as the where he kept The Gem of Amara. Marcus was interested in this given that the ring granted any vampire who wore it absolute immortality, including immunity to sunlight and being staked in the heart.
- He lies to Spike, telling him that he is not interested in the ring, so that Spike would hire him to torture Angel for answers, and he could steal the ring for himself once they got it.
- He captures Angel during a trap laid by Spike and imprisons him in a warehouse.
- Wanting to not only find the ring, but also find out what Angel truly wants in life, he subjects Angel to hot pokers, as well as sunlight in order to break his will-all while listening to Mozart on his record player.
- He punches Angel in the face out of spite.
- He manages to steal the Gem while Spike is distracted by the arrival of Cordelia Chase, Allen Francis Doyle and Oz, who had agreed to relinquish the ring to Spike in exchange for Angel's freedom.
- Later on, he is now immune to sunlight due to the ring's power, and arrives on a pier where some girl scouts are buying ice cream, attempting to torture them before Angel and his gang run him over.
- He engages in a fight with Angel and his gang, trying to kill them all before he ends up dying.
Why Doesn't He Stand Out?[]
- While he passes the baseline standard due to raping and killing many children as well as painfully torturing Angel, he fails the heinous standard of the franchise too hard to be PE or even NPE. For context, he is outdone by Billy who corrupted countless men into misogynistic killers, Mathias who condemned hundreds of souls to satisfy his god complex and Ken who enslaved numerous people to work to death for centuries in his realm, all of whom have lower, or at least comparable, resources.
Trivia[]
- He was originally Pure Evil, but was removed after it was decided that his villainy is too generic, and he badly fails the heinous standards.
External Links[]
- Marcus on the Villains Wiki
- Marcus on the Buffyverse Wiki