#Marina's Backstory

[knuxtiger4]

Marina Backstory

(This is more just bullet points of her backstory but this is what is her story and... home girl needs a hug, badly)

-Marina’s family is a notorious and proud bloodline of Black Furies. This has always passed down through the females in her family. Her mother was one but Marina did not have her First Change yet to have the “talk”. She wanted Marina to live her life before introducing her to Garou lifestyles.

-Marina met Martti at a party in NYC (Brooklyn) when she was 18. She fell for his looks and his charming personality at the time. She was completely unaware Martti was a Black Spiral Dancer and he was very much aware Marina was some sort of Garou due to her physical appearance alone.

-Martti hid all of this from Marina and her family via talismans and other supernatural means, he did truly love her but was twisted by the Wyrm long before meeting her. He would have likely dragged her to dance the spiral if events did not happen that turned both of them into abominations. He was secretly working for Pentex in the 1920s, but disguised as a cook at an office kitchen was the cover he gave to Marina all these years together.

-In Martti’s twisted mind, he loves his family and wants them to be the ultimate apex predators of the night. He does not understand why Marina won’t join him. He is heavily tainted by the Wyrm and partly why Marina actively fighting off Wyrm influences herself as an abomination.

-Oliver (Marina's son) was a regular human. Julius is younger of the 2 sons of Oliver, turned out to be a Shadow Lord werewolf which was from Martti’s bloodlines as he was once a Shadow Lord. Frank turned out to be kinfolk, all of his children are confirmed werewolves.

-Saana (Marina's daughter) is a Black Fury like her mother and was exactly why she was targeted by Pentex later in her life. She was tricked by her father when she was living in California and was captured by Pentex to be used to capture her mother and eventually to be turned into an abomination as well.

-Martti was successfully turned into an abomination and said Gangrel unleashed a frenzied Martti on Marina one night. Marina, in a desperate attempt to protect her children, experienced her First Change and died in her fight against Martti as he overpowered her easily. Martti was ordered to give Marina his blood and she changed into an abomination under the right conditions.

-In her frenzy the Gangrel and Martti were sent running by Art Morgan and Xaviar, two very powerful Gangrels who happened upon the scene after tracking a Gangrel that was acting wild and out of order. They were able to calm Marina out of her frenzy but urged her she could not live her life normally anymore. They offered to help her out of the kindness of the two and to try to understand the mind of an abomination.

-Being that Art and Xaviar were Camarilla that they also made the extreme decision to not follow the Masquerade rules of her sire watching over her, they knew Martti was beyond evil, she would not fall into the wrong hands.

-Why did Art and Xaviar do this? When they happened on the scene of Marina, a mother trying to protect her children at the door from a monster, it moved Art. They choose to not slain Marina due to that fact and that she was evidence that the older generation were plotting something. They noticed Marina had not gone insane and took the gamble.

-Marina gave up Oliver and Saana to her brother Esko who would raise them. Esko, Oliver and Saana knew what Marina was and never judged her or held malice for her decisions. Her children were a witness to the entire event.

-Marina was rejected by her parents when she approached them for help after the transformation. Her mother especially said if she saw Marina again that she would send her pack to rip her apart and her letting her walk away alive was the only kind thing she would do.

-Marina would travel with Art and Xaviar to try to understand her life as is in the supernatural world. The two men took pity on Marina and instead of killing her wanted to help her. She still was broken up on why Martti attacked her and not understanding the context. Marina developed trust issues and accepting love from others.

-She would grow very close to Art and Xaviar, she would refer to them as her “brothers” and even when Xaviar began to on and off date Hellene Panhard she would refer to her as her “sister”. Marina was/is VERY protective of Art, Xaviar and Helene as if they were in a sense, her packmates. Xaviar not as much, he was weird about the endearing terms and that he was different from the three. Marina still held respect for him and still sees him as a brother regardless.

-Marina eventually left on her own, heading to Finland in the middle of WW2 where she tried to understand why she had werewolf blood. She would find out that her Black Fury bloodlines run deep in the women in her family and fears Saana will go through her First Change soon and wants to get back home to help her through it and to protect her from any danger. She was going to enter her daughter’s life to help her even if it would breach the masquerade/veil.

-Captured by German forces while she was in Europe. Agents of Pentex tortured Marina and broke her spirits. She was used as a bioweapon in the battle of Leningrad. She slain many innocent people and did very horrible things that she will never forget. It was here she unknowingly fought Rocco (one of the PCs of our coterie!) in the past along with both of Ingrid 's grandfathers that all gave her a run for her money in the fights.

-After the battle she managed to break free. Art and Xaviar were tracking Marina’s whereabouts after intel they received and managed to track her down in the local forest. They helped get her back on her feet and promised to get her home to the US and to her family.

-While in Europe, the three encounter Martti and Pentex agents. They wanted Marina back and they would have taken her by force. Marina refuses and uses Saana out to try to bait her into coming with them.

-Saana was brainwashed by Martti. He manipulated her as a long lost parent on the eugenics of the Project: Hellound. She “willingly” injected herself with Martti’s blood and paid the price. This process was incomplete and sent Marina on the biggest frenzy of her life.

-Marina nearly meets her Final Death in the fight as Martti smashed half her head in and only was saved from that as Art and Xaviar dragged her away to safety. All three saw Martti for what he was...a true monster and one that could not be stopped.

-Saana was left in a coma by this outcome. Pentex believes due to the type of werewolf that they would need Marina’s blood to complete the process.

-Marina suffers terribly from this failure and that she was unable to destroy Martti and begs for Art and Xaviar to “get rid of the memories that hurt.” They agree to and seal Marina’s memories of her being an abomination, making her think she was a Gangrel the whole time. They wouldn’t have sealed them fully until they were in NYC and Marina was losing the battle against the Beast.

-The three travel back to the US and make it back to NYC. It’s where Xaviar’s partner, Hellene Panhard (future Prince of NYC) agrees to shelter Marina by Xaviar’s request. She agrees to have the Camarilla protect Marina’s family as to keep the beast calm and as a close friend to Marina. Panhard learned of Marina's secret when one particular night the beast won and she saw Marina for what she was.

-Marina would have a few interactions over the years with Oliver. She would be there to see her new grandsons and Oliver would continue to beg Marina to come back into the family. Marina would also interact with Frank and Julius but to a lesser degree of being a stranger to them. Julius and Frank definitely knew that Marina was their grandmother but kept it hidden until recently. Their father told them who Marina was a long time ago and described her as the guardian angel of the family.

-She would also interact with Esko on the regular until he passed away. Marina also would see Oliver one last time before he passed from old age.

-Xaviar and Art leave NYC and leave Marina in the hands of Panhard. Xaviar eventually takes all the Gangrels out of the Camarilla and makes Art unhappy about this decision. Xaviar eventually meets his final death at the hand of a Brujah during an attack.

-Art remains in DC to this day as a reporter. He is unaware of what has been going on with Marina since he left.

-Marina decides to live homeless in NYC where she would befriend the local homeless and act as their protector. She would get regular visits from Panhard up until a certain point when even Marina's memories of her were slipping. Even then Marina starts to forget about Xaviar and Art due to the effects of the memory sealing.

-Panhard makes a HUGE mistake of giving Marina to Sheriff Yung without telling her Marina’s abomination secret. Yung misuses Marina as muscle and then gives her to Ingrid! THIS WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.

-Panhard wants Marina back but to what exactly is unknown. Likely to aid her in stopping the Tzimisce from awakening their antediluvian, a goal that Xaviar chased and had that drove him away from the Camarilla. It was hard for Panhard to be around Marina with no memories and that she was associated with Xaviar who was like a brother to Marina.

-Marina befriends her great-granddaughter Tiana after she loses her sister Ellen. She didn’t know who Marina was until the college party where she was grabbed by Martti.

-Martti injected Tiana with Marina’s blood that she was selling to a Pentex agent unknowingly! This triggers Tiana to have a First Change as a Black Fury and confuses Julius on where this bloodline has come from in the family. Unknown to everyone, Marina’s blood is a base to start the abomination transformation. She would need to be drained and embraced by another Gangrel.

-Ellen, Tiana’s older sister died in an accident where she saved a child. Reality it was all staged and Ellen ended up at a Pentex hospital. When she realized what they were about to do, she fought to the death. Julius questioned the injuries he saw on Ellen’s body as a werewolf should have been able to heal from being hit by a car.

-Marina, unlike Martti, does not appear to have been tainted by the Wyrm. It’s likely due to resisting the influence so long and adamant that she will never at the Wyrm get to her or influence her. This is a first for any abomination in records. She believes that her love and will to protect her family and friends has kept it at bay this long.

-Ingrid Salo (Ingrid’s horrible mother)- Took over Project: Hellhound a decade ago from her predecessors. She has control over Pentex pharmaceutical side and is a medical genius. She is the WORST and she control Martti. Ew.

-Martti runs more with Pentex than the Black Spiral Dancers. They see him as a mythical creature and will listen to him but he does more with Pentex.

-Saana would need to have Martti’s blood removed from her blood and possibly replaced with Marina’s to complete the abomination process on her. A way that she could speak to her is through magic that involves dreams.

-Marina is still one sip of Martti’s blood. Unknown if a blood bond COULD happen but fuck around and find out. (Marina wouldn’t be that dumb).

-Not even Marina knows how or why Pentex changed Martti. She would have to probably have a sit down with him to figure that out and she wants to murder him. He’d probably have to have a threat to have her not do that for them to have any form of a conversation.

-Everyone Marina knows, even the strongest vampires do not want to engage with Martti. He is definitely on the Red List but being so “perfect” of an abomination that no one has taken him down. Marina was only able to scar him in the face in her last fight with him.

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As for the present:

-In the recent, Marina got into an ugly fight with Ingrid before their hotel opening as she did not want to travel with the coterie outside of the US out of fear she can't protect her family from Martti. They broke up.

-Marina rages and cause property damage (again). She storms off to the homeless camp.

-Marina meets up with "Tipsy", one of the local homeless who takes to her about not fitting in and being lose. Marina mentions her memories, he offers to hypnotize her to gain her memories back. She agrees.

-Tipsy gathers other from the camp to play music and do drugs. Marina drinks from Tipsy's blood which is drug laced and she spirals. She gains her memories back but flashing to a moment where she saw she has mauled a bunch of people in the camp. She nearly loses herself...

-Until Art Morgan who was visiting saw this and chased off the people and rescued Marina. When she came to, he explained to her that she was nearly grabbed by the local Black Spiral Dancers and he had saved her! Art is VERY aware Marina has her memories back and it was...touching. She saw her brother again and remembers him.

-Marina gets chewed out by Ingrid. Ingrid learns of Art and Panhard being Marina's "siblings" and she is not too happy.

-Marina get the SHIT scared out of her when The Prince shows up. She tried to run and Panhard commanded her to stop. That was a fun convo.

-Ingrid beat up Marina for being dumb and impulsive yet again. Marina's Beast gets mad at Ingrid and forces Marina to storm off which entailed Team B of the coterie to wrestle Marina yet again before she rampaged.

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My guess for the future:

-Dumb Black Spiral Dancers were either sent by Martti or they sure has hell told him his "wayward" wife has her memories back. I expect him to become a MAJOR issue soon. ; ; Marina has to wipe those guys out.

-Everyone has advised Marina and the coterie to not fight Martti if they see him and to run away.

[kaitcake1289]

britta perry you will always be famous

[a-oct0]

I've decided to replay the storymodes of Splatoon 2 and take screenshots of random things as I go- I haven't even started and already at 20 odd pics lol- I'll update this as like a live thread with screenshots as I go-

Only annoying thing is mobile only allows ten pics at once so this will be longer than I expected lol

First lot is just me wanting to document the first splatcast from OTH

[a-little-bit-of-tradition]

Chicago PD : 6x7 (Part 1/6) Jay and/or Hailey scenes

[violethursday]

I keep on changing up my Neo Agent 3's backstory, and dear God they can't catch a break.

They went from:

Abandoned by parents and raised by a Steelhead, then Steelhead dies during a Salmon Run

In a street gang with adoptive brother, loses arm in a pretty bad fight, hasn't spoken to brother since

Elite Octarian and Octarian Engineer moms get sanitized in trade of Neo getting to the surface

Half sibling of Marina that Marina wasn't aware of until post-Octo Expansion

Cousin of Acht and Paul that was abandoned in Octo Valley after Acht went to get sanitized and Paul left to find them

Elite Octarian mom runs away to the surface while Scientist mom and Neo try to find her, only for Scientist mom to get sanitized and sacrifice herself to save Neo from the other sanitized Octarians. Meanwhile Elite Octarian mom gets fuzzified and Neo nearly kills her out of rage.

Elite Octarian mom leaves Neo with her crew for them to raise Neo instead. Over the years Neo keeps on losing members of their found family until they're the last one left. They proceed to get into crime on the surface and maybe makes a few people kick the bucket out of self-defense.

This is what they look like btw

[harmooniaa]

Marina’s origin story below the cut‼️

Shortly before Marina was born, her parents had found a parrot on the side of the road. It was in very bad condition so they had taken it into their house and did their best to rehabilitate it with the limited materials they had (they didn’t have much money and lived in one of the many favelas in Brazil). The parrot was thankfully nursed back to health and in the time that it lived with Marina’s parents, it had grown close to her mother (who was obviously pregnant and ready to give birth at any moment). When they were about to release it back into the wild, the bird spoke to her parents. As crazy as it was in the moment, the bird said that he was grateful for their selflessness in taking care of him and that in return he granted them a blessing that was to enter the world soon. Marina’s parents were left very confused since a parrot just talked to them in fluent Portuguese- but also because of the “blessing” he said he granted them. One day later, Marina’s mother was shocked to see her daughter was half-bird. It took a while for Marina’s parents to adjust and understand this “blessing”, but they ended up embracing Marina in the long run.

Growing up, Marina liked to sing and dance a lot with her parents a lot since they couldn’t afford any entertainment. She was never allowed to leave her house unless her parents swaddled her up in a blanket and made her close my eyes the whole time (which wasn’t very practical). Marina’s parents were worried that if she went outside, someone would want to report her to authorities or kidnap her. Marina found out about her powers while singing with her parents once and unintentionally holding the note that made them “tick”. From that point on her parents had told her not to hit that note whenever she sang.

On their small radio during carnival season, Marina liked listening to any broadcasts that played and would gush to her parents about how she wanted to go see a parade. One year (she’s 9) her parents mustered enough money for the three of them to travel up to Rio de Janeiro for Carnival to listen to a parade for one night and go home after (Marina wasn’t allowed to watch because they didn’t want anyone spotting her). During the parade, her parents placed her down for a second so they could dance and she wandered off to go get her own view of the show since she was tired of just listening. Marina found herself walking through an alleyway where she got knocked out by someone. That day was the last day she saw her parents for the rest of her life.

When Marina woke up, she was trapped in a room. This room had a mattress in the middle of it and nothing else. There was a glass window in the front of it where people could peer in and watch her (think of a zoo exhibit, the room is essentially her habitat). After a couple of hours of trying to escape, Marina gave up. A hidden door opened and someone had entered. Upon seeing the stranger, She backed up and tried singing the note to make him “tick”, but failing miserably because her throat was so dry. The stranger began talking to Marina in a language she didn’t understand but we as the viewer know that the man was her kidnapper. He initially intended on selling her to someone else, but he decided to keep her with him as his little collectors item, his pretty bird. Marina wasn’t in Brazil anymore- she had been trafficked all the way to America.

Things remained this way for almost 10 years, in that time Marina picked up on english dialect and knew enough to hold a conversation. Every day, she practiced singing and flying, hoping that one day she’d be able to escape. Her “owner” had to start wearing earplugs around her enclosure because there were many close calls where Marina had him under her control. One day a group of heroes broke into this man’s house (he was caught in other crimes) and they had discovered Marina trapped. They had set her free and when some of her “owner’s” bodyguards had came in to attack them, Marina had used her powers to stop them. This hero team (no, it’s not the Guardians- butttt we are almost to that part just bare with me 😭👍) had noticed her powers and brought Marina to the GDA after stopping her “owner”. This team thought it would be best if she had went there since she was unstable from being secluded for so many years and so they can give her the best path on how to go about living with her powers. Doctors nursed her back to health mentally (somewhat) + physically (she was severely malnourished, they had to cut a lot of her hair off since it hadn’t been brushed in so long, and she had developed ptsd from her past living conditions). Not only this, but Marina’s abilities were studied and she was given training to learn how to use them in the most effective way possible. When they thought she was ready, she had gotten to meet Cecil. In that meeting he explained to her that she had the potential to do great things and help out the country with her abilities. She was offered a spot on the Guardians of the Globe to which she took, even though part of her wanted to go back to Brazil. A couple days later she was escorted to the GotG headquarters, where she had met the group of people that she would soon consider to be her new family.

Andd that’s how Marina became a hero! Hope you guys liked reading this! <33

[popponn]

sae going to spain at 13 and coming out like that makes so much sense actually

[startoastiez]

CLAY'S BIRTHDAY (11/12/24)

This was meant to be finished two days ago! My sleep schedule went bonkers and spent my day sleeping yesterday.

Clay after learning that Viv killed Cassi, he tracks her down (and brings Crayne along) and he finds her and rips her heart out.

Clay, vro, calm down

[revo-depresso]

THIS FUCK RIGHT HERE BEING AGENT 4 ⬇️

[101flavoursofweird]

Title: The Puzzle-Solver’s Wife

Spoilers: For the LMJ anime and for PL4

Description: Five times Marina couldn’t solve a puzzle on her own… and one time she succeeded.

Set: Before and during the LMJ anime. References are made to Steam Bison— the setting for Professor Layton and The New World of Steam— but this is just vague speculation as we don’t even have a release date for the game yet.

Warnings: Character gets lost in a city… Light reference to a university party with drinking and insinuations made by from Marina’s friends about her taking a boy home— nothing actually happens… The rest of events are seen during LMJ— including characters being taken hostage and imprisoned.

Note: This is a little late for @layton-npc-appreciation-week, but there we go

Marina had never been very good at solving puzzles.

She didn’t dislike puzzles— Far from it!— but she wasn’t all that familiar with them, having grown up in the quiet fishing village of Finnerton.

Her parents hadn’t given her puzzles while she was growing up, and her friends were the same with their families.

Everyone Marina knew seemed able to deal with their own problems— if they had any at all in their uneventful little town.

Maybe puzzles weren’t as commonplace in their part of the world… or maybe Marina just didn’t know where to look for them.

How would she even identify a puzzle? What set them apart from riddles, codes and quiz questions?

Did Marina’s homework count? Did her dad’s daily word search in the Finnerton Digest count? Did her mom’s studies as a marine geologist count?

Could you even find puzzles at the bottom of the ocean? In nature? Or did puzzles have to be presented by people?

Marina couldn’t remember anyone ever offering her a puzzle in her hometown…

The earliest, most striking memory she had of encountering puzzles for the first time was in Steam Bison.

When she was in eighth-grade, her class had visited the technologically-advanced city on a field trip.

Much to Marina’s (and her teacher’s) relief, they had spent the day following a tour guide, who had solved any puzzles they came across and steered the class away from the ‘unsavoury’ parts of Steam Bison.

The guide had only left them at the very end of the tour when they were apparently one street away from the bus station.

Marina had stopped in the restroom with her friends (It was a long journey back home and she was notusing the toilet on the bus!), but when she emerged, Marina found herself alone.

At first, Marina thought her friends were hiding from her. Huffing, she looked up and down the hazy cobbled street, waiting for them to leap out and shout, “BOO!”

A steam-powered vehicle with two metal legs clanked past her.

Marina waited a minute. Then another. And another….

Marina’s knees started to shake. 

Where were her friends? All of her classmates? Her teacher?

They wouldn’t just leave without her, would they? Her teacher would have done a headcount… but what if they had missed Marina? 

What if they had already headed off to the bus station?

The guide had said it was just one street away, right? But which street? What was the quickest way to get there? What if Marina took a wrong turn, or ran into a dark alley, or— or—?

Eyes darting all over the place now, Marina tried to find someone— anyone— who looked trustworthy enough to ask for help.

There was a scruffy salesperson waving flyers about… Two men in black business suits… Or a young woman grappling with a golden horse— a robot horse…

Marina inched towards the woman. “E excuse me—?”

“What?” The woman turned to Marina with a scowl. Her dark curls were poking out from beneath a black riding helmet. She kept a strong hold on the horse’s reins.

“P-Please can you help me?” Marina squeaked. She lowered her voice, wary of their neighbours, as she revealed, “I’m lost—“

“I would, but I’m kinda busy here,” the rider grunted. The horse huffed. “Peta’s reins are all tangled…”

Assuming that ‘Peta’ was the horse, Marina said, “M-maybe I can help, then you can help me…?” (Marina was good with animals… Well— aquatic animals to be specific!)

“Knock yourself out, kid!” The rider gestured from Marina to Peta.

Marina edged closer to Peta and inspected his reins; they were indeed all tangled up, like a bunch of wires. That couldn’t be very comfortable— even for a robotic horse.

“Hmm…” Marina tried adjusting the part connected to Peta’s long nose (The bridle, wasn’t it?) but Peta didn’t appreciate that. The horse snorted, steam escaping from its nostrils

“S-Sorry,” Marina stammered. She kept trying to unknot the reins.

Where was she even supposed to start? The bus would be departing soon— without Marina, at this rate!

In her impatience, she ended up pulling too hard…

Peta released a metallic-sounding whinny. Marina gasped, letting go of the reins. She watched, petrified, as Peta reared back on its hind legs.

The rider exclaimed, “Watch out—“ but just as the horse’s heavy hooves came slamming down, someone hauled Marina away.

Shuddering, Marina looked back at her saviour; a boy about her age, with light brown hair, a smart blue blazer and a flat blue cap.

“Are you okay?” he asked urgently. He had an English accent. His hand was still gripping Marina’s shoulder…

“Miss?” he tried again, frowning at Marina with concern. “Are you okay?”

“Y-yes!” Marina breathed, though she did feel a little light-headed.

The boy nodded and let her go. He turned to Peta the horse and its rider, who had since calmed Peta down.

“What about you two?” the boy checked with them.

“We’re good,” the woman said. She aimed a glower at Marina. “No thanks to you.”

“I… I was just trying to help…” Marina struggled to explain as the boy glanced at her again. “…With the reins…” She trailed off, feeling very red in the face.

“I see,” the boy said. He pointed to Peta. “Can I…?”

“Sure!” the rider said, with a lot more enthusiasm than she’d had for Marina.

The boy crept towards Peta with a quiet greeting and studied the reins. Marina gaped at him, impressed.

Murmuring reassures, the boy managed to unravel reins in a single moment. “Puzzle solved!” he said.

The rider beamed at him. “Thanks, Detective Luke! We’ll be on our way now…” She clicked her tongue.

“Wait!” Marina protested as the rider pulled Peta down the street. “You said you could help me…!”

The rider didn’t spare her a glance. Marina sighed.

“Do you need help?” The boy— ‘Detective Luke’— was still there, right next to Marina. (He hadn’t abandoned her like everyone else…)

Marina couldn’t hold back a few tears. “Y-yes, please!” she blubbered. “I need to get to the bus stationbefore— before my class leaves!”

“Luckily, I know a shortcut,” Detective Luke assured her.

He strode through the street with Marina in tow.

The salesperson Marina had been reluctant to approach earlier waved at them, and Detective Luke waved in return.

Either Detective Luke must have lived around here, or he had a very good sense of direction! Even the tour guide hadn’t passed through Steam Bison with so much aplomb…

“…Here.” Detective Luke stopped in front of a gray building.

Marina blinked. She looked at Luke, who was smiling at her, and back at the brick wall.

Marina frowned. Was he trying to trick her? Had she been wrong to trust him?

“I thought you were taking me to the bus station?”

“I am! We just need to solve this puzzle…” Luke started pressing the bricks of the wall in a specific pattern.

“I don’t understand,” Marina muttered. She didn’t have time for puzzles— the bus would be leaving soon! “H-how do you even know there’s a puzzle here?”

“I’ve come this way before, but the combination has changed since— aha!” Luke selected one last brick, which retracted into the wall.

Marina gasped as the wall split in half like the doors of an elevator, revealing an alleyway.

With a satisfied smile, Luke said, “This way…” 

He offered her his hand. Marina took it (The alley was kind of creepy!) and he led her through.

Marina instantly recognised the street on the other side. There was the bus station— and Marina’s class lined up out front!

“We made it,” Marina breathed. She beamed at Detective Luke. “Thank— thank you so much! I… I’d still be lost without you!”

“No problem!” Detective Luke tipped his cap to her. “A gentleman should always help a lady in need, especially…” He had been about to say something else— something Marina hoped to hear— but he shut his mouth and simply smiled.

He had a nice smile, and he was smart, and courteous, and kind. Marina had never met a boy like him before…

Marina was struck by a wild urge in that moment, but before she could see it through, she heard shouts behind her.

“Hey, Marina!”

“Where’ve you been?”

“Marinaaaa! Hurry up!”

“That’s— my friends,” Marina said bashfully. They were beckoning her towards the bus station.

She looked back at Luke. “I have to go now, but… thanks again, Detective Luke.” 

“Take care, Miss Marina.” Luke squeezed her hand, before he let her go.

As she ran towards her class, Marina kept glancing back at Luke. When she reached her friends’ sides, she waved to Luke until he’d retreated through the secret alleyway.

Marina’s friends had a thousand questions for her as they boarded the bus.

“Where did you go, Marina?”

“Who was that boy? Did he take you on a date somewhere?”

“What’s his name?”

“His name is Luke,” Marina sighed. She gazed wistfully out the bus window as they drove away from Steam Bison. “Detective Luke.”

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From then on, Marina decided she would dedicate her life to solving puzzles…

Though, it was difficult when no one else in Finnerton was invested in puzzles— not even her parents!

If other people wouldn’t give her puzzles, and Marina wasn’t any good at finding puzzles, how could she practice?

She made enquiries at her local library and learned there was something called a ‘Puzzle Index’— a book filled with puzzles!

The librarian ordered one in for her and it arrived after a month.

At home, Marina spent hours pouring through the Puzzle Index. Her parents thought she was studying. It certainly felt like it!

Each puzzle had a number of ‘Picarats‘ (points) that indicated its score and level of difficulty. Marina found she struggled even with the lower Picarat puzzles— 10 being the lowest.

Each puzzle also came with four hints, which Marina would usually end up reading.

It wasn’t cheating! A cheater would flick to the back of the book to look up the answers… Not that Marina ever did that!

After a month of studying the Puzzle Index, Marina managed to memorize every puzzle and every answer off by heart. 

She returned the Puzzle Index to the library and asked if they could order the next edition…

For some reason— maybe the librarian forgot or they just couldn’t track down another Puzzle Index— it never came in.

Marina never went to check. She was so busy with school, water polo club, and her social life that it just slipped her mind.

But, somewhere in the back of her mind, she had tucked away that memory of Steam Bison, and the detective boy who had saved her.

When she encountered him again, five years later at university, she recognised him immediately.

His face had lost some of its roundness, his hair was fuller and his eyebrows were a bit bushier, but his eyes were the same— and his smile.

It was poorly-lit and packed with revelling students in the basement, but Marina was struck by the sight of him… of Detective Luke.

Was he even still a detective? What was he doing here— at the same university as Marina?

She took a deep breath, told her new roommates she was going to grab another drink, and waded through the crowd.

Luke had been trading puzzles with a couple of other boys— puzzles seemed to be popular at the university— but he caught Marina’s arm as she stumbled towards him. (He was always saving her…)

“Hey, are you…” He paused, squinting at her. His eyes widened. “You!”

“Me!” She’d only had one drink, but it had given her some much-needed Dutch courage! “Marina!”

“Miss Marina! You were in Steam Bison— on a trip— like, four years ago?”

“It was five!” Marina corrected him. “Why aren’t you still in Steam Bison?”

Even in the dimness, Marina could see how hard Luke cringed. “It’s a… long story…”

“Well, I’m listening!” 

“What?” Luke had to raise his voice as someone turned up the music and the party-goers cheered.

Marina hollered right in his ear, “I’m LISTENING!”

“Ow… I hear you.” Luke lowered his head so that he was level with Marina. “Why don’t we, um, get out of here?”

“Sounds good!”

Determined not to lose Luke, Marina dragged him through the crowd as she returned to her roommates’ sides. When she informed them she was leaving the party with a boy, they waggled their eyebrows at her and told her to have fun.

Marina felt flushed as she made her exit with Luke and she brought him back to her dorm.

Well… That was the plan, but then, Marina couldn’t open the door to her dorm building. She noticed a small wooden block with colorful panels had been stuck to the door.

“Eh? What is this?”

“Looks like a puzzle lock,” Luke observed. “A Sliding Puzzle, to be more specific.”

Marina protested, “But— this wasn’t here earlier!”

No one had warned her she would need to solve puzzles to get back inside!

Oh, no… What if puzzles were a part of every day life, here at university? 

Marina had picked up that Puzzle Index when she was thirteen, but she hadn’t solved another puzzle since then! How would she survive?

Luke held his chin in his hand, trying to hide a smile from Marina. “Maybe a secret Puzzle Societyplaced it here?” he suggested.

“I didn’t sign up for a Puzzle Society!” Panicked, Marina started surveying the building, hoping there was an open window they could climb through. “Sorry— there has to be some other way in…”

“Or, we could just solve the puzzle?” Luke inspected the block, sliding some of the panels around.

“Is it… like that puzzle wall in Steam Bison?” Marina recalled. “The one with the secret alley?”

The memory of Detective Luke holding her hand— guiding her through the darkness—  suddenly rose to the front of her mind. 

She was glad Luke currently had his back to her, so he wouldn’t witness the embarrassment on her face.

“It’s similar, but not the same type of puzzle,” Luke said cryptically. He glanced back at her, grinning. “Do you want to give it a go?”

“Um… I would, but I… I don’t have much experience… solving puzzles,” Marina admitted. He could definitely see her blushing now!

Luke blinked at her like she had just told him she was a mermaid or something.

“I mean, I… I tried a few when I was younger,” Marina stammered. “I got this Puzzle Index after I met— after that trip to Steam Bison, but I didn’t, um, persevere…” 

Marina sighed and hung her head. Now he was going to think she was a pathetic failure…

She looked up with shock when Luke patted her on the shoulder.

“It’s fine,” Luke chuckled. “Nothing to be ashamed of! I was just surprised; where I come from, puzzles were everywhere, and my family— they practically raised me on puzzles.” He jabbed his thumb against his chest. “And, I was Professor Hershel Layton’s apprentice!”

He declared that with so much pride and joy that Marina knew this professor must have been a person of great importance… Unfortunately, Marina had never heard of them.

“Is that someone from Steam Bison?” she wondered.

“No, but he did visit Steam Bison when I was there… The Professor works in London—“ Luke coughed. “I’ll tell you more when we’re inside.”

In his excitement, Luke solved the puzzle on the door himself. Marina sighed with relief as she followed him into the dorm.

She knew she couldn’t just summon Luke whenever she needed help solving a puzzle— as nice as that would be!

Sooner or later she would needed to learn for herself…

But for now, she sat with Luke in the shared common room. He revealed to her all that had happened in Steam Bison when his mentor, Professor Layton, came to visit.

When Luke’s stomach grumbled, midway through the tale, Marina made them some popcorn.

She continued to listen, captivated, as Luke told her about more of his adventures with the Professor…

-

One month in to her marine biology degree and Marina already had a tonne of extra work to do outside of class.

Her roommates— for as affable as they could be—  made it impossible to concentrate in the dormitory while they were playing board games, so Marina spent a lot of time at the library. 

She wasn’t at all surprised to bump into Luke there.

He was very studious, but in a different way to Marina. While he was diligent, he seemed to posses a natural intellect that Marina lacked. (Fitting, for the apprentice of Professor Layton!)

Luke was observant and able to answer questions at the drop of a hat, whereas Marina liked to take her time preparing a response.

Maybe it was just a confidence thing, like Luke had said, but Marina wasn’t sure… “Marina… What’s your surname?”

“Huh?” Marina glanced up from her books on the desk.

“What’s your last name?” Luke rephrased. “I don’t think I ever asked…”

“It’s—“ Marina cut herself off. “Wait— actually, why don’t I give you a puzzle to work it out?”

“Okay!” Luke smirked. “Fire away…”

Marina felt like he’d put her on the spot. “N-not right now! I’ll need time t-to make it up…”

She had never designed her own puzzle before, but it had to be easier than solving puzzles, right?

For inspiration, Marina turned to her old friend: the Puzzle Index. The university library had at least nineeditions!

First, she had to choose a type of puzzle. The sliding puzzle was off her list right away— too much effort to construct.

What about multiple choice, with some clues from Marina? No… that would be too simple for Luke.

Could she use algebra? Or would that be more Math-based than puzzle-based?

It would be fun to do a pictorial puzzle— with little illustrations revealing Marina’s last name— but Marina couldn’t even draw…

A whole week went by— and she still didn’t have a puzzle for Luke!

Marina sighed and leaned back on the common room couch.

Her gaze drifted over to the pile of board games left by her roommates. When she saw a box for a jigsaw puzzle, her eyes widened.

The next day, at the library, Marina presented Luke with a homemade jigsaw puzzle.

Upon completion, it would reveal Marina’s last name.

It wasn’t the most original idea, but Marina had still put a lot of effort into it!

Luke took his time with the puzzle— probably longer than he actually needed— but within ten minutes, he had pieced the jigsaw together, forming a photo of a map— somewhere out on the ocean.

“Where is this?” Luke murmured. 

Marina hummed knowingly. “Would you like a hint?”

Luke nodded— obviously indulging her. Marina gave him some numbers: “1,580 and 43”… and Luke grinned. 

“Are those measurements for the Mariana Trench?”

“Yep!”

“So…” Luke considered it for a moment more, before he pointed at her triumphantly. “Your full name is… Mariana ‘Marina’ Trench!”

“Indeed, it is!” Marina confirmed, laughing sheepishly. (Her mom couldn’t resist the pun!)

Luke laughed with her. “I’ve heard stranger names, believe it or not!” He handed the completed jigsaw puzzle back to Marina. “How many Picarats was that?”

“Oh! I’m not sure… How many do you think it should be?”

“Thirty?” Luke suggested.

Marina scoffed. “It wasn’t that difficult—“

“Twenty-five, then,” Luke settled, holding out his hand to her.

Marina agreed and they shook on it. Luke pretended to put the Picarats in his pocket, much to Marina’s mirth.

She stopped giggling when Luke said, “Now you can figure out my last name!” and he placed his own puzzle on the desk.

It was a page of paper taken from Luke’s journal, with a written passage:

‘There was once a boy who befriended an archaeology professor, and they went on many adventures together.

Regrettably, the boy had to move away, leaving his dearest friend behind.

In his hour of need, the boy knew the professor would come to his aid. For the professor had promised him:

‘Time apart and distance are irrelevant to the bond formed by a true friendship.’

Of course, the Professor answered the boy’s call for help.

No matter how far apart they were, their bond would always endure.’

Panic had seized Marina when Luke sprung the puzzle on her, but as she read this passage— Luke’s story— she smiled softly. “That’s beautiful,” she whispered.

She wondered if the words could apply to her and Luke as well. The pair of them had met in Steam Bison years ago, only to reunite in university.

Marina didn’t really believe on fate, but she was grateful for whatever string of coincidences had brought her back to Luke.

“Thanks,” Luke said, scratching his cheek. “What do you think of the puzzle?”

Marina had almost forgotten about that!

She studied the passage long and hard, searching for Luke’s last name.

After fifteen minutes, she sighed and asked Luke if she could have a hint.

“You might need to look at it another way!”

Turning the paper on its side and upside down didn’t help. Neither did flipping it over…

Next, Marina tried folding the paper into different shapes, wishing she had paid more attention to her step-Grandma’s origami lessons. Still, the answer eluded her.

As Marina smoothed the paper out, Luke offered her a second hint:

“Read the passage in another direction!”

Marina read the entire passage backwards and wrote it down in her notebook, but it was all gibberish.

The third hint Luke gave her was a little more enlightening: 

“Have you tried reading from top to bottom? Don’t overthink it…”

Marina followed his advice and finally, she noticed the first character of each line spelled out Luke’s last name. She circled the letters with her pen. 

“T-R-I-T-O-N…!” Marina exclaimed. “Is your last name ‘Triton’?”

She had spent an hour figuring out the answer, but she still expected Luke to shake his head.

Marina was overjoyed, however, when he beamed at her. 

“That’s it!” he cheered. “Now, you need to strike a puzzle pose!”

“Puzzle pose…?” Uncertainly, Marina pointed at Luke, as he had done to her. “Like this—?”

“Yes— you’re correct!”

Marina was correct! For the first time ever, she had solved a puzzle someone had given her.

“H-how many Picarats was that?” Marina asked.

“Ten,” Luke said, still smiling.

Marina’s ego deflated slightly. “Only ten?”

“It’s very similar to the first puzzle I sent   to Professor Layton,” Luke confessed.

That made Marina feel a bit better. “Really? How fast did the Professor answer it?”

“As soon as he got my letter in the post,” Luke said reverently. “He came rushing to my hometown— Misthallery— to help solve the mystery behind the spectre’s call…”

With that, he launched into the tale of his first adventure with Professor Layton— and the Professor’s Number One Assistant, Emmy Altava.

He and Marina had already been at the library for ages by this point, but Marina was still hanging off the edge of her seat.

She frowned when Luke discussed the odd behaviour of his father— who, Luke assured her, he had since reconciled with. She gasped when Luke described the spectre’s appearances, and how Emmy had fought off a gang of thugs, and the Final Battle.

Luke spoke very fondly of his childhood friend, Arianna— though, he blushed slightly and quickly summed up their farewell.

Marina was going to ask him more about Arianna, but then, Luke quietly told her about Loosha, the giant lake dweller who had been mistaken for the spectre, when she was actually defending Misthallery. 

Marina was entranced— so much that she might have shed a tear when Luke revealed Loosha had died in the Golden Garden… but thanks to her sacrifice, Arianna had survived.

By the time Luke had finished his retelling, it was dark outside and the librarian was shooting them impatient looks from her desk.

Marina sighed. “I’ve never heard— or done— anything so exciting in my whole life…”

Sure, she had been on boat trips and vacations with her family— mainly to visit her grandparents’ lake house up in Canada— but the most exciting thing she had gotten up to was water skiing.

She had turned down offers to go hiking with her dad, grandpa and older cousin because she was too ‘chicken’, as her cousin had put it.

She would never be brave enough to face villains, creepy towns and impossible puzzles like Luke…

“You… ventured through Steam Bison,” Luke pointed out. He started to pack his books away as the librarian loudly cleared her throat. 

“I got lost in Steam Bison,” Marina reminded him, shoving her own books in her bag.

From what she had heard from him about Steam Bison, Marina was even more relieved that she had run into Luke back then. She could have ended up on the receiving end of a bullet!

Luke must have noticed how pensive Marina was as they hurried out of the library.

“Not all mysteries have to be as… hair-raising as what happened in Steam Bison,” Luke mollified her. “I’ve solved smaller cases too…”

“Maybe you could give me a call…?” Marina murmured. Realising what she had just suggested, she suddenly dropped her bag. Stooping to pick it up, she stammered, “W-when you next have a smaller case, I mean!”

“Can I…?” Luke knelt beside her and offered her a hand with her bag. 

Blushing, Marina passed him her bag, and they both stood up. 

Luke smiled at her. “That sounds like a great idea.”

-

It had started as a ‘smaller case’; one of Marina’s lecturers, Professor Monroe, had lost his treasured pendant.

Marina and Luke had found the pendant aboard an abandoned decrepit ‘ghost’ ship—

Except, it wasn’t abandoned.

Their feet pounded across the top deck, discordant to the sound of heavy boots and doors slamming open behind them.

“That one!” Marina pointed to the nearest life boat that didn’t appear to be decayed.

She and Luke reached the boat and ripped off its grubby cover.

Before they could release the boat, their pursuer— a figure wearing an iron mask and wielding a silver trident— burst out onto the deck.

“Get the boat ready!” Luke grunted, grabbing an oar.

“Luke, don’t—!” Marina shouted, but Luke had already charged at their assailant.

As Luke’s oar clashed with the trident, Marina looked at one of the davits keeping the life boat aloft.

Marina quailed when she saw the ropes of the pulley system were all knotted— kind of like a puzzle— kind of like that horse’s reins back in Steam Bison…

Her hands, slick with sweat, hovered over the ropes.

She had lived around boats her whole life.

By now, she had been practicing puzzles for months, with Luke’s guidance, but all that experience and knowledge drained out of her mind in the terror of the moment.

Her daze was broken by a strained yell from Luke. “Marina— how’re you doing?”

“I can’t do it—!” Turning, Marina saw that Iron Mask had backed Luke against the side of the deck with their trident. Luke was going to get skewered or pushed overboard!

(Before they’d boarded the ship, he’d seemed so worried, but Marina had insisted—)

Marina stopped thinking.

Seizing the other oar, she rushed at Iron Mask and smacked them on the exposed back of their head. Iron Mask dropped the trident and slumped to the floor.

“Thanks!” Luke exclaimed, skirting around Iron Mask.

He and Marina ran back to the life boat with the oars. Marina kept an eye on Iron Mask as Luke quickly solved the davits puzzle.

“Done!” Luke cried, just as Iron Mask sat up.

“Go-go-GO!” Marina yelled, working on the left ropes while Luke took the right. Together, they lowered the life boat into the sea.

Iron Mask leered at them from the top deck, but didn’t attempt to follow.

Marina let out a shaky laugh. “W-We’re free—!”

“LOOK OUT!” 

Marina saw a flash of silver— coming right at her face—

Luke swung his oar like a baseball bat and knocked the trident into the sea.

“Guess I spoke t-too soon,” Marina gasped.

Taking both oars, Luke rowed them away from the ‘ghost ship’— it might have not contained any ghosts, but someone was haunting it!— until they were safely back at the harbour.

“Are you okay?” Luke asked softly.

Marina shrugged.

“It’s over now,” Luke soothed her, placing the oars in the boat.

“I just— froze up!” Marina grunted. She bunched her fists, nails biting into her palms. She glared into the bottom of the lifeboat. “Why couldn’t I solve that puzzle?”

Really— she was no better than five years ago— back when she was a timid thirteen-year-old…

“Marina, you saved me!” Luke squeezed her shoulder with his hand. Marina raised her head. “It doesn’t matter how— you were brave and we escaped… and we even got the pendant!”

Beaming, he pulled Professor Monroe’s silver pendant out of his pocket with his other hand. “See?”

All Marina could see right now was Luke’s smiling face, filled with elation and (somehow) admiration for her.

Maybe she was braver than she‘d been at thirteen. Maybe she could…

Marina lifted her head a little more, lips parted. Luke’s eyes widened, but he didn’t move away. Taking that as a positive sign, she pressed her mouth against his.

Luke kissed her back— much to her relief.

When they eventually broke apart, Luke was the colour of a lobster.

“Was that… correct?” Marina whispered.

Luke nodded. “Yeah!”

-

Of course Luke’s proposal included a puzzle.

Marina picked up the engagement rings— one silver and one gold— held together with two loops of string.

“You’ve got to be kidding me,” she muttered, with a mock-scowl across their table.

Luke grinned at her. He did look most dashing in his dark blue jacket, brown vest and white shirt, so Marina supposed she could forgive him. (She hoped he liked the light blue dress she had chosen…)

“The evening will proceed as planned if you can solve this puzzle,” Luke informed her.

Humming, Marina tried to move one of the strings around the silver ring, but the ring was too large. 

She attempted the same with the gold ring and the other string… Still, to no avail.

Don’t overthink it! Don’t overthink it…

Luke chimed, “Would you like a hint, dear?”

“Dearest,” Marina huffed playfully. “Would you like to be quiet so I can concentrate?”

Luke shut his mouth, though he looked like he was struggling not to laugh.

Marina held the puzzle right up to her eyes, squinting. There had to be some kind of trick to this… or brute force might work as well!

She tried with all her might to pull the strings apart.

“Oh, come on…!” she grumbled.

“Er, excuse me— are you two ready to order?” A waiter had appeared at their table. He raised an eyebrow at Marina and her personal game of tug of war.

“We’re just in the middle of something,” Luke explained. “I’m sure we won’t be long—“

“Can I have a knife?” Marina gasped. 

The waiter passed her a knife just as Luke protested, “Wait—!”

“Puzzle solved!” Marina cried as she cut through the stings and the rings landed on the table.

“Th-that’s against the rules,” Luke wheezed.

Smirking, Marina pointed the knife at him. “All you said was ‘Remove the rings from the strings!’… You didn’t specify how— Ah! Sorry!” The waiter took the knife from her. 

Luke scooped up the silver ring, left his seat, and got down on one knee in front of Marina, who didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

“Miss Mariana Trench… Will you marry me?”

-

Marina Triton had a lot of time to think while she was trapped at Cranscoll Cathedral.

It had been foolish idea on her part to follow Luke and Professor Layton to Southampton, but she had gone, because…

If Marina wanted to seem conscientious and sympathetic, she’d say it was because she had been frightfully worried about her husband.

While that was true, if she was being totally honest, she would admit that she was envious and she wanted to prove herself to Luke.

After some encouragement from Flora, Marina had set out after Luke and the Professor—

Only to be captured by a cult, dragged to the cathedral, and used as leverage to make Luke and Layton surrender.

The pair of them had been locked inside ‘coffins’, while Marina had been tossed in the crypt for a couple of months…

Not to die, it turned out. The head priest was so merciful that he had eventually decided Marina would join their ‘congregation’. (His name for the cult.)

They started by giving her mundane ‘harmless’ jobs; cleaning, gardening, washing robes…

If she dared put one foot out of line, the priest had made it very clear what would happen to Luke and the Professor. 

Marina could run and contact the police— anyone outside the cult— but while she was away, there could another fatal error in the Relics Room, wherever that was…

The priest might as well have had Marina’s heart crushed in his fist.

So, Marina stayed. She followed orders and she kept her head down, but she was always watching. Watching and learning.

Two years into her imprisonment, she came to terms with the fact that no one was coming to rescue her.

Either Luke’s family and friends had forgotten she existed— or they had deemed it too dangerous to continue with the search.

Fine. Marina made friends on the inside. Her former warden— Josie— was her closest confidant.

Josie, apparently, wanted to use the Relics coffins for herself. She was more than happy to help Marina free Luke and Layton… if, in return, Marina could activate a coffin for Josie.

To do that, Marina would need to learn how to run the coffins safely— expertly, Josie said.

Despite her ‘obedience’ to the cult, Marina wasn’t allowed anywhere near the Relics Room— not even five years into her service.

Josie smuggled her books, blueprints and hastily-written notes from within the organisation.

Whenever Marina found a moment of peace, away from prying eyes, she would read— over and over, until she had every tiny detail memorised.

She couldn’t afford to make a single mistake— not when Luke and the Professors’ lives depended on her.

There would be no hints. No shortcuts… Just a potential window of opportunity that could arrive at any time.

That window was thrown open— eleven years after Marina’s capture— by a young woman who strolled into the cathedral with her friends. Katrielle Layton.

Marina had almost rushed out of her hiding place when Katrielle and her companions were surrounded by cult members— just like Luke and Layton years ago— but then, Katrielle had snapped her fingers and reinforcements had come storming in.

At last, the police had arrested the priest and his lackeys. Josie had shot Marina a look as she was led away with the other cult members.

“I’ll get you out,” Marina had mouthed, but Josie had shaken her head. Josie wanted in. She wanted to use the coffins to ‘escape to the future’… 

But before that, Marina needed to find the coffins.

Thankfully, Katrielle took care of that too! She moved a candlestick on the alter like a lever, uncovering a secret staircase.

“Puzzles are puzzles because they can be solved!” Katrielle announced. Marina blinked.

That was true, wasn’t it? It didn’t matter how long it took to solve a puzzle— or even if you had help— just as long as it got solved in the end!

Marina emerged from her hiding spot when Katrielle and her assistants had disappeared down the stairs.

This was it… This had to be it. Luke and Professor Layton had to be waiting at the bottom of these stairs— in the legendary Relics Room… and soon, they would be free.

Marina would make sure of it. This was her mission— what she had spent the last eleven years of her life working towards. She would solve the puzzle of the coffins… 

Or, if she couldn’t, maybe Katrielle and Co could help her. They would solve it together.

Marina smiled.

[razzle-zazzle]

hmmm

might rework the betrothal au a lil bit

[shouldaspunastory]

The Muses: Marina Amell

Marina spent most of her life in Ferelden's Circle. Though somewhat sheltered and naive to the ways of the world beyond Kinloch Hold, she is possessed and guided by an innate certainty of right and wrong. This, and well-earned praise of both her magical talents and character from First Enchanter Irving, were what convinced Duncan she would make an excellent recruit.

[World State One]

Game decisions/deviations

Companions: Recruited all, Returned Sten's sword, acquired the Grimoire peacefully, Had Majorlaine killed, Helped Alistair find Goldana, Explored Cadash Taig with Shale, Found Wynne's old apprentice, Alistair remained with Marina & the Gray Wardens, Did not complete Morrigan's Dark Ritual

Broken Circle: Supported the mages, Irving survived, did not agree with Cullen's request

Nature of the Beast: Brokered peace, Brought Cammen & Gheyna together, Saved the Halla, Didn't tell Athras wife's fate, Found Ironbark for Varathorn, Returned Deygan to camp

Paragon of her Kind: Defeated Branka, Dagna left to study, Helped Orta join the Assembly, Killed Ruck said he died heroically, Proved Legion of the Dead had noble connections, Helped Zerlinda reconcile with family, Returned tome to Shaparate, Bhelen rules Orzammar

Warden's Keep: Slayed Sophia, Allowed Avernus to continue ethical experiments.

Denerim: Ser Landry lives, Told Bann Sighard about Oswyn, Brought scrolls to Sister Justine, Helped clear out the Pearl, Handled the Crimson Oars, Gave Alfstanna her brother Immeric's ring, Returned Amulet to beggar in Alienage

Redcliffe: Helped Redcliffe prepare & fight, Freed Bevin & returned sword, Helped Owen's daughter escape, Conor alive & not possessed, Isolde alive, Bella left to start a brewery

Urn of Sacred Ashes: not poisoned

Landsmeet: Alistair executed Loghain, Queen Anora rules

Battle of Denerim: Marina took the killing blow, survived (miscarried).

Relationships

Alistair Theirin - Lover, Husband Morrigan- friendly Sten- neutral Zevran- friendly Leliana- friends Shale- friendly Wynne- friends Oghren- neutral Loghain- enemies

Basic Information

Full name: Marina Amell

Pronouns: she/her

Aliases: Sometimes uses her sister Leandra's name when she needs to travel under the radar.

Title: Hero of Ferelden, Commander of the Grey

Occupation: Grey Warden

Date of Birth: 16th of Justinian

Orientation: Demisexual

Libido: Moderate with those she's in love with

Religion: Largely Agnostic

Threat level: 7/10, incredibly intelligent/quick-thinking, stubborn, dangerous when angered

Physical Information

Face claim: Gaia Weiss

Height: 5 ft, 8 in.

Eye color: blue

Hair color + style: Blonde, long, often pulled back in a braid(s)

Dominant hand: left

Distinguishing features: Has a birthmark that vaguely resembles a bird on the inside of her wrist

Accent + intensity: Ferelden, mild

Tattoos: A rose on her ankle, done by Zevran

Scar(s): Scratches on her right shoulder from a fear demon that snuck up on her, a few others from various encounters with Darkspawn. (Various others during and post DAI)

Piercing(s): none

Glasses: none

Background Information

Hometown: Kirkwall

Current residence: Ferelden

Language(s): King's Tongue, can read some Orlesian

Social class: Middle

Education: Ferelden Circle

Parents: Aristide Amell & Bethann Walker

Siblings: Leandra & Gamlen Amell

Pets: Bones (Mabari)

Adopted?: No, but First Enchanter Irving became and Wynne both became something of psuedo-parents to during her time in the Circle.

Personality Information

Jung type: INFJ, "The Counselor"

Archetype: The Chosen One

Enneatype: One, The Reformer

Moral alignment: Lawful Good

Temperment: Composed

Intelligence type: Logical

Neurodivergence(s): N/A

At risk: Tainted after joining Gray Wardens

Vices & Habits

Smokes? No

Drinks? Rarely

Drugs? No

Violent? When necessary

Addicition(s)? None

Self-Destructive? No

Hobbies: Experimenting with new magical skills/schools

Likes: tea, sunrises, music

Dislikes: injustice, unnecessary violence, beer

Tic(s): worries inside of her bottom lip when nervous or deep in thought

Miscellaneous Information

Zodiac: Toth

Vice: Arrogance

Virtue: Ethically/Morally driven

Element: Ice & Earth

Mythological creature: Griffon

Animal: Cat (Shape-shifting)

Mutation: Tainted

[noeggets]

No thoughts only splatoon direct

[catboymitosis]

You tagging that "girls who are boys"/"boys who are girls" ppst as Marlevi made me think, and, like, I'm pretty sure Marina would've loved being a Flapper, if she was born a decade or so earlier, lol

Marina exploring her gender and presentation and not liking being seen as a boy but enjoying being a tomboy and a little gender fuckey wuckey, even if at the end of the day, she still likes being femme and dresses (she's so poggers)

Marina B ending is just the gift that keeps on giving, her journey from being a girl because it doesn't feel wrong to meeting other trans people and exploring what kind of girl she can be and wants to be is just so so special <3 Marina doing some gender fuckery and being a tomboy and a boy in a girl kind of way makes me so happy you just know she went crazy with her gender presentation and had a great time doing it

[snowflop]

I have a few things to say about the direct but they're all overshadowed by the announcement of a sequel(?) to one of my favourite games of all time, Fantasy Life for the 3ds, that looks soul crushingly disappointing. My disappointment is immeasurable and my direct is ruined.

[synthaphone]

ghost trick is all i care about