Markus ti Lacrima is a Gray of Luna and a centurion of Legio XIII Dracones.
Personality[]
Appearance[]
Markus is described as "a sundark water-buffalo of a centurion".[1]
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Pre-Saga[]
At the Legion agoge, Markus bunked with ninety-nine other trainees, including Rhone ti Flavinius, Demetrius ti Interimo, and Drusilla ti Pistris, who all came to be like family. After completing their training, every single one of them was chosen to become part of the Praetorian Guard, a feat which had never happened before and never would again.[2]
Light Bringer[]
As of 754 PCE, Markus, Demetrius, Rhone, and Drusilla are the only survivors of their training group.[2]
Markus made landfall in The Siege of Phobos alongside Lysander au Lune in November 754.[3]
Markus accompanies Rhone and Lysander to Ilium aboard the Dustmaker, and kills the Dustwalkers who attempt to capture Atlas when the Fear Knight departs the moonbreaker during the Kalyke Massacre.[4]
When Lysander's allies liberate Io from the Ascomanni occupation, Markus and Kyber free the Moon Lords and Gaia au Raa from the Arbor of Akari. Markus relays Lysander's allibi to the Moon Lords before leading them out of the Arbor.
Markus and Kyber accompany Lysander east of Plutus when Diomedes takes him to retrieve the Shield of Akari, and is suspicious when Lysander tells them to wait outside.
Markus is killed by Lysander when he and Cassius ambush Atlas in Hangar 17B of the Lightbringer. After the battle, Markus frames the Dustwalkers for Markus's death in order to lure Demetrius away.[5]