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| “ | One thing I learned sticking around this family Elijah, we take on one of you, we are taking on all of you. | ” |
— Marcel to Elijah in The Bloody Crown
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Marcellus "Marcel" Gerard is a main character on The Originals. He was initially made out to be the antagonist and the big bad of the series during the early episodes of the first season before it was revealed that he is actually a mostly well-intentioned vampire, who was simply trying to protect Davina Claire, a young witch he adopted whose hatred toward her coven he used to help enforce his rule in the French Quarter. Marcel is the adoptive son and former protégé of Niklaus Mikaelson, who turned him into a vampire. He is also the adoptive brother of Hope Mikaelson and the adoptive father of Davina. In the episode Give 'Em Hell Kid, he became an Enhanced Original Vampire though Lucien's serum.
Marcel was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1810 to a female slave and her master, the Governor of Louisiana. Despite being the Governor's son, he worked as a slave on the Governor's plantation until he happened to meet Niklaus Mikaelson at his half-brother's funeral. Niklaus, impressed with the young boy's survival instincts and feeling as though the two were kindred spirits, decided to adopt the boy into his family as his ward. Because Marcel's mother elected not to name him until she was sure he would survive the fever and ended up succumbing to it before she could choose one for him, Klaus gave him the name "Marcellus", meaning "little warrior", which was later shortened in "Marcel".
From this moment on, he lived with the Mikaelson Family for the majority of the next century until he enlisted in the Army during World War I and was deployed to France until 1919. He then returned to his home that year and continued living with Klaus and his siblings Elijah, Rebekah, and Kol at their compound until their father Mikael, the Original Vampire vampire-hunter, arrived to town at his and Rebekah's summoning and subsequently chased his children out of town. The Mikaelsons' absence left a power vacuum in the city's supernatural community, which allowed Marcel to eventually rise to leader of the vampire faction while he continued to build up their numbers by carefully turning humans into more of his kind. The vampires quickly accumulated more and more power over witches, humans, and werewolves during the next few decades until Marcel ultimately became the de facto "King" of New Orleans.
During Marcel's rule, he enforced a system of rules of his creation within the French Quarter, by which all supernatural residents must abide. At the beginning of the series, Marcel found himself at war with Klaus, who was trying to reclaim the French Quarter. He was trying to maintain order within the city, which meant dealing with the witches, who continued their pursuit of Davina after the Harvest ritual he and his army interrupted. He also began to rekindle his romance with Rebekah. Marcel and Rebekah sided together to take down Klaus once and for all so that they could finally be together, but their plan failed. Klaus killed many of Marcel's minions, forcing Marcel to ultimately choose to step down from the throne in order to save the rest of his people.
Soon after, Klaus asked Marcel to join him in ruling New Orleans and Marcel agrees to become the co-vampire King of New Orleans at his side. Rebekah ended their relationship and continued her own pursuit to defeat Klaus. Later, Davina learned of the secrets Marcel had been keeping from her and lost her trust in him. It was around that time that Davina's powers began to grow out of control and began to endangered the people of New Orleans, leaving them no other choice but to go through with the Harvest ritual to stop the plague of earthquakes, windstorms, torrential rain, and wildfires that were intent to consume the town. Marcel went to desperate lengths to protect her as he loves her like his own daughter, but the event could not be avoided and Davina eventually agreed to go along with it for the sake of the town's citizens. She was thankful that she had Marcel in her life, and it is clear that Marcel would do anything for her. Davina was then killed by Sophie Deveraux, but despite properly completing the ritual, Davina and the other three witches sacrificed as offerings to the Ancestors were not resurrected as they were intended to be, causing Marcel great anguish for her loss. Marcel deeply grieved Davina's death and avoided ruling the French Quarter for some time.
Camille came back into the picture after he avoided pursuing a relationship with her due to Father Kieran telling him to stay away from her. They grew closer as he told her of his dark past and provided her comfort as her uncle Kieran was cursed with a hex. Marcel was also banished from the French Quarter by Elijah due to Rebekah and his great betrayal from 1919. Marcel also left Davina in Genevieve's care in order to protect her. Marcel had began his plan to reclaim the French Quarter with Thierry, Diego, and many other vampires by his side leading to an all out war: Marcel's Army vs. Klaus, Elijah and the Crescent Wolf Pack. The war was interrupted due to Hayley Marshall (who was then pregnant with hers and Klaus' baby daughter) being kidnapped by the witches, as well as the witches' allies Francesca Correa and her brothers, who revealed they were not actually human, but untriggered werewolves descended from a member of the former Guerrera Pack. Once in possession of the moonlight rings they had stolen from Hayley and the Crescents, Francesca and their brothers triggered their curses and used the rings to control their transformation, allowing them to bite all of the vampires in Marcel's Army and leave them for dead. Marcel, who was also bitten himself by Klaus, was running out of time to save himself and his people. He then rescued his newly-born adoptive sister, hoping to use her as leverage to get Klaus to heal them all with his blood, but when he returned to the compound, the vampires were already dead. Regardless, Klaus forgave Marcel for his actions in gratitude for him saving Hope and decided to heal Marcel with his blood.
It had been revealed in the series that Marcel is the one who drove the werewolves out of the French Quarter in the 1990s, and was also the man who hired Brynne Deveraux (not knowing she was actually possessed by Celeste Dubois) to place the original Crescent Curse on the Crescent Wolf Clan. Despite the strife between the vampires and the werewolves, Marcel was said to have been friends with Hayley's mother and father, and when he found them dead and found the young baby Hayley in her cradle, he arranged for Father Kieran to find her an adoptive family and get her out of town, purposely excluding her from her family's curse due to his rule against hurting children. As he later told Hayley, he could have kept her to gain leverage over the wolves, but ultimately chose to ensure she had a good life. When Mikael was resurrected by Davina in From a Cradle to a Grave, he killed all of Marcel's vampire army while they were dying of werewolf bites, with the exception of Joshua Rosza, who had previously been healed by Davina. In the second season, Josh and Marcel began rebuilding their decimated vampire community by choosing the best candidates for vampirism and turning them to increase their numbers. Their first recruit was Gia, with whom both men, and especially Marcel, developed a close friendship.
Marcel and Josh were later joined by Elijah in leading the new vampire community in the neighborhood of Algiers, and they formed close alliances with both hybrids Klaus and Hayley, but also the Crescent Wolf Clan, bringing peace to the supernatural community at large for the first time in centuries. The vampires, hybrids, and werewolves all banded together to fight against the Mikaelson childrens' resurrected witch mother Esther and brother Finn, along with their similarly resurrected Original vampire father Mikael and their powerful, ancient, and immortal witch aunt Dahlia, who sought Klaus and Hayley's daughter and Marcel's adopted sister Hope for her own coven.
As of the end of Season Two and the beginning of Season Three, Marcel has a tenuous and strained relationship with Klaus and is leading the supernatural community at large once again alongside Davina, the new Regent of the nine covens of New Orleans. When the ancient vampire society known as The Strix arrives in New Orleans, they approach Marcel and offer him a place among their ranks as a war is brewing between the three remaining sirelines of vampires. In A Walk on the Wild Side, Marcel is initiated into the Strix with Hayley's help as a way to determine their plans towards Klaus and the other Originals.
History
1820
Marcel as a young boy
Marcel was a slave of and the second born son of the Governor. In 1820, during the Governor's first son Emil's funeral, Klaus sees him being whipped. After Marcel throws an apple back at the man whipping him, showing his bravery, Klaus kills the man before he can retaliate. When Klaus asks the boy his name, he tells him that his mother wouldn't give him one until he turned 10 years old out of fear of him dying of fever; but his mother died before she could name him. Klaus names the boy Marcellus, meaning little warrior. Klaus then took in Marcel and raised him like a son. After being attracted to Rebekah since childhood and finally falling under his feelings, Klaus gave him a choice: to undagger Rebekah and live out their days together until Marcel grows old or be turned into a vampire. He chooses to become a vampire like he always wanted, though he never stopped loving Rebekah and Klaus' actions later caused Marcel to turn against him.
1821
Marcellus had grown closer to the kinder Elijah who was teaching him to play the piano. Elijah also taught Marcellus to read, using Shakespeare as practice. Marcellus idolized Elijah, however, Klaus feeling jealous, undaggered Kol Mikaelson, a vicious Original whose bloodthirsty appetites exceeded Klaus' and frightened Marcellus with his antics. One night, Marcel was forced to watch as Kol compelled people to act out Hamlet, even making them kill each other for real. Kol even went so far as to feed Marcel his blood, happily saying that he'd turn him since that's what his brothers really wanted. Klaus, realizing how dangerous Kol was to Marcel after he was scared by the "act", daggered Kol once again. Marcellus later spoke to Elijah about his progress on a book only for Elijah to shun him, the latter saying he was bored of him and called him a scavenger to Klaus, in reality Elijah only said these things to allow Klaus and Marcel to once again bond, but Marcel not knowing this took a dislike to Elijah and has never liked him since.
1835
Klaus forbids Marcel from seeing Rebekah
Marcel had grown close to Rebekah over the years, training in the art of fencing with her since he was a boy. Finally able to best her in a duel, Marcel began romantically pursuing Rebekah and she seemed to be reciprocating his feelings. However, despite Marcel's pleas to let him and Rebekah be together, Klaus did not approve of the relationship and forbid it. Marcel was persistent though and tried again, kissing Rebekah who shared his feelings. Klaus suddenly interrupted, furious and seeing their relationship as a betrayal. To punish them, Klaus daggered Rebekah in front of Marcel.
Later that year, Marcel was shot by the governor, his own father, while trying to free some slaves. The dying Marcel asked Klaus to turn him and against Klaus' wishes, he did so. Later, in a deleted scene of Season One, Marcel then compelled his father to carve out his own heart with a knife even though Klaus warned that this would not bring him peace from his father's abuse of him.
1887
After Rebekah had been daggered for 52 years, Klaus removed it from her heart. Awakened, Rebekah asked for Marcel, worried for him and Klaus sadistically revealed that he had given Marcel the choice between a human life with Rebekah or a vampire life that didn't include her. Much to Rebekah's horror, she learned of Marcel's choice to become a vampire instead of have a life with her. Marcel entered the room, seemingly cold and unfeeling toward her revival.
1914
Marcel helps catch Kol
After a series of thefts throughout New Orleans during the holiday season, the mayor asked Klaus to get to the bottom of it. Klaus had Marcel dig further into it and Marcel believed that Kol was responsible. He and Klaus tracked Kol to the Dowager Folean's cottage where Kol was in the middle of stealing a rare paragon diamond. Marcel and Klaus forced Kol to turn the diamond over to them and with one of Klaus' witches, trapped Kol's allies in the house. Later, Marcel attended the Originals' Christmas party with Rebekah and after Klaus learned of Kol's treacherous intentions to steal the diamond back, Marcel witnessed Klaus dagger Kol as Rebekah betrayed Kol, despite promising not to tell Klaus what Kol was up to when catching him searching for the diamond in Klaus' room.
1918
Marcel during World War I.
Marcel enlisted to fight in World War I much to Klaus' anger, believing Marcel was spiting him for not letting him be with Rebekah. Marcel refused to listen to Klaus' claims that he had more of a duty to his family than his country and departed, fighting in France. While in the trenches, Marcel grew as a leader of his regiment, a group nicknamed "The Brotherhood of the Damned". Klaus arrived, trying to entice Marcel to come back home by trying to appease his vampire nature. Marcel continued to refuse him, believing he needed to be there for his men. Klaus scoffed at him, not seeing him as the leader he was turning into. When his friend Joe Dalton was wounded in battle, he asked Marcel to turn him into a vampire along with all the squad, so they'd have enough strength to defeat their enemies. Marcel did so, leading his vampire troops to victory.
1919
Marcel returns home.
Marcel returned home to New Orleans after fighting in World War I. He was welcomed back with open arms by Klaus, but was treated more coldly by Rebekah due to their past. Shortly after he returned home, he aided Klaus in the conflict between Klaus and the new leader of the New Orleans witch coven, Papa Tunde. However, when Marcel and Rebekah grew closer again, unable to deny their feelings for each other, they desperately searched for a way to be free to do as they wished, without Klaus trying to control them. They decided that they would scare Klaus away using the Originals' father, Mikael, who had been hunting Klaus for nearly a millennium. With the help of the a witch, Genevieve, Marcel and Rebekah summoned Mikael.
Marcel is trapped and left behind.
Months later, though, he still hadn't shown himself. Klaus, meanwhile, great more comfortable with their relationship and actually publicly declared his newfound approval of it. Marcel and Rebekah were delighted by his change of heart. However, things soon took a turn for the worse when Mikael finally arrived in New Orleans. Mikael brutally beat Marcel and crucified him to a post in a play, as a message to Klaus. Rebekah and Klaus tried to rescue Marcel from Mikael's violence but were unsuccessful as they were forced to flee, leaving Marcel behind. The Originals believed that Marcel had been killed in Mikael's purge of New Orleans but Marcel had survived Mikael's massacre and slowly established a leadership role in the French Quarter, using the skills and lessons that Klaus had taught him.
1925
Marcel killed what he thought was the remaining Guerrera Family along with Joe Dalton.
1950s
Marcel supposedly studied law in the 1950s.
1990s
When there was infighting among the werewolves in New Orleans, which led to the death of some of the leaders of the Crescent Wolf Clan, the Labonairs. Marcel, who had been on good terms with the deceased husband and wife, went to their home soon after their murder to find their baby daughter still in her crib. Marcel considered using her for leverage but having a code of keeping kids out of trouble, took her to his friend Father Keiran instead, to give her a new life out of harm's way. Not long after, the Crescent Wolf Clan tried to take over New Orleans, Marcel was forced to have a witch place a curse on them in order to subdue his enemies without being forced into utterly and violently slaughtering them.
Throughout The Vampire Diaries Series
Season Four
In The Originals, when Klaus arrives in New Orleans, he presents himself to Marcel, who used to be his fun-loving, charming protégé. Even though Klaus built the town, his father, Mikael, ran him out of it over a hundred years ago and now Marcel rules it. He's persuaded the humans to look the other way, chased away the werewolves and locked down the witches with some kind of secret. Later, he kills Jane-Anne for performing magic without his permission.
As Klaus goes to meet Sophie, Jane-Anne's sister, she tells Klaus if she talks, she’ll be killed like her sister. Unbeknownst to Klaus, Marcel has some of his men follow Klaus to find out what he’s planning.
Meanwhile, Klaus is roaming the New Orleans streets and back alley bars when he sees one of Marcel's day walkers. He asks the day walker where Marcel is. When he refuses to say, Klaus threatens to feed on him.
The king of New Orleans
Marcel appears and tells him in no uncertain terms that nobody, and he means nobody, especially Klaus, hurts his men. He demands to know why Marcel was having him followed and also wants to know what he’s been up to in his, Klaus’, town. In response to Klaus’ question, Marcel takes him up on a balcony and shows him the view of New Orleans. He says the town is growing and he has complete control over all the witches. Klaus, seeing the power that Marcel wields, wants to know how he’s doing it. Marcel refuses to tell him. As Klaus and Marcel look on, Marcel sees a girl, the bartender from one of the bars. Marcel jumps to the ground to greet her and begins flirting with her.
Klaus confronts Marcel and demands to know what the deal is with the witches. Marcel says it’s his secret and HIS town, so he won’t tell him. Basically it’s none of Klaus’ business, which obviously Klaus doesn't agree with. Klaus tells Marcel that New Orleans WAS his town. Marcel mocks Klaus, asking him if he’s jealous. He reminds Klaus that he ran from the town, then he comes back and brags about how the vampires rule and how he controls all the witches. Marcel tells him that he’ll let him stay in HIS town, as long as he understands that Marcel is the King. So Klaus better show him some respect. Marcel does not seem concerned that Klaus is an Original. The other vampires gather and surround Marcel. Klaus flashes over to one of Marcel's many vampires and bites him in the neck. Then Klaus, his mouth dripping with blood, tells him that his vampire friend will die before the weekend is over. After all, a werewolf bite is death to a vampire. Klaus informs Marcel that he’s broken one of HIS rules and he can’t be killed. “I’m immortal. Who has the power now, friend?” asks Klaus.
Later, Klaus goes to see Marcel and tells him that he’s really not his enemy. Klaus, as a peace offering, gives Marcel some of his blood so Marcel can give it to the man he bit. Klaus’ blood will heal him and it will be “as though it never happened.” Klaus says the French Quarter is Marcel's home and if he is welcome, he would like to stay for awhile.
Throughout The Originals Series
Marcel talks to Sophie In Always and Forever, Elijah had been watching Marcel, who had become vampire king of New Orleans in Klaus' absence. Elijah is appalled by how Marcel's crew kills people in public. He is also mystified by Marcel's mysterious control over the town's witches, who aren't allowed to practice magic under penalty of death. When Sophie, Jane-Anne’s sister, comes to collect her body and put it in a cemetery so she can be at peace, Marcel takes it away from her and says that Sophie must cooperate in order to put her sister to rest. In a meeting between Marcel and Klaus, Marcel says that New Orleans is his town, which sets Klaus off. He goes on a rant about how he made him the man he is, but Marcel explains that when Klaus ran away, he took over. When Marcel says he knows how to deal with Klaus, Elijah comes in to talk to him. Marcel won’t explain how he controls the witches, but Elijah explains that the blood of a hybrid will cure the fatality of a werewolf bite. He bargains that Marcel needs to let the witches bury Jane-Anne and gets her body for the witches to prove his loyalty to them and the agreement he has made with them. Marcel and Klaus Marcel and Klaus go to take care of a human/newbie vampire problem. They arrive to a parking garage to find a man and a woman in the back of a van. He tells them about wanting blood and becoming a vampire, but only one of them gets to live. He tosses a coin and which ever one gets it, gets to live. The girl grabs the coin and at first Marcel acts smug, but then snaps the girls neck. He says to let her die in the cold because he doesn't have a thing for people who betray their friends. Then he leaves. Marcel finds Rebekah on the balcony and greets her. Marcel recalls the last time he saw her (when Mikael was burning the city down and they fled). She left without even looking for him. He seems bitter and hurt by it. Rebekah says she thought he was dead and accuses Marcel of being afraid of Klaus. Marcel denies it and says that he's not afraid of anything. Rebekah tells him that if she finds out he knew about Elijah's disappearance, she would kill him herself. Marcel and Davina Klaus is at the bar drinking when Marcel comes in with a sour look. Klaus teases that he knows that face; woman problems. Marcel calls Klaus a dick for not telling him Rebekah was in town. Klaus says he thought it would be more fun this way. Marcel gets a call about the wolf and orders it to be killed. Marcel and Camille are on a date at the bar. Rebekah comes barging in, demanding to know where Elijah is. Marcel knows that Rebekah won't kill him, but she will kill Camille. Marcel caves and takes Rebekah to see Elijah. He has him hidden in Davina's attic. Davina throws Rebekah against the walls with her magic and out the window. Marcel has Rebekah in her old room. He lets Rebekah know he’s in charge and everything in New Orleans is his. He also warns her to not ever touch “Cami” again. Marcel goes to talk to Davina who seems upset and is drawing. Marcel tells her that the Mikaelsons are in New Orleans to stay. She doesn't like that and he asks her for a favor. he wants her to find out how to kill an Original. In Tangled Up In Blue, Marcel is getting fitted for a tux, suit. There are now ten dead vampires. Klaus walks in while Marcel and Thierry are talking about who might have done it. Klaus asks for Elijah back and Marcel asks Klaus to take a walk with him. Marcel is having a party and he isn't willing to give Elijah back just yet, just to show who has the power. Klaus and Marcel are listening to Thierry play the saxophone. Marcel thinks nothing is going to mess with his town. Klaus gets into Marcel's head about traps and thinks that he should rile the witches up. Diego, Marcel, and Cami At the ball, Marcel sees that Rebekah has invited Cami. Marcel goes to Cami, apologizing for not inviting her himself. Then he says he's not going to leave her all by herself, looking so beautiful. Marcel and Cami almost kiss when Diego interrupts to tell him about what happened with Thierry. Marcel grabs Thierry by the throat, but his men calm him down and remind him where they are. Marcel sentences Thierry to 100 years in The Garden. Katie is walking up the street. she’s trying to save Thierry. Katie is hurting Marcel and Davina is helping him through magic. Klaus then steps in to help and snaps Katie’s neck. Marcel thanks him.  Marcel Marcel is torturing Thierry and leaves him to rot in the Garden. Klaus and Marcel are on a bench talking about Camille. Klaus apologizes for Thierry's disloyalty. Marcel agrees to give Elijah back to Klaus. Marcel goes to the tower and Davina is happy to see him, but she doesn't want to give Elijah back. Marcel is shocked by this. Rebekah is walking down the street, but Marcel stops her. He kind of threatens her and let’s her know he's not happy about the Cami stunt. In Girl in New Orleans, Davina asks him for the night out and after reminding her that she's to be up in the attic for her safety, she shows him she can take care of herself by boiling his blood to which he expresses pride in her and tells her she has to be with Cami who's his friend. He tells his nightwalkers to watch over those two from respected posts. Later, he shows concern when Davina is missing and Cami tells him she snuck out to meet a guy. He shows up at the church, unaware that Klaus paid Davina a visit and asks her what happened when he sees the broken glass everywhere. Davina doesn't tell him about Klaus and reminds him that she lives in the church. Marcel calling Klaus In Sinners and Saints, Marcel is told by Kieran O'Connell that he has to move Davina because he's concerned the witches will eventually catch up with her. It is revealed that 8 months ago, prior to the series events, Marcel has been friends with benefits with Sophie and learned about the Harvest from her. He shows up with his army at the cemetery where the ritual takes place and kills all guilty witches, noticing that Davina is the only survivor of the four sacrificed witches and takes her away to safety, which is how their relationship began. In the present, Marcel is concerned about Davina, who feigns a panic attack about "something bad coming" at Elijah's instructions. She then faints and Marcel carries her up to her room. He's later confronted by Klaus who he distracted by dead witches in the bayou and is surprised to see Elijah who's undaggered. Marcel and Josh In Fruit of the Poisoned Tree, Marcel grows suspicious of Klaus and discovers he lied about where he lives. After a conversation with Josh, he goes to Thierry in the Garden because Thierry is the only one he trusts. Marcel listens as Thierry tells him that he believes Klaus drained the nightwalker's blood to compel him. Also, he tells Marcel that Klaus has to have a inside man. After hooking up with Rebekah, Marcel realizes that the Originals. are staying at his old plantation. He presumably kidnaps Hayley at the end of the episode, as he is last seen facing Hayley at the door before she disappears. Marcel In Bloodletting, Marcel holds a fight club for his nightwalkers to impress him to get a daylight ring early seeing there's a waiting list. After one nightwalker wins, Klaus speeds in and breaks her neck which gets Marcel's attention. Angered, he asks Klaus what his problem is and Klaus accuses him of kidnapping Hayley. Marcel tells him he didn't and detects she's someone special to Klaus. He lets Sabine use her magic to track Hayley which she does to the bayou. Marcel then gets his nightwalkers inside, and inside the nightwalker bar he confronts Josh about being a spy for Klaus. He sacks him and takes him to Davina to get the compulsion wipe. At the end of the episode, he meets up with Tyler who gives him useful information on Klaus. In The River in Reverse, Marcel meets with Tyler and his lair. Marcel tells his walkers that if they stay around they are signing up for battle. Tyler is filling the vampires in on Klaus' past of becoming a hybrid. Rebekah walks in and interrupts them. She finishes the story for Tyler. Rebekah agrees with Tyler and doesn't want the baby to be born. She is on team Marcel. She snaps Tyler's neck, turns out Rebekah doesn't want to hurt the baby, just Klaus. Marcel and Rebekah take Tyler to their dungeon. Rebekah asks where they are putting Klaus and Marcel has him a spot all by himself. He plans on keeping Klaus in there for 52 years. Rebekah is planning everything out but she feels a little guilty I think, but she says she regrets not doing this sooner. In the city, Klaus goes to Marcel's. It’s empty but then Marcel shows up. Klaus gets to the point and tells Marcel that he wants his dagger back, then Rebekah shows up. Marcel whistles for his boys and then they become surround. Klaus is very cocky and starting to get pissed. Now Klaus gets the point and is getting ready to fight. He first makes a speech, trying to get an ally. Klaus throws a coin saying whoever gets the coin will live, no one goes for it. Klaus is on his own and the battle begins. They chain his arms and they all start ganging up on him. Rebekah watches as they all beat and stab Klaus. Klaus goes into Hybrid mode just as Rebekah was going to stab him with the dagger. He takes them all out after that. Rebekah stops Marcel from fighting and tells him to pick up the coin so that Klaus doesn't kill him. Marcel yells and stops the fight, he then picks up Klaus’ coin. Marcel pledges his allegiance to Klaus and tells him that he can have his kingdom. Later, Marcel is watching as the surviving vampires burn the dead fighters. Klaus comes and gloats a bit, but Marcel turns the tables. Klaus wants Marcel's house. Marcel tells him he can have it all but he will never have loyalty from anyone. Marcel tells him to enjoy his kingdom. Marcel at the banquet. In Reigning Pain in New Orleans, Marcel and Rebekah made a deal to ”trick” Klaus into believing their loyalty. Rebekah wants Marcel to stay safe. Klaus makes a long speech as new king. He introduces Hayley to the Vampires, He warns them about protecting Hayley. He also tells them he isn't going to use the baby’s blood for hybrids. To prove his point, he wants the vampires to kill every werewolf in the French quarter. Marcel asks Klaus if he compelled her to date him, he doesn't deny it. Cami thinks that her feeling for Marcel were compelled as well but Klaus points out that whatever she felt was true, he had nothing to do with that. Cami shows Klaus what she’s been figuring out on her own and he compels Cami once again to forget about the vampires and she leaves. Marcel and Klaus are still in Klaus’ new study, chatting about the “humans” while Klaus looks at the picture of he and Marcel from back in the day that Cami found. Marcel warns him about loyalty and the humans, he tells Klaus that it’s his show now but he just felt like he should warn him. Klaus tells Marcel about all of his indiscretions, Marcel takes everything in stride. Marcel thanks him for the honesty and tells Klaus that his meeting with the humans is in an hour. Meanwhile, at Camille's she has left post it notes all over her house reminding her not to trust Klaus. She even had a tape recorder in her purse to tape their conversations. Marcel goes to tell Davina that she’s moving. He’s not mad at her, Klaus comes in and has a little chat with Davina. She’s not happy. Klaus leaves and tells Marcel that they have a meeting to go to down stairs. Father Kieran is waiting on them with the “humans”. The mayor steps up as well as the chief of police, they tell them they can co-exist peacefully as long as they listen to the humans. Klaus laughs at them and tells them that that’s not going to work for him. At the bar, Klaus and Marcel are having drinks until Klaus gets a call from the humans and they do not agree to his terms, then they get ambushed by wooden bullets and sunshine. Marcel is pissed that he lost more of his friends. Marcel wants Klaus to step up as a leader. Klaus is proud that Marcel finally said something. Klaus asks what he should do and Marcel wants to kill them all. They call a meeting for Father Kieran and the other human then they start taking out the humans one by one. Father Kieran is the only one left and Klaus isn't sure what to do with him yet. Marcel stops him from doing anything rash so brings up Cami and uses that to save Father. Marcel agreeing to becoming Co-Vampire King alongside Klaus. Marcel taking care of Davina In The Casket Girls, Marcel is first seen with Rebekah and he tries to speak with her, but she pushes him away saying that he doesn't have any right to touch her since he sided with Klaus. Then he gets a call from Klaus who informs him that Davina has escaped and he goes to him to find out what happened. When Elijah arrives, he asks him what did he told her in the attic and admits he is not sure that he didn't take her. When they start looking for Davina he makes deal with Elijah to ensure that Davina would be safe from Klaus once they find her. When Davina comes to Klaus and Marcel to get back Tim, she attacks him and blames him for betraying her. When Klaus poisons Davina it is revealed that Marcel made a deal with a Sabine to protect Davina. Rebekah brings Davina back and gives her to Marcel who takes care of her. You have to let me go. Marcel with Davina's body
Marcel, Klaus and Diego. In Crescent City, Marcel and Rebekah grow concerned with the reemergence of Genevieve. In Long Way Back From Hell, a distraught Elijah turns to Marcel and Hayley for help when one of his decisions puts Klaus and Rebekah’s lives in danger. Marcel carrying Davina's body. In Le Grand Guignol, are a series of flashbacks to 1919. Klaus opens up to Camille and reveals details of the devastating secret Rebekah and Marcel were trying to keep from him. In Farewell to Storyville, Marcel comforts Rebekah as Klaus tries to kill her. He tries to get Cami to help a resurrected Davina after the latter is suffering from PTSD. When Rebekah is freed he says he can't run from New Orleans as it is his home and Klaus and Elijah took it as if the owned him and he wants the city back, and the two say farewell on good terms. Marcel tries to confront Klaus and want's it over. Klaus does nothing but Elijah exiles Marcel from the French Quarter threatening him to never return. In Moon Over Bourbon Street, Marcel is still in exile on the other side of New Orleans tries to enlist Thierry to take back the city. He then encourages Josh to get Davina to practice magic again for her own protection, which Josh does. He later sleeps with Cami after she was almost killed after Kieran had a psychotic episode and they had been drinking, with Marcel taking a dream web he realized a witch was using to spy on Cami. Thierry joins Marcel to retake the city. In The Big Uneasy, Marcel and Thierry proceed with their plans despite failing to recruit Diego. At the witch's feast, he sends his gift in the form of compelled humans to slash their wrists to trick the vampires in to breaking their peace treaty, promising there will be no peace. In retaliation, Elijah attempts to kill Marcel despite the latters smug personality, and Elijah decides to rip Thierry's heart out and let Marcel live with the guilt as punishment. The vampires then decide to side with Marcel. Marcel and Cami In A Closer Walk With Thee, Marcel returns to the Quarter to bury Kieran and help Cami. She realizes he knew about the key and asks him to leave. Later he tells Cami the key leads to something that could be used against the supernaturals in New Orleans, and was trying to keep her safe. After Cami locates the box for the key, he assumes someone got to it as the box is empty. Cami reveals there was a secret code in the box her brother learned from Kieran as her brother was meant to take Kieran's place in the Faction one day before his death. She will not tell Marcel what it says as it is her responsibility now. After talking to Klaus about their past, he states he and his vampires will fight Klaus out of town until they are dead which Klaus acknowledges. In The Battle of New Orleans, Marcel is seen interrogating Jackson and Oliver, asking them what Klaus is planning. They tell him and he gathers all the vampires in order to defeat Klaus and get the Originals out. He plans on luring Klaus out so Elijah will be alone in facing off against his army. Marcel succesfully lures Klaus out of the compound and they fight in the street, despite being weaker than an Original, Marcel initially has the upperhand though is soon overpowered and is bitten by Klaus. Marcel tells Klaus he got the explosives from Francesca. He later goes back to the compound and finds most of his vampires have been bitten by the Correas and sees Diego slowly dying. In From a Cradle to a Grave, Marcel ends up breaking one of his rules by killing Monique Deveraux, though this was to save Hope Mikaelson. Marcel apologizes to Klaus for bringing Mikael to town all those years ago. Marcel allows Klaus to compel him to forget Hope is alive in exchange for vials of Klaus' blood, more valuable than ever due to the werewolves having full access to their powers which includes their lethal bite. |
In Rebirth, with most of the vampires being exiled from the Quarter by the werewolves, Marcel began rebuilding a vampire community from scratch. Later, he helped Klaus with removing the moonlight rings and overthrowing Francesa's werewolves. In Alive and Kicking, Marcel is shown recruiting new vampires for his community with Josh. Elijah comes to Marcel for aid in looking for the white oak stake. A flashback is shown and we see that young Marcel and Elijah are very close with each other, having a teacher-student realtionship. Klaus becomes jealous and releases Kol, who at the time was daggered. Kol tries to teach Marcel shakespeare, using compelled people and killing them in front of Marcel's eyes with the intent on turning Marcel and teaching him how to be a vampire. Elijah comes to Marcel's aide with Klaus. Klaus chooses to protect Marcel by daggering Kol. Elijah, noticing how much Klaus cares for Marcel decides to tell Marcel he is bored of him, in an attempt to distance himself, so Klaus could continue mentoring him in hopes it would help Klaus become a better man. In the present time, Marcel finds out Davina has the white oak stake and tries to convince Davina to give it up to no avail. Marcel and Elijah work together to find Davina and try to recover it, which leads to them discovering of Mikael's return. Later, Marcel gives Elijah the new recruit - Gia as a student in hopes that Elijah will join his vampire community. In Every Mother's Son, Marcel watched his community grow and then met with Elijah, who told him that he needed the help of a witch. Marcel initially suggested Davina but after her actions with Mikael, Elijah didn't want Davina's help. He pointed out that Marcel had another witch, since Gia now had a daylight ring. Marcel pointed him into the direction of a witch named Lenore and had him take Gia with him. Later, Gia asked Marcel why he wanted her to be mentored by Elijah and Marcel explained that they needed to convince Elijah that he should join their vampire community, since Klaus was siding with the wolves, they needed an Original on their side. Marcel elaborated that Elijah was the type of person who needed to fix broken things. Gia returned sometime later, telling Marcel that she had convinced Elijah to help her and Marcel happily relished that their community would have Elijah on their side. In Live and Let Die, Marcel and his vampires are hanging out in his loft. He asks Josh if he has any luck on that dating site he's on. Josh tells him there's one guy, but doubts it will work since he has to keep his vampire status a secret. Suddenly the werewolves come and bring a dead vampire with them. They tell the vampire army they're not welcome in the city anymore when Marcel reminds about their old deal. The werewolves then leave telling them its going be their only warning. After that they have a meeting to discuss their plans. Gia wants to fight to stay in the city and Josh is skeptic on how to beat the werewolf army since they now have the Moonlight Ring. Elijah then comes in and offers the army vampire fighting lessons. Which Marcel agrees to. Aiden comes to the loft again to ask for help since Finn wants werewolf child solders in the war and he doesn't want to risk his brother's safety. Because of his rule on kids Marcel agrees to help. After the successful rescue mission Marcel goes back to his loft with Hayley and Gia to celebrate. In Red Door, Hayley tells Marcel that the werewolf kids they rescue are in a safe house far north of the city. He's satisfied that those kids are safe. He then goes with Hayley to help her find the missing Elijah and Oliver. However that's put on hold when they learn Mikael has Cami. They help Klaus fight off Mikeal when they get to their location. Outnumbered Mikael fled and he confronts Davina mad that she resurrected him. He unknowingly meets Kol in his host body. When Marcel leaves Davina alone to check on Cami she makes a quick getaway with Kol. In Wheel Inside the Wheel, Marcel has resumed the search for Elijah and doesn't get any updates. Hayley then prospered to Gia and Marcel they help her recuse Oliver from the witches. Marcel is concerned and tells her she cannot take all of wolves by herself, but she tells him she have Jackson. He goes to Father Kieran's secret apartment to tell Cami that her adviser is the host of Finn Mikaelson. Cami is shocked and Marcel tells her to get a new adviser. Determined Cami tells him she has a plan. Marcel doesntt want Cami to her plan, but changes his mind with Hayley's call. Outside of Rousseau's Marcel and Gia spy on Cami's date with Finn to make sure it goes well. Gia defends Marcel from a werewolf getting bitten in the process. Marcel then kills the wolf. He then takes Gia back to his loft and gives her Klaus' blood. He then gets a call from Cami telling him she'll use Finn's feelings as an advantage. In Chasing the Devil’s Tail, Marcel is part of a plan to trap Finn after that's successful. He then takes Kol offscreen in Davina's Room. In The Brothers That Care Forgot, He admits to Davina he was the one who turned Kol and the White Oak Stake over to Klaus. She's angry at him for doing that, but Marcel tells her he has best interest at heart as he's sure Kol would use her. Marcel then leaves his Loft with Josh and Davina inside of it. At The Abattoir he interrogates Kol. When Davina arrives to fight Klaus to free Kol. Marcel tries to stop her, but gets his neck magically broken. After he recovers and learns of Esther plan for Cami He along with Kol and Cami convinced Davina that shes the bigger enemy right now than Klaus. In The Map of Moments, He helps Cami not be possessed by Rebekah. In Gonna Set Your Flag On Fire, Along-with his vampire army he gets stuck in The Abattoir when Finn casts a boundary spell on it. In Brotherhood of the Damned, Marcel remembers his time in WW1 as he's trapped in The Abattoir. Effected by his werwolf bite he sees hallucinations of Joe Dalton. After they're freed the vampires successfully make it back to his loft where he's given Klaus's blood. Unfortunately Finn kidnapped every vampire. In Sanctuary, Finn discovers during his interrogation that Marcel was compelled to forget about Hope's survival. In The Devil is Damned, Marcel goes to The Bayou to warn Hayley that Finn knows about Hope. He then tells her he's also is in a predicament if he doesnt get her blood to Finn he's going kill every vampire by the hour. However Finn releases the hungry vampires to attack the wolves. He helps Hayley and Jackson get things under control. In I Love You, Goodbye, Marcel attends Hayley and Jackson wedding with Gia as his plus one. He notices Rebekah in her host body. In They All Asked For You, He helps Rebekah when she couldn't use magic against The Tremé Coven. In his loft he calls Ruben to find out who exactly Rebekah's witch is. However both get drugged as Ruben prepares to kill her for revenge thinking she's Eva. After recovering from a snapped neck Marcel attempts to make a move against Ruben, but Rebekah stops him. Later as they look over Eva's file Marcel mentions to Rebekah he thinks its a good she took over her body clearly horrified towards her crimes against kid witches and warlocks. In Save My Soul, Marcel protects Rebekah against witches such as Josephine LaRue when they want her more specifically Eva for the most recent attack on two teenagers that she killed. In Exquisite Corpse, He found that Davina was kidnapped by Eva after he learns of her criminal past from Vincent and is reunited with her once she and the other kidnapped victims are saved from Eva. In Night Has A Thousand Eyes, Marcel helps Elijah with Josephine magically make St. James' Infirmary an safe house for Hope from Dahlia as Marcel claims it was a neutral ground for witches and vampires in the city decades ago. In When the Levee Breaks, Marcel tries to convince Davina to help them dagger Klaus, when she tells Marcel that while he helped save her from Eva, he wasn't there for her when Kol died, and that's when she needed him the most, even if he didn't like Kol. She is reluctant to hand over the dagger as Kol gave it to her for protection, and she'll decide if it gets used. During the night, she is with Josh to say farewell as he is planning to leave the city with Aiden, however the two of them come across Aiden's body. Unaware that Dahlia killed him, they believe that he was murdered by Klaus for his betrayal, and they mourn him together before Davina makes her way to Algiers, where Marcel is. Marcel comforts Davina as she cries, and she hands over the gold dagger, allowing Elijah to use it to put down Klaus at the end of the episode. In City Beneath The Sea, Marcel still helps the Originals against Dahlia. In Fire with Fire, Marcel talks to Elijah about Davina. On how they need her help to bring back Kol. And to stop Dahlia. When Rebekah notices Klaus isn't in his coffin where he was laying there daggered. They kinda start to panic. He is later ambushed by Klaus in his loft. He wakes up sometime later hanging upside down from a rope on the ceiling. Klaus is stabbing Marcel to drain him of his blood. So he can compel him. Klaus compels him to stop Rebekah with her spell to trick Dahlia into thinking they have baby Hope. Marcel also has shackles to hold Rebekah as his prisoner. Klaus compels Marcel again to kill Eva's body if Rebekah tries to escape. Rebekah realizes Klaus wants this to happen. So Rebekah's spirt can return to her body. Marcel doesn't want to hurt Rebekah. So she takes a knife and stabs herself in the neck. In Ashes to Ashes, He calms down an angry Davina as she was tricked into resurrecting Esther instead of Kol. On his behalf he got her to use a locator spell on Dahlia. |
In For the Next Millennium, Marcel had transformed the church into a fighting gym for his vampires. He would often spar with Elijah when Elijah needed to blow off steam. Later, he asked Davina for help in creating daylight rings for his vampires but she refused, saying that as new regent of the witches, she couldn't risk looking like a vampire sympathizer. Cami and Vincent met him at his gym and questioned him on the recent murders in the city where it looked like compulsion was involved. Marcel denied any of his vampires being responsible, reminding him that he wasn't the only vampire in the city. Later, while sparring with Vincent, he chastised him for not being there for Davina to help lead the witches. In You Hung the Moon, after Davina was attacked by another witch, Marcel told her that a show of force was needed. However, when a massacre took place that included the witch who attacked her, Marcel scolded Davina for her actions. In I'll See You in Hell or New Orleans, Marcel discussed their current situation with his vampires; saying that with the serial killer running around, they would have to stop feeding off tourists and locals for the time being. He told Josh to get into contact with the hospitals and blood banks to help compensate their needs. Their meeting was interrupted by the arrival of Aya, who had told Marcel she had an offer for him. Marcel reacted defensively, telling some of his men to remove her from the building. Aya, being three times Marcel's age, easily subdued his vampires before Marcel joined the fray. He put up a fight but was no match for Aya who relentlessly beat him down. She was impressed by his resolve and proposed that they take the conversation some place more private, where he wouldn't be trying to defend his pride in front of his men. Aya slashed him with a blade on her finger that was coated with a toxin of her own making. Marcel passed out from its effects and woke up in a large house. Marcel was awoken by Aya dumping water on him and she explained that she and her friends could help Marcel with both his need of blood bags and daylight rings for his vampires. She began telling him how impressed she was that he was sired by an Original but made his own fortune, building New Orleans from the ground up and becoming its king by his hard work. Marcel wanted to know who her friends were and she explained that she worked for The Strix, the oldest society of vampires in the world. Elijah arrived and revealed that he knew Aya, attacking her and threatening her for more information. The leader of The Strix, Tristan, interrupted which prompted him and Elijah to have a word alone. Elijah ordered Marcel to leave, which he did grudgingly. Later, Marcel told Josh how he was frustrated by his home being invaded by The Strix but also just as annoyed by Elijah treating him like a child. Marcel examined the card Aya had offered him with The Strix's location and insignia on it. In A Walk on the Wild Side, Tristan contacted Marcel after sending him a mask and tuxedo, inviting him to gala thrown by The Strix. He also sent Elijah an invitation, hoping that he'd be able to attend. During the gala, when it became clear that it was no party, but rather Marcel's initiation into The Strix, Tristan entered the ballroom and got the attendees' attention. He told Marcel how he would have to prove his worth if he were to join The Strix, noting that Marcel's daylight ring had gone missing during the party, much to Marcel's surprise. He told him that he'd have until sunrise to try and figure out who took his ring and then get it from them, despite The Strix members mostly being far older than Marcel. While Marcel was busy, Tristan greeted Elijah who was attending with Hayley. Tristan requested to have a dance with Hayley, and during the dance, explained that he was interested in her due to being one of the only beings who the sire war didn't affect, since she was not part of any Originals' sireline. At the bar Hayley talks to Marcel who must pass the initiation test for a membership and they came up with a plan during Klaus' distraction. That Marcel would receive a Hybrid Bite which would be his secret weapon in his fight against Monhinder which he wins and gets his ring back along with becoming a newly full pledge member of The Strix. In The Axeman's Letter, Marcel is enlisted by Elijah to figure out what Tristan is up to so Macel sends one of his vampire who knows the city inside and outside very well to tail Tristan and reports back that he's working with Luicen. In Beautiful Mistake, He's contacted by Hayley about a fellow The Strix member named Shen who was tailing. Marcel knew about Shen's reputation, but seriously underestimated him as he was effected by Hayley's hybrid bite. Shen broke free of his constraints and easily overpowered Hayley and Marcel, shoving his hand into both of their chests, planning to tear out their hearts. Elijah arrived, stabbing him in the back with a large piece of wood. He then questioned Shen on what he knew, compelling the answers out of him. He told Elijah that they wanted Davina Claire and that Hayley was in the way of getting her. He told Elijah that Davina was needed to power a weapon that Tristan planned to use against the Mikaelsons. When questioned further, rather than reveal his secrets, Shen chose to kill himself, removing his daylight ring and burning to death in the sunlight. In Out of the Easy, Marcel is in the attic of St. Louis Cathedral, along with Elijah, Freya and Hayley. Freya is attempting a locator spell for Rebekah but she fails, Marcel wants to go to The Strix for Rebekah's location but Elijah informs him that he needs to focus on preventing Davina from activating Tristan and Lucien's weapon. Marcel is at the gym with Davina and he warns her of the strix needing her to take down the Mikaelsons, he offers to get Davina out of town but she denies. Marcel approaches Vincent who is drinking alone at Rousseau's, he tells Vincent about the strix and tries to convince him to help get Davina out of the danger. He then checks in on Freya to see if she's gotten any closer to finding Rebekah, however, she hasn't. He meets back up with Vincent and they discuss how they are going to handle Davina. In The Other Girl in New Orleans, Marcel is on the phone with his guys, instructing them to find Cami when Aya unexpectedly shows up at his loft. Aya accuses him of getting Davina's status as Regent revoked, he tries to convince her that he had nothing to do with it, she then tells him that The Strix requires his help which will put his loyalty to the test. He arrives at the The Abattoir and tells Elijah that he's there on the behalf of the strix and that he's taking Tristan. He gets Elijah alone and reveals that he betrayed him, then several strix vampires enter the room and they all begin to attack. Elijah knocks out Marcel first and then kills a few other. Marcel gets back up and stakes Elijah, then two more vamps attack Hayley but Marcel kills both of them. He finds Tristan and Aya and convinces them to leave and the he heels Freya who is bleeding out. He, aya and Tristan re back at the loft, he gives Tristan Klaus' blood, they get ready to leave but Marcel demands to be at their side, Tristan eventually agrees and they all leave together. In Savior, Marcel arrives at his bar to find Tristan, he tells Marcel of his plan to ally himself with Van Nguyen and have him become the new Regent. He finds Vincent and tells him that he's no longer welcome at the gym, he blames Vincent for Van becoming the regent which would allow for the Strix to get what they want. He tells Vincent that it's his duty to protect the witches because if he doesn't then he's allowing outsiders to take over. Marcel pushes him in order to get him angry but it backfires, Vincent gets pissed and blows out all of the lights and tells Marcel that he's not going to like what he does with the covens. Tristan shows up at the gym and he wants to know who the new the witch is that's been chose for regent since Van Nguyen was denied, Marcel tells him it is Vincent. In A Ghost Along the Mississippi, In Wild at Heart, In Dead Angels, In Heart Shaped Box, In The Devil Comes Here and Sighs, In Where Nothing Stays Buried, In The Bloody Crown, Marcel reveals himself to the Mikaelsons as an Upgraded Original Vampire, shocking them all. Marcel then decides to declare war on them, take their compound, and force them to run into hiding until Klaus decides to stand trial for his crimes. Marcel then heads the trial and finds Klaus guilty of many sins, mostly including infractions Klaus made against Marcel and two other ancient vampires a part of Klaus' broken sireline. Marcel in the end decides to wall Klaus inside the Lafayette cemetery while being tortured under Papa Tunde's blade. By doing this, Marcel has driven the Mikaelson family out of New Orleans to search for cures to help the family survive. This leaves Marcel in charge of the Quarter, once again; however, he was tricked by Klaus, yet again, into letting him live (as unknown to Marcel, the other Mikaelson Family members are linked to Klaus' life force) as long as Klaus is alive, they cannot be killed or die.
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Personality
As a human, Marcel is shown to be very brave as he fought back against the slave owner who whipped him, a gesture that earned him Klaus' respect and ultimately saved his life. Marcel was very moral, as he tried to stop another slave getting beaten which then resulted in Marcel getting shot by his own father. Back in his youth, Marcel was shown to be innocent; he was greatly disturbed when Kol decided to "educate" him about vampirism at the cost of several innocent lives. Marcel's innocence and bravery are what made Klaus very fond of the boy. These traits, coupled with the fact that they were both bastards presumably led Klaus into seeing Marcel as someone that Klaus himself was and could still be, given the right circumstances. And when Marcel expressed a desire to be sired, Klaus was very reluctant, as he feared that Marcel becoming something similar to himself would deprive him of all that Klaus prized in Marcel.
- "You're the one who taught me that a man can't be defined by anyone but himself."
- —Marcel to Klaus
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He takes his role as leader seriously and enforces the rules he made without fail, though he is not above getting carried away since he supposedly killed a witch in front of many viewers for this reason, though its revealed that said witch used magic and took part in the harvest ritual where she had her own daughter sent to her death. He also seems to genuinely care for his subordinates, having stayed at the side of one dying from Klaus' werewolf bite until the latter provided him with the cure. Marcel also seems to be understanding as shown in his quickness to forgive Klaus for biting his friend when Klaus gave him the cure and asked for forgiveness. He is also shown to be, unlike many people in positions of power and privilege, reasonable and approachable, willing to do favors for people. While not arrogant, he has displayed over-confidence when confronted by beings more powerful than him, such as when he spoke down to Klaus, disregarding that he would be nothing if it wasn't for Klaus, the Original Hybrid, much more powerful than any non-original vampire in his "army", though while Klaus did make him who he was, he also wasn't always benevolent, as he daggered Rebekah for getting too close to Marcel, this affected Marcel deeply and it caused him to resent Klaus as well as eventually turn against him.
Marcel is ruthless but not completely without mercy; best demonstrated by the fact that he prefers to kill his victims by snapping necks, as opposed to other Vampires, who use more inhumane methods like heart extraction, decapitation, and staking. In fact, Marcel has so far been seen to actually permanently kill someone only five times: One was with Jane-Anne, and the other was with Bastianna. The latter via decapitation, as he needed her death to resurrect Davina. The last witch he killed was Monique, as Marcel had to kill her in order to save Klaus' newborn child. The other two were Tina Josh's former friend and a werewolf who bit Gia.
He likes to have fun and enjoys being a vampire. He takes pride in who he is. Also, he's intelligent, being able to run a city and maintain it, being much better at it than Klaus, as the latter's leadership was not popular or respected by any faction. He’s very competitive too. Like Klaus, Marcel likes to think up contingencies; he requested Davina to figure out the fatal weakness of the Original Vampires, not aware that the death of an Original Vampire would also mean the deaths of all other vampires sired from their bloodline, including himself. Indeed, one of his weaknesses is that being a recently-introduced character, Marcel knows little about the nature of the Original Vampires, such as Klaus' blood acting as a cure for a werewolf bite and that if one Original Vampire dies, all of their bloodline die too in matter of hours, however, not even the Originals themselves knew of the bloodline problem as it was only revealed with the death of Finn. As with Klaus, Marcel also has very little tolerance for disloyalty, having killed a transitioning vampire purely because she opted to save herself over her companion.
In Sinners and Saints, it was revealed that Marcel's cruelty was only to protect Davina, who was supposed to be used in a blood sacrifice so the witches in the French Quarter could keep their powers. It was also shown that Marcel planned to raid the ritual with the full intent of saving the four witches that were to be sacrificed, including Davina, but arrived too late and only managed to save Davina. Marcel's reasons for killing witches who practice magic was to keep them from killing Davina, as he himself had known what it felt like to be treated as a tool and not a human being. It was because of this that Marcel created a rule against people abusing children in the Quarters. Marcel's reason for hiding Davina was also revealed; to stall the witches until The Harvest was passed and the witches would lose their powers, enabling Davina to live a normal life as she always wanted ever since the Harvest. When Tyler told him of the existence of Klaus' unborn child, along with the potential danger it may pose to the vampire race, Marcel was visibly conflicted on what he should do next but chose not to harm the baby, possibly due to the fact that he doesn't hurt children, or possibly he did not want to risk Klaus' wrath on him, as he knows that Klaus cares about his family, and he will kill anyone who tries to hurt or kill a member of his family.
While Marcel can be seen as a hypocrite for claiming that he dislikes people who have betrayed their friends, when he himself has betrayed Klaus, he has never betrayed anyone unless they have plotted or done damage to him first as Klaus daggered Rebekah simply for loving him and kept them apart for 52 years, This caused Marcel to plot ways to be with Rebekah, even if it meant finding ways to get rid of Klaus, whom Marcel would likely no longer consider a friend after what he did to Rebekah.
Because of his protectiveness towards Davina, Marcel doesn't hesitate to kill any witch that practices magic in the French Quarter to keep them from finding her. However, he is more merciful towards anyone who breaks his other laws, as shown by the countless vampires he kept locked in The Garden instead of killing them, which would take much less effort to do. He went out of his way to save the nightwalkers on his territory when the Faction incited an attack on them, and has yet to be seen dealing with other vampires in ways other than snapping their necks, implying that he really does care for his own kind.
In From a Cradle to a Grave, Marcel was forced to break one of his rules; against killing children, by killing Monique Deveraux, in order to save Hope Mikaelson. Previously, Marcel fought and managed to disarm Klaus to protect the newly resurrected Monique, though at this time Monique was a seemingly innocent witch who had not yet attempted to kill an innocent infant.
After transitioning into the Beast, Marcel's attitude become quiet and subdued, whilst being angry and upset, having been betrayed by those he considered his family. No longer being a normal vampire, thus unkillable to the Mikaelsons, Marcel quickly adopts a confrontational nature, Marcel becomes much more pragmatic than he used to be, doing what he feels is necessary regardless of the consequences, such as fatally wounding Kol and Elijah, forcing Freya to put them into stasis until Hayley can find cures for their bites, and killing the rest of the Strix, leaving their bodies is St. Anne's Church for anyone to find. As a result, Vincent turns his back on Marcel after a Strix member who survived seriously harmed Will Kinney. Vincent compares Marcel to Klaus in how he now acts.
Marcel remained grief stricken from Davina's death which only fueled his anger at the Mikaelsons, no longer caring about ruling or partying like he used to, only caring about justice. his desire to see the Mikaelson pay for the crimes grew so great that he able to be goaded by Rebekah into stabbing Klaus with Papa Tunde's blade instead of killing him, Rebekah claiming that she wanted to see him suffer rather than die. Because Freya linked her life and the life of her siblings to Klaus' lifeforce, they won't die from Marcel's bite as long as Klaus remains alive. Marcel's desire for revenge has caused him to become reckless, leaving the Strix bodies for anyone to find which resulted in Vincent's friend being seriously injured.
Marcel stated that he took the potion that turned him into an Upgraded Original Vampire (without the Mikaelson Family's knowledge), as he wanted to know how the Mikaelson Family truly felt about him and what would happen if they found him with the "serum", correctly predicting that if he didn't take the potion, he would've been dead due to Elijah's obsession and fear with the prophecy, while Klaus initially did try to reason with him, after discovering that the serum in Marcel's possession, he immediately made demands towards Marcel and attempted to coerce him into handing it over, telling Marcel that he won't tolerate any threats to "his" family, thereby confirming what Marcel believed and further angering him.
As the newly transitioned Beast, Marcel's overconfidence has grown to the point of arrogance. Due to this, he was ultimately tricked by Klaus, yet again, into letting him live while underestimating Freya's ability to keep her family alive and linked to Klaus' life force.Physical Appearance
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Marcel is described as hot, sexy, handsome and very attractive. He has dark skin, brown eyes, shaven hair and appears to physically be in his late 20's. Marcel's style is quite similar to Klaus'. He wears form fitting T-shirts usually dark-ish colors: black, grey and blue and dark jeans although has been seen to wear those of a lighter color. He will also be seen wearing necklaces and scarfs as accessories. Also, like Klaus is also fond of a leather jacket he sometimes wears.
He has also said that he looks good in a suit which he wears on special occasions, such as the Masquerade Ball he hosted to present himself as respectable.
Powers and Abilities
Marcel possessed all the standard powers and abilities of a non-original vampire but had an exceptional level of strength for a vampire his age which is best shown in his battles with Klaus. Marcel has been able to greatly stagger Klaus with a single punch, knocking him off balance, in another episode he managed to disarm Klaus of Papa Tunde's dagger with only one hand and during the penultimate episode, he went toe-to-toe with Klaus and even if very briefly, dominated the fight before inevitably being defeated by the Original Hybrid.
In Red Door, Marcel briefly faces Mikael and unleashes a combination of attacks that successfully drive Mikael back but is very quickly brought down by Mikael who easily outmatches him.
In the third episode of series three, Marcel confronts Aya, a vampire of over nine hundred years of age and manages to hold his own against her, impressing her. In the fourth episode, Marcel faces Aya's mentor Mohinder, who is likely older than her and thus at the very least nine hundred plus years. Marcel manages to go toe-to-toe and even holds his own very well despite being physically outmatched. His strength was considerable enough to allow him to tackle Mohinder through a brick wall, which the latter did to him earlier, what makes this showing more impressive is that Marcel had Werewolf venom within him, meaning he would have been physically weaker.
It is unknown if the serum grants any increase in strength or speed before its host's death but Marcel managed to throw Klaus back and flying through the air with one hand, and whilst throwing an Original or a vampire into the air wouldn't truly be a notable feat for a vampire, what does make this notable is that Klaus was using his own powers to try and stop Marcel from "taking" the serum.Marcel possesses all the standard powers and abilities of an Enhanced Original Vampire but being only 200 plus years means he may have inferior strength and speed to Lucien who speed was so fast he was able to effortlessly dodge and anticipate any attacks that the Mikaelsons could physically throw. That said, Marcel still possess superior powers to the Originals, having a lethal bite and his own base vampirism amplified by the original spell which coupled with his excellent fighting skills makes Marcel one of the most dangerous and deadliest beings thus far.
Weaknesses
Marcel had the typical weaknesses of a non-original vampire.
Marcel has the typical weaknesses of an Enhanced Original Vampire.
Relationships
Davina Claire
- "I had someone who fought for me from the moment you met me."
- —Davina to Marcel
Davina and Marcel
Davina is Marcel's favorite witch. He took her in as family. She is important to him. He saw she was a fighter like himself and saved her life before she could be killed in The Harvest and has been taking care of her and protecting her ever since. Because of this, she is loyal towards him. As shown in The Casket Girls, Marcel loves Davina as a daughter and younger sister. He is afraid that she will never trust him again. When Davina's powers start to go out of control, Marcel is shown that he cares for Davina more than anything and is willing to always put her first. He was against to have her sacrificed and protected her from anyone that would come near her. After she chooses to give up her life, the Harvest fails and he is heartbroken and devastated for the loss of Davina. He continues to mourn her but will stop at nothing to find a way to bring her back. Managing to kill Bastianna, Davina came back to life but she was different. She was scared and lost, so Marcel decided to allow Genevieve to take Davina in her care. While Marcel was banished from the French Quarter, Marcel continued to watch Davina from afar and in a sense, she felt like he was there watching her. They were finally reunited in the season finale and amends were made.
Niklaus Mikaelson
- Main article: Klaus and Marcel
Marcel and Klaus
Marcel met Klaus in the 1800's in New Orleans, after being whipped and beaten on the side of the road, Klaus took him in, named and raised him as his son. They had a strong relationship however Marcel's love for Klaus' sister, Rebekah caused tension to which caused Klaus to give him an ultimatum, vampirism or Rebekah. In returning to New Orleans after a century, Klaus reunites with Marcel who has taken over his previous position as King. Klaus actively worked against Marcel, to retake the city and Marcel eventually gave up his role in order to protect his fellow vampires. After regaining his position, Klaus tells Marcel he wants to rule side by side with him. Their relationship crumbles after Klaus finds out, in the 20th century, it was Marcel and Rebekah who brought Mikael to New Orleans in order to kill him. In the finale, a peace of sorts it settled between them thanks to Marcel saving Klaus' daughter.
By the end of the third season, they have become enemies again, this time for good.
Rebekah Mikaelson
- Main article: Rebekah and Marcel
Marcel and Rebekah
Marcel and Rebekah met in the 1800's and as Marcel grew up, he and Rebekah fell in love. As a child, he used to tell her he would "marry her one day". However, years later after their developed relationship and Klaus' interference, given the choice between Rebekah and immortality, he chose immortality over her but still had feelings for her. After their reunion, their relationship is frosty, the two flirt and it is clear Rebekah has unresolved feelings for him and that he still loves her. Their relationship had ended when Rebekah was exiled from New Orleans, never to return.
Camille O'Connell
- Main article: Marcel and Camille
Cami and Marcel
Cami represents an allure to Marcel and he is also protective of Cami. He likes that she is not a part of the supernatural world. Marcel stops interacting with Cami once her uncle warns him to stay away from her. Eventually Marcel finds out that Cami has discovered the supernatural world due to Klaus compelling her and using her for his plans to reclaim New Orleans. He also learns that Cami had actually developed feelings for him. After Davina's death, Marcel grows closer to Cami as he tells her of his dark past. After a summer fling, Cami and Marcel remain good friends until Cami's death in No More Heartbreaks. Marcel is currently mourning her death.
Other Relationships
- Marcel and Hope (Were Family/Adoptive Older Brother and Sister/Enemies)
- Elijah and Marcel (Were Family/Adoptive Uncle and Adoptive Nephew/Enemies)
- Marcel and Josh (Friends/Allies)
- Marcel and Sophie (Enemies/Former Sexual Partners/Former Allies)
- Marcel and Thierry (Former Best Friends/Former Allies/Former Enemies)
- Hayley and Marcel (Were Family/Ex-Friends/Enemies)
- Kol and Marcel (Former Allies/Former Frenemies/Were like Family/Enemies)
- Marcel and Gia (Friends/Former Allies)
- Marcel and Freya (Were Family/Adoptive Aunt and Adoptive Nephew/Enemies)
- Marcel and Vincent (Frenemies/Former Allies/Enemies)
- Aya and Marcel (Allies/Frenemies)
- Marcel and Kieran (Friends/Former Allies)
- Marcel and Diego (Close Friends/Former Allies)
- Marcel and Joe Dalton (Close Friends/Former Allies/Fellow Soldiers)
Name
- Marcel as a boy's name is pronounced mar-SELL. It is of French origin[1]. Variant of Marcellus, "little warrior"[2], from Marcus. (The source of these names is Mars, the Roman god of war.)[3]
- Gerard comes from English and French origins, as Gérard was introduced to Britain by the Normans. It is composed of the Germanic elements gar, ger "spear", "lance" + hard "hardy", "brave", "strong".
Appearances
Episode Absence
Season Three
In Season Three, Marcel does not appear in one episode:
Trivia
- Marcel is a vampire made 178 years ago by Klaus after he daggered Rebekah.
- When trying to help a slave, Marcel was shot by his own father in the chest. While dying, Marcel begged Klaus to turn him, after reminding him of their talk when he was just 10 years old.
- He studied law in the fifties which helps him in trial against Jane-Anne and others who have rebelled against the French Quarter rules, which he established.
- Marcel's first shown kill was Jane-Anne.
- Klaus gave him his name, Marcellus, when he was 10 years old, which he later shortened to Marcel.
- He was raised by Niklaus like a son and was considered family.
- Marcel sees Davina as a fighter and took her in, just as Klaus did with him.
- Marcel had plans to build a house for Rebekah.
- Marcel seems to play the overprotective father role in Davina's life.
- In Sinners and Saints, it is revealed that Marcel and Sophie were lovers before Sophie's niece was killed.
- His favorite fruit used to be an apple.
- Marcel fought in WWI and even came back a decorated hero.
- Marcel was part of the 369th Regiment also known as, The Harlem Hell Fighters or the Brotherhood of the Damned.
- Historical the 369th Regiment was part of the National Guard as well as the only unit in New York State at that time to be made up solely of African-Americans .
- During this time he turned his first vampires one of which was Joe Dalton.
- Marcel was part of the 369th Regiment also known as, The Harlem Hell Fighters or the Brotherhood of the Damned.
- In Le Grand Guignol, Marcel seeks a cloaking spell to protect him and Rebekah from Klaus. The spell is planned to be performed by Davina, who is planned to be resurrected through the harvest witch deaths.
- In Le Grand Guignol, it is revealed that Mikael promised Marcel that he will permit him be with Rebekah and will make him a leader of the city (as thanks for calling him to New Orleans). It can mean that Mikael and Marcel simulated Marcel's death to horrify Klaus.
- Marcel's least favorite Original is Kol Mikaelson.
- In a deleted scene of A Closer Walk With Thee, Marcel tells Klaus that the first thing he did as a vampire was to compel his father to carve out his own heart with a knife.
- Marcel could visit Mystic Falls. [7]
- In Season Three, Marcel once again rules New Orleans after Klaus relinquishes his own rule of the city to raise his daughter. He had managed to establish a new status quo with Davina, who at the time ruled over the witches.
- Marcel became a member of the Strix in A Walk on the Wild Side.
- As of Dead Angels, Marcel is the new head of the Strix.
- In real life, there are two Spanish tennis players by the name of Marcel Granollers and Gerard Granollers.
- Marcel, after taking Lucien's serum, is now the Beast foretold in the Prophecy, and is now an upgraded Original Vampire capable of killing the Originals.
- Marcel is the only vampire besides Mikael to fight and overpower three Original vampires at once. Marcel fought and beat Elijah, Kol, and Klaus after becoming an Enhanced Original Vampire, whereas Mikael fought and beat Klaus, Elijah, and Rebekah in 1919 when he arrived in New Orleans.
Quotes
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Gallery
 Marcel Gerard has a photo gallery.
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References
- ↑ http://www.behindthename.com/name/marcel
- ↑ http://nameberry.com/babyname/Marcel
- ↑ http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Marcel
- ↑ https://twitter.com/AnthonyKountz/status/760544824135151616
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BKDjAbMDkU6/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/AnthonyKountz/status/788064430969982976
- ↑ http://uk.eonline.com/news/499537/new-powers-emerge-on-coven-the-vampire-diaries-potential-nola-crossover-and-more-spoiler-chat-scoop
See also
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