Marcus O'Brien

Biography
Ogre, Summer Court, Leechfinger

"All is going according to plan. What else did you expect?"

Marcus O’Brien was once the Pyre King twenty years ago on his fifty-fifth birthday. He is the only King in the Court’s history that has willingly relinquished the crown (rather, the crown let him. The crown is a force that chooses the Court’s ruler and once picked one typically serves until death.) He informed his court that he felt it was time for fresh blood to take the reins as he was slowly advancing in age. Marcus felt that he could better serve the court better by serving to guide the new ruler. Tamra Osborne took the Pyre Crown next and ruled brilliantly with Marcus at her side. She lasted seven summers before her untimely death at the hands of a Huntsman.

Five other rulers have passed through Marcus’ care, Cynthia Delmonde is the seventh. No one in court thinks that Marcus wishes for the Crown, seeing as he gave it up; however many ponder whether or not he still rules the Court of the Rising Sun through soft power. It is no secret that he always gets his way with the current ruler. Those that have stood up to him have found themselves cast down within the year.

Cynthia seems to be in agreeance with Marcus on all accounts, in so far as anyone can tell. He rarely opens his mouth nowadays, when he does it is usually to comment his approval of the Pyre Queen’s edicts and the rulings of the Iron Adjutant, Susan Merriweather.

Marcus is generally good natured. Even when you piss him off he wears a smile. Make no mistake, this grandfatherly Ogre has a razor sharp mind and a devious heart.