Difference between revisions of "Marksman"

The Marksman fancies himself as something of a gentlemengentleman rogue.{{book ref|mb5|2}} He enjoys the notoriety that he has gained as a high-profile bank robber. Marks likes to be seen, so whenever he commits a robbery, he does so in the flashiest way possible. All of his robberies take place during broad daylight, and he always escapes along the busiest roadways he can find. He is very popular among the common people, a sort of hero of the common man, particularly those in the Breakouts.{{book ref|mb5|3}} They refuse to believe that he has done anything wrong, even when he accidentally killed a young girl. Despite his popularity, his supporters are not unquestionably loyal. They are not above subtly extorting him a bit in order to buy their silence. The Marskman does not feel that his crimes are worth investigating when there are other far more worse criminals in the city.{{book ref|mb5|2}}

The Marksman grew up in a slum known as the [[Breakouts]] in the [[Elendel|Fifth Octant of [[Elendel]].{{book ref|mb5|3}} At some point in his life, Marks came in contact with [[Edwarn Ladrian]] and the [[Set]], likely due to his notoriety.{{book ref|mb5|2}} Edwarn had the Marksman work mostly autonomously, with little oversight from Edwarn.{{book ref|mb6|18}} Edwarn Ladrian recorded their involvement in his appointment book,{{book ref|mb5|2}} which was stolen by [[Waxillium Ladrian]].{{book ref|mb4|epilogue}} Wax's investigation into the Set put him on the Marksman's trail.{{book ref|mb5|2}} In the year 342, Marks committed several robberies in Elendel, typically retreating to his hideout, believed to be in the [[Elendel|Seventh Octant]]. Wax and the Elendel constables were pursuing him, trying to determine where he would strike next and locate his hideout. The police put a thousand note prize on the Marksman's head.{{book ref|mb5|3}} During one of this robberies, the Marksman shot a little girl by accident.{{book ref|mb5|2}} Wax predicted a specific day that the Marksman would rob the [[First Union Bank (Elendel)|First Union Bank]] but that day came and went, and Wax came to believe that Marks might have fled for the [[Roughs]].

Three days later then Wax's prediction, on the first of Doxil in 342,{{file ref|House_Record_broadsheet.jpg|''The House Record'' Broadsheet}} Marks robbed the [[First Union Bank (Elendel)|First Union Bank]].{{book ref|mb5|2}} As he escaped with a sack of banknotes on his shoulder, he was pursed by Wax through the streets with Allomancy, while [[Wayne]] and Constable [[Marasi Colms]] followed in a motorcar. Wax followed Marks across the city and through the accounting offices of [[Linville & Lyons]] in a skyscraper, protecting several citizens, such as Lady [[Dorise Chevalle]], from being accidentally injured by Marks in his attempts to kill Waxillium and escape.{{book ref|mb5|2}}{{file ref|House_Record_broadsheet.jpg|''The House Record'' Broadsheet}} During the chase the Marksman was shot by Waxillium in the shoulder.{{book ref|mb5|2}} As Marks approached the Breakouts, Wax saw what appeared to be [[Bloody Tan]] watching them from among the bystanders. When Marks entered the Breakouts, he lost the distracted Waxillium, who had crashed to the ground in shock.

One of the main repercussions of the Marksman's crimes was an increasingly aggravated populace in the city of [[Elendel]].{{book ref|mb5|17}} He reminded them of the inequality and the wealth and excesses of the powerful. His actions were likely a contributing cause of the rioting that occurred in Elendel.{{book ref|mb4|19}} It is uncertain if this was intentional on his part, or if he was simply following the Set's orders. It is also possible that one of the motivations for the Marksman's robberies was to simply keep Waxillium distracted from the Set's true goals.{{book ref|mb6|15}} The Marksman's capture and subsequent death were not popular among the common people, who saw him as one of their own.{{book ref|mb4|3}} Waxillium Ladrian was seen as to blame for his death, and the fact that Marks was never brought to trial for his crimes angered many in the city.{{file ref|House_Record_broadsheet.jpg|''The House Record'' Broadsheet}}

The rogue [[kandra]] [[Bleeder]] began wearing one of the Marksman's masks, which had been broken and twisted along one side.{{book ref|mb5|16}} She wore it when she attacked GovernerGovernor [[Replar Innate]]'s mansion,{{book ref|mb5|16}} where the mask was broken further when Wax shot her in the face.{{book ref|mb4|17}} When Paalm was revealed to have been impersonating Replar, she donned the broken mask again when Wax chased her.{{book ref|mb5|24}} Wax was initially uncertain whether or not she had been the Marksman all along,{{book ref|mb5|17}} but when he began to chase her, he realized that Bleeder used a different style of steel Allomancy than the Marksman had used.{{book ref|mb5|24}}