Marco Rios

Name: Marco Rios
Age:  18

Member of House Ashby: Yes (Or at least is about to be)

How long has the character known Archer/been a member of his family: Will be joining the famiy very soon.

Supernatural Abnormality: Marcos is a witch but currently has no idea that the Supernatural World exists so he doesn't know how to cast spells. However, his power has began to manifest since the death of his Grandmother in the form of an ability to detect supernatural beings or items. With supernatural beings, he hears a sound or smell linked to what they are (IE: If he is around a vampire he might smell blood) while with items he sees a glow around the object. It only lasts for a few seconds and the stronger the item or person is, the stronger he feels or sees the reaction to it/them

Weakness: In terms of his abilities, the main weakness for Marco is that he doesn't know how to cast any spells now. He also has no control over his ability to detect supernatural beings currently and it always triggers for him so being around stronger supernatural beings and objects can be a bit disorienting for him.

Aside from that he is mortal so he is just subject to the same physical weaknesses as normal mortals (IE: Sickness, injury, death).

Theme song: (Optional): Nothing is coming to mind yet but maybe later
Faceclaim: Drew Ray Tanner
Physical Description:



Marco stands at 6'1 with tanned skin and a defined and athletic build from years of running and other forms of exercise. He has dark brown eyes black hair that he either keeps short and organized or grows it to shoulder length depending on his mood. In terms of his clothing style, he makes sure to look his best but he makes sure to emphasize comfort and ease of movement in what he wears as well. Obviously, if the situation called for it he would dress differently but thankfully (as he sees it at least) those situations are few and far between
Distinguishing Features: Marco has a small birthmark in the shape of an eight pointed star on the inside of his left wrist
Personality Description: One word that always comes to mind when describing Marco is 'Fighter' He fights for what he believes in, for those who can't defend themselves, and for those he cares about with everything he has. At times, that has led him to get in trouble as he has no problems getting physical with someone if the situation called for it but as far as he is concerned if there is no other choice but to throw a punch and he has at least a good chance ofwinning then he would do it without hesitation.

Even though he can be too aggressive at times, he is a true and loyal friend. No matter what, as long as you do right by him he will do right by you and stick by your side until the end. He is naturally confident with some charm so it is easy for him at times to make friends. He will also make sure that anyone who hurts his friends will regret their choice in one way or another.

However, his natural confidence and charm has been shattered by recent events. With his grandmother dead and having seen and experienced strange things, he is unsure of what to do beyond his Grandmother's final wishes and he absoultely hates that feeling. Before, he alwayas was able to come up with some form of a plan to deal with whatever challenges were in front of him and go with the flow as needed but now he is winging it and not knowing if his choices are going to harm or help him as he makes his way forward.

What are some of your character's likes and dislikes?

LIKES: Playing Guitar, Singing, Helping Others, Exercising, People who know what they want in Life
DISLIKES: Not understanding what is going on, Laziness, Bigotry, People who hurt others for unjustifiable reasons, People who are impatient

History: All Marco had ever known growing up in the town of Bleak Hollow was being raised by his Grandmother Natalia with his parents having died when he was very young in a car accident. When he was a child he tried asking her things about them since he did not remember them but she always got very sad when he asked and did not talk about them often. Eventually, he stopped asking because he did not want to upset her. Deep down, he wanted to know why it was so hard for her to talk about them but he also was grateful to have her take care of him as well so he wasn't sad about it.

It was easy for him to make friends as he got older but he had to learn quickly to fight and defend himself against others whether it be those who made fun of his grandmother for being Wiccan and having a store catering to that, those who came after him when he came out, or those who would bully those who were not able to defend himself. While he did well in his classes, he also would get in trouble for being a part of fights even though he only started only a small portion of those he was involved in. That led to his grandmother getting involved and sometimes led to arguments between them as she told him that it was good for him to stand up for himself and others, but he needed better control of his emotions or he would cause consquences. However, Marco simply saw that this was just a part of who he was and it wasn't like he lost control of himself during those fights.

On the day he graduated from high school, he looked into the crowd and saw his grandmother wasn't there. Knowing that she wouldn't have missed this regardless of what was going on between them, Marco ran into his grandmother's store to find her very scared as she began putting various things into boxes. She ran up to him and told him that he needed to run because 'it' was coming after them just as it came for his parents. She then grabbed her Book of Shadows which she never allowed him to touch before and put it in his hands and told him to go to the address that she wrote on the inside cover and ask for the name there and he would help him.

Marco was about to ask her what was going on when he saw something began to emerge from the floor. It was somethign dark and he really could not tell what it was but he saw its glowing yellow eyes. His grandmother looked at him and he saw that she looked as sad as she did when he was a child and told him she loved him as she raised a hand and he was blown out of the store by a sudden gust of the wind. He stood up and was about to reenter to help her when the store exploded in front of him.

For a few moments, he was in shock but he remembered his grandmother's final words so he looked inside where she told him to then ran home to pack up what he could carry and ran. So he now has been hitchhiking and taking public transport to make his way to New Orleans to find this Archer Ashby and as he does Marcos has many questions:

What killed his family?
Was it still alive?
Who is Archer Ashby?
and most importantly...what was causing the werid sounds and smells he was getting from people now and why was his grandmother's Book of Shadows starting to glow whenever he looked at it?