Marius

2010-08-10T00:09:19Z

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'''Marius''' was a drifter who witnessed the horrors of [[Tristam]], and ends up helping the [[Prime Evils]] to a great extent before being killed by [[Baal]].

==Background==
[[File:Marius.png|thumb|left|Old marius]]
After Marius witnessed the horrors of [[Tristam]] and followed the [[Dark Wanderer]], he then becomes the Wanderer's companion. Marius' sanity is questionable, as well as his courage. He is tricked into removing [[Baal]]'s [[soulstone]] and then is unable to go through the infernal gate to [[Hell]] to destroy the soulstone at the [[Hellforge]].

Some time later, Baal visits Marius, in human form in his cell in a mental asylum. Marius then narrates the events of [[Diablo II]] to Baal, who he mistakes for [[Tyrael]]. In the end, Marius confesses that he did not destroy the soulstone and gives it unwittingly to Baal to be destroyed at the Hellforge. Baal then reveals himself and kills Marius, destroying the asylum in the process.

==Canonity and Time==
Marius is depicted as a very old man by the time [[Baal]] comes to visit him, implying there has been many years between the end of [[Diablo II]] and the beginning of the expansion ([[Diablo II: Lord of Destruction]]). In the new [[timeline]] (and even just in the Diablo II story line) this does not fit in. Either just holding Baal's [[soulstone]] for a few weeks/months have aged him severely, or this is a timing error by [[Blizzard North]].

Regardless, the [[canon]] information is that it only took a brief while between the death of [[Diablo]] and the events in the unnamed mental asylum and meeting [[Baal]].

It could actually be just a brief while, because Marius himself mentioned in the dialog with Baal "Look what the stone has done to me!".
It could refer to both his insanity and his age.

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