As Marcus was told, he was a man who adopted Marcus, and was the previous executioner. He took Marcus to live with him in the rooms above his sister Tante’s brothel. Marcus remembers him being cruel - beating him and the women. He developed alcoholism as he aged. After a gruesome botched execution, the townsfolks rip him to pieces in the streets and Marcus is forced to take up the executioner’s work. Tante reveals to Marcus that he actually WAS his father, and that Marcus was borne of a child-bride. His mother fled and abandoned the baby at the cemetery before freezing to death. Marcus’ father then came to claim him. He is seen in flashbacks. Aged 60-65
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