Mariku/Yami Marik
( Primary ; canon ; Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters )
( Primary ; canon ; Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters )
Mariku is the evil alternate personality of Malik Ishtar, the leader of the Rare Hunters, wielder of the Winged Dragon of Ra and the antagonist of YGO Duel Monsters during the Battle City arc. His dueling style is built around torture, both mental and physical, as a way to trick his opponents into playing recklessly out of fear. He is responsible for murdering Malik's father. At the end of Battle City, he is defeated by Yami Yugi, and supposedly dispersed.
Pronouns: He/him
Sexuality: Homosexual
Gender: whooooooo cares!
Faceclaim: I don't have one... but if anyone has suggestions, let me know.
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Ryou Bakura.
Romantic.
All verses.
luckbased
Katsuya Jonouchi.
Friend.
All verses.
Main (post Battle City) - Rather than vanishing entirely after being separated from his alter, the entity that Marik Ishtar’s trauma created became its own being. This creature, which took a human form similar to when it possessed Marik, is a mortal man in appearance only. Mariku is a monster to his very core, shaped by bitter psychosis, set adrift in a world plagued by just the kind of cruelty he thrives in. In reality, Mariku is more an evil spirit than a man, one that drifts between each dark shadow, appearing only when he wishes, still bearing those cursed scars on his back, still peering in the darkness with that glowing third eye…