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…