Mark Cashien

Mark Cashien is a Scholar and Wizard of Gielinor. A former White Knight Captain, He has lived a long life and faught countless evils. Forming alliances from across realms and planes he will do anything he must to protect his home realm. Cursed at a young age he uses this to his advantage and has made it more of a blessing.

Biography
Marcus James Cashien is the son of James and Charlotte Cashien, Nephew of Sir Tiffy Cashien. At a young age Marcus lost his parents when a warlock named Malus Vomica lead a raid against Falador. Adopted by his Uncle he was raised Saradomist until the age of 16 when he enrolled in the White Knights of Falador. He was knighted at the age of 18. as he rose up the ranks and was eventually promoted to Captain at the age of 22 he devoted his career to tracking down and bringing the warlock who conducted the raid to justice. After months following leads and clues, even from intelligence of the Kinshasa they stole. Mark and his small squadron eventually found themselves in a cave deep in the wilderness when they were suddenly attacked from behind... The squad awoke hours later stripped and chained in a prison cell constructed inside the cave with the warlock stepping out to them to take one of his prisoners out and around the corner. Marcus and his remaining squad mates would wait out, unable to do anything but watch and hear the odd show of lights, accompanied by the screams of his men from the other side of the cave. One by one his men were taken away and killed by the warlock until finally all that remained was Mark, when his time came he was taken to the same part his team was and strapped to a stone table coated in their blood... Mark then was finally told the warlocks plans. Malus proclaimed that he had been searching for the recipe to create the Philosopher's Stone. and for all the years of his search, finally in his old age he had discovered it... However, he was too old to continue the mission himself, and so he required a young man of similar potential ability to perform his final experiment.. The creation of a Horcrux and the transfer of his own soul into Mark's body in an effort to make himself immortal. By carving out a crescent shape in the center Mark's chest following his left pectoral muscle. he began drawing shapes, sigils and runes across his entire body using his own blood. performing his ritual Malus implanted a piece of his splintered soul into Mark's body, after implanting his soul he began to magically alter his blood to give him traits of some of the most prominent and strengthened species to create his new body. The process left Mark in intense pain the entire time, eventually he closed his eyes and thought of his home as a rush of energy overcame him... silence fell. When Mark opened his eyes again he was bleeding out onto the streets of Falador, surrounded by people as he passed out.

When he awoke hours later he was in a bed with his wound stitched closed and his body cleaned, with Tiffy at his bedside, Mark explained what happened... Days later, with Mark recovered he noticed changes with how he felt, before long he noticed that his eyes began to glow in faint light and he could feel the presence of others without seeing them... In search council he left Falador and went to the Wizard's Tower, there he was examined by the top Magi and Sorcerers of the time. to their surprise it was discovered that Mark possessed the strengths and shortcomings of a plethora of species in the Gielinor ecosystem. A part of this was a heightened magical capacity and slowed aging processes. A few days later years Mark had retired from the Knights on a more personal mission of tracking down Malus once again, eventually finding his way to him and ending his tyranny, or so he thought... Though Malus's physical body was killed... a piece of his soul remained attached to Mark's, from which he could never truly die unless Mark were to die.

Over the next 20 years Mark spent his time traveling across Gielinor and acquainting himself with his new body. eventually picking up the ways of magic and spending a lot of his spare time deep in study. Over time he discovered the secrets of magic and spell casting and became quite skilled in it's ways, He even began to take on apprentices and students to share his knowledge.

Mark has always stood up for what he believes in and refuses to sit idly by as the world he's come to love crumbles around him, in his journeys he has traveled across realms, made allies from across the cosmic plains and has even met one or two Gods. Recently he was blessed by the dying God Guthix, along with a number of other adventures, some his closest friends with the task of defending Gielinor from the wrath of the Gods, A task he takes most seriously.

Now at the age of 56, Marcus is no God. however he is a simple mortal with a terrible cursed gift, Born as a weapon and refusing to let his fate be as such.

Quirks
Mark's curse was originally intended to make him into a monsterous slave to a warlock, as such many of his traits are beneficial. however this comes with drawbacks reguardless.
 * His aging process has been all but ceased, as such he will live for a predicted time of three-thousand years. however the flaw of this is that eventually his mind will give out when it has reached it's human limit... eventually turning him into a mindless lich. His wish is to be killed before that may ever occur.
 * His power is highly dependant on the energy of Gielinor, If it's natrual power is being drained, or if he is somehow cut off from it's power he will become incredibly weak and unable to function.
 * Malus's soul still resides inside Mark's body. As such he can hear his voice in his sleep, and even feel it's attempts of overtaking him in times of weakness. It cannot be seperated and will only die when Cashien dies.
 * The curse, once every year successfully heals itself, purging it and it's power from Mark's body. A process Mark has come to call his renewal, however a few minutes after it is purged, it will forcefully and painful replace itself, exposing Mark to all the pain he experenced the first time it was placed.
 * If he was struck by a blade, or pierced by arrow, or burned by spell. the wound would have little trouble healing in minutes or hours, what would normally take days. However being his curse is unholy by nature, any weapon or spell of a holy nature can take days, even weeks to heal properly. However if the implement used to cause the wound is not removed, the healing process cannot begin. as such he is still vulnerable to death by a shot to the head, or heart.