Cross Marian
Cross Marian is a male anime and manga character who features in D.Gray-man.
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Biography
Cross Marian (Japanese: クロス・マリアン, Hepburn: Kurosu Marian) was a male human who was once a renowned scientist where he created the golem called Timcampy. At some point, he was working with Innocence and learnt that he was an Accommodator leading to him becoming an Exorcist. In this time, he came to know Mana D. Campbell and Nea D. Campbell with him also encountering the Millennium Earl which led to him becoming aware of the existence of the Noah Family. At some point, Cross met a woman named Mother who would become his patron. He would eventually join the Black Order where he hunted Akum with him coming to rise to the rank of General thus becoming a senior figure in the organisation.
Afterwards, Cross took Allen into his care after the death of Nea and Mana where he brought the boy to Mother who along with Barba came to look after the traumatised child. Over time, Allen came to recover with Cross showing him Timcampy and later training him to become an exorcist.
Cross left China for Japan and landed in Edo where he went into hiding to avoid being spotted by the Earl and Akuma. He looked to reduce the sheer number of Akuma whilst in hiding with him also watching the Earl's movements in order to find when Noah's Ark was ready to be used.
When his apprentice and his team, along with Tiedoll's team, faced off against the Noah clan, Cross watched from afar. When the Earl and the Noah enter the Ark, Cross entered, unseen, with them. After the events of fighting with the Noah and facing off against Tyki Mikk, Allen was about to through the ark before Cross saved him and revealed himself. Cross then battled the maddened Tyki, unleashing The Grave of Maria and using her abilities to block those accompanying Allen from Tyki's view as he fought a one-on-one fight with the Noah. Cross overwhelmed Tyki during the fight with his amazing firing speed, the Noah eventually falling from the injuries he received during his previous fight with Allen, as well as the fight with Cross. Before Cross could finish Tyki off, the Earl intervened and saved Tyki. Cross and the Earl exchanged a few words, revealing they know one another well, before the Earl disappeared with Tyki into Road's door and left Cross and the others to deal with the crumbling of the Ark. Cross brought Allen and Lenalee to the room where the Akuma Egg was being held, giving Allen vague orders to stop the download of the Ark before using his sorcery to transport Allen to a room with a piano. When Allen hesitated, unsure of what to do, Cross shouted at Allen over their communicators, telling him to stop the download. He asks if Allen sees a piano in the room, while Lenalee also calls out to him, asking if he's ok. Allen notices Cross and Lenalee's voices seem to be coming from the same place, and tells Cross to stop touching her. Cross insists they do not have much floor space to work with, while thinking how great it is to be holding Lenalee in his arms. Cross then shouts at Allen to play the piano. While Allen initially was more focused on Cross close proximity with Lenalee, he used the musical score hidden within Timcanpy to stop the download of the Ark -after receiving encouragement from Lenalee.
Meanwhile Cross continued protecting Lenalee while simultaneously slowing the download in their area with his magic. After the download of the Ark was stopped, Allen and Lenalee are shocked by Cross' knowledge of the Ark, Allen just about to question his master before Lavi started shouting for Allen to "come and get it" over the communicators, Lavi trying to lure Allen out of hiding with the promise of food. Afterwards, while Allen, Kanda, Chaozii and Lavi explored the Ark, Cross stayed with Lenalee in the room with the piano as she tended to Krory, Cross expresses that she's gotten better at showing her feelings than before. Lenalee wonders when Cross made it to the ark. He comments he was there when they faced Tyki, but had he known she was there, he'd have come sooner. He comments her hair was beautiful and the loss was regrettable. Lenalee remarks that Anita said the same thing, causing Cross to become somber, telling Lenalee that he'd told Anita not to follow him.[15] Allen and the other guys are seen running into the room, saying that Cross was a womanizer and feeling that leaving him alone with Lenalee was a mistake. Allen screams that it's a crime, and Lavi screams that they were too late. Lenalee tries to assure them that they have the wrong idea, but Cross interrupts, shouting to Allen that sixteen is a fully grown woman. In response, Lenalee to angrily reprimands him. When the Cross unit and the Tiedoll unit reunited and prepared to head back to the Asian Branch via the Ark, Roufa and Allen have a reunion, where she cries happily that he's safe. Allen attempts to calm her, until Cross shoves him aside, asking if Roufa is his girlfriend, but Allen just questions where Cross is going. Cross sweats, commenting that he feels like making a run for it. Lenalee embraces him, begging him not to leave. Cross is stopped in his tracks, finding himself unable to deny Lenalee, while she was only thinking about not wanting to chase after him again. Allen theorizes that was the reason Lenalee was placed in the Cross Unit.
After listening to the message with Howard Link, Allen remarked that the recording sounded like Cross' will, which makes him angry because that type of behavior wasn't like Cross at all, and that he gets angry every times he listens to it. Much later, during Allen's confrontation with the sentient Innocence 'Apocryphos' whereupon seeing into his mind where he could see the fate of Cross the night he disappeared. Disguised at the unnamed Cardinal, Apocryphos was shown holding Cross' own Innocence, Judgment, to Cross' head, Cross remarking that when he met Allen, he was not called "Allen" . He also stated that he should have noticed his mistake sooner. Allen came to be horrified upon discovering the truth, and after regaining composure, attacks Apocryphos in rage. Allen says he saw what Apocryphos did, knowing that he unleashed Judgement upon his master. Apocryphos figures that Allen saw inside of his mind when he attempted to erode him. Apocryphos insist to Allen that Cross didn't care anything about him, and was simply using him as a sacrifice to the fourteenth. He says that Allen can't harm him with Innocence, and that he is trying to help him. Allen defiantly declares that he is the pupil of Cross Marian, and the thought of allying himself with Apocryphos makes him want to puke.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Cross Marian was a tall male with long, vibrant red hair whilst having a goatee and having eyes the same shade of red as his hair. He was known for wearing wire-framed glasses and half a mask on the right side of his face.
A demanding individual, who was known to be hard to please.
In battle, he behaved in a cold and uncaring manner.
He was shown to be a smoker and being a heavy drinker. Though he was most known for his love for gambling where he made extravagant bets. If he loses, he never paid his debt leading to him often owing money to many people. Typically, he ran away before having to pay them and sometimes leaving others to be forced to deal with paying the debt.
Another noted habit of Marian was that he was a womanizer.
Underneath his rough exterior, he was shown to have a softer side that he mostly showed to women.
He was shown to normally be rude and tough on Allen. In fact, he usually referred to Allen as as 'idiot apprentice'. The Black Order considered him to be a great man even though Cross was normally rude and tough on Allen. This could be because Allen was his apprentice and thus he had to be hard on him. Allen feared him which was hinted from the fact most of his flashbacks about Cross end with some kind of unfortunate, usually humorous experience for him -with Allen insisting that Cross was a demon.
Powers and abilities
Cross Marian was originally born an ordinary human being with no inherent powers.
He later came to be bonded to an Innocence (イノセンス, Inosensu) which allowed him to fight Akuma. As an Accommodator (適合者, Tekigō-sha), he came to wield an equipment-type Innocence named Judgment (断罪者, ジャジメント). This took the form of a large calibre auto-revolver that he was able to fire in rapid succession. It was shown that this Anti-Akuma Weapon made use of different kind of ammunition. Among these included Bullets of Condemnation which did not stop until they had hit their targets even if they were embedded in something else along the way. Another was the Arrow Of Original Sin (原罪の矢, Genzai no ya) which formed the shape of a demon-like bow around Judgment as a cross symbol appears in front of it. In addition, he used Sin Annihilation Level whereby Cross could temporarily boost his synchronization rate with Judgment to increase the damage dealt with his attacks
Unlike other Exorcists, he actually came to wield two anti-Akuma weapons with the other being the Grave of Maria (聖母ノ柩 (グレイヴ・オブ・マリア, Gureivu obu Maria). In reality, this was another Exorcist named Maria who was bonded to a parasite-type Innocence that she used in combat. Cross was able to use magic to control Maria's corpse during a fight therefore allowing him to also use her Innocence. It took the form of a large, flattened coffin wrapped with a long chain. When the chain was removed, the coffin opened to reveal a beautiful woman in a fancy dress with a large bow tied over her eyes which made it slightly reminiscent of a butterfly. This 'woman' was in fact the corpse of Maria. It was pointed out by Lavi that Cross Marian's use of the "Grave of Maria" anti-Akuma weapon was unorthodox and forbidden. Among the techniques used by her included:
- Magdala Curtain (聖母ノ加護マグダラ・カーテン, Magudara kāten) : Maria used her song to create illusions that could conceal the presence of others.
- Carte Garde (脳傀儡カルテ・ ガルテ, Karute garute) : allowing the user control the person's movements by affecting the brains of both humans and Akuma.
Though a skilled Exorcist, he as also renowned for being a scientist. It was shown that he had the unique talent for being able to modify Akuma. Thus, he was able to reprogram them to serve him and prevent them from engaging in their desire to kill humans. This allowed them to be used as servants but it was shown that they struggled against to ignore the commands of the Millennium Earl. Marian had included a program within the modified Akuma that caused them to self-destruct if their desire to kill overrode the new programming of not harming humans. Those that self-destructed though lost their souls as they were not purified by Innocence.
In addition, he was quite skilled and well-versed in magic to the point that he was able to use spells. With these spells, he had been seen binding others through sorcery, disguising himself as another person, and transporting people from one location to another.
Notes
- Cross Marian was created by Katsura Hoshino where he featured in the setting of the D.Gray-man universe.
In other media
Television
- In D.Gray-man, Cross Marian appeared in the setting of the anime television series adaptation where he was voiced by Japanese actor Hiroki Tōchi and by English actor Christopher R. Sabat in the dub.
- In D.Gray-man Hallow, Cross Marian appeared in the setting of the anime television series adaptation where he was voiced by Japanese actor Tsuguo Mogami and by English actor Christopher R. Sabat in the dub.
Appearances
- D.Gray-man:
- D.Gray-man Hallow:
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