| “ | I thought I'd been through hell before. I'm a fireman. I've entered blazing buildings to save lives more times than I care to remember. But back then I had people teamed up against a common foe, namely the fire. Nowadays, your former neighbor can kill you because your grandparents spoke a different language than his. This is true hell on earth. | ” |
–Marko's Description | ||
Overview[]
Marko is one of the many playable characters found in the game. He was a firefighter from Pogoren, and was separated from his family when the siege began.
Marko has the Skilled Scavenger trait, which gives him 15 inventory slots.
Appearance[]
Marko wears a brown hoodie jacket with the hood up, and a pair of brown pants. He carries a dark green backpack.
Personality[]
Marko belongs to the homie archetype. As a member of public service, Marko is naturally inclined to help others.
Marko has a great sense of community. He’s greatly sensitive to the needs of others around him, and is always happy to help those in need. He's easily depressed by his fellow survivors' distress, as well as atrocities committed against other civilians. However, he has an easier time brushing off crimes against dangerous individuals like bandits and soldiers, arguing that they're a threat to the community as a whole. If his mood is negative, he’s likely to lose sleep, possibly prompting another survivor to stay awake and console him. He will never rob the shelter when leaving.
If traumatized enough, he will permanently shift to the apathic [sic] modifier. Marko turns more indifferent and apathetic, and consequently less sensitive to all events, as he becomes hopeless about his situation and resigned to his fate.
Strategy[]
Marko has no major weaknesses, unless guitar skill is counted. He's at least decent in everything, whether it's combat, guarding or consoling. In a pinch, he is the jack of all trades yet master of none.
Marko is particularly outstanding at scavenging with his inventory size of 15, second to Boris' 17, and he also moves reasonably fast. This often allows him to clear out or relocate items quickly, especially in large areas like the Construction Site, Airport, or Park, whereas Boris is better suited for grabbing large, concentrated piles of supplies at once.
Marko's empathy is above average, making him a poor choice for committing crimes against civilians.
Recruitment Speech[]
| “ | Sorry to disturb you, funny how life turns out. I'm a fireman, I've been saving people all my life. Now I'm the one that needs saving. My family fled to the country. I wanted to go to them, but the city got encircled and I couldn't. Will you let me stay with you? | ” |
Death Note[]
| “ | It’s Marko’s body. He used to save people’s lives and now he lies dead and abandoned. He deserved better. | ” |
–Note on dead body | ||
Character Story[]
- "Everyone should choose one happy memory. And it can't be good, it has to be grand. When it gets so bad you just want to sit down and cry, when your life seems forfeit, you close your eyes and go back to your happy moment. It's not easy, but you have to try."
- "We were called to a tenement fire. I was still the new one on our team. We just started assembling the houses, when a resident shouted there was someone inside. I donned the mask, went in and carried out a young lady. Long story short, we got married after. Her name was Alina."
- "Alina gave me two beautiful girls. We were so happy. When the war broke out, we decided they would be safer at my mother's house in the country. I stayed with my team to help people. We thought all this would be over in a couple of weeks. It's been almost three years now. Phones are dead, so I've been sending letters through anyone leaving the city."
- "I've got no reply yet and I'm really worried. But I have to trust that Alina and the girls are fine and that everything is going to be alright, or I'll go mad. When this siege is over, I'll find them no matter what and I won't let anything separate us ever again. I hope that one day we can forget this war ever happened and think of it as just a bad dream."
Traumatized variants:[]
- "My father told me I should choose one happy memory, and when the life becomes miserable, I just have to close my eyes and go back to that happy moment. But what do you do when your happiest memory brings you nothing but pain?"
- "My happiest moment is a memory of a fire. I was a new addition to our team and guys used to tease me, call me names. but it was a friendly ribbing. Long story short, we were called to a tenement fire and I got lucky, rescued a young lady and became the old hand right there. And the lady, Alina was her name, became my wife soon after."
- "We had two kids, two beautiful daughters. When the war started, she took them and moved to the country, to my mother. She wanted me to come but I'd never leave my team. In times like these. We had a lot of fires to fight. Then, there were more fires than we could fight... and later on the team was no more. It turned out I couldn't leave the city."
- "I've had no word from them for months now. There is no way to reach them, no phones, no mail, I've tried to give letters to strangers, but haven't heard back. I'm starting to lose hope that I'll ever see my Alina and my daughters alive. And this slowly drives me crazy. I wish I could get my hands on whoever started this madness."
Endings[]
Spoiler Warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
| Ending Type |
Ending Description |
|---|---|
| Dead | "For all his efforts Marko was rewarded with a shallow grave. Maybe his wife and daughters will find it someday, on condition that they managed to survive the persecutions themselves." |
| Suicide | "Broken, Marko lost all of hope of over reaching his wife and daughters. Along with hope, he also lost his will to live on. He left them a goodbye letter. But no one passed it on to them." |
| Abandoned | "Marko slipped out of the shelter one night, leaving no notes behind. He died, betrayed by a smuggler, while trying to reach his family." |
| Rejected | "It was a tough decision but there were reasons why Marko could not stay in the shelter." |
| Karma | "After the war, Marko set out to find his family. The refugees from the city had been brutally persecuted. There was no trace of Alina or the girls. Marko hoped against the odds they did not end up in one of the many mass graves scarring the countryside. Would he ever see them again?" |
| Sad | "After the war, Marko set out to find his family. the refugees from the city had been brutally persecuted. Alina and the girls survived, but what they went through scarred them forever. Marko never spoke of the horrors he'd witnessed, either. Would life ever be normal again?" |
| Good | "After the war, Marko found his family, who managed to avoid the worst atrocities hidden away by a friendly country family. They came back to Pogoren along with other people. Normalcy returned to the city. Buildings were rebuilt. Schools and shops reopened. Life went on." |
Trivia[]
- Marko and Bruno are good friends.
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