Marlon

Gender Male Hair Color Blond Eye Color Blue Age 23 Occupation Pre-Apocalypse Student at Ericson's Boarding School Post-Apocalypse

Former Leader of Ericson's Boarding School Family Rosie - Pet Ethnicity Caucasian-American At first, Marlon seems like a fair and good-hearted leader, rescuing Clementine and Alvin Jr. and taking them in. However, he is paranoid, indecisive and somewhat cowardly. While not shying away from personal combat, he is extremely paranoid about his group's safety, a feeling which only increases after Marlon is forced to give up Sophie and Minerva to a group of raiders, going as far as establishing a small perimeter around the Boarding School and refusing to have his group venture out of it, even when faced with a food shortage. He also continuously pulled back this perimeter, until it only encompassed a few patches of wood around the school. His position as leader stresses him greatly, resulting in him lashing out against anyone who criticizes his leadership, culminating in him accidentally killing Brody in a fit of rage when she was about to reveal that Marlon planned on giving Clementine and AJ to the raiders if they came back. Panicking, he attempts to pin the murder on Clementine after locking her in with a soon-to-be-reanimated Brody, whereupon his true nature is finally revealed to the group. Despite this, Marlon is not fundamentally a bad person, as he is wreaked by guilt over giving up Sophie and Minerva to save the rest of his group and is genuinely horrified when he accidentally kills Brody. If Clementine attempts to reason with him, he will come to regret his actions and will only ask to be allowed to leave the Boarding School as a bad memory. Clementine has the option of exiling Marlon, keeping him prisoner, or allowing him to stay but revoking his position as the leader. Before any decision could be made however, Marlon meets his untimely death after being shot by AJ, due to the boy seeing him as an enemy and taking Clementine's wor

Despite this, Marlon is not fundamentally a bad person, as he is wreaked by guilt over giving up Sophie and Minerva to save the rest of his group and is genuinely horrified when he accidentally kills Brody. If Clementine attempts to reason with him, he will come to regret his actions and will only ask to be allowed to leave the Boarding School as a bad memory. Clementine has the option of exiling Marlon, keeping him prisoner, or allowing him to stay but revoking his position as the leader. Before any decision could be made however, Marlon meets his untimely death after being shot by AJ, due to the boy seeing him as an enemy and taking Clementine's words, that he must kill any threat, to heart. Nothing is known about Marlon's life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that he was born in either 1992 or 1993, was a student at Ericson's Boarding School for Troubled Youth, and played on the school's football team with his best friend Louis. During the early days of the outbreak, all but one of the adults at the school abandoned the students, making them fend for themselves. Marlon took over and helped keep the rest of the children safe. He also took care of Rosie, the Headmasters dog who was left behind. Initially, Marlon wanted to attract other survivors or perhaps help to the school but eventually decided that isolation was the best way to keep the school safe so he took down the signs that lead to the school. About a year before meeting Clementine, he traded away Minerva and Sophie away to a group of raiders to save his group from an attack. He made Brody, his accomplice, swear not to tell anyone. While hunting, Marlon and his hunting group found AJ and Clementine crashed in a car by the train station with walkers swarmed around them. Marlon proceeded to kill some of the walkers and pulled AJ from the car wreckage while the others saved Clementine.

Back at the school, he tied Clementine to a bed, possibly because she could have reanimated or Marlon didn't want a stranger to be able to roam free once awoken When Clementine finally wakes up, she finds him with Tenn, either threatening him or talking calmly. If the former, he aims his bow at her, talking her into submission. (Determinant) After that, Marlon shows Clementine around the former school. However, he leaves Clementine to tend to an attack outside the wall. Later when Clementine and AJ have been reunited, Marlon asks Clementine to help repel a walker attack so a hunter group is able to get into the school. That night, Marlon tries to get AJ's attention by touching his shoulder from behind, but AJ, in a knee-jerk reaction elbows him in the groin. He tell Clementine such behavior is not tolerated, leading AJ to apologize. After supper, he plays a card game with Violet, Louis, and Clementine to learn more about her. Marlon can be asked about his hair cut, and he will reply by saying that his haircut is cool (Determinant). The next day, while staying there, Marlon can help Clementine get over her fear of dogs, caused by the death of Sam. (Determinant) He then requests Clementine to help with either Aasim and Louis with hunting or Brody and Violet with fishing. After Louis, Violet, Clementine and AJ arrive home with an abundance of home, Marlon is surprised by the food but Brody is skeptical when it is revealed they ran into a raider, outside of the safe zone and begins to act hysterical telling Marlon he knows what's going to happen. Marlon calms her, saying that there is just another hungry man out there but Brody leaves unconvinced.

That night, Clementine and AJ are awoken to the sounds of Marlon and Brody voices coming through the pipes. Marlon is found to be arguing with Brody in the basement. Brody then reveals the truth to Clementine about Marlon of what he did to Tenn's sisters. Enraged, Marlon strikes Brody between the eyes with his flashlight, fatally injuring her by causing brain damage. Marlon, visually shocked, searches for a first aid kit as he regrets his extreme action. Unable to find one, he comes back to Brody telling Clementine about Sophie and Minerva who were traded away by Marlon but soon dies. Panicking, he flees the basement as Clementine runs after him, managing to lock the both of them in the basement.