Marcus Halliwell

Marcus Halliwell is a mortal who has Wiccan, Guardian, and Phoenix powers. He is the second son of Miranda Halliwell and Vladimir Gonzalez, younger brother to Octavio Halliwell and older brother to Terrence and Drake Halliwell. He is husband to Teresa Martinez, the Heart of Earth. He is the current Monkey Guardian. He is one of the main protagonists of the Guardians series.

Appearance
Marcus appears as an average adult, he is in his mid-20s and, like Octavio and Drake, wears glasses. He is fairly tall, seemingly large waist, partially muscular build. He has brown skin, brown eyes, and black hair. He also has tattoos on his arms, chest, and back, mostly of Aztec culture. Since becoming a Guardian, he is more agile, persistent, and malevolent to a point where it annoys the others. When in his Guardian form, he is more lean-built, his hair grows longer, and his glasses and all his tattoos disappear, he wears a light blue sleeveless, low neckline shirt, dark blue loose pants, a blue right arm guard, and two band on his left arm, with purple shoes resembling sneakers. In this form he wear a large ring with a pentagram in the middle and five pointers around his neck. Like some of the other Guardians he does not wear a sash.

History
Marcus was born on August 1st to Miranda Halliwell and Vladimir Gonzalez, 26 years before becoming a Guardian. His older brother Octavio is two years older while his younger brothers, Terrence and Drake, were born several years after. Like his brothers and cousins, Marcus became a Guardian a week after Drake's 15th birthday.

Powers, Abilities and Paraphernalia
Molecular immobilization - (simply referred to as Freezing), is the magical ability to slow down the molecules of an object to the point where they stop moving completely, therefore 'freezing' the object.

Shapeshifting - in its broadest sense, a change in the physical form or shape of a body, mostly into animal form.

Transmogrification - the ability that allows the person with the gift to alter their form into inanimate objects.

Vast Aura

Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant

Advanced Growth Rate

Keen Intellect

Ring of Five

 * Aura Channeling
 * Sensing

Aura Mirror

 * Guardian Magic
 * Channeling

Conception
The design of Marcus’ talisman was inspired by the Millennium Ring from Yu-Gi-Oh character Ryo Bakura. Marcus’ first power was inspired by the Monkey talisman from Jackie Chan Adventures. His inactive gauntlet and armor form were inspired by the Witchblade franchise.