Marus Ludwig von Maxim

Marus Ludwig von Maxim, also referred to as DrStudi and DrSus, was the founder of Riverfeld and Royal Regent of the Simulami Empire.

He was a 1.97 meter tall blonde man with a moustache. His right arm is skeletal and he wears two rings on it. His Torso and his lower legs were badly burned and charred. He also had blue scars that glow a tiny bit and wore an eye patch on his left eye, covering another blue glowing wound. His right eye is in a light purple and has above average seeing ability.

Early life
Marus Ludwig of Maxim was a Krobuny male born in the Order Müvielle near Spruce Harvest. He was always fascinated with warfare and weapons and always dreamed of being a knight. He already wielded big weapons in his early youth and became very skilled with them.

In his later years he became even more skilled with weaponry and started to show an interest in ships and unnatural phenomona. He got accepted into the army and was trained by Gre'en Leyla-Earcala during the reconquista of Najer. A while after that he even built a ship, known as "The Sussy Pearl". With that he later travelled to Eldham.

Career
Marus started to be more and more interested in the unnatural and started logging entries about his attempts. This lead to Incident-05 which shaped his personality and physical appearance. While this was happening, he became one of the best fighters in the Simulami Empire. He has beaten many of the most skilled fighters in trainings and even his former trainer Gre'en Leyla-Earcala. Long after the discovery and colonization he was also appointed to Royal Regent of the Simulami Empire in the lands of Eldham. He also created his own town of Riverfeld and became a huge potato enthusiast.

But his psychological state also changed much. He became paranoid and stopped trusting many people. Due to that he became more isolated and lived very lonely in his town of Riverfeld.

Death
In his later life he stayed often on the Sussy Pearl and slowly drifted into insanity. He started developing devices of unknown use. After a while he had gone missing only to reappear after multiple years. He became way older and his body started aging more rapidly.

After writing a letter to the Simulami Empire he became silent. It took some time for Berit Eldwin Yel-Voal to visit him for an unknown reason. As soon as he entered Marus's captains quarters he declared him to be dead. His body was only hardly recognizable and greatly deformed.

Experimental logs
During his studies of the soul and its relationship to certain materials, Marus kept detailed logs of his experiments and observations as well as the incident which led to his physical and mental decline.

In the first log by Marus, he tries to test the power of soul flames. To test that, he killes his own dog by burning it in soul fire and extracting info of the soul soil, concluding that remnants of the soul remain in the soul soil.

The second log contains his analysis of the reports of others. He notes that sometimes terrible screams can be heard from soul sand and soul soil. After some studying, Marus realizes that only the screams of entities one is personally familiar with can be heard. Terrified by that thought, he notes that he already experienced that, making a test obsolete.

The third log recalls an unintentional find. While trying to get more soul sand and soul soil, Marus fell and was impaled by one of the sharp bones of a fossil. Despite being heavily injured, he survived. As he screamed in pain, the ground opened and the fossils slowly sunk into the depths, while Marus was left above. He concludes that soul sand is self aware and could hear him, saving his life.

The fourth log was started due to the result of experiment 03. Marus wanted to find out how smart the soul sand was, and if it may still have the mind of the people that died on it. Since not many people died in the very empty soul sand valleys, Marus contemplates the strong winds that appear in the Nether. He concludes that soul sand valleys transport the consciousness via the particles in the air that get blowed from valley to valley, believing that the soul seems to either take over the entire valley or split it with the other souls.

The fifth and last log details Marus attempt to talk with souls. He made an attempt to create soul gas by taking a small amount of soul sand and pouring water on it. Normally this creates an upstream, but in his case, he dealt with a powerful entity's soul. While attempting to bring the gas on paper, he accidentally breathes it in. His vision faded and he fell into soul fire. After nearly dying, he discovered that the soul that was kept in the soul sand became a part of him, sharing the control over his body. His right arm was turned completely skeletal and most of his torso was badly burned. His left Eye was badly damaged because of the light, due to that, he had to remove it. It is believed that inhaling the soul gas destroyed his mind and caused his hallucinations which made him insane and unstable in his late life.