Marius von Hagen (WS-MU)
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Personality
Heir to a global corporation who yearns for freedom. An heir to a massive corporation whose ways are always out of the ordinary, and who never follow the rules.
Marius has a carefree and rebellious playboy public image, all to hide his true self. This is also the reason why the public doubts whether he is capable of inheriting and leading such a vast family corporation.
Born into the epicenter of the struggles of power. Marius grew tired of the endless scheming and politics. It's an unescapable masquerade ball, and all Marius hopes for is for him to never find his ball partner and let him be the only one that gets sucked into this bottomless abyss.
History
Marius's past
Marius von Hagen is the second son of Austin von Hagen, the head of the family.
Having an elite education and passion for the fine arts, Marius was admitted to the world's top art school, Florence College of Art, where he majored in oil painting. In 2029, Marius graduated with a bachelor's degree ahead of time and returned to Stellis to take over the Pax Group as its CEO.
Even so, he did not give up on his pursuit of art; he was admitted to Stellis University as a graduate student in the Department of Art and Art History in 2030.
Marius' painting idol, the anonymous "Z," is in fact Marius himself; he created the identity in order to separate himself from his art, so that people who see his paintings speak only about them rather than their painter. Z's techniques are highly reminiscent of Rembrandt, earning Z the nickname "Rembrandt Jr."; Z's mystery and popularity cause news about him to spread even outside the art community, and his works fetch a high price among collectors. However, since taking over at Pax, Marius has not had enough free time to release new paintings under his alias.
Marius borrows lighting techniques from Klimt in his paintings, mixing gold foil with mica to soften the highlights rather than applying the foil directly to the painting; this was the key technique difference that proved a recent painting by Jason Sanders was a forgery.
Marius enjoys good working relationships with his family and was set to inherit the Pax Group from his father, Austin von Hagen. However, his older brother, Giann von Hagen, was reassigned to an overseas project. The media reported this as a power struggle within the von Hagen family and called it the "Pax Civil War", which Marius denies. Marius never knew his mother, Carenina Orinn, who died shortly after he was born, but he feels a need to honor and protect her all the same; he also grew up with close ties to Susan Wellington, or "Aunt Susan," who raised him and his brother after their mother died.
Outside of his immediate family, he notes that the von Hagen family is large but neither close nor distant, only meeting at festivals once or twice a year; some of this distance is imposed due to an incident that nearly led to Marius' death when a child from another branch of the family locked him in a basement freezer at age five, which led to Marius being raised in a spoiled and sheltered manner. He once remarked that his father never punished him for doing anything bad as a child.
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Trivia
- He calls Rosa, 姐姐. His Chinese tagline directly refers to how he does not mean in a sibling way.
- In Asian culture, it is commonly used by someone younger towards an older girl within a similar age bracket. Outside of familial meaning, it is also used as an gentle endearment like "Miss".
- His symbol is an "ouroboros".
- Marius' scent is described to be brisk and in sharp contrast to his stylish image.
Etymology
- In the Chinese text, his surname 陆 is a common trope surname in Chinese media used for overbearing president stereotypes and or family name of prominent families. The character means "land". His given name is made up of two characters, 景 and 和.