Marcel Beaumont Best friend Worst enemy

Name: Marcel "Marc" Beaumont
Age: 101.
Gender/Preference: Male. Straight.
Title: Mage
Student/Scholar/Graduate: Graduate.
Residence: New Meridian
Familiar: None.
Magical abilities: Iron, lightning, teleporting (a hidden talent), a touch of demon magic which he's always pulled off as being experimental
Appearance: Marc has aged very well. He sometimes wears a scruffy beard; he always wears that charming expression. He's extremely well dressed even though he wasn't always able to afford it.

Personality: He's got a lot of boyish charm but just underneath is a very dark, devilish streak. He's just as likely to draw you in if he likes you as he would if he hated you; you wouldn't know it until you had the knife in your back. He's up for a good game (and sometimes that means playing with other people's lives).
Strengths: He's strong minded. Charming. When he wants something he goes after it whole-heartedly.
Weaknesses: Will cry when he's sloppy drunk. He gets depressed when things don't go his way.
Quirks:
Secrets: He's 90% sure that his experimental magic is actually demon magic and that it comes from his dad, but he has never told anyone this.

Biography: He grew up in New Meridian. Part of his childhood was spent down the Dark Way, part down Silk Road. His mother was a prostitute named Noella who worked in any brothel that would take her. His father was a mysterious man that would come and go, drifting into Marc's life when it seemed fitting. What Marc knows of his dad can be counted on ten fingers (his name is Nicodemus and Marc suspects that he's part demon).

Seeing as how his parents weren't always around or didn't always have the means, Marc learned from a young age to support himself. There was a long period of time in his youth in which he was a pick-pocket and petty thief, stealing what he needed to eat and dress well, to give the appearance that he was much better off than the reality of his situation.

As soon as he was able he moved into the dorms at Salem Academy and disavowed any relationship with his mother. He was in school with Katrana and Camden and spent most of his teen years trying to woo Kat away from Cam with varying degrees of success. At the same time he was reasonably good friends with Camden; when the rivalry really heated up it was like a game and neither of them saw it was an impediment to their friendship.

As he began to study in classes he realized that his magic was a little different from the other students. When he was very little his teachers told him he was probably just gifted in experimental magic and left it at that. He was careful from that point on not to ask too many questions about it and to pass off his abilities as experiments in progress.

At some point in his teens Marc developed the ability to teleport. He'd be concentrating on something and then suddenly appear there (or near whatever he was thinking about). For a long time he wasn't sure if it was a spontaneous spell or a latent ability, but he attributes it to the development of new abilities among the magical community (which has been happening more often since his childhood). He found it very easy to teleport to people he felt intensely about (re: Kat) and would often pop up behind her unannounced. Kat might know that he can do this, but Marc has been using the ability discreetly since he learned how to fully control it.

He graduated early, partially out of boredom but also because he'd learned all he could from the school. As a young adult he spent some time trying to locate his father, but Nicodemus was never an easy man to find. Marc settled a bit, working as a metalsmith in several shops before working up enough money to open his own. His shop, Beausmiths is in the reputable business district of New Meridian. He does some jewelry work, but more often he does custom pieces (art, furniture, and more discreet sorts of work). At some point he apprenticed Reed Graves for awhile and still offers him work when he needs Reed's particular skill.

Once Camden and Katrana were married their relationship with Marc shifted. Camden took Marc's innuendos and flirtations with Kat more seriously and their friendship became strained. Marc did his best to behave, but it didn't change the fact that he was still into the conquest of Katrana (whether because he genuinely loved her or because he wanted to take her away from Camden still isn't very clear). He's something of an uncle to the kids, though he insists that they never, ever call him uncle.

Marcel was devastated when Cam and Kat disappeared. He hadn't given up on hope, but he's slipped in and out of depression ever since.