Overview
Prince Marius, formally Marius Antonius de Starkus, is the Gadget Prince whose kindness and accountability allow him to succeed Starkus as King Marius I of Arcos.
Birth and Royal Lie
Marius is born in 88 AR to King Starkus and Madame Chona during the same crisis that produces Bianca, the legitimate daughter of Queen Maius. Starkus erases Bianca and publicly elevates Marius as the prince of Arcos.
He benefits from the false succession but is also trapped inside expectations, secrets, and a title he never chose.
The Gadget Prince
Markulah curses Marius so that his body ages while his mind remains emotionally young. He retreats into games, drones, devices, and digital systems that give him comfort inside the violent palace of Arcos.
Starkus sees these interests as weakness, but Marius later turns technology and creative problem-solving into forms of heroism.
Helping Jack
When Arcos uses Jack as a false Prince Marius, the real Marius helps him escape through secret passages and removes the GR-10 Micro GPS used to control him. Both men are victims of a royal machine that treats identity as a political tool.
Bianca, Camila, and the Battle
Marius secretly protects Bianca after she confronts Starkus, choosing his erased half-sister over the lie that elevated him. During the Battle of Erodas, his drones help save Princess Camila, revealing courage in the language he understands best.
King Marius I
After Markulah's curse breaks, Marius accepts Arcos' responsibility for the war. He offers the crown to Bianca as the lawful heir; she refuses, calls him bunso, and places it on him instead.
As King Marius I, he begins rebuilding Arcos through accountability rather than denial and exiles Starkus and Carrius to the Isles of Myrus.
Personality and Abilities
Marius is gentle, playful, awkward, lonely, and emotionally sincere. He is skilled with drones, gadgets, games, palace systems, and quick technical problem-solving. His moral softness, once despised by Starkus, becomes the quality that makes a different Arcos possible.
Canon Status
Alive; King of Arcos