The fight seemed to be going poorly, with Mohinder easily beating down Marcel. He was trying to maintain order within the city, which meant dealing with the witches, who continued their pursuit of Davina after the Harvest ritual he and his army interrupted. They arrive to a parking garage to find a man and a woman in the back of a van. When they reminded him that he was their family, Marcel shook his head with scorn and told them he was no longer their family and never would be again after what they had done. Sitting down at the table, she takes a moment and gives her answer. He presumably kidnaps Hayley at the end of the episode, as he is last seen facing Hayley at the door before she disappears. In the city, Klaus goes to Marcel's. Klaus tells Marcel that New Orleans WAS his town. Elijah then comes in and offers the army vampire fighting lessons. Marcel's style is quite similar to Klaus'. Klaus is stabbing Marcel to drain him of his blood. Marcel went to desperate lengths to protect her as he loves her like his own daughter, but the event could not be avoided and Davina eventually agreed to go along with it for the sake of the town's citizens. When they learned there had been multiple reports of missing children, Marcel took it more seriously and his vampires discovered that there had been activity around the Strix mansion for the first time in years. Though she was much stronger than him, Marcel convinced her to give him time to find another way or else all of The Strix would be condemned to death by the Originals if they did it her way. He likes to have fun and enjoys being a vampire. In No More Heartbreaks, upon hearing Cami had been attacked by the newly empowered Lucien, Marcel called Davina to tell her. However, when Marcel and Rebekah grew closer again, unable to deny their feelings for each other, they desperately searched for a way to be free to do as they wished, without Klaus trying to control them. Brian Kilmeade anchored Monday night's show, the first of a rotating slate of guest hosts who will fill in at 8 p.m. for now. He then rescued his newly-born adoptive sister, hoping to use her as leverage to get Klaus to heal them all with his blood, but when he returned to the compound, the vampires were already dead. He is then confronted by Hayley for bombing her pack which he denies. Kol listened to Marcel and tried to flee New Orleans, leaving Marcel to explain Kol's departure to a shocked Davina. He sacks him and takes him to Davina to get the compulsion wipe. In Gonna Set Your Flag On Fire, along-with his vampire army, he gets stuck in the Abattoir when Finn casts a boundary spell on it. TV Show. In Everything That Can Be Lost May Also Be Found, Marcel sits outside of Rousseau's, waiting for Hope. Klaus manages to escape his chains, but before he can make any rash decisions, Elijah snaps his neck . Angered, he asks Klaus what his problem is and Klaus accuses him of kidnapping Hayley. Vampires and witches were living in harmony in . They help Klaus fight off Mikael when they get to their location. Marcel warned her that going through the plan would be risky, as the Mikaelsons would retaliate but Davina was confident everything would work out. He then encourages Josh to get Davina to practice magic again for her own protection, which Josh does. Elijah recognizes how angry Marcel is, and rips his heart out. When they try to figure out what is wrong with her Marcel continues to blame Klaus for hurting Davina and killing Tim. Later, he meets with Klaus in Lafayette Cemetery, where Klaus admits that he was never a good father to Marcel and that he had failed him, to his eternal shame. The rest are night-walkers and they like to host a huge party at Marcel's place every night, invite the tourists and feed on them at midnight. Later, when Elijah asked Marcel to have The Strix make sure all of the white oak was completely gone, Marcel explained the situation of the missing members, prompting Elijah to investigate too. Aya countered that Davina was a former Regent and it was a shame she only joined them after her shunning. Marcel got back up and impaled Elijah, seemingly with the cursed stake before saving Hayley from two Strix vampires, confusing her as to whose side he was on. Although Rebekah Mikaelson (Claire Holt) was granted her happy ending with Marcel Gerard, the details of her being able to take 'the cure' and live a mortal life with Marcel were a little baffling . Marcel and Klaus grudgingly work together. Klaus laughs at them and tells them that that's not going to work for him. She finishes the story for Tyler. Marcel assured him that The Strix were thinning out, and it would be back to their usual business but two Strix members arrived with news that their society wasn't leaving yet since three of their upper level members were missing. Marcel became the ultimate beast on The Originals , and he's coming for the Mikaelsons. When the blood proved unsuccessful, Marcel wouldn't let Kol near Davina in his feral state, infuriating Kol enough to start blindly strangling Marcel. In The Feast of All Sinners, Marcel joins forces with the Mikaelsons against The Hollow and he is the one to bring Hope's body to the Abattoir. The only solution they could agree upon was to leave it up to her. Vincent compares Marcel to Klaus in how he now acts. He plans on luring Klaus out so Elijah will be alone in facing off against his army. He also began to rekindle his romance with Rebekah. Kol relented, snapping out of his mania, and he promised Marcel he would never hurt Davina. Klaus tells Marcel that the main reason for this whole taking over New Orleans was mainly the witches idea, he doesn't want his baby to have a father like he had. King of the French Quarter of New OrleansPrince of the City (by Klaus)Toddler (by Lucien)The BeastMuppet (by Kol) In Out of the Easy, after Rebekah had been attacked by The Strix, Marcel worked with the Mikaelsons to try and find her. He caught up to them in the woods and threatened to kill them all. Klaus, impressed with his defiance, and feeling as though the two were kindred spirits, decided to adopt the boy into his family as his ward. In Dead Angels, Marcel confronted Aya about recruiting Davina, telling her that she was just a kid. Marcel has Rebekah in her old room. In Where Nothing Stays Buried, Marcel went to the bar to find Kol, his clothes covered in blood, holding Davina's lifeless corpse. Marcel also seems to be understanding as shown in his quickness to forgive Klaus for biting his friend when Klaus gave him the cure and asked for forgiveness. He explained that someone was taking children and one of his primary rules was that kids were off-limits. Marcel tells Klaus he got the explosives from Francesca. Marcel makes her a deal. His desire to see the Mikaelson pay for the crimes grew so great that he was able to be goaded by Rebekah into stabbing Klaus with Papa Tunde's blade instead of killing him, Rebekah claiming that she wanted to see him suffer rather than die. Marcel tries to stop her, but gets his neck magically broken. He asked Elijah to just comply with the added security and to stay put so The Strix could find the last white oak. Elijah explained his suspicions that Tristan was working with an unknown second party, and wanted Marcel to use his newly acquired Strix membership to help learn the truth. He says that his friend has been depressed because he can't keep his mind off a girl. In one corner, we have Marcel . Then he gets a call from Klaus who informs him that Davina has escaped and he goes to him to find out what happened. He likes that she is not a part of the supernatural world. At the end of the episode it was revealed that Marcel actually took the magical serum the moment Vincent gave it to him. His strength was considerable enough to allow him to tackle Mohinder through a brick wall, which the latter did to him earlier, what makes this showing more impressive is that Marcel had Werewolf venom within him, meaning he would have been physically weaker. She snaps Tyler's neck, turns out Rebekah doesn't want to hurt the baby, just Klaus. She left without even looking for him. He was the paternal half brother of Emil Gerard. Both shows often shocked viewers by killing off beloved characters and using plot devices like the Gilbert Ring, the Other Side (a supernatural purgatory), vampirism, and . Elijah is appalled by how Marcel's crew kills people in public. By doing this, Marcel has driven the Mikaelson family out of New Orleans to search for cures to help the family survive. Later he tells Cami the key leads to something that could be used against the supernaturals in New Orleans, and was trying to keep her safe. Later, as Davina and the Sisters performed the spell, Marcel and Hayley tried to stop them but were tossed aside by magic. In season four Marcel would again join forces with Klaus and his revived family in order to stop the Hollow. Overall, he takes the role as an overprotective father figure in Davina's life. In Every Mother's Son, Marcel watched his community grow and then met with Elijah, who told him that he needed the help of a witch. Later, Tristan showed up at the gym wanting to know who the new witch Regent was since Van had been denied and Marcel told him it was Vincent, which Tristan quickly took advantage of despite the set-back. So she takes a knife and stabs herself in the neck. Marcel tried to break through to the Original, telling him despite never liking him even on the best of days, Kol clearly wasn't himself. At the end of the episode, he meets up with Tyler who gives him useful information on Klaus. It was also shown that Marcel planned to raid the ritual with the full intent of saving the four witches that were to be sacrificed, including Davina, but arrived too late and only managed to save Davina. He was the son of a slave woman and her owner, the Governor of Louisiana. Marcel was stunned by the news, having loaded the kids into the ambulance himself but Vincent assured him that the ambulance had gone missing too. S5 E10. Klaus becomes jealous and releases Kol, who at the time was daggered. Hope believes it's because Vincent's holding her hostage with the astral projection spell. Klaus goes into Hybrid mode just as Rebekah was going to stab him with the dagger. Marcellus "Marcel" Gerard is a main character on The Originals. He soon after went to Vincent and told him about Tristan's plan for Van and the Regency. Marcel was convinced their plan was suicide as they didn't stand a chance against a hundred of the world's oldest vampires. In I Love You, Goodbye, Marcel attends Hayley and Jackson's wedding with Gia as his plus one. Klaus wants Marcel's house. Marcel thereafter sentences Thierry to 100 years in the Garden. He chooses to become a vampire like he always wanted, though he never stopped loving Rebekah and Klaus' actions later caused Marcel to turn against him. After Marcel reminded her that he wanted to be unlinked just as much as he did, Aya gave him until midnight and threatened to kill him if he didn't find another solution. He tries to get Hayley to leave town as he may have to become the bad guy to get Klaus out of town but she refuses. In Dance Back from the Grave, Marcel is still angered by Davina's sacrifice and failed resurrection. Later, he asked Davina for help in creating daylight rings for his vampires but she refused, saying that as new Regent of the witches, she couldn't risk looking like a vampire sympathizer. Male Marcel denies it and says that he's not afraid of anything. Species Hope doesn't but Rebekah questions why she remains. She told Marcel to be close-by when the spell happened, which, unknown to Aya, Marcel now knew was so she could see if he was still linked when she executed Klaus. Tristan agreed and asked him to come with them so he could see everything being a member of The Strix really had to offer him. Their relationship had ended when Rebekah was exiled from New Orleans, never to return. Marcel tried to fight back as Davina screamed for him to help her but Elijah snapped his neck. Their relationship crumbles after Klaus finds out, in the 20th century, it was Marcel and Rebekah who brought Mikael to New Orleans in order to kill him. 3. He also became more reckless, killing the rest of the Strix, haphazardly leaving their bodies in St. Anne's Church for anyone to find. Davina doesn't tell him about Klaus and reminds him that she lives in the church. He confronted him but the witch impaled Marcel with a piece of metal, temporarily incapacitating him. Marcel and Rebekah before he is left behind. 1810 (New Orleans, Age 25/216) When he refuses to say, Klaus threatens to feed on him. After talking to Klaus about their past, he states he and his vampires will fight Klaus out of town until they are dead which Klaus acknowledges. First seen However, Marcel explains that he's only anchoring the spell to New Orleans and she could have left anytime she wanted. Marcel then gets his nightwalkers inside, and inside the nightwalker bar he confronts Josh about being a spy for Klaus. When the finale began, Hope stopped him . Physical appearance Niklaus Mikaelson (as a human)Elijah Mikaelson (as a vampire) Marcel thanks him for the honesty and tells Klaus that his meeting with the humans is in an hour. Marcel watched Elijah interrupted the meeting and made claim to the society he had started, wanting to lead it now that Tristan was out of the picture, even bringing out the charter that dictated the rules of the society. Klaus' "friend" thinks this girl is a queen. Marcellus "Marcel" Gerard also called The Beast is one of the main protagonists of The Originals.He is Klaus' former protege and was the king of New Orleans. However both get drugged as Ruben prepares to kill her for revenge thinking she's Eva. Marcel had the typical weaknesses of a non-Original vampire. Later, he helped Klaus with removing the moonlight rings and overthrowing Francesca's werewolves. To punish them, Klaus daggered Rebekah in front of Marcel. Shen broke free of his constraints and easily overpowered Hayley and Marcel, shoving his hand into both of their chests, planning to tear out their hearts. The other two were Tina, Josh's former friend and a werewolf who bit Gia. He seems bitter and hurt by it. The Originals just signed off for good, and while that world will be back in the upcoming spinoff Legacies, there are a couple of brothers who definitely will not be making an appearance. They learned more about the auction and Marcel used The Strix's extensive resources and their pledge to fulfill any one command to win the auction. Marcel toast to it and Klaus seems quite pleased. Marcel met Klaus in the 1800's in New Orleans, after being whipped and beaten on the side of the road, Klaus took him in, named and raised him as his son. He nearly destroyed the entire family, had it not been for Freya's intervention, and maintained peace in New Orleans for five years, albeit while keeping Klaus hostage and daggered with Papa Tunde's Blade. Later, when they returned the kids to their parents, Hayley discussed Hope with Marcel and how he now ruled the city, expressing her wish that him controlling New Orleans finally brought him peace. He goes to Father Kieran's secret apartment to tell Cami that her adviser is the host of Finn Mikaelson. Even as they allied reluctantly once again, Marcel and Klaus still despised each other. This made his vampire faction reign supreme over witches, humans, and werewolves during the next few decades until Marcel ultimately became the de facto King of New Orleans. We're going to need all the allies we can get. He tells his nightwalkers to watch over those two from respected posts. Marcel is ruthless, but not completely without mercy; best demonstrated by the fact that he prefers to kill his victims by snapping necks, as opposed to other Vampires, who use more inhumane methods like heart extraction, decapitation, and staking. As a result of this, Vincent turns his back on Marcel after a Strix member who survived seriously harmed Will Kinney. In Give 'Em Hell Kid, Marcel is still grieving Davina's death. Klaus did so, biting Alistair and some of his followers to show them that he needed to keep Klaus around for his blood that could cure werewolf bites. Looking around to one another, Kol declares this is how it will be. Marcel enjoys his vampiric life and likes living in the French Quarter, considering it to be a home to keep and fight for. Played by He is therefore by extension the adoptive brother of Hope Mikaelson and father figure and protector of Davina Claire. She retorts that if the price of that stupid toy is her humanity, then he can keep it. Managing to kill Bastianna, Davina came back to life but she was different. Marcel Gerard | The Vampire Diaries Wiki | Fandom After he recovers and learns of Esther plan for Cami He along with Kol and Cami convinced Davina that she's the bigger enemy right now than Klaus. In City Beneath The Sea, Marcel still helps the Originals against Dahlia. At the bar, Klaus and Marcel are having drinks until Klaus gets a call from the humans and they do not agree to his terms, then they get ambushed by wooden bullets and sunshine. In Alive and Kicking, Marcel is shown recruiting new vampires for his community with Josh. Marcel takes that as meaning she knows that she's not okay. When Marcel saw Davina's body and realized The Ancestors successfully used Kol's amplified anger to kill her, he lashed out violently against Kol, devastated by Davina's death. The other vampires gather and surround Marcel. In The Devil is Damned, Marcel goes to The Bayou to warn Hayley that Finn knows about Hope. are staying at his old plantation. She was impressed by his resolve and proposed that they take the conversation some place more private, where he wouldn't be trying to defend his pride in front of his men. He told him that he'd have until sunrise to try and figure out who took his ring and then get it from them, despite The Strix members mostly being far older than Marcel. Also, he's intelligent, being able to run a city and maintain it, being much better at it than Klaus, as the latter's leadership was not popular or respected by any faction. He goes on a rant about how he made him the man he is, but Marcel explains that when Klaus ran away, he took over.