Marcus Hamilton

Marcus Hamilton's History

Marcus was one of the children of the Senior Partners, but, unlike Eve, he had not been created recently merely to act as the Senior Partners' liaison. Marcus had been created a long time before, as he had already clashed with Drogyn before he became the guardian of the Deeper Well.

Because Eve urgently sought Angel's protection, Angel and crew at first believed that Marcus had been sent by the Senior Partners to kill her. However, Marcus's assignment was to replace Eve as Angel's liaison to the Senior Partners. Eve viewed this as a death sentence of sorts, since it revoked her eternal youth upon her termination from the Senior Partners' employ.

Having succeeded Eve, Marcus made it clear from the start he was not like her and would not be pushed about as the Senior Partners presumably felt Eve had been. He began closely advising Angel when the latter joined the Circle of the Black Thorn, kidnapping Drogyn to use as a sacrifice during Angel's initiation into the Circle. However, Marcus remained wary of the ensouled vampire, suspecting he might yet betray Wolfram & Hart. With amazing strength surging in his blood, he was able to withstand an attack from Harmony, as well as to defeat the weakened Old One Illyria.

Upon realizing that Angel had been using Harmony to pass bad intel and that his loyalties must, therefore, still be tied to the powers of goodness, Marcus attempted to kill him before he could kill Archduke Sebassis, whom Angel had claimed was his selected target. Having thrown Angel aside after an attempted punch, Marcus stated that he regarded Angel as merely gutter trash who got lucky and became a vampire with a soul, who nevertheless still failed everyone around him (i.e. Doyle, Cordelia, and Fred), asking him if he seriously thought he could kill Sebassis. Angel, however, revealed that he had already killed the Archduke by spiking his drink — the blood of his slave demon —, concluding that Marcus was the one he needed to confront.

During the ensuing struggle, Marcus wondered why Angel continued to fight after signing away his rights to the Shanshu Prophecy, but Angel replied that the people who didn't care would never understand the people who did. Their fight nearly came to an end when Marcus almost staked Angel, but Angel fended him off with the timely help from his son, Connor. Although neither Angel nor Connor could inflict much damage at first, Marcus himself inadvertently revealed the source of his power. Hearing that the strength of the Senior Partners filled Marcus's blood, Angel promptly bit and drank from him. Absorbing the strength and power from his blood gave Angel what he needed to defeat his opponent. Near the end, Marcus asked if Angel really thought he could defeat Wolfram & Hart and the Senior Partners. Angel then punched him in the face with enough force to snap Marcus's neck.

Marcus's death prompted the Senior Partners to rescind Angel's contract with the firm and unleash their punishment. It included an earthquake that destroyed the W&H Los Angeles branch, followed by a horde of demons sent to make an example of Angel and his crew, and eventually turning Angel human again and sending L.A. to hell. During the Fall of Los Angeles, Wesley Wyndam-Pryce replaced his position as Liaison to the Senior Partners.