Marlowe (30 Days of Night)
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Marlowe is a fictional vampire in the graphic novel 30 Days of Night and its film adaptation.
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[edit] Fictional character history
[edit] In the comic
Marlowe is a vampire who organises the attack on Barrow, Alaska, during winter when it is night for thirty days. His plan is to have a month of uninterrupted killing and feeding without the burden of sunlight. The premise of the story is that vampires live all over the world, hidden in the shadows and come out at night to prey on humans.
Upon learning of Marlowe's plan, Vicente, the ruler of all vampires, is enraged because he has spent decades trying to convince humans that vampires are not real and fears that Marlowe's plan will expose them so he comes to Barrow and kills Marlowe before determining to erradicate all the humans in the village as potential witnesses.
[edit] In the film
The film version of Marlowe is much the same as the graphic novel, but Vicente does not feature in the film and his role is played by Marlowe who is the main antagonist. As in the comic he is the sadistic leader of a group of evil vampires.
Marlowe manipulates a mentally ill American man, known only as The Stranger, into killing all the dogs in Barrow, probably because in some world religions, dogs are thought to ward away evil spirits. Marlowe's agent is then arrested and taken into custody. Whilst in the cells he keeps taunting his captors saying "They are coming."
He is subsequently proven correct when Marlowe and his minions arrive and invade the village, mauling humans to death where they find them. Marlowe instructs his henchmen to take no prisoners and decapitate the humans they kill instead of turning them into vampires because he doesn't want competition.
Eventually Marlowe infiltrates the prison where he finds The Stranger weeping in fear in a cell. Whilst Marlowe's female second in command, Iris looks on indifferently, Marlowe crouches down and breaks the mans neck.
Marlowe and his evil horde encounter opposition from a police officer named Sheriff Eben Olemaun and his estranged wife, Stella who succeed in mortally wounding Iris. As she lies dying on the snow, Marlowe bends down beside her and puts her out of her misery by biting out her throat.
Eben and Stella with the help of Eben's brother, Jake Olemaun rally the villagers to war against Marlowe and the vampires. Marlowe nevertheless succeeds in biting Jake who flees back to Eben. Eben determines to avenge his brother and reasons that the only way to defeat Marlowe is to become a vampire himself. He takes a sample of his brother's blood and injects it into his veins before saving his brother from becoming a vampire by decapitating him with an axe.
Eben then goes to challenge Marlowe. They have a fierce fight to the death and whilst Eben puts up a good fight Marlowe eventually succeeds in overpowering him. As the vampire pounces on his prey with a roar Eben desperately aims a punch at Marlowe's head. The punch goes right through Marlowe's gaping mouth and out the back of his head, killing him instantly. The clouds part as the sun begins to rise and the vampires flee with the onset of dawn.
[edit] Personality
Marlowe, like most vampires in 30 Days of Night, is portrayed as an amoral psychopath, however unlike most clinically diagnosed psychopaths he makes no attempt to mask his vicious behaviour, lashing out at anyone when given the chance. He is cold and ruthless and has no qualms sacrificing his followers to defeat the humans. His psychopathic tendencies are shown in his manipulation of The Stranger to gain access to the village and callous murder of him when he was of no further use. He is usually calm and calculating, however his emotions can sometimes get the better of him and he is prone to moments of impulsiveness. It is this along with his arrogance that eventually leads to his downfall. Marlowe has a great belief in his race's superiority over humans whom he views as no more than prey, killing any human he comes across, even children.
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