Name: Markus Preist
Age: 24
Affiliation: Templar
Appearance: 6'3, shoulder length jet black hair, built like an ox, he has a scar going vertically across his right eye and a prosthetic leg due to a run in with Desmond Miles and his band of vile assassins. He also has numerous scars all over his body due to an explosion that cost him his leg as well as his right eye. He wears classy clothes; sometimes a suit or just a black shirt with a black and red vest with the Templar Cross stitched on the back
Personality: Serious most of the time but is willing to joke around with certain people, he is also VERY blunt because he doesn't see the reason for sugar coating things which causes him to give off a cold disposition but deep down he's a good man.
Favorite weapons: Barrette.50 caliber sniper rifle, a pair of silenced Bul M-5 pistols he took from an Israeli assassin's corpse, and a razor sharp broadsword given to him by his mentor
Strengths: Markus's immense strength coupled with his military training makes him a dangerous foe, he is also able to swing his massive broadsword with ease. He is also very loyal to the Templar cause and would never think of betraying his brothers and the ones he loves. He is also a quick thinker, he can assess a situation and prioritize mission objectives by severity. Also, due to his training he's a weapons specialist be it firearms or his sword
Weaknesses: He's prideful in his abilities; he often boasts that no one can beat him this usually leads to him being soundly beaten. His faith in the Templar cause borders on him being a zealot; meaning he will willingly lay down his life for the Order without concern for his own life. He also has a short temper, he flies into a rage also losing the ability to differentiate friend from foe.
Background/Biography: Markus Preist was born Markus Connely, the Connely's were a poor family in Dublin, Ireland. Markus and his brother Declan were raised by their cruel father who was a violent alcoholic who would like to beat them after a night at the pub. Markus and Declan never knew their mom because she died during childbirth which caused their father to crawl inside a bottle and never come out. One night their father came home and found that Declan had gotten into his liquor cabinet and started beating him worse than ever Markus tried to break it up but it was too late Declan was gone....beaten to a pulp. Something came over Markus, a seething firce blood rage, he then lept at his father unleashing years of anger and pain. After he snapped out of it he just bolted, running as fast as he could until he was stopped by the police who were about to take him to jail until a man stepped out of the shadows and started talking to them, Markus couldn't hear what they were saying but whatever it was it saved him from being taken away and thrown in a hole somewhere. He then traveled with the man, who he found out was a Templar and being his father was an Assassin he lept at the chance to be strong like the man he now called his mentor who later came to be known as the assassin turned Templar Daniel Cross.
When he got to New York there was a limousine waiting for him; Out stepped Ottso Burg and Warren Vidic welcoming him to America and the Templar Order. Markus was subjected to an intense training regiment that hardened him into the Assassin Hunter he is today, he was 12 at the time all this happened. After twelve long years of training he was inducted into Sigma Team and the Templar Order, he was given a broadsword by his mentor to symbolize his ascension from common man into a Templar soldier. He was leading a infiltration team into the Precursor Temple that Desmond Miles and the other Assassins were hold up and when Desmond activated the temple the ensuing explosion killed most of his team and sent Markus flying one way and his leg the other he then struck the wall and the edge of the wall sliced his face open giving him the signature lightning bolt shaped scar on his right eye which eventually made that eye go blind.
Now, after a long recovery time he is back and better than ever and now he has a seething hatred of the Assassin Brotherhood and will stop at nothing until they are burned from existence like the plague they are! Markus Connely died in that temple; now all will witness the birth of Markus Priest, Reaper of Assassins