You know one thing that i haven’t seen anyone really talk about is, the fact that Marius openly admitted he would tear Virgil apart limb from limb if he wasn’t bound to Jericho.
Now at first you’d be thinking that is obvious, Marius would want Virgil dead but he dose not want to hurt Jericho, but think about it like this.
I can’t remember when this was said but at some point it was mentioned if Marius ever found a vampire in his situation even if they were trying to look for a cure he would probably put them out of their misery.
Also the guards that were turned into mutated horses, Marius saw they were in pain and immediately moved to put them out of their misery, yes he hesitated and yes he asked them before acting on his words, but his first instinct was to draw his sword and ask them if they wished to be reunited with their God.
He considers himself an abomination and if it weren’t for the fact he’s convinced himself that he needs to find the grail for his king and stick by his faith to aid those in need he probably would have given up long ago.
When it comes to Marius it seems that he believes it is better to be dead than to be corrupted.
Him not wanting to hurt Jericho to get rid of Virgil makes sense on the surface but taking into consideration how Marius feels about evil, corruption and himself it puts that into a new perspective.
Marius hates himself to the point he would bow to the Duchess because he believes that he is too far gone to be redeemed, he hates himself so much that he would put other people in his situation out of their misery before considering if there was a better way.
But not Jericho. Jericho who was not only the first friend Marius made on this adventure Marius was also the first real friend Jericho ever had.
