Personality and powersMarius is an intelligent, wise, and optimistic vampire. He is one of the oldest known to still survive, a true Child of the Millennia. Because he has drank so often from the vampire queen Akasha from whom the vampiric life fount originated, he is immensely powerful and possesses a number of advanced powers: with his mind, he can ignite objects (pyrokinesis) (the 'Fire Gift'), the ability to fly (the 'Cloud Gift'), very strong telekinesis, and can move with such speed that only other powerful blood drinkers can track it. He can read minds with ease and can block his own mind from being read by using the 'Mind Gift'. It is also implied in 'Blood and Gold' that he has the ability to hypnotize/put mortals under his thrall ( the 'Spell Gift'). Another ability he possesses is the 'Killing Gift' (killing by using telekinetic pressure/force). He has a great passion for the arts and is a master painter and great scholar. He loves to read and to write. Marius' interests include all manner of intellectual and artistic pursuits. Like most vampires, he is a highly sexual being. He is attracted to both men (e.g. Armand, and Avicus) and women (e.g. Pandora, Akasha, Xenobia, and Eudoxia). "Children"Marius's fledglings include (in respective order): Pandora, Armand, Bianca Solderini, Sybelle and Benji. The last two were Made for Armand. The movie Queen of the Damned stated that Marius made Lestat into a vampire, but it was Magnus that created Lestat as outlined in the novel The Vampire Lestat. Other RelationshipsMarius claims to have loved many over the course of his long life. His greatest loves as he claims them is: Pandora, Armand, Akasha, Bianca Solderini, Lestat, Zenobia, Botticelli. He has, however, lost both of his two greatest loves, Pandora and Armand. Pandora due to his temper and pride and Armand's due to the drastic religion-driven actions of a Roman vampire, Santino. Marius does say however, that he sees Pandora and Armand "often". "Lestat the Musical"In the musical, Lestat, Marius was portrayed by Michael Genet.
