Editing Ewan Marik

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| image               = Ewan Marik.jpg
| caption             = Ewan Marik
| name                = Ewan Marik
| birthdate           = [[2714]]
| died                = [[2769]]
| othernames          = 
| affiliation         = [[House Marik]]
| rank                = [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]]
| title               = [[Duke of Atreus]]
| position            = 
| profession          = Noble
| parents             = [[Bertram Marik]] (father)
| siblings            = 
| spouse              = 
| children            = [[Kenyon Marik]]
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'''Ewan Marik''' was the [[Duke of Atreus]] and the 33rd [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] of the [[Free Worlds League]].<ref>''Handbook House Marik'', p. 89</ref><ref name=ER:2750pp75-76>''Era Report: 2750'', pp. 75–76: "Ewan Marik Profile"</ref> A brutal drunkard, his disrespectful behavior antagonized other national leaders, and his rash policies contributed to the eventual downfall of the [[Star League]].<ref name=HHMEM30>''Handbook House Marik'', p. 30: "Ewan Marik - Malice Afterthought"</ref>

==History==
===Early Life and Fatherhood===
Born in 2714, Ewan Marik was the only child of [[Bertram Marik]]. He served as an officer in the [[Marik Militia]] prior to his Captain-Generalcy. During this time he became known for resolving disputes through the simple expedient of beating any opponent - including superior officers - into unconsciousness. As a result Ewan spent more time in a jail cell than in his barracks, and made little effort to prepare for succeeding his father as Captain-General.<ref>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 75: "Ewan Marik"</ref>

It was while on leave from the Marik Militia that Ewan sired his son and heir. Impregnating a woman during a night of heavy drinking, the child's mother convinced Ewan to marry her and thus make their future child legitimate. After the boy, named [[Kenyon Marik|Kenyon]], was born, the mother was swiftly moved to a new colony world on the [[Magistracy of Canopus|Canopian]] border. This was just the first of several acts that led to a lifelong rift between Ewan and his son. Later Ewan would brutally assault Kenyon after the latter's defeat during a war game, breaking his ribs and jaw.<ref>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 76: "Kenyon Marik"</ref>

===Captain-General===
{{Quote|''One incident I'll never forget occurred when Marik, unable to arrive at a Star League meeting due to a mechanical malfunction, accepted a lift in a Davion JumpShip. Richard Cameron, the four other House leaders, and I were there to greet him. I remember his remarks on his arrival.''
''"Well, 'First Lord', you and your puppet Kerensky will be pleased that I had a miserable time on that Davion tub coming here. They're as badly serviced as a Kurita brothel and as ugly as a Capellan whore, eh, gentlemen? Oh, but of course Lady Steiner wouldn't know about such things."''

''In three sentences, Ewan Marik managed to insult each of the other four House leaders, plus the First Lord and myself, without even having removed his jacket.''
|From ''Twilight of Courage: The Memoirs of General Aleksandr Kerensky''<ref>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 26: "Ewan's Diplomacy"</ref>}}

Upon Bertram Marik's death in [[2746]], Ewan succeeded his father as Captain-General of the Free Worlds League. It was not long before he began antagonizing his fellow House Lords on the [[Star League#Politics#High Council|Star League Council]], and took a particular dislike to [[Michael Steiner II|Michael Steiner]], whom he considered an effeminate dandy.<ref name=HMFWL26>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 26</ref> Constantly referring to Michael as "Lady Steiner" or "Clean-Hands Michael", Ewan also precipitated a real crisis between their two realms with his high-handed behavior during the [[Phecda]] incident of March [[2749]]. When [[Lyran Commonwealth|Lyran]] ships damaged a League trading vessel wrongly suspected of smuggling narcotics, Ewan's public demands for reparations and veiled threats nearly triggered a border war before a Star League fleet arrived in the region to defuse the crisis. While his conduct troubled many in the League, the [[Marik Civil War (28th c.)|Marik Civil War]] remained fresh in recent memory, and so no serious move was made to depose him.<ref name=HMFWL26>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 26</ref><ref name=ER:2750pp75-76/>

Ewan's relations with the other House lords were little better, and his contributions in Council meetings generally consisted of insults, disruptions, and bragging of his drunken escapades.<ref name=ER:2750pp75-76/> Only with the [[Draconis Combine|Draconis Combine's]] [[Coordinator]] [[Minoru Kurita (28th c.)|Minoru Kurita]] did Ewan have anything resembling a friendly relationship, simply because the two men aided one another in advancing their interests at the expense of their enemies. Thus when Minoru introduced a motion to repeal the [[Council Edict of 2650]], allowing the House Lords to dramatically increase their military strength, Ewan fully supported the move.<ref name=HHMEM30>''Handbook House Marik'', p. 30: "Ewan Marik - Malice Afterthought"</ref>

Ewan's own addendum to Minoru's measure was to propose a new tax to be levied upon the [[Territorial States of the Star League|Territorial States]], to pay for this rearmament. Despite the unrest that the new levy provoked across the [[Periphery]], Ewan was pleased with the outcome, believing that several "little brushfire wars" would keep [[Commanding General of the Star League Defense Force|Commanding General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] too busy to collude with his old friend Michael Steiner against him.<ref name=HMFWL26>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 26</ref> Though he did not live to see it, Ewan's spiteful measure would contribute to the Star League's eventual collapse.

After [[2759]], Ewan's alcoholism led to several debilitating ailments that would cost him his life. His last act as Council Lord was to vote against [[Richard Cameron|Richard Cameron's]] [[Executive Order 156]], thus preserving the [[Free Worlds League Military]] from disbandment. Nine months later he died, allowing his vastly more competent and tactful son Kenyon to succeed him as Captain-General.<ref>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 27</ref>

==BattleMech==
Ewan piloted an ''[[Awesome]]''. Despite his skills being average at best, he nevertheless had a habit of flying into a berserker rage.<ref>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 158</ref>

==Quotes==
{{Quote|''Suppose there are five piranhas in a tank, and two of them attack each other. Is either one the friend of the other three?''|Ewan Marik, in a [[Star League Council]] meeting<ref name="HM(TFWL)p27">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 27: "Civil War"</ref>}}
  
==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
* ''[[Handbook House Marik]]''
* ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]''

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