Editing Kenyon Marik (28th c.)

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{{Otheruses|the twenty-eighth-century Captain-General|the thirty-second-century Marik|Kenyon Marik (32nd c.)}}
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| image               = Kenyon Marik.jpg
| caption             = 
| name                = Kenyon Marik
| birthdate           = 21 April [[2734]]<ref name=FSWp131>''First Succession War'', p. 131 "Kenyon Marik profile"</ref>
| died                = 19 June [[2804]]<ref name=FSWp131/>
| othernames          = 
| affiliation         = [[House Marik]]
| rank                = [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]]<ref name=FSWp131/>
| title               = [[Duke of Atreus]]<ref name=FSWp131/>
| position            = 
| profession          = Noble
| parents             = [[Ewan Marik]] (father)
| siblings            = 
| spouse              = 
| children            = [[Carl Marik]]<br/>[[Thaddeus Marik (29th c.)|Thaddeus Marik]]
}}
'''Kenyon Marik "The Eagle"''' was the 34th [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] of the [[Free Worlds League]].<ref name=HHMp89>''Handbook House Marik'', p. 89, "Captains-General History"</ref><ref name=H:LoTV1p62>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 62, "Kenyon Marik Profile"</ref>

====Fall of the Star League====
Kenyon Marik was a better ruler than his father [[Ewan Marik]], but he had a personal vendetta against [[Aleksandr Kerensky]], the Commanding General of the [[Star League Defense Force]] and Regent for [[Richard Cameron II]]. When the [[Territorial States]] rebelled, the Free Worlds did nothing. When [[Stefan Amaris]] launched [[Amaris Coup|a coup]], the Free Worlds did not recognize Amaris as the rightful [[First Lord]], but Marik refused to let Kerensky use Free Worlds systems as staging grounds for the Terran Hegemony's civil war.<ref>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', pp. 26-27</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', pp. 29-30</ref>

Kenyon used the looming crisis to convince Parliament to pass laws that gave him more power. The most famous and far-reaching of these was [[Resolution 288]]. Passed on 19 December [[2784]], Resolution 288 gave the Captain-General incredible power, including the right to convene and dismiss Parliament at will, the ability to appoint his or her successor, and sole direction of the League's military.<ref name=HBHM30>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 30, "Endgame"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 81, "Resolution 288: Key Points"</ref>

==Quotes==
{{Quote|''Too long have we been forced to denude our strength, and now we stand on the brink of disaster. If we are to persevere we must have troops and ships, 'Mechs and planes.''|Kenyon Marik, ''Parliamentary address after the [[Amaris Coup]]'', [[2767]]<ref name=FSWp117>''First Succession War'', p. 117: "Forces of the Succession War"</ref>}}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]''
* ''[[Handbook House Marik]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
* ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]''

[[Category:Captains-General|Marik, Kenyon]]
[[Category:Free Worlds League Characters|Marik, Kenyon]]