Marco

Marco is a man met at the Haken Gate.

He's an Erebonian merchant who came to Liberl to conduct business in Bose. He's initially found sitting at the gate's rest stop while waiting for Eisen Road to be reopened. He's in a rather bad mood due to air traffic having been shut down after the hijacking of the Linde, forcing him to travel to Liberl on foot, only for him to learn that the road to Bose is off-limits as well. He's complaining about "small countries" while venting his frustration with his predicament.

If Estelle and her companions talk to him after their introduction to Olivier, he hands them the 3rd chapter of the Carnelia novel, which he bought in order to kill some time, but finished a while ago.

After Eisen Road is reopened, he finally makes his way to Bose and visits Lucir Orbal Factory in order to do business with its owner, but the deal gets postponed when the orbal factory gets raided by the sky bandits. Not wanting to give up on his deal yet, he decides to wait the trouble out, but just when the sky bandits have been apprehended, the orbal factory's manager gets arrested for fraudulent business practices and the shop ends up changing hands, ruining his deal a second time.

Some people just can't catch a break.