Marihime

Marko Himiš was a Slovak Romani. He was a poet, mystic, teacher, and self-educated activist. In Czechoslovak cultural circles he was a quite well known and semi-legendary figure. He applied to the University of Vienna, but was rejected for political reasons—as a “Gypsy” he was not wanted in Hitler’s Austria. Himiš was torn between the need to preserve his people’s culture and need for “civilization,” and that was enough for many of his fellow Romani to brand him as an outcast, or Marihime, meaning “Unclean.” From the time he was labeled Marihime by his people, he became forever unclean and caused anything he touched to rot and decay. Unfazed by his apparent curse, he swore to use it to assist the helpless in Czechoslovakia, and when Slovakia became a Nazi puppet state he fought back against the hated Nazi enemy.
Marko was a talented man and many Czechoslovak writers remember him fondly. Like other heroes, he was forgotten in his homeland after the war and shunned by his own people.
Marihime had a wide variety of skills and learned how to fight over the course of his career. His main power was a curse of decay that manifested as a crippling and weakening disease when he touched humans and a slow decay of inanimate objects. He was not immune to his own powers and wore thick gloves (that took some time to decay) to avoid sickening himself and others unintentionally.

Year of Death

1941

Circumstances of Death

Ambushed by Nazi's