Name: Marian.
Occupation: Presumably none, she told her Mum she was a Dental Receptionist.
Skills: Excellent archer, adept at all kinds of wood craft, worryingly good at girly housework.
Joined the merry men because: Well the whole thing was her idea really.
Background: Marian was once a simple peasant girl who attended school with Rose, and was a member of her local Brownie group. She and Rose fell out because Rose dobbed her in for things they'd done together, and after she and Rose became expelled, she became jelous of Marian and her 'Men'.
Her life changed completely on a trip to Worksop to sell her pet tadpole Edwina, whom she could no longer afford to keep. After easily outwitting the violent but otherwise clueless Little Ron, and being dusgusted at Robin the Tailor, she was hit by a tomato thrown by the Sheriff of Nottingham. Not being one to let such things pass, she got into a fight and then, using Robin (or more acurately the Kings trousers in his possesion) as a hostage, escaped. Unfortunately during the fray, Edwind became lodged in Rabies nose, so Marian had to make a plan to free her tiny friend... It was this sequence of events that lead to Marian forming the Merry Men.
Marian is the undisputed leader of the men, although Robin does sometimes had delusions of grandeur. It is her passion for freedom that keeps the band going. However she still has some of the humble peasant girl in her, but her romantic side is, most of the time, kept firmly under lock and key. Just because she is a girl, doesn't mean she does girly things! Her view that 'Long Hair's for girlies' led to her decision to cut hers short, just prior to robbing the Sheriff of a sack of stickers en route to King John. (Tunnel Vision)
Marian hates sexism, male chauvinism, and all forms of discrimination. She has a tendency to be bossy, even aquiring the nickname 'little miss bossy boots' at school, and if truth be know, it is probably this, that keeps her in command of the men. She also has a temper that rivals that of King Johns, a good word of advice is, don't get Marian mad, and if someone else does, RUN!! She's an excellent archer, especially when angry! Also because of the attention that Robin recieves but largely bypasses her, she can fall prey to flattery, but she's not so stupid as to fall for it twice.
Marians alternate personality in 'Voyage to the bottom of the Forest, was a Mothers pride, too silly and girly to do anything butch or brave, and with just enough intellegence to boil an egg!
