Mark Lauren

Mark Lauren (マーク・ローレン) is an American otherworlder and a disciple of Gadra. He defected to Tempest from the Eastern Empire and currently acts as Ramiris' assistant.

Appearance
He has a large, sturdy build, and brown hair. With his fine, chiseled features, he has a considerably good appearance. He doesn't wear heavy equipment like iron armor, instead, he wears a tank top and jeans.

Personality
He has a short temper. Dislikes the lavish lifestyle his superiors get to live to the point it gets him very angry. This is due to Mark's jealousy at being forced to live the life of an army dog, not being able to afford any of the luxuries of a higher-ranked officer. He doesn't seem to keep up to date on information, as he wasn't aware that the Ten Great Demon Lords disbanded and became the Octagram, only finding out a year later, to which Gadra severely reprimanded him for, criticizing his lack of diligence.

Background
He was a first lieutenant in the Eastern Empire's army. Like Shinji and Xin, he's an otherworlder. He used to be an avid gamer as he was very familiar with the labyrinth's dungeon-like mechanics. He is one of the three people sent by Yuuki Kagurazaka and Gadra to investigate Ramiris' Labyrinth. After his first few days in Tempest, he requested asylum along with Shinji and Xin, which they were granted. They now work as Ramiris' assistants in the labyrinth.

Story
Shinji, Xin, and Mark are ordered to enter the labyrinth and reach the bottom by Gadra and Yuuki to confirm if there is a research laboratory at the bottom. Mark uses his abilities to defeat a great number of monsters and eventually picks up a battle axe, which to his surprise, turned out to be a Unique weapon. After seeing its effects in battle, he expresses his joy at finding such a high quality weapon, growing strongly fond of it. They are able to make it further than any team officially has, however, after coming to Rimuru's attention, they are easily exposed as spies. Instead of capturing them, Rimuru decides to simply observe them because it was an opportunity to identify the flaws the labyrinth had to improve upon, and also, to a lesser extent - he found watching them to be entertaining. After reaching the 60th floor guarded by Adalman, they are swiftly defeated by Albert. After exiting the labyrinth, they reflect on their stay in the country and collectively agree it is a nice place to live and that it has a lot of the luxuries that they miss from their home world.

Shortly after, Gadra contacts them and they all seek an audience with Rimuru after which they defected to Tempest. They take up their post as researchers for Ramiris in the labyrinth.

Abilities and Gear
Mark is a jack-of-all trades; he's good at hand-to-hand combat, throwing, and even wielding a spear.

Unique Skills

 * Thrower: As long as it's graspable, it is possible to throw anything, even a Monster, or air. The throw objects pack quite a punch on impact.

Equipment

 * Battle-ax