Marcel “The Masked Mountain” Tano is a wolf and former professional wrestler born in 510 GD. Marcel was born to Ehr Tano and Bruce Tano. When Marcel was still an infant, his mother was drafted to fight in the Adenian-Tethish War, and lied on the draft response form in order to escape from Bruce, who was physically and emotionally abusive towards her.

Growing up, Marcel had the echoes of some memory ringing in his ears, as though a shout had erupted in a cave just before his hearing began. All he could pick out was a vivid memory of a skunk reaching for his face. He took this to mean that one day, he would meet a skunk who was important to him. This is his earliest memory.

As he grew up, his mother (15 at the time of his birth) would often bring him to a nearby park and make up stories to tell him. She had a habit of pausing to think of what happened next. She would preface these pauses with, “and then…”. When Marcel was around one year old, during one of these pauses, when his mother hadn't said those words before pausing, Marcel chimed in helpfully “and then?” These were his first words.