Marco Castillo Essay

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One year before the Prothean relics were discovered on Mars, Marco Castillo was born in the capital of the Philippines. His father, Malakai Castillo, had been in the Philippine Navy for fifteen years as a commander. The Castillo 's military service begun during the Philippine Revolution, when people of the island fought against Kingdom of Spain for freedom. They tried to fight towards independence until the Philippine-American War began and ended with defeat. Then, they fought in World War II against the Empire of Japan as they were taking over all of Asia. After World War II ended and the country was free from Japanese control, the Castillo family decided to keep the long history of military service going. Life had been planned for Marco …show more content…

Despite his thirst for knowledge, his family banned anything that could "corrupt the minds and our religion" and had connections beyond Earth. Marco started to avoid the rules and saw pictures of the Citadel and other planets, read about the history of the turians, and heard rumors about the beautiful asari. The relationship between his family was getting worst until he was found kissing another boy, forcing him to come out as a gay man. His father came back to Earth to question Marco 's activities among with most of the family. After a heated argument, he was slapped by his mother and was sent to his room. He quickly send a message to his two sisters, Joanna and Ciara, to get him out of Earth as soon as possible. Despite getting the message, they lived at the Citadel and the cost to get someone from Earth to the Citadel was a lot. It would be months of physical and emotional abuse from his family members until his sisters were able to get enough credits for Marco to board onto a ship to the Citadel. He had finally escaped from the nightmare back at …show more content…

This event changed him forever, because he felt like he failed the family line again. For the remaining seven years, he went on to travel to different parts of the galaxy. But, he couldn 't get Mindoir off of his mind and he had regular nightmares about it, about the colonists that he couldn 't save. And the fear that he had to have that responsibility again caused him to retire with honours. He quickly returned to the Citadel and helped out at his sister 's restaurant again. He was the head cook for that restaurant for two years until he saw a classified ad for a job aboard a ship. At first, he didn 't think much of the classified ad, but he thought about how he could do good again without the responsibility that he had to have at the Alliance. He took the offer and soon spent his well-earned credits on gears, even known his sisters questioned him about the decision. But, he said that he would keep in contact with them once he left the Citadel. And Marco soon left behind the perfect life of being a cook at a restaurant for being a cook aboard a ship, traveling around the galaxy and earning

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