- For the Loyalty Programme rewards trader, see Xuan.
Marmaros is a Fremennik warrior and the younger brother of the self-proclaimed master of Dungeoneering, Thok. He is found near the castle above Daemonheim, located south-west of the Fremennik banker and Dungeoneering tutor, and serves as a Rewards trader, trading Dungeoneering tokens for rewards, as Chaotic equipment. He also offers to repair the degradable equipment he sells, which can be payed for with either coins or a combination of coins and tokens.
His knowledge of Daemonheim is shown throughout a series of letters written to Thok and his younger sister, Bryll. The letters were a method to keep his sanity while traversing the endless and nightmarish floors of Daemonheim, as well as hopefully record the progress their journey had accomplished for future study. Marmaros also named one of the types of ore he discovered in Daemonheim after himself and a type of clothing texture after his sister.
Marmaros continually commented on Thok's determination and ability to travel throughout the danger-filled dungeons in a way that suggested he himself did not share the same zeal. In the last of his letters, Thok writes that Marmaros got stomped by a 'big stomp creature'. This refers to the dungeoneering boss Stomp; This has been proven in one of the Fremennik sagas, where the player plays Marmaros while he gets stomped. Thok likely wrote his letter this way due to his limited vocabulary, as demonstrated when talking to him, or in his response to a player's letter in Postbag from the Heim.
If the player asks him about his name he will eventually say: "They called me Ma...", but is then interrupted by the player who guesses some names; he then realises he does not recall his own name.
During the 2010 Christmas event, Marmaros can be found at the Heimland Games, wearing a jester hat. The player could not claim rewards, only attempt to explain to him what Christmas is.
In the Postbag from the Heim letters, it was confirmed that Marmaros was attacked by the Hope Devourer. However this could have been a second attack, as after he had been attacked in Part 6, Part 8 describes them as if they were in an Occult floor, while Hope Devourer is in the Warped floors.
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Trivia
A response to a curious player about the Rewards trader's name.
- It is shown that Marmaros has a combat level of 180 if you right click on him in the final cutscene (where Thok and he meets back up with in the occult floors) in the Thok It To 'Em Fremennik saga. In Thok Your Block Off, he has somehow lost 10 combat levels and is level 170.
- The rewards trader appears to be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder; he finds it difficult to recall his name, and also appears easily frightened. This is further corroborated by the sixth M. and Thok letter. The seventh letter shows he survived with his memory, however, while events may have happened after the eighth. These events may have given him his memory loss. The letter from the postbag suggests it was caused by the Hope devourer.
- When Dungeoneering was first released, the trader's Dungeoneering rewards used to cost significantly more tokens than they currently cost.
- When using any item on him he will respond with "No good! Take it away.", unless the item is a Gravite weapon or Chaotic weapon.
- When talking with him by the "Repair option", Marmaros says that he can fix any item. He tells the player to bring the item to him and he will see what he can do with it. Since he is able to repair Gravite and Chaotic equipment it is likely that the Smuggler is bringing him the materials needed to repair the item.
- The Rewards Trader's name can be found in a response to a player's curiosity in Postbag 44 - Postbag from the Heim.
- Adding "Sevga" to your notes reveals that "Marmaros had a close encounter with a prayer-eating behemoth.", possibly referring to the Hope devourer.
- Marmaros is Ancient Greek for 'shining stone', the word 'marble' is also derived from this.
- Marmaros is wearing full Katagon, along with his chainmail and a primal longsword. He is shown to use the sword as a stabbing weapon in Thok Your Block Off, despite the player using it as a proper slashing weapon in Thok It To 'Em.
- He appears to be hiding behind a Protector's ward, which can be obtained only within a dungeon by a spiritual warrior drop.
- The name Marmaros may be derrived from the Latin word "marmore," which means "marble."
