Marcus Alvers
Name:	Marcus Frederick Alvers
Birthdate:	12 February 1971
Birthplace:	Klagenfurt, Austria
Education:	M.A. Biology, Cambridge U
Affiliation:	Saunders bio-terrorism ring
Significant other(s):	Nina Myers (slept with)
Death date:	Day 3: Sometime after 5:11am
Death cause:	Either his own vial of the Cordilla Virus or Michelle Dessler's suicide assist
Status:	Deceased
Played by:	Lothaire Bluteau
Season(s):	3
First episode:	"Day 3: 1:00am-2:00am"
Last episode:	"Day 3: 5:00am-6:00am"

Marcus Frederick Alvers was a biological weapons expert and the first of twelve virus couriers deployed by Stephen Saunders during Day 3. Unlike the rest of Saunders' couriers—who were allegedly "true believers" in the cause for dismantling America's foreign intelligence apparatus—Alvers worked solely for profit.

Before Day 3 Edit

Alvers was born on 12 February 1971 in Klagenfurt, Austria, and educated at Cambridge University, England, where he received a Masters degree in Biology.

CTU intelligence agent Dalton Furrelle researched Alvers and found out that he met Michael Amador, and the two were eventually suspected of creating weapons-grade anthrax. They had been seen together fourteen times within the year prior to Day 3, in both Europe and North Africa.

Nina Myers and Marcus Alvers slept together at some point. She stated that he "raised hell from Vienna to Los Angeles with a two-year stop in London." Since her pardon restricted her to North Africa, it is possible that she met Alvers there, as this was a frequent meeting spot between Alvers and Amador.

Day 3 Edit

Nina Myers revealed to CTU Los Angeles that Alvers was an associate of arms dealer Michael Amador, who was Alvers' connection to the architect of the day's events, Stephen Saunders. Alvers and Amador rendezvoused with Saunders at a Go club downtown, where Alvers modified the Cordilla virus, changing it into a compound that could be dispersed in an aerosol using the twelve gas-dispersal devices Saunders had stolen from Ukraine. To receive his money as planned, Alvers then proceeded to plant a vial of the bioweapon in the Chandler Plaza Hotel. He murdered at least one person inside the hotel in his efforts to be undetected.

A team dispatched from CTU Los Angeles arrived at the hotel, and Agent Gael Ortega found the vial. Gael attempted to diffuse the vial, but did not act fast enough: the virus was released, exposing everyone in the building, including Marcus Alvers and Ortega himself. He was soon apprehended by Michelle Dessler and made a deal to reveal Saunders to CTU. He became symptomatic shortly after. Knowing that he would suffer an agonizing death, he pleaded with Michelle to kill him.

Background information and notes Edit

• It is unknown whether Michelle fulfilled her promise to Alvers to prevent his suffering by shooting him, but there is no doubt that he died, as once somebody showed symptoms of the virus, that person would never recover.
• Other information, some of it contradictory:
  • Born on December 8, 1971 in Klagenfurt, Austria
  • Flagged for Anthrax in CIA/CTU Database
  • CIA Reference Tag 003422-998
  • Alleged Number (Released Computer Virus into CTU) was 1775531p9(hold)p95731*6. Pauses are denoted as p.
  • List of Cities Visited Within 3 Years: London (UK), Glasgow (UK), Paris (France), Barcelona (Spain), Madrid (Spain), Venice (Italy), Rome (Italy), Geneva (Switzerland), Hamburg (Germany), Berlin (Germany), Copenhagen (Denmark), Stockholm (Sweden), Istanbul (Turkey), Bucharest (Romania), Mexico City (Mexico).

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