Marshall Ross

Marshall Grey Ross (born April 2, 1995) is an American engineer, executive, and collaborative musician. He is a main character in the Lost Tales universe.

Early Life
Marshall Ross was born on April 2, 1995 in Savannah, Georgia, the son of Rosanna Ross (née Birchfield), a tourism manager, and Marcus Ross, a peach farmer. He has one older sister, Maribel Ross Douglas, a pyramid scheme director who is currently serving time in prison due to tax crimes. Marshall is not named after anyone.

Ross grew up in a small town called Peachtree, Georgia, where his parents ran a peach farm and local attraction. He began playing the piano when he was five years old and has played all throughout his life. He attended Peachtree School and Chatham County High School, where he participated in ice hockey from a young age. He was also involved in robotics, and he sang in and accompanied the Chatham County High School Concert Choir for four years. He began attending Georgia Institute of Technology in 2013, majoring in piano performance and planning to attend medical school, but quickly changed his major to robotics engineering with a minor in piano performance. While at Georgia Tech, Ross played intramural ice hockey, served as a student accompanist in the music department, and was a member of the Lambda Delta Omicron Christian fraternity. He graduated in 2017 with a degree in robotics engineering. Ross entered a graduate engineering program at Central Carolina University in the fall of 2017, and completed the program in the spring of 2019.

Career
Ross's first engineering position was an internship at Jackson-Gadsden Automation while he was attending graduate school at Central Carolina University. In May of 2019, he was offered the position of Vice President of Innovation, which he continues to serve in currently.

Ross has taught entry-level piano lessons at the Jackson City Arts Center and Abraham's Jams music store. He has also accompanied several local ensembles and instrumentalists.

Ross has coached a local peewee ice hockey team since 2018 and became the assistant coach of the Daisy Middle School hockey team in 2020. He has mentored Longhorn Robotics since the spring of 2018.

Previously, Ross ran the farm stand at his parents' peach farm.

Personal Life
Ross's first romantic relationship was with Billie Supazo, a girl from a neighboring farm, in his childhood. He was set up with a few sorority girls in college, but had been largely uninvolved in dating until he met Jenny Parks in 2017. The two became romantically involved in late 2018, and consider themselves to be exclusive despite not being in an official relationship. Eventually he marries Parks and they adopt two children, including Parks's sister's daughter (Calliope Grace Ross) and a son (Shawn Ross).

Ross's hobbies include playing the piano, singing, playing and coaching hockey, video games, watching Star Wars, and collecting lightsabers.

Ross moved in with his sister and her husband in a large house in Daisy in summer 2017, and remained in the house when they moved to a different neighborhood. He now rents rooms in the house, known as "the Party House," to many of his friends and local college students. His current housemates are Tad Fleming, Gunnison McCann, Lukas Weber, Declan Cloyd, Cameron McGinnis, Moose Amboni, and Tuck Haywood. Previous housemates have been Hugo Green, Kevin Drew, Redd Speck, Regula Ackermann, Emilia Weber, and Oliver Mills.

Ross's older sister, Maribel Ross Douglas, was known locally for running an essential oils based pyramid scheme. She was convicted of racketeering in the summer of 2020 and is currently serving a prison sentence. Ross had been the primary caregiver for both of her children before her imprisonment, and was given temporary custody of her son, Marshall Douglas, at the beginning. It is currently unsure who Marshall will stay with.

Ross is described to struggle with anxiety, and takes medication regularly.

Ross is a Christian. He attends Daisy Presbyterian Church, where he sings baritone in the choir and occasionally plays piano and organ. He is also part of the men's group.

Ross is a member of the party house garage band Boyz in the Basement. He plays the keyboard.

Ross drives a white PT Cruiser with wood paneling.

Ross owns a miniature English bulldog named Halpert.

Ross is not politically active, but is a registered Democrat, unlike the rest of his family.

Character History
Marshall Ross was supposed to appear in the November 2017 work "The Journey Home," but the story did not progress far enough to get to his section. He first appeared in the January 2018 work "The Lost Tales of the Team 5220 Mentor Team" as Marshall Johnson. It is unclear when his name changed to Marshall Ross. In his first work he was seen serving as a mentor for a robotics team, spending most of his time with Jenny Parks. He has been portrayed as age 18, 23, and 25 only. He has only held a few occupations, including a camp counselor, an engineer, a pianist, and a hockey coach. From his first work, he has always been romantically interested in Jenny Parks. He has been in many friendships, but none that are notable. His characterization has been slightly altered over the years, but he is usually portrayed as kind, anxious, caring, helpful, chaotic, shy, sweet, talented, intelligent, fearful, selfless, and compassionate. He speaks with a pronounced southern accent and usually speaks quietly.

Marshall Ross is described to have wavy strawberry blonde hair, dark green eyes, and pale skin. He is also described to have freckles all over his body and rosy cheeks. He dresses well when working and comfortably when at home. His stock color is dark blue.

Favorites
Favorite Color: Blue

Favorite Dessert: His mom's peach cobbler with ice cream

Favorite Sport: Hockey

Favorite Animal: Penguins

Favorite Fruit: Peaches

Favorite Subject in School: Math

Favorite Food: Tad's famous peanut butter and jelly sandwiches

Favorite Drink: Lemonade

Favorite Season: Fall

Favorite Holiday: Thanksgiving