Marc Spector , better known as the vigilante Moon Knight , was once a mercenary left for dead in the desert, where he was revived by the Moon god Khonshu. Appointed as Khonshu's fist and high priest, Moon Knight enacts justice to protect those who travel at night. Marc also has dissociative identity disorder , some of his alters being millionaire Steven Grant and cab driver Jake Lockley. In the beginning of his career, Marc fought crime on the streets with the help of a network of informants, including his best friend "Frenchie" Duchamp , the homeless Bertrand Crawley , and diner owner Gena Landers.
Recently, Marc discovered he had a daughter named Diatrice with his long-time lover Marlene Alraune , [40] but when Khonshu sensed Mephisto 's plans for world domination, Marc left her to fight by his god's side and prevent that from coming true. When Khonshu succumbed to madness, however, Marc had to turn against him and help the Avengers defeat him.
Marc Spector was born in Chicago , Illinois , the son of a rabbi who as a child had managed to escape Nazi prosecution after Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia. Marc grew up on the poor side of the city, where his father Elias was the target of discrimination; Marc couldn't understand why his father would never fight back against persecution.
His father would walk his kids to school everyday, but him being a Rabbi caused Randall to be bullied, but Marc was there to defend him. During the last years of his childhood, Marc discovered by chance that a close friend of his family, Rabbi Yitz Perlman , was in reality a Nazi deserter and secretly a serial killer of Jews named Ernst.
Marc's fighting instinct kicked off for the first time when he fended off against Perlman to escape his grasp. Perlman later disappeared without a trace.
