History YMMV / DeadSpaceMartyr

* CrossesTheLineTwice: [[spoiler:Markoss dumping Altman to "fight" the Krax Necromorph is horrific and tragic, yet he also handles him a simple spoon to defend himself, making the scene darkly humorous.]]

* TheWoobie: Michael Altman is an ordinary agnostic archaelogist who loves his girlfriend and ends up getting his life ruined [[spoiler: then ended]] by a corporate then government conspiracy as well as a cult of wackjobs.

* MoralEventHorizon: Markoff and Stevens [[spoiler: killing Michael Altman.]] Specifically, they capture him, lock him up in solitary confinement until he's completely insane from Marker-related visions, give him a BreakingSpeech about how everything he's done has only helped their plans, then dump him in a room with a Necromorph which kills him.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Craig Markoff]] is a high-ranking military officer who is obsessed with unearthing the Marker. Breaking into [[TheHero Michael Altman]]'s house to torture information out of him about the Marker, Markoff forced Altman, his girlfriend Ada, and Altman's coworkers to retrieve the Marker, which led to several of Markoff's employees [[DrivenToSuicide killing themselves]] or [[DrivenToMadness losing their minds]] due to the Marker's influence on them. Forcing Altman to continue regardless of the danger the Marker posed, Markoff leaves everyone inside the facility to die when Necromorphs attacked, solely so he could record video footage of how the Necromorphs and the Marker operate. Ordering Krax to kill Ada, Markoff tells Altman that he will become the founder of the [[ChurchOfHappyology Church of Unitology]], after which Markoff had Krax killed when he deemed him "expendable". Forcing Altman to fight a Necromorph-enhanced Krax using nothing but a spoon, which led to his death, Markoff continues his experiments on the Markers and the Necromorphs, single-handedly causing the events of the entire series.

* CompleteMonster: In this TieInNovel that serves as a {{prequel}} to [[Franchise/DeadSpace the games]], [[BigBad Craig Markoff]] is a high-ranking military officer who is obsessed with unearthing the Marker. After [[TheHero Michael Altman]] leaked video footage of two [=DredgerCorp=] employees killing themselves, Markoff broke into Altman's house and threatened to kill him if he didn't divulge everything he knew about the Marker. Once Markoff got the answers he wanted, he forced Altman, his girlfriend Ada, and several of Altman's coworkers to work at a floating facility dedicated to retrieving the Marker. Several of Markoff's employees [[DrivenToSuicide kill themselves]] or [[DrivenToMadness lose their minds]] due to the Marker's influence on them, but he ignores all the suicides and keeps pressuring them to get the Marker. When Altman escapes the facility and goes public about what Markoff is doing, Markoff confronts Altman again and forces him to return, threatening Ada if he doesn't comply. He punishes Altman by having [[TheBrute Krax]] [[ColdBloodedTorture torture him with knives]]. When Necromorphs attack the facility, Markoff [[DirtyCoward leaves everyone inside to die]] while he safely records video footage of how the Necromorphs and the Marker operate. Markoff captures Altman again after he sinks the facility, and he, Krax, and [[EvilGenius Stevens]] all [[EvilGloating gloat how Altman's efforts were futile]]. He later reveals that Krax murdered Ada, shortly before he and Stevens explain how Altman will become the founder of the [[{{Cult}} Church of Unitology]], and that Markoff had Krax killed when he deemed him " [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness expendable]]". Markoff then [[TheBadGuyWins has Altman killed]] by forcing him to fight a Necromorph-enhanced Krax using nothing but a spoon, [[KarmaHoudini and continues his research on the Necromorphs and Markers]]. Even for a series with an already bleak tone, Markoff stands out as a man who wants nothing but power, and considers everyone to be either a weapon to use to his advantage or expendable.

* MoralEventHorizon: Markoff and Stevens [[spoiler: killing Michael Altman.]]
* TheWoobie: Michael Altman

* CompleteMonster: Markoff, Stevens and Krax. They all do some pretty cruel things throughout the course of the novel, but Markoff and Stevens definitely reach the [[MoralEventHorizon Moral Event Horizon]] in the novel's epilogue when they [[spoiler: force Michael Altman to fight off their new Necromorph type (which happens to have been partially created from Krax after Markoff decided he was "expendable") ''with a spoon'', while they watch from above drinking champagne and grinning to each other.]]

* TheWoobie: [[spoiler:Michael Altman]] from ''Dead Space: Martyr'', amazingly enough.