Mark Davison

Mark Antony Davison (born Mark Antony Willis, 4 October 1989) is an actor, writer, radio show host and racing driver among other things. He is best known for founding and running Moonstone Enterprises, particularly their debut TV show on NSB1 Kings Of The Desert where Mark himself played Antony 'Ant' Willis. Since 2012 he has also been the ace driver for Team Moonstone Racing where his specialities have been in both rally and derby. However, his single greatest racing achievement is being the reigning champion at The Rivet City Midsummer All-Night Asphalt Festival, an annual event which he has won consecutively since 2013.

He serves as one of the two main protagonists of the John & Den Franchise.

Background
Mark was born an only child, a bastard child as his parents had not wed until Mark was nearly three years of age. Until then he was known by his mother's maiden name Willis. He was born to Antony Davison, a locksmith and hardware retailer, and Fiona Davison, a nurse. Both of his parents were born in Neath also. Mark is 100% Denevian by nationality, although it has been infamously claimed he has family ties to Shelleybrooke Island via his grandfather on his mother's side. However, Mark has never explained this in detail. Mark lived with his parents in Neath from birth, and spent most of his childhood with his friends Theresa Cloverfield and Conor Springthorpe.

Mark attended Walter Winston Comprehensive School in Neath until the age of 16 where, in an attempt to break loose from what he deemed "strict control" from his parents, he moved to Cramham and attended the County College there with his lifelong friend and then-girlfriend Theresa, studying IT and Mathematics primarily. Theresa was to drop out of college the following year and travel the world alone, leaving Mark to continue his studies where he met future girlfriend Christine Hart through Connor Smith, a mutual friend of theirs who shared Mark's Mathematics class and Christine's Graphic Design class. After graduating college, Christine would go on to attend University while Mark instead quit education and found himself an apprenticeship for an asbestos consultancy in their IT department in 2007.

Mark was passionate about writing and also acting, more so the latter. He attended an amateur dramatics club with the hope of getting into local theatre, with no success. It was during a myriad of applications for work as extras on TV or temp roles in theatre when he happened upon an audition for Neathen High, a popular regional school drama, to play a minor character role. While he did not get the part, he managed to impress enough that Mark was offered to record a demo which was then sent to a partnered studio in Maulinia. This led to Mark being offered a larger role in a Maulinian school drama known as La Meilleure Année De Son Histoire (translated: 'The Best Year In History'). In 2008, Mark had pre-emptively quit his apprenticeship and moved to Maulinia for TV work, where he would stay on La Meilleure Année as Henry Hugh, a transfer student fluent in Maulinian enough to seduce many other students. Mark didn't find any other notable work during this time but the one role was one he would play for about two years until 2010 when his character was killed off. With no more work to be found but having made a decent saving during his time there, Mark decided to go on a road trip across Marvega rather than returning home to Denland (where Christine was still living at this time and both were still in a relationship).

Mark travelled for a few months but found himself feeling less enthusiastic about his journey the farther he went on. In what was meant to be his closing weeks, he came across the state of Kelderhope. His first stop was in Emerald City, and whenever asked his impression of the place and what it was that made him want to stay there, his response is always "I shouldn't have been thinking that way at the time but... The red haired girl who worked in the sandwich shop on the main street. One of the most gorgeous creatures I'd ever seen." This girl was later revealed to be Jessica MacKinnon, although Mark wouldn't get to know her until the following year. After there, Mark's next stop was at The Wasteland (formerly known as Saint Magdalene's Plain until 1964, and simply Rocky Plains from 1964 until 1980). At the time of Mark's arrival, The Wasteland only had an official population of 5 - Karl Greenman, Joseph Warrell , Russell Curtis , Wayne Trask and Maria Powers Jr., the latter of whom was the first person Mark met and befriended, convincing him to stay permanently. Mark set himself up with an affordable caravan and returned to his passion of writing while living in the middle of nowhere. Soon after, Christine would finish University and move to live with Mark, and eventually plans were put into motion to make something of his works.

Within the first couple of months of Mark's residency in The Wasteland, Neil Litmann would soon arrive to build a house of his own from the ground up to serve also as a prototype for his plans to venture into property development (this didn't happen in the end, but Neil decided to stay and live afterwards regardless). Neil having a lot of contacts in various industries through his own business, he (along with other new arrivals Nicolas Stanton and Jamie Pritchard) got in touch with a man he knew who could set them up with budget props to at least devise a demonstration of something Mark had created. This man was Howard Nickson, who was personal friends with Paddington Swanson II, who had recently started up a business of prop rental, mostly aimed at amateur theatres and academies within the region. With an enticing offer to appear in the feature itself, Swanson was willing to lend a hand free of charge. Over the course of a few months, and a few more new arrivals, Mark and the then-unnamed group had put together and filmed a short film titled simply Rippin' Sands, which was to be an eventual concept for Kings Of The Desert. The film was shown to National Signal Broadcastings in the hopes of making the then-unannounced NSB3 channel aimed towards up-and-coming crews wanting to break into show business (the NSB3 channel would not come to light and instead be reincarnated in the form of NSB REwind, an online-only platform that began in 2014). It became apparent that the unusual approach of making a serious storyline with occasional 'immersion breaks' that made the show self-aware, was a unique method which the board of NSB were generally in favour of. A slightly revised and polished re-take of Rippin' Sands was to be shown as a one-off on NSB2 on off-peak hours to see as a guide of how successful the format could be. Requiring at least a 60% positive rating from viewers who could vote via phone or online (or 65-70% if the viewership was less than 5 million, percentage depending on performance from alternative shows to air), Rippin' Sands achieved 67% which was deemed satisfactory to film in a more official capacity, and air at a later date on NSB2. Immediately, Mark began writing the story over with more longevity in mind. They acquired better equipment to at least improve the visual quality (decade-old technology was almost exclusively used by the crew starting out), and the newly named 'Moonstone' then went about recruiting more people, mostly amateur actors or regular people looking for a chance at acting, almost all of whom lived somewhere within Kelderhope or neighbouring states, and some were friends of friends. As a Wild Card, Mark appointed Neil to use his influence and wealth to find one household name to play a supporting role in order to give the show a little twist to the budget norms. This would later become the role played by Stephen Garland. After hearing the news of Moonstone having acquired Stephen to play such a role in their project, NSB offered Moonstone the chance to air on NSB1 instead of NSB2, during a prime time Friday night slot. If the pilot episode were to either attract over 10 million viewers or an over-80% positive rating, the show would be able to hold its spot on NSB1 (the idea was for it to also retain the same time slot, but this was not the case as the series progressed, for various reasons). The pilot episode only achieved approximately 7.8 million viewers, but the positive ratings came in close at 83%. As per the agreement, KOTD was to continue airing on NSB1.

***THE CONTENTS BELOW ARE MERELY A PLACEHOLDER FOR FUTURE GREATNESS*** - Mark Davison, 2020 (Not just ripping off Luke's part, honest. It's late and I'm taking a break for the night)

In early 2012, Luke signed a last-minute deal with HB5 to create another motoring show, RPM, which was intended to compete with Sim Gear and Motor Maniacs. Presenting it was: Nathan Radcliffe, returning from Sim Gear, Hans Thunberg, a former rally driver and good friend of Luke's, and Warren Fox, a motoring journalist. Having received mixed feedback, the show wasn't believed to have lived up to the likes of rival motoring shows and was cancelled after four episodes. When interviewed by The Daily Denevian Mail after the show's demise, Luke said, '' 'I can certainly say that RPM wasn't as I intended. It was rushed. I'm really not cut out for creating factual TV anymore. I'm a chap who likes to tell a story. At least this experience has taught me some things, and created new relationships or consolidated them. Onwards and upwards.''' Meanwhile, with substantial backing, Evil Born Evil was renewed for a third season and developed a larger budget. Also, the show changed its format and was extended to twelve episodes. The series received strong praise and was regarded as Enfield's greatest work to date. During the course of the third series, Luke began a relationship with actress Nicole Faulkner, who played the role of Florence Hodgson in the show. In 2012, Luke began to venture back into the public eye, so created a website for his corportation named The Crimson Media Bulletin, and introduced a monthly blog on it known as Enfield & Friends. The blog revived Luke's skills in entertainment he'd received from working radio and children's TV by introducing a segment known as Agony Aunt Enfield to name one, where Luke cross-dressed into an elderly woman who offered relationship advice to members of the global public. The blog featured various friends and employees of Crimson Media, including Mark Davison, Nicole Faulkner, Theresa Cloverfield, Anthony Wright, Hans Thunberg and Paco White. Unfortunately, the organization was shrouded in scandal as it emerged that Crimson's vice-chairman Michael Simmons had been in a relationship with Anmin Phúng, which resulted in their subsequent dismissals from the company. It is still unknown to this day if Anmin had an affair, or if Luke dismissed them out of spite given his possibly unrequited feelings for Anmin. 2013 saw Luke direct his first feature film, Hail Storm, starring Robbie van Eldik, Mervin Valks and Nikolaus Kristofferson. The film was met with critical acclaim and thus Remedy Studios, the production company behind the film, allowed Luke to do whatever he desired for his next cinematic project. Later in the year, he revisited the first two series of Evil Born Evil by recreating them in HD format, with Simon Edwardson and Henry Smart reprising their roles as Marcus Redford and Rod Barker. Although seen as a confusing approach by some critics, Evil Born Evil Redux was eventually met with positive reviews and shortly after, Luke began work on the fourth series. The following year saw the release of Luke's second feature film, Alytna Large, starring seasoned action film heavyweights Stephen Garland and Christian Houson, and the fourth series of Evil Born Evil, both of which were considered by audiences and critics to be resounding successes.

After both of these endeavors, Luke broke up with his then girlfriend, Barmeran singer-songwriter Ivana Chalifoux, and embarked on a quest to involve himself more in the film industry. In doing this, he resigned his position at the helm of Crimson, handed the position to his brother Ralph, and moved from Denland to Honet having rekindled his relationship with Nicole Faulkner.

VPN's Videopeek #53
Luke is first mentioned by Desmond when he introduces Suchaga Cuntnugget to Enzo - a Marsciterian concubine of Desmond's who had previously been cast in a war movie of Luke's, which was eventually cancelled. Furthermore, there are multiple references to Crimson, as in 2013, with the help of Ralph Enfield, Neil Litmann, Enzo Virpiani and Medaha Yoloswag, Desmond first set his sights on the corporation as one of his targets as part of his Illuminati world domination plans.

To A Top Bloke's Top Bloke
Since his departure of Crimson in the new year of 2015, Luke is revealed to have embarked further into the movie industry independently, moving to Honet, where he began to pen the script for his next movie, Sabre. As far as his personal life is concerned, it is assumed that despite his return to a relationship with Nicole Faulkner, he possessed feelings for Esra Watson, the wife of Hans Thunberg. Meanwhile, Hector Vercoe rose from vice-chairman to chairman of Crimson, replacing Ralph Enfield. Hector closed down the Crimson Media subsidiary, bought out the fragments of Luke Enfield's CRN record label and rebranded it as Crimson Records.

In October 2015, Mark Davison arranged a birthday party for Luke at a building in an undisclosed location. Belatedly, on the afternoon of the party, Luke arrives. After partying all afternoon, Luke recieves the news in the evening of the shocking murder of Anthony Wright, and despite appearing distraught to his friends, he is secretly relieved by the events and praises Tony's murderer, yet annoyed having attended a party the week earlier where similarly, a murder also took place. Keen to uncover the truth behind Tony's murder, Luke joins forces with Mark Davison and enlists his help in the form of Alex Mitchell, Bruno Westinghouse and Kennedy Lee to investigate. Later on, after the arrival of Enzo Virpiani's mail-ordered Juhra girls, Luke joins his friends to watch Neesa Alawaar's impromptu concert outside. Neesa is killed by a crowd member, and Luke suspects the murderer is the same who killed Tony. Nevertheless, Luke joins Esra on the dancefloor afterwards, before kissing and having sexual intercourse with her in the bedroom.

Following a night of passion, Luke awakes to the news that Caitlin Colijn and Karen Doyle have gone missing, presumed by Simon Edwardson to have been kidnapped and taken into the attic. Luke, along with Mark, Esra, Maria Powers Jr. and other various Crimson and Moonstone members, storm into the attic, preparing themselves to confront the kidnappers of the girls. To Luke's surprise, he is personally confronted by Hans, who actually had no involvement in the kidnapping. Hans reveals that he is aware of Esra's affair with Luke and how everybody else got up to a night of sex with their companions. He demands Esra state what their marriage means to her, and Esra responds by kicking Hans. Inadvertently, she kills him, as he loses his balance, falls out the window of the attic and falls to his death, being decapitated by a spiked fence. Instead of Hans, Enzo Virpiani reveals himself as the true culprit behind the kidnapping. Enzo has Caitlin restrained, while Beigebra Yoloswag keeps Karen at bay. Enzo demands that the gang agree to become inhabitants of Nakti, Enzo's other planetary home, or risk death at the hands of his army of furries. After witnessing Christine Hart's transformation into a furry and refusing to abide by Enzo's demand, the furry army attacks the gang, knocking unconcious both Luke and Mark.

Luke wakes up in a room with Enzo and Medaha Yoloswag. Explaining how the body of a Marsciterian was Enzo's base for the creation of Naktians, Enzo tells Luke that he shall experience the sexual company of Medaha while he tends to other matters. However, Luke expresses distaste in having sex with Medaha and says that he'd rather do the same to the corpse of Anmin Phúng. Luke is shocked upon witnessing the live corpse of Anmin entering the room, which Enzo has made possible from the work of his team of scientists from Nakti. Enzo and Medaha leave Luke, resulting in Luke having to experience the company of Anmin's corpse. After escpaing the captivity of Medaha and Joyce and having them both killed, Mark comes to the rescue of Luke. To lure Anmin away, Mark uses Michael Simmons as bait for Anmin to chase. Following this, Luke and Mark discuss their intentions to take down Enzo once and for all, however, Luke suspects that killing Enzo in his Alterran essence shall only send him back to Nakti, where Enzo could return from in future. However, the duo agree that such a mission to kill Enzo is necessary in order to save Caitlin and Karen, so they prepare for battle. To enable this, they both transform into John Phoenix (Luke), and Denver Kane (Mark), their heroic alter egos.

The duo find Enzo and his furry army again in the attic, where Enzo greets Luke with a birthday 'cake' in the form of Tony's head that he had found earlier, considering it is Luke's birthday after all. Immediately, Luke jumps to the conclusion that Enzo killed Tony, however Enzo strongly denies this. Nevertheless, Luke demands the safe return of Caitlin and Karen, yet Enzo reveals that the school bus had whisked them off to their safety at school. To make up for his loss, Enzo captured Nicole Faulkner and Chrissie, the latter of which has evolved into a full furry. Angered, Luke and Mark attempt to shoot Enzo, however Luke misses and takes out a furry while Mark finds his gun unloaded following its usage in killing Medaha in his earlier escape. In the ensuing struggle, Enzo escapes. As Mark tends to a furrified Chrissie, Luke takes Nicole to set off in hot pursuit of Enzo. As they both progress through the building, a furry attempts to kill Nicole using a sniper rifle, mirroring the style of Florence Hodgson's death in the third series of Evil Born Evil. A shot is fired, and Nicole falls to the ground. The furry is quickly dispatched by Luke, before he kneels to the ground to meet Nicole's level, believing that she has been shot and is about to die. Luke takes the opportunity to confess to his affair with Esra, stating that he loves her now, not Nicole. With Nicole left devastated, Ivana Chalifoux grabs their attention by revealing that she was the one who was actually shot by the furry. Both girls express hatred for Luke and his actions, while Ivana vows to have her revenge and potentially join the Naktian alliance.

After leaving the building, Luke discovers Enzo and Beigebra outside. As Enzo runs away, Luke gets a clear shot of him, however, his aim is knocked by the everlasting chase between Michael and Anmin. Luckily for Luke, the chase is intercepted by Bernie Rickard in his Smord Ocean he had crashed previously, where he kills Beigebra yet only gives minor injuries to Michael, Anmin and Enzo. Enzo escapes by motorcycle, and Gregory King demands that Luke doesn't let Enzo get away entirely and tells him that his genuine voice has been stolen. Mark suddenly comes to the aid of Luke under his other alter ego of Frank Tarren, where he is able to prevent Enzo from escaping through the use of a grenade launcher. However, much to Luke's vexation, the weapon actually fires Luke's stuffed dog Ronnie Rottweiler instead, who possesses Greg's voice. He bombs Enzo's motorycle, leaving him with extreme burns. As Enzo emerges from the flames, Luke fires three rounds into Enzo's back, but before he can finish him off, he is obstructed by the presence of Alex and Bruno who stomp Enzo to death instead. Irritated yet again, Luke attempts to argue with them but they are interrupted by the emergence of Enzo's ghost. Enzo vows to have revenge once he finds the ability to build a portal from Nakti to Alterra again in future. Then, he walks away and disappears into the abyss.

Following the return from school of Caitlin and Karen, Jamie Pritchard emerges on the scene, to whom Luke, Bernie and the girls demand the truth about the various crimes that had occured over the course of the two days. After Bernie learns that Jamie prevented his departure from the premises with a road-blocking dresser, Luke eventually deduces that Hector shot Neesa Alawaar dead to prevent a comeback of The Townies, who Hector predicted would provide fierce competition to Crimson Records. However, Luke is disheartened to discover the true culprit behind the murder of Tony - Russell Curtis. The truth comes out that Mark hired Russell to murder Tony as a birthday present for Luke. Although, Luke explains to Mark that he had hoped for someone more 'badass', and in a continuously angered manner, suggests that members of Moonstone are murdered to make up for Luke's loss in the form of Hans. Mark refuses to sacrifice somebody, yet Moonstone members Tom Roth and Dominica Buckley die anyway, as the building burns down as a result of Medaha and Joyce's burning bodies. As Mark re-enters the burning building for an unknown cause, Luke waits in concern among the rest of the gang. After proposing to go in after him, Maria ultimately rescues Mark and he is returned to Luke. He and Mark praise each other following their defeat of Enzo. As the building erupts into an explosion, the duo along with Esra and Maria by their sides, walk away into the sunset.

Murders Commited by Mark

 * Medaha Al-Sulaimann Yoloswag (shot, having contributed to death along with Joyce Barrett and house fire)
 * Enzo Virpiani (v2.0 essence; shot, having contributed to death along with Luke Enfield, Ronnie Rottweiler, Alexander Mitchell and Bruno Westinghouse)

Appearances

 * VPN's Videopeek #53 (mentioned)
 * To A Top Bloke's Top Bloke

Trivia

 * His decision to dye his hair white was inspired by Fauch three-time CGP1 world champion Jody van de Laar.
 * He possesses a stuffed Rottweiler dog named Ronnie, who he considers his genuine pet.
 * His adopted donkey is named Trevor.
 * Luke's favourite colour is orange.
 * Luke's 'John Phoenix' alter ego possesses the same Alytna Large jersey worn by Rufus Yeoman in Alytna Large.