Marshal was a student in Hugh's class. He was not a big part of the social ladder as he was just a normal kid. He was not that strong nor not that weak. He was just average.
He belonged to a loose group of friends in the class that was almost ignored by everyone in the class. They were the underachievers of the school, the invisible classmates.
He was the sort of person that would just watch as things passed by him. He had watched Hugh get beat up by Aric, he also saw Hugh beat up Aric's circle of friends all by himself.
In truth, Marshal had a crush on the prettiest girl in the class, Serena. Of course, he was not the only one as most guys in the class arbiter some kind of feelings for her.
Even though he was lining for her, he would never do anything about it. Even if he tried, it would just be social suicide. He would get embarrassed into death.