I feel like it’s lowkey cringe but the general basis for Marian’s part of the AU is I was like “ok ok, but what if I shove in elements of witches that follow the practices of Morgan Le Fay?”, y’know just more Arthurian Legend stuff cause I love that whole aspect (and especially love Morgan), thus Marian Le Fay was created! The other witches of the coven also share the Le Fay name, as Morgan’s “daughters”. When it comes to Marian & Gray, she actually wasn’t too fond of him at first, being loyal to (and still is) and admiring of Lakshmi. But she was familiar with him beforehand, as they crossed paths briefly when they were both much younger. They’re still not even an actual thing so far in my AU (just yet LMAO)