Papa ven Geance

Marlonius ven Geance (May 24 1978) better know as Papa ven Geance is the current lead guitarist of The Traveling Psycho Ward.

Early life

No one knows where he comes from….originally…Stories differ from him being born from Italian German descent to being born in a nomadic tribe roaming the Sahara. A tribe which was studied by a Dutch archaeologist woman who became intimate with one of the tribe’s members. According to the story she eventually had to flee to back to Europe to escape ritual sacrifice of her first born to some demi god adored by the tribe.Pre- psycho ward, Arrest

We now know after his arrest and trailing back his steps by interviewing people who came in contact with Papa Van Geance in some sort of way, he traveled around the world from the rural mountain sites of France to French Guyana to the deep swamps of the everglades and Cajun country learning and practicing voodoo. On a side note: He can also cook up a killer Gumbo.Due to the Katrina storm in 2005 some places in New Orleans were never resurrected and left for dead, which came in handy for Papa VG to take residence in a forgotten house surrounded by trees and swamps where he could practice rituals and ‘help’ people with all kinds of matters which cannot be solved in the logical realm.The first time an exorcism gone wrong was the reason Papa VG had to flee from the law. After a long cat and mouse game he hid in the cargo hold of an old Dakota plane with destination Holland. The plane was bought by a bored rich Dutch guy who had the plane flown over the Atlantic to Holland to be shown in airplane exposes all over Europe. Eventually Papa VG ended up in a squatting place witha couple other squatters in the south district of Amsterdam.

Papa VG came to the attention of the Dutch law enforcers in a case weirder than anything you have ever read about before. The other squatters were set free after their alibis were checked and Papa became the prime suspect in this bizarre case. A man was found in a room lit by candles and decorated with all kinds of strange markings. He was hanging from his arms which were tied by ropes from the ceiling. His head was severed a found in the corner under a blanket in a tile filled with chicken legs, viper snakes, lots of blood and foul smelling herbs. Strange was the fact according to the coroner the mans head was severed with such a force which no man has the strength to do with bare hands. It was literally torn of and no devices were found which can do this type of thing. The expression left on the face was crippling to look at.

The man’s body was covered with cuts, scratches and bruises. It also had several burning shapes which reminded of old Ruïn signs. The ground was covered in ashes.

Papa couldn’t be persuaded to tell them anything about the event except writing down some lines about something involving a demon, so the authorities decided they wanted a full psychic evaluation and send Papa to the psychiatric institution to be profiled. Within his stay at the institution he was only writing books about the practice of voodoo and related stuff. Joining The Traveling Psycho Ward

After hearing about the escaping plans that his department mates were having, he wrote them a letter asking for the terms of joining the group. After putting it in an envelope and handing it over to Le Marquis, the group explained him that they were still looking for a lead guitarist since the plan was to tour in order to stay one step away from the authorities after breaking out. Papa ordered a string of good guitars and gear and simply bewitched himself into having the required skills and so claimed his place into the new group. Together with Cleaving Cleatus he debuted in the DNN News escape item where he helped to assault the news reader on live television. Shortly after he joined the band on the Britain breakout weekend tour where he picked up his first nickname Nuggets after he ordered chicken nuggets as a replacement for chicken bones since the restaurant didn' t have drumsticks on the menu. During Cleaving Cleatus abduction by the Russian Mafia, Papa had to bewitch his guitar paddles and take all the guitar parts on his own during the invasion of the swinging dead show. He also joined the Halloween tour of 2019, supported again by Cleatus who came back just in time to join.

Abandonment to New Orleans voodoo convention

On December 2019 the band released the very first episode of #TTPWADVENTURES, an online series that shows what happens within and around the band when they are not playing. On the first episode papa sneaks out the warehouse of abandoned treasures early in the morning, leaving a note saying that he is leaving to new Orleans for a voodoo convention. He promises to bring back a key chain when he returns, and somehow he was already able to put in a picture of himself boarding a small plane with the letter in a envelope. Kev insane wakes up and finds the note, wakes up Doctor Dent who reads the letter. The graveyard queen immediately calls the duo and threatens them. Afterwards she gives the coordinates to the container were Pripjat pete is located, and give instructions to use him for a limited time. The band releases him and takes him on tour to stand in for the Phoenix, Pogo and El Dorado shows. After the last one the Corona pandemic breaks out, which leaves the band to no choice but to lock up Pripjat pete again and wait in hiding.

Although papa had left the group, he still turns up in the video that the band release afterwards. During the Bark at the moon, a quarantine cover video, the band comes under the spell of the Graveyard queen, and papa makes a voodoo corner in a garage in New Orleans to join in on the spell. In the Cleaving Cleatus Stonecold moonshine commercial, we see Papa distilling the moonshine in a barrel somewhere outside in a Forrest. In both video's his appearance seem to have changed quite a bit since he left the group. Although he officially still is the bands main lead guitarist, nobody knows when papa will return from his journey. Some say that the current pandemic is a big reason why he has not returned yet..

Personality

Papa ven geance does not speak. He is however more than good enough in communicating trough facial expression, writing letters and pointing things out. He also seems to be quite creative and handy, and proved to be the more grounded and overthinking personality within the band. He also seems to wield some actual magic power trough his voodoo, and together with playing guitar he treats his practices in the magic arts as a priority.