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Marquez is one of the premade Parafolk households in Paralives and one of the eleven families given a developer-written biography. It is a placed household in the town of Melino. The household has two members, both of whom are among the most-illustrated characters in the studio’s premade lineup: Sebastian Marquez and his son Eli Marquez.

Marquez is the founding cast’s single-parent family. Sebastian is the new cook in town, and he is raising Eli on his own.

Household Facts

Family Premise

The developer biography frames Sebastian as the new cook in town, working toward the goal of opening his own restaurant. He is often outdoors with his son Eli, gathering ingredients or hiking. The pair’s wider backstory, developed across the studio’s character reveals, has Sebastian marrying Lucas and the two adopting Eli together; after Lucas’s death, Sebastian is left as a widowed single father whose central motivation is to give Eli a stable future.

That makes Marquez a strongly contextual household. Loading it drops the player into a clear, ready-to-play scenario built around cooking, the outdoors, and single parenthood, rather than a blank family.

Members

Sebastian is an adult cook and the head of the household. Eli is his adopted son and the game’s first-revealed example of the Child Lifestages stage, attending School as his daily activity. Each has a dedicated article that covers their reveal history and individual role in more depth.

Playing the Household

Marquez loads directly in Live Mode. Sebastian’s cooking ambitions tie into the Cooking System and the Careers loop, while the foraging and hiking the biography describes lean on the open-world Open World and Town. Eli’s school schedule and the parenting interactions between the two play out through the Relationships and Social System, with the household budget pooled in Paradimes.

Status in the Launch Build

The Marquez household is confirmed as part of the premade lineup that shipped with the Early Access launch on May 25, 2026. It is one of the placed households in the pre-made town of Melino, meaning players who load the default save will find the family already living on its lot. The developer-written biography that frames the household is part of this launch cast.

Out of Scope

Sebastian’s and Eli’s exact Vibes, Talents, Lifestyles, starting funds, and the household’s specific Melino lot are community-reported rather than studio-confirmed. Eli’s biological birth parents and full pre-adoption history have not been disclosed. The two members, their relationship, Sebastian’s cook-and-restaurant premise, and Eli’s status as a Child Parafolk are the confirmed facts.