Marth (Fire Emblem)

Marth is the main character of Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem. He is the first main character to ever exist in the Fire Emblem series, dubbing him as the mascot of the series. At first, Marth's Fire Emblem titles were only Japan-exclusive at the time, he had gotten more widespread international attention when he joined Super Smash Bros. Melee thus giving Western players interest in the Fire Emblem series, and it Nintendo began releasing the games internationally beginning with Blazing Blade. a sorcerer named Gharnef managed to revive Medeus in order to conquer almost all of Archanea. Marth has spent two years in exile in the remote island kingdom of Talys with his future wife, Cadea. He works for Princess Nyna of the Holy Kingdom of Archanea to unite the defeated human kingdoms into an army to fight back against Medeus and his empire Dolhr. In Mystery of the Emblem, it takes place three years after the events of the first game where Marth is confronted by a former friend and ally, Hardin who was corrupted by Gharnef. after the Emperor of Archanea conquers Altea and accuses Marth a traitor, Marth, and his allies go on a journey through Archanea's wilderness and follow he legendary path once taken by his descendent, Anri. He also learns about the true history of dragons and their role in shaping the history of Archania. Marth was also given the task of repairing the titular Fire Emblem shield in or sealing away a malevolent species of earth dragons.

Why He Rocks

 * 1) He is a kindhearted yet idealistic leader who can have subtle pacifist morals. His morals come from him experiencing loss directly, as his sister has been kidnapped twice and his parents killed.
 * 2) Even though Marth would prefer avoiding a fight, he is still willing to lay down his life alongside his comrades meaning that Marth means business.
 * 3) His faith in his people does have its benefits as it's used for recruiting a variety of people from different backgrounds who are known to make success in a war.
 * 4) His relationship with Caeda is really touching since they would often fret over each other's safety or Marth feeling comfort towards Caeda's presence. Even Marth confessed his feeling towards Caeda at one point in Shadow Dragon
 * 5) He is shown to be humble as seen in some supports, he even got bashful when getting complimented by his descendants.
 * 6) He looks for stable reassurance in his decisions. Though this may hinder him at times, he does have an open-mind towards other opinions.
 * 7) His actions lead Marth to become a beacon of inspiration to those who fight alongside him.
 * 8) He alongside Roy's appearance in Super Smash Bros. Melee caused Fire Emblem to be released internationally.
 * 9) At the end of Shadow Dragon, he returned to Altea and was able to restore his kingdom to its former glory. Later on, this leads him to be king. The same can be said about how Mystery of the Emblem features Marth being crowned as the fifth king of Altea and also worked tirelessly to restore the devastated nations.
 * 10) Marth has determination. For instance, he found out that Elice, Nyna, Maria, and Lena were all hypnotized and surrounding Medeus thus having the willpower to rescue the clerics.
 * 11) He is shown for wanting peace to come instead of chaos. Think about it, he and his allies did stop a war.
 * 12) He doesn't mind being relied on since he does know that there are going to be people in need.
 * 13) Marth does care for his allies and friends. He doesn't just act like he did all the work. He mentioned that having allies on his side can give him courage. No wonder that he doesn't want anyone to die.
 * 14) Even he does admit his downfalls every time he would fail. For example, he would say things like "My apologies. It seems I am not myself today" because no one is perfect after all.
 * 15) Ever since Marth became known as the Hero-King, he started to ponder the true meaning of justice which concludes that he would want to fight for people and not for vengeance.
 * 16) He is able to wield the Fire Emblem (aka the Binding Shield) and the Falchion. You see, the Fire Emblem is a shield that is no ordinary shield. It's a shield that can open chests and will repel earth dragons when upgraded. The Falchion on the other hand is the sword that can be effective against dragons.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) He is overly trusting at times. In fact, he has been been betrayed and almost killed by two comrades.
 * 2) Outside of his duties, he can be aloof and rather shy when it comes to personal relationships like when he had trouble professing his love to Caeda in Shadow Dragon.
 * 3) As mentioned before, his reassurance in his decisions can be seen as both a flaw and a strength.
 * 4) He's somewhat naive.

Trivia

 * 'Marth' is a corruption of 'Mars,' the Roman god of war, by which name he is called in the anime. The official romanization of 'Marth' comes from the fact that the Japanese language uses the same phonetic to represent "th" and "s" sounds.
 * in the audition, Marth is also a surname of French/German origin, derived from St. Martinus.
 * His anime-exclusive last name Lowell means little wolf.
 * While his circlet appears to be his in the games, the anime implies it is a memento given to him by his sister Elice and in the manga it is a gift from Caeda. In Heroes, Marth attests to this, saying it was a gift from someone close to him.
 * Starred more Fire Emblem games than any other Fire Emblem protagonist.
 * Speaks Japanese in all releases of Super Smash Bros. Melee, Brawl, and 3DS/Wii U, not having English voice clips in the series until Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, where he's voiced by Yuri Lowenthal.
 * His first game where he speaks English is Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.
 * Marth was considered to be a playable character in Super Smash Bros. (the Nintendo 64 game), but was scrapped due to a lack of development time. He was later playable in Melee.