Marth

Marth as seen in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon.
Marth
Species	Human
Hair color	Blue
Eye color	Blue
Weaponry	Falchion
Base	Altea
Relatives	Anri (ancestor) Cornelius (father) Elice (sister) Caeda (wife)
Voiced by	Hikaro Midorikawa
Debut	Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Tsurugi

Marth is a character from the Fire Emblem character. He is the star of both Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Tsurugi and Fire Emblem: Monshō no Nazo, as well as the DS remake Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon.

Background

Book One

Marth is a descendant of Anri, a heroic dragon slayer, and the prince of Altea. After an attack from Dolhr, a neighboring kingdom, Marth is forced to go into exile in the nearby kingdom of Talys. While he is gone, his sister is kidnapped and his father killed by an evil priest named Gharnef. With the help of the altean knight Jeigan, the Talysian Princess Caeda, and others, Marth goes on a quest to find the sword Falchion and the Fire Emblem that would let him wield it.

Upon finding the two artifacts, goes to defeat Gharnef. However, he finds that the dragon his ancestor slayed, Medeus, has been resurrected. Marth slayed the dragon and defeated Gharnef. After his victory, Marth returned the Fire Emblem and Falchion to their places. Marth spent his time rebuilding the great kingdoms and ruled Altea for five years.

Book Two

After hearing rumors that his former ally, Hardin, was conquering kingdoms with the help of Manaketes, Marth left his rule to investigate. Marth gathered a small army and marched to Grust where he found his former allies either fleeing Hardin or dead. Marth traveled next to Macedon, where he had left the Fire Emblem in Linde's care.

Once he found the Fire Emblem, he noticed that the gems were missing. He managed to track one in the Dragon Mountains and started on his quest to recover them all. After recovering most the gems, Marth returned to Altea to find that Hardin had conquered it. Marth drove the invaders out and found another gem.

With Altea safe, Marth turned his attention to Gra, where Hardin was hiding. Some of Marth's old friends found a secret passage to Hardin's fortress and they used it to attack him. Marth realized that he can't defeat Hardin and used the Starlight dust to make him powerless. It's then revealed that Hardin had been possessed by Gharnef, who kills Hardin. Before Hardin dies, he gives Marth the final gem of the Fire Emblem.

Marth heads to Dolhr and uses the Starlight to defeat Gharnef. Upon defeating Gharnef, he finds a newly resurrected Medeus, guarded by Earth Dragons and possessed clerics. Using the power of the Fire Emblem and the Falchion, Marth is able to defeat Medeus and save the possessed clerics. Having defeated his ancient enemy once more, Marth starts rebuilding the continent of Akanea. He reunited the seven kingdoms and became Akaneia's seventh king, as well as marrying Caeda.

Abilities

While excellent with a sword, Marth's most important ability is his ability to lead.

Other Major Roles

Video Games

• Marth is an unlockable playable character in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. In Melee, Marth can be unlocked by completing 400 Vs. Mode matches, having a player control every character in Vs. Mode, or by beating Classic Mode with all fourteen characters in the original roster. In Brawl, he is unlocked by completing ten brawls, beating Classic Mode on any difficulty, or by Marth joining the party in "The Subspace Emissary". Marth has three different trophies in Melee and two trophies in Brawl, with one normal trophy and one of his Final Smash. A sticker of Marth from Monshou no Nazo also appears in Brawl.
  • Within "The Subspace Emissary", Marth is first featured in the Battlefield Fortress stage. After seeing the explosion of a Subspace Bomb, Marth drew Falchion and used it to defend his fortress from the Subspace Army. Along the way, he teamed up with Meta Knight (after the two briefly confused each other for enemies at first) and Ike. The trio then traveled together and fought off various minions of the Subspace Army, with Marth appearing to be more passive than the rash Ike. They eventually battled the gargantuan Galleom boss. Their journey ended when Meta Knight left them at the Glacial Mountain to pursue the Halberd. Marth and Ike remained at the base of the mountain, finding off minions of the Subspace Army while attracting more allies whom soon formed the main party of the game. The main party than traveled into Subspace to challenge and defeat Tabuu.

Other Media

Marth also starred in an anime OVA based on Monsho no Nazo. The OVA was unpopular and canceled after two episodes, although the two episodes were translated and released in America in VHS format. Marth was voiced by Hikaru Midorikawa (who would later supply Marth's voice in Super Smash Bros. Melee) in the Japanese version and Spike Spencer in the American version.

Trivia

• Marth is the only character to be the star in more than one Fire Emblem game, though both of the later games have been (expanded) remakes.
• Marth's name was originally going to be translated as Mars.