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Marla
Marla (Japanese: マーラ Marla) is a witch in Fire Emblem Gaiden and Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. She is one of Jedah's daughters and one of Sonya's older sisters.[1] She is also a follower of Duma.
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“ | Oh, dear. Such naughty children, lashing out at Lord Duma so! You've earned quite the punishment... | ” | — Marla |
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Fire Emblem Gaiden
Role
Marla is fought twice throughout Gaiden, Alm fights her in Act 4 on the way to Nuibaba's mansion. The second time she is fought by Celica and Alm is in the final Act in the basement of the Duma Tower alongside her sister and father.
Stats
- See also:
Fear Mountain Battle and The Final Battle
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- Note: Marla is also capable of summoning Witches.
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Role
Like in Gaiden, Marla is fought twice, Alm fights her in act 4 on the way to Nuibaba's mansion. The second time she is fought by Celica and Alm in act 5 in the basement of the Duma Tower alongside her sister and father.
Stats
Act 4
- See also:
Fear Mountain Battle and The Final Battle
Normal Hard
Act 5
Fire Emblem Heroes
Role
There is one variation of Marla present in Heroes, available to players through a Grand Hero Battle that first ran from October 17 to 29, 2023.
Marla: Duma's Witch
Starting stats
★★★ ★★★★ ★★★★★
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Initial Stats Level 40 Stats
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Skill set
Skill set | ||||
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Skill | Unlock | Auto-unlock | SP cost | |
Flux | ★★★ | ★★★ | 50 | |
Ruin | ★★★ | ★★★ | 100 | |
Rauðrdeer | ★★★ | ★★★★ | 200 | |
Rauðrdeer+ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | 300 | |
Chilling Wind | ★★★ | ★★★★ | 100 | |
Glacies | ★★★★ | — | 200 | |
B | Sabotage Res 1 | ★★★ | — | 60 |
B | Sabotage Res 2 | ★★★★ | — | 120 |
B | Sabotage Res 3 | ★★★★★ | — | 240 |
C | Inf. Hexblade 1 | ★★★ | — | 60 |
C | Inf. Hexblade 2 | ★★★ | — | 120 |
C | Inf. Hexblade 3 | ★★★★ | — | 240 |
Personality
Prior to being sacrificed to Duma, she lived in a priory with her two sisters. She is described by Sonya as having been stern but very kind.[2]
Quotes
Battle quotes
Marla does not have any battle quotes in Gaiden.
“ | Hee... I'll sing you a lullaby... It's time for all the good little children to go to sleep. | ” | — Marla in act 4 of Echoes: Shadows of Valentia |
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“ | Such naughty, willful children... Why won't you be good and listen to Father? | ” | — Marla in act 5 |
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Death quotes
“ | May the blessings of Duma-- | ” | — Marla in Gaiden |
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“ | Oh dear... Such...stubborn children... You should...listen to...your... | ” | — Marla in act 4 of Echoes: Shadows of Valentia |
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“ | Do you really...hate Father so...? Such lost...misguided children... | ” | — Marla in act 5 of Echoes: Shadows of Valentia |
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Heroes quotes
- Main article:
Marla/Quotes (Heroes)
Other appearances
Fire Emblem Gaiden (manga)
In the Gaiden manga Marla, along with Hestia, is deceased. She appears sparingly with Jedah before his corruption by Duma in some of Sonya's flashbacks of the times when they still lived together as a family.
Flavor text
Game | Text (English) |
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Echoes: Shadows of Valentia | A witch who serves the Duma
Faithful. The eldest of three sisters. |
ドーマ教団の魔女。
三姉妹の長女。 |
Heroes | Eldest daughter of Jedah, high priest of the
Duma Faithful. She looks down on her sister Sonya, who fled life as a witch. Appears in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. |
ドーマ教団の大司祭ジュダの長女。
魔女とならず、逃げ出した妹ソニアをさげすんでいる。 (登場:『ファイアーエムブレム Echoes』) |
Meet some of the Heroes entries
Choose Your Legends placement history
Round | Placement | Character | Votes |
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CYL 2 (2018) |
499 | Marla Gaiden / Echoes: Shadows of Valentia |
241 |
CYL 3 (2019) |
425 (−38) |
Marla Gaiden / Echoes: Shadows of Valentia |
348 (+107) |
CYL 4 (2020) |
556 (+67) |
Marla Gaiden / Echoes: Shadows of Valentia |
147 (−201) |
CYL 5 (2021) |
648 (+92) |
Marla Gaiden / Echoes: Shadows of Valentia |
63 (−84) |
CYL 6 (2022) |
570 (−80) |
Marla Gaiden / Echoes: Shadows of Valentia |
105 (+42) |
CYL 7 (2023) |
561 (−9) |
Marla Gaiden / Echoes: Shadows of Valentia |
76 (−29) |
CYL 8 (2024) |
823 (+262) |
Marla Gaiden / Echoes: Shadows of Valentia |
16 (−60) |
Total results | This character has 7 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls. | 996 |
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Trivia
- As a consequence of being the same level, Marla and Hestia have the exact same stats as each other throughout all their appearances in Gaiden.
- They also have identical stats in the final act of Echoes: Shadows of Valentia due to having the same level.
- In Gaiden Hestia and Marla share portraits, but one is flipped.
- The generic class portrait for witches in Fire Emblem Fates may be inspired by Marla's and Hestia's appearances, as the Fates witch has the same hair color—a very dark and high contrast purple—as the two sisters.
- In Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Marla and her sister Hestia use generic witch models in battle despite having custom map sprites.
- Despite only appearing as a witch in Shadows of Valentia, Marla has an unused set of sprites for if she appears in a mounted class; these sprites, however, are edits of Sonya's mounted sprites.
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Marla |
Variant of Marlene, a name derived from Mary Magdalene.[3] |
English (unofficial) |
• Mara |
• Most common variant, used in the most recent Gaiden fan translation.[which?] |
Japanese |
マーラ |
Officially romanized as Marla. |
Spanish |
Marla |
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French |
Marla |
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German |
Marla |
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Italian |
Marla |
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Dutch |
Marla |
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Portuguese |
Marla |
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Korean |
마라 |
Marla |
Simplified Chinese |
玛拉 |
Marla |
Traditional Chinese |
瑪拉 |
Marla |
Gallery
Sprite Gallery | |||
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Artwork of Marla from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
Marla's portrait in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
Heroes artwork
References
- ↑ "Her two older sisters, Marla and Hestia, had been reborn as witches to be sacrificed to Duma... Sonya would never forgive their father Jedah for making his three daughters into sacrifices." — Sonya's ending, Fire Emblem Gaiden
- ↑ "Growing up, I had two older sisters. The eldest was stern, but deeply kind. The middle one was smart and mature, and also marched to her own beat. The three of us were inseparable back at the priory. We waited for our father to come get us, yet knew the day would never come. Ah, but that was a lifetime ago. And they're both gone now..." — Sonya, Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
- ↑ Behind the Name: Meaning, origin and history of the name Marla, www.behindthename.com, Retrieved: 8 September 2018
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