Marisha

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Marisha Artwork of Marisha from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game..

Gender Female Race Human Starting class Cleric Appearance(s) Mystery of the Emblem* New Mystery of the Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow

Marisha (Japanese: マリーシア Malliesia) is a cleric that first appears in Book 2 of Mystery of the Emblem and appears again in its DS remake. She is Lena's pupil, and thus is able to wield the Hammerne staff.

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

Book 2

Role

Marisha is found in a village during Marth's expedition in Grust. Her grandmother claimed she was only ten years old to protect her from being taken by Lang and his men, but she actually has come of age. After finding out Marth wasn't one of Lang's men, her grandmother offers her to Marth as his bride, but Marisha says it's far too early and that she doesn't know what to do. Marisha continued to accompany Marth throughout the War of Heroes. She trained under Lena as a cleric prior to the war.

After Medeus's defeat, she gets upset that Tiki is getting all of Marth's attention, and claims that Caeda won't forgive her if she shows even the slightest happiness, which Caeda writes off as nonsense.

Marisha is the only character in the game capable of wielding the Thief staff, and effectively fills Lena's place as wielder of the Hammerne in Book 2.

Starting stats and growth rates

Cleric Level 1 Movement 5 Experience 0

Recruitment: Chapter 1, visit the village Stats Growth Rates Max HP 16 Luck 12 Strength 1 W. Level 5 Skill 1 Defense 1 Speed 4 Resistance 5 Max HP 40% Luck 30% Strength 30% W. Level 70% Skill 20% Defense 10% Speed 50% Resistance 3% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Weapons Items -- Heal Weapons Sword ✗ Lance ✗ Axe ✗ Bow ✗ Tome ✗ Staff ✓

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Bishop	+x to 18	+2	+2	+2	+0	+1	+2	+1	+x to 12

• In Mystery of the Emblem, promotion gains for HP and Weapon Level consist of giving the character as many points as necessary—the "x" value shown in the table—to reach the promoted class's base value. If the character's value for one of those two stats is higher than their promoted class's base value, they will not receive any bonus in that stat.

Analysis

This character analysis section may not be accurate to every player's experience.

Marisha joins Marth's army in Chapter 1 and remains available throughout the game. She stands out as the only unit in Mystery of the Emblem Book 2 who can use the Hammerne staff for the majority of the book, as it is a personal weapon. It can also be used by Lena, but she joins the army at the very end of the game in Book 2, so Marisha will have exclusive access to it for as long as it matters. The staff can be obtained quite early in Book 2—it is available in Chapter 5, so Marisha will be able to start repairing weapons quickly. She also has exclusive access to the Thief staff, since it is another personal weapon. The player can obtain it in Chapter 9; it is carried by one of the enemy Thieves. Once it is obtained, Marisha can open chests with it from a distance, further increasing her utility since no other unit can use the staff and it has infinite range.

Marisha's base weapon level is good enough to use the Warp staff—another utility aspect Marisha has with no investment, although the Warp staff in Book 2 only becomes available in Chapter 14. Her weapon level also has a very high growth, so leveling her up will allow her to use better staves quite quickly. There are many useful staves in Mystery of the Emblem, including Physic, Fortify, and Barrier, so training Marisha to use them is useful.

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem

Role

Marisha joins in chapter 1 after you visit the village

Starting stats and growth rates

Cleric Level 1 Movement 5

Recruitment: Chapter 1, visit the village Stats Growth Rates Max HP 16 Speed 4 Strength 0 Luck 12 Magic 2 Defense 1 Skill 1 Resistance 5 Max HP 50% Speed 60% Strength 0% Luck 40% Magic 40% Defense 20% Skill 30% Resistance 40% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Heal Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- -- C

Growth rates when reclassed

Pegasus Knight/Falcoknight/Dracoknight Cavalier/Paladin General Archer/Sniper Myrmidon/Swordmaster Mage Sage/Bishop

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Pegasus Knight/Falcoknight/Dracoknight	60%	10%	15%	35%	65%	40%	40%	10%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Cavalier/Paladin	70%	15%	20%	40%	55%	40%	45%	5%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
General	90%	15%	15%	35%	40%	40%	60%	0%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Archer/Sniper	70%	10%	20%	35%	70%	40%	40%	0%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Myrmidon/Swordmaster	70%	10%	20%	35%	70%	40%	35%	5%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Mage	50%	0%	60%	35%	60%	40%	15%	20%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Sage/Bishop	50%	0%	50%	35%	60%	40%	15%	30%	{{{cha}}}

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Promotion stat gains

Pegasus Knight Cavalier Archer Myrmidon Mage Cleric

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Dracoknight	+4	+4	-1	+0	+0	+0	+5	-3	+2	+30, E
Falcoknight	+4	+2	+1	+2	+2	+0	+2	+3	+2	+30, E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Paladin	+4	+2	+1	+3	+1	+0	+1	+6	+1	+30

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Sniper	+8	+2	+1	+5	+5	+0	+1	+3	+2	+75

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Swordmaster	+6	+2	+1	+2	+2	+0	+2	+3	+1	+75

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Sage	+6	+3	+2	+1	+1	+0	+1	+2	+0	+30, E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Bishop	+6	+1	+2	+1	+1	+0	+2	+1	+1	+30, E

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Analysis

Marisha will be the first staff user to join your army, besides Wrys in the prologue, and thus will be extremely useful in her joining chapter by providing support through healing. Marisha joins with a impressive C rank in staves, allowing her to use staves such as Mend, Rescue and Barrier at base, as well as likely being your first user of the Anew and Fortify staves. This is without mentioning how she's the only user of the Hammerne staff, besides Lena who joins in the last chapter of the game, letting her repair useful weapons and staves. Her bases are rather low in every area besides luck, but her growths are rather decent. She will not be able to fight enemies well, because of her low defense and HP meaning that she's best kept from the frontlines. She has a wide array of reclassing options, but Cleric is considered her best one.

Overall, Marisha is the best staff user in the game, providing invaluable utility from the begining and right to the end. She does face some competition from Yuliya who also joins with C staves, but because of her better availability and higher magic growth she is considered the superior unit. Because of her many contributions Marisha is often considered to be one of the best units in the game.

Personality and character

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Supports

Mystery of the Emblem

Marisha Cleric Supports: None. [[{{{supportg1}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg1}}} [[{{{supportg2}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg2}}} [[{{{supportg3}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg3}}} Supported by: None. [[{{{supporto1}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuso1}}} [[{{{supporto2}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuso2}}}

See Support § Super Famicom games for more details on supports.

New Mystery of the Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow

Marisha Cleric Mutual supports: None. [[{{{supportm1}}}]] Bishop C: {{{cm1}}} B: {{{bm1}}} A: {{{am1}}} [[{{{supportm2}}}]] Bishop C: {{{cm2}}} B: {{{bm2}}} A: {{{am2}}} [[{{{supportm3}}}]] Bishop C: {{{cm3}}} B: {{{bm3}}} A: {{{am3}}} [[{{{supportm4}}}]] Bishop C: {{{cm4}}} B: {{{bm4}}} A: {{{am4}}} [[{{{supportm5}}}]] Bishop C: {{{cm5}}} B: {{{bm5}}} A: {{{am5}}} Supported by:* Kris Myrmidon C: 5 B: 11 A: 18 Marth Lord C: 5 B: 11 A: 18 Caeda Pegasus Knight C: 5 B: 11 A: 18 [[{{{supporto4}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co4}}} B: {{{bo4}}} A: {{{ao4}}} [[{{{supporto5}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co5}}} B: {{{bo5}}} A: {{{ao5}}}

See Support § DS games for more details on supports.

Base conversations

Main article: Marisha/Conversations

Endings

Mystery of the Emblem

Marisha, Girl of Grust
After the war she vanished without a trace, much to Marth's worry. Perhaps she has already become a bad girl...

New Mystery of the Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow

Marisha, Girl of Grust
Marisha vanished after the war, despite Marth's concerns. Some worried that she had become a delinquent...

Death quote

“	How annoying, why here...? Lord Marth...	”	— Marisha, in Mystery of the Emblem.

“	No, I don't wanna die here... Prince Marth...	”	— Marisha's death quote in New Mystery of the Emblem's Classic Mode.

“	No... I don't want this anymore... I'm falling back for now...	”	— Marisha's retreat quote in New Mystery of the Emblem's Casual Mode.

Everyone's Conditions quotes

“	Today feels special. It feels like I'm a little more grown up. Tee hee!	”	— When receiving a temporary stat boost in New Mystery of the Emblem.

“	Gosh, I worked hard. I might even have grown up a little.	”	— When receiving experience in New Mystery of the Emblem.

“	Ohmigosh! I wonder what this is...? Could it be a present for sweet little me?	”	— When finding an item in New Mystery of the Emblem.

“	Huff... puff... Where is my prince, I wonder?	”	— When failing to receive a bonus in New Mystery of the Emblem.

“	I want to know more about Prince Marth's knight, Kris...	”	— When receiving support with Kris in New Mystery of the Emblem.

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Marisha is featured on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher.

The below card's quote is still in raw, untranslated Japanese; it needs translation.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Marisha
	Cleric of Marriageable Age, Marisha
		"わたしをお嫁さんに！？やだー、マリーシア困っちゃう！"
		Attack: 20	Support: 20	Range: –	Deploy Cost: 1
		Class: Cleric		Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Heal: [Activate] [ , ] Choose a card from your Retreat Area other than “Marisha” and add it to your hand. For Lord Marth!: [Always] While you control “Marth,” this unit gains a range of 1. Miracle Emblem: [Support] Until the end of this battle, your opponent’s attacking unit cannot perform a Critical Hit.
	Card #B04-025N • Artist: Marue
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Marisha .

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
New Mystery of the Emblem	A young girl from Grust, on the run from Lang. High-spirited and prone to flights of fancy.*	グルニアの少女。活発で、夢みがちな性格。 ラングから逃れるために子供のフリをしていた。

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Marisha	Used in Legacy of Archanea.
English (unofficial)	• Malliesia • Malicia	• Used in the original version of the Mystery of the Emblem fan translation patch. Shortened as "Mallesia" in gameplay for spatial reasons. • Used in the New Mystery of the Emblem fan translation patch[which?] and the 2014 revision of the Mystery of the Emblem patch. May have been done to make the character's name more wieldy to use.
Japanese	マリーシア	Officially romanized as Malliesia.
Spanish	Marisha	Used in the Choose Your Legends polls for Fire Emblem Heroes.
French	Marisha	Used in Legacy of Archanea.
German	Marisha	Used in Choose Your Legends.
Italian	Marisha	Used in Choose Your Legends.
Portuguese	Marisha	Used in Choose Your Legends.
Traditional Chinese	瑪莉希雅	Malliesia; used in Choose Your Legends.

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Mystery of the Emblem Cleric Bishop Staff Tome, staff

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  Artwork of Marisha from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.

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  Artwork of Marisha from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.

References

This article is part of Project Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in the Fire Emblem series.