MAIN CHARACTERS

A mysterious woman with an intriguing past, but she tends to kind of shy away from people contact (except sometimes for some girl talk). She seems to only be around to enact revenge against a man who killed her family. In battle, Marvel isn't really all that great. Her normal attack has extremely short range and relatively low power, and she can't equip great armor. Her strength lies in her techniques; she can shoot them off fast and furious, and she can do them from long-range, allowing her to stay away from battle. Treat her like another spell caster if you wish. All her techniques are based on the orb that stays around her during battle, and it must return to her before she can use it again, which can be a pain. Her later techniques are mostly useless; stick with her early ones and/or her Secret Techs. She can be okay at Abilities (even, surprisingly, Alchemy) but try to get Originality if you can at all. Luckily Marvel's the easiest character to learn Originality with, since her Customize item is so cheap.

Obtaining Marvel: A bit complicated. If Marvel joins, she will do so in Ionis.

• If you have Ashlay or Joshua, Marvel will automatically join you.

• If you have neither of them, but DO have either Cius or Fear, Marvel will not join you.

• If you have none of the above, you'll have a choice whether to drink in the bar scene. If you choose not to drink, you'll be able to get Marvel to join you.

• Marvel is the only character who can be removed permanently from your party. To do so, take both Marvel and Joshua to the secret room in the Sylvalant Ruins.