| “ | Touch me and you'll be sorry! | ” |
| —Maru | ||
Maru (マル), later revealed to have the real name of Yumalnoh Arles Ko Dove Milma (ユマルノ・アルル・コ・ドバト・ミルマ Yumaruno Aruru Ko Dobato Miruma), is a one of the main characters of Kharg's story and one of the seven playable human characters in Arc The Lad: Twilight of the Spirits. He is a young boy who lives by himself in the Chaos Forest and claims to be its king, despite being revealed quickly that he's just a petty thief. Despite his front, he joins Kharg mainly out of a desire to have a proper friend, even if he still continues to refer to himself as a prince. Later, it's revealed that he's the prince of Milmarna, and was set to continue ruling but decides to stay with Kharg and his friends for the time being. Notably, he is one of the very few humans to not display hatred towards the Deimos, becoming friends with Bebedora.
After helping to defeat The Lord of the Black Abyss, he is named as one of the ten heroes of the world and is also responsible for helping bring peace among humans and Deimos. He would go on to return to Milmarna in Arc The Lad: End of Darkness, now the prince of Milmarna and the Guild Master of the Milmarna Hunters Guild. He is set to be married to Foh, but resists his aunt, Rosanna's demands to marry her, and uses Edda as a scapegoat to escape. He would also go on to help Edda and his old allies with Truth Sword and the Malademon epidemic.
Appearance[]
Maru is a short light skinned male with short ungroomed dark hair, bushy eyebrows, and grey eyes. He wears the Milmarnan crown around his neck at all times, and has a mildly skinny body tone. It is obvious he has traveled a variety of places, due to his well traveled look and his assortment of valuables he carries on him.
For attire, while he never wears a shirt, Maru is always dressed in combat style pants. He wears a lot of bags on his waist and has many pockets to store items, likely because he is an avid thief. He constantly carries a bow and a quiver of arrows as his main weapon and has a green handmade mask on his back that he used to disguise himself as a Deimos to scare off kids in Chaos Forest and to steal food from Yewbell. This mask causes many of the children to refer to Maru as a 'green monkey monster'.
In End of Darkness, Maru has since grown taller by a foot or so and is now wearing a light green Milmarnan combat outfit. He still has his same green mask as before and his crown is still intact. However, he no longer readily carries his bow or any bags or pockets for provisions, and now carries a long blood orange scarf on his waist, and pointed toe shoes. He has also since changed his hairstyle, which is now pointing downwards instead of upwards.
Personality & Traits[]
Story[]
Prior to Twilight of the Spirits[]
Maru was born into Milmarnan royalty as a member of the Milma Family. Not much is known about his family other than his parents having died when he was young due to an unnamed and incurable disease. After the death of his parents, he was supposed to take over rule of Milmarna. However, he was kidnapped in a plot orchestrated by his uncle in order to falsify his death and take his place as King of Milmarna. As a boy, after being kidnapped, it is assumed he traveled all over the world with his relative.
After sometime, Maru was separated from his relative and took refuge in the Chaos Forest located near Yewbell. During his time in the Chaos Forest, Maru had to battle many dangerous creatures who roamed into the forest. This is believed to be where he developed his excellent marksman skills and also where he developed his fear of Slothians. He would also steal food from local Yewbell during this time, and would disguise himself as a "wild monkey monster" and worry the villagers.
Skills and Abilities[]
Maru is an avid Marksman and his weapon of choice is the bow. As a result, his standard attack has the longest range out of the main playable characters, although it is quite narrow. Upgraded with the Silk Bowstring item, Maru’s range becomes wider, but also a little shorter. With his bow he can attack as many as four enemies in a single attack, if lined up properly. Maru has many offensive abilities, such as Binding Arrow which can hit multiple enemies at once and deal heavy damage along with status effects.
Maru has high speed which means he has a higher chance to attack an enemy first. His high speed can also be attributed to his slender physique. As a result of his combined speed, range of attack, and wide-range abilities, Maru can gain experience very quickly and level up to a point where he can take out hordes of enemies by himself.
Maru happens to be an experienced thief, and using his Steal ability in battle can help to obtain unique and powerful items. He also, likely, has the ability to read crystal balls to peer into the future like many of the Milma royal family members before him.
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Trivia[]
- It's very likely that Maru is the ancestor of Sania, as not only do they share the same last name, Maru shares many of the same abilities as her (Crystal ball readings, as well as acess to Shuffle Shot and sharing the Dark magic attribute).