Marisa

Marisa
Names and Aliases
Name (JP)	マリカ, Marica
Name (Localized)	Marisa
Aliases (Localized)	Crimson Flash
Biological Information
Gender	Female
Race	Human
Affiliations
Nationality	Jehanna
Faction(s)	Gerik's Mercenaries
Game Data
Game	Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones Fire Emblem Awakening (SpotPass) Fire Emblem Heroes
First Seen	Chapter 10: Revolt at Carcino* or Chapter 10: Turning Traitor (recruited in Chapter 12: Landing at Taizel*)
Starting Class	Myrmidon* Swordmaster*
Voice Actors
Japanese	Mai Nakahara
English	Connor Kelly-Eiding
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“My father placed blunt swords at my sides when I slept to keep me from moving.”
—Marisa talking to Tethys in a support conversation

Marisa is a playable character in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. She is a mercenary that join Eirika and Ephraim's armies by betraying her former employer and switching sides.

Profile

Marisa is a member of Gerik's Mercenaries. She is an aloof and detached beauty, and a master of the blade, earning fame as the "Crimson Flash" because of her great speed. She turned a mercenary to deal with the harsh methods of her father, who was also a great swordmaster. She seeks to surpass her father.

Regardless of the route, she is accidentally deployed under the hire of Grado, while Gerik and the other Mercenaries were hired by Innes. In Eirika's route, she switches sides after speaking to Gerik, not worried about what this would do to her reputation. In Ephraim's route, she switches sides after learning about the mix up from Ewan. Marisa used to have a secret crush on Gerik, as her supports with her friendly rival Tethys reveal.

In her ending, she became the leader of a mercenary force of her own, defeating all who would challenge her to a duel. If she reaches an A support with Gerik, she stays with him and becomes the group's fencing instructor, while if she reaches A support with Joshua, she swears loyalty to him and becomes Jehanna's top swordfighter.

Personality

Marisa is a quiet, blunt, stoic girl. Her aloof demeanor covers an awkward side. She is usually socially inept in every situation outside of fighting, as revealed in one of her support conversations with Gerik. Her bluntness can intimidate others and be interpreted as rudeness sometimes. She acts this way because she was always lonely and had hard time socializing.

Marisa had a harsh childhood, being raised by her father with extremely strict methods like needing to sleep surrounded by swords (although blunt) so she would never put her guard down even when not awake. That said, she doesn't resent her family, and her dream is to surpass her father.

Marisa always looks on how to improve herself in the battlefield, and is always prone to test her skills. She is very fixed in the goal of being a better swordmaster and the uncertainty if the war will end or if she will survive makes her even stricter with herself.

In-Game

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Base Stats

Starting Class						Affinity
Myrmidon						Ice
Level	HP	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Mov
5	23	7	12	13	9	4	3	5	5
Weapon					Starting Items
Sword - D					Shamshir Vulnerary* Elixir**

*Eirika's route
**Ephraim's route

Growth Rates

HP	S/M	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
75%	30%*	55%*	60%*	50%	15%	25%*

*5% less in the Japanese version

Promotion Gains

Item Required				Promoted Class
Hero Crest or Master Seal				Swordmaster
1	+4	+2	+1	+0	+2	+1	+2	+1
Skills				Weapon Levels
Critical +15				+40

Item Required				Promoted Class
Hero Crest or Master Seal				Assassin
1	+2	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1
Skills
Silencer

Supports

See also: Marisa/Supports

• Colm
• Joshua
• Tana
• Gerik
• Tethys

Overall

Subjective: The following part of this article is based upon the editor's personal experiences and opinions, and therefore may not be applicable for all readers.

Marisa joins several chapters later at the same level as Joshua did with worse stats in nearly everything. It will take a lot of investment in order for her to become even remotely useful, and at this point, everyone is already beginning to promote. At most, she'll only see use for those that prefer seeing weaker/heavily outclassed units grow into strong units.

Fire Emblem Awakening

SpotPass

Starting Class
Swordmaster
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
5	38	22	13	31	33	28	14	13	6
Skills			Weapon			Starting Items
Avoid +10 Vantage Astra Tantivy			Sword - B			Killing Edge*

*Enemy only; joins unequipped

Fire Emblem Heroes

Crimson Flash

An aloof swordfighter in a mercenary group led by Gerik. Her nom de guerre, Crimson Flash, strikes fear in others. Appears in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones.

Base Stats

Rarity:

✯✯✯✯

		Title
		Crimson Flash
		Group
		Infantry
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	17 43	8 28	10 34	5 27	5 19
Skills			Weapon
Wo Dao Night Sky			Sword

✯✯✯✯✯

		Title
		Crimson Flash
		Group
		Infantry
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	18 46	8 30	10 36	6 30	6 21
Skills			Weapon
Wo Dao+ Night Sky			Sword

Skills

Type	Name	Prerequisite	Default	Unlocked
	Iron Sword	-	-	-
	Steel Sword	-	-	-
	Wo Dao	-		-
	Wo Dao+	Wo Dao
	Night Sky	-		-
	Glimmer	Night Sky	-
A	HP +3	-		-
	HP/Def 1	HP +3		-
	HP/Def 2	HP/Def 1
C	Infantry Pulse 1	-		-
	Infantry Pulse 2	Infantry Pulse 1
	Infantry Pulse 3	Infantry Pulse 2

Crimson Rabbit

Skilled mercenary called the Crimson Flash. Recieved an order to participate in the Spring Festival as a bunny.

Base Stats

Rarity: ✯✯✯✯✯

		Title
		Crimson Rabbit
		Group
		Flying
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	17/18/19 39/42/45	8/9/10 30/33/36	7/8/9 35/38/42	5/6/7 24/28/31	5/6/7 18/21/24
Skills			Weapon
Flashing Carrot+ Reposition			Lance

Skills

Type	Name	Prerequisite	Default	Unlocked
	Iron Lance	-	-	-
	Steel Lance	-	-	-
	Flashing Carrot	-	-	-
	Flashing Carrot+	-		-
	Reposition	-		-
B	Spd Def Link 1	-		-
	Spd Def Link 2	Spd Def Link 1		-
	Spd Def Link 3	Spd Def Link 2
C	Flier Guidance 1	-		-
	Flier Guidance 2	Flier Guidance 1		-
	Flier Guidance 3	Flier Guidance 2

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Quotes

Recruitment Conversation

Eirika's route
Gerik: Is that you, Marisa?
Marisa: Chief.
Gerik: What a mess... Looks like the guild bungled. They're usually diligent about making sure this sort of thing doesn't happen. But here we are, two people of the same troop, working for opposite sides.
Marisa: What should we do?
Gerik: Aye, well, that's a good question. As a mercenary, your loyalty should always lie with the person paying your wages. You decide. We can cross blades if you want, but I'd rather you retreat. 'Course, if you betray your employer, you'll soil your sterling name.
Marisa: C'mon, chief. What would YOU like me to do?
Gerik: Well, that's easy. I'd like you to come over and join my side.
Marisa: Right. Done.
Gerik: Ho-hold on... Is that it? Just like that? You know what this will do to your reputation, right?
Marisa: Uh-huh.

Ephraim's route
Ewan: There you are, Marisa.
Marisa: Ewan? What are you doing here?
Ewan: Marisa, the mercenary guild sent you here, didn't they? They assigned you to fight under Commander Gerik, right?
Marisa: That's right. But the chief's not here.
Ewan: I know, It was all a mistake. Your commander's over there, working on another job. He wants you to join him.
Marisa: Really? He said that?
Ewan: Yep.
Marisa: I'm on my way.
Ewan: Hey, wait! Wait! Take me with you. The group's headed east, too. Let's stick with them for now.
Marisa: Very well.

Death Quote:

“I lost...”
—Death Quote in The Sacred Stones

Final Chapter:

“My blade will cut deep.”
—Final Chapter Quote in The Sacred Stones

Conversation in the village on Chapter 10 Ephraim's route

(if any of the Player Units visited the lower village)
Marisa: ...No good.
[Player Unit]: What?
Marisa: ...... This.
[Player Unit]: Huh?
Marisa: I found it. I can't use it yet. Good-bye.
(Marisa leaves)
[Player Unit]: Uh...
(Got a Hero Crest)

Heroes

Marisa/Heroes Quotes

Endings

Marisa, the Crimson Flash (緋閃 Hi sen)

"After the war, Marisa became battalion leader for an elite mercenary force. Many men sought to challenge her to a duel, and none of them stood up to her blade."

A Support with Gerik

"Gerik remained a mercenary, and Marisa became his company's fencing instructor. Gerik returned the affection she gave him, although he was troubled to learn she was clumsy at everything but fighting."

A Support with Joshua

"Joshua returned to Jehanna with Marisa, where she pledged service to the crown and became the top swordfighter in the land. Joshua still loved games of chance, but when it came to Marisa, she was ever the winner."

Non-Canon Appearances

Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)

Marisa is illustrated in the trading card game Fire Emblem Cipher with the following cards:

P11-003PR

B18-089SR

B18-089SR+

B18-090N

B18-091HN

Trivia

• In a support conversation with Tethys, Marisa tells her that she can use either hand when holding a sword, but she prefers using her left hand, because she says that it is stronger.
  • Her Fire Emblem Heroes arts reference this as they depict her using her right hand for normal attacks and her left hand for special skills.
• Even though Ewan can be used to recruit her, Marisa is unable to have support conversations with Ewan.
• Marisa's The Sacred Stones artwork depicts her wielding Shamshir.
  • Her artwork in Heroes depicts her as a Myrmidon, and still wielding her trademark Shamshir.
• The Hero in Marisa's SpotPass team in Fire Emblem Awakening represents Gerik.
• Marisa shares her English Voice Actress, Connor Kelly-Eiding, with Felicia, Setsuna and Catria.
• In the Japanese version of The Sacred Stones, Marisa's growths are identical to Fir's in The Binding Blade.
• Marisa can be the only female Assassin in the GBA games.

Gallery

See main article: Marisa/Gallery.