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Team MÄR are the main protagonists in the popular manga and anime series MÄR: Marchen Awakens Romance by Nobuyuki Anzai.

Contents 1 Ginta Toramizu 1.1 Babbo 2 Snow 3 Jack 4 Dorothy 5 Alan 6 Alviss 7 Nanashi 8 Trivia

[edit] Ginta Toramizu

(虎水ギンタ Toramizu Ginta)
anime voices: Motoko Kumai|Spike Spencer Main article: Ginta Toramizu The main character of the series is a nerd that is wisked away to the world of MÄR Heaven and he along with jack to have their father fight and die the first war games.

[edit] Babbo

(バッボ, Babbo)
anime voices: Banjou Ginga|Michael McConnohie

Main article: Babbo

The only known ÄRM in MÄR-Heaven with a human soul - which is actually the magic kingdom Kaldea's former Elder's, and therefore the only one able to talk without being activated. Was owned by phantom in the first war games.

[edit] Snow

(スノウ, Sunou)
Template:Anime voices
Main article: Snow

The only princess heir to the crown of Lestava kingdom. She is the MÄR-Heaven counterpart of Koyuki.

[edit] Jack

(ジャック, Jakku)
anime voices:Daisuke Sakaguchi|Bryce Papenbrook

The one who meets Ginta early in his adventure and after the boy helps him beat the Rugelu Brothers, a pair of werewolves that were terrorizing Jack's home to claim the farm's vegetables, he and Ginta becomes best friends. Loud-mouthed and clumsy, Jack is the weakest of Team MÄR, however not by any means the least resolute, if not the most, and having the least experience. He never misses a chance on training to get stronger, first not to be a burden to others, and second, to avenge the death of his father Jake - a former soldier of the Cross Guard - who died in the first War Game at the hand of one Zodiac Knight, Vidar. He also has a hopeless crush on every cute girl he can lay his eyes on, especially Snow and Dorothy, despite how cruelly they treat him. Eventually, his luck with females changes as he gains former Rook Pano as his girlfriend. In the end of the anime, Jack lives with his mom, Pano, and the two vegetarian werewolves that now work for him. He along with Ginta have had their dads fight for the cross gaurd. A user of plant/earth-type ÄRMs:

• Battle Scoop/Battle Shovel: Also called the Earth Scoop, a Weapon ÄRM that Jack's Dad left for him that can also be used as a weapon. The ÄRM's typically horrendously weak, it is afterward upgraded by Dorothy with magic stones.
  • Earth Wave: Using the power of the magic stones, Jack's Battle Shovel sends out a small earthquake towards his opponent.
  • Earth Beans: Jack scatters several small beans on the ground and uses his Battle Shovel to make them instantly grow into giant vines to snare his enemies.
  • Magic Mushrooms/Funky Fungi: Jack spreads spores onto his enemy that quickly sprout into mushrooms. These mushrooms then emit hallucinogens into his enemy, causing them to see illusions.
  • Beans Shield: Jack uses his Battle Shovel to instantly grow a giant, hollow bean that he can then hide inside to avoid attacks.
• Mehitos: From beneath the ground, this cephalotus Guardian bursts forth to Jack's summon and, under his commands, consumes all adversaries.
• Kikazoku Fire (Will 'o Wisp Fire): Using a ruby-engraved ring Guardian ÄRM as a medium, Jack calls to his side a flame-haired cheery midget donning Arabian clothes with "at your service" manners and when the order for destruction is issued, it will practially reduce everything to ashes with its flame.

[edit] Dorothy

(ドロシー, Doroshii)

anime voices: Saki Nakajima|Wendee Lee

A witch of immeasurable power and the younger sister of Diana, Queen of Chess Pieces, who bears the responsibility to put a permanent rest to Diana's actions in accordance to the laws of their birthplace, the isolated magic kingdom Kaldea. Dorothy has an interest in stealing any uncommon ÄRMs she comes across (which is also her other duty on Kaldea's behalf), heaping up into a wide variety for her collection, but she seems to prefer Guardian ÄRMs and Wind-themed ÄRMs in battle. Dorothy met Ginta when he first got to MÄR-Heaven, and since then has developed a protective disposition on him and gave him the nickname "Gin-tan", therefore always inwardly annoyed of Snow, even though they sometimes cooperate (technically speaking, since Dorothy's sister is Snow's stepmother, that makes Dorothy her stepaunt). Dororthy is also rather flirtatious, and commonly uses her charm and beauty as a way to bribe the male members of Team MÄR, which usually ends successfully. Despite her lovable nature, when in a fight Dorothy can be cruel and deadly, going as far as killing any Chess Pieces members that she can get her hands on, though she later promises Ginta she won't kill her opponents and does not go back on her word (save for Diana as she must carry out her duty). She took Jack on as an "apprentice" and teaches him the ways of maximizing his ÄRM's potential. Dorthy later appears in MÄR Omega , 6 years after the second war games. Her ÄRMs include:

• Ring Dagger: A Celtic dagger Weapon ÄRM which Dorothy uses as her weapon when she doesn't want to waste her energy on Zephyroth Broom. Dorothy is quite deadly with this weapon and completely capable of killing in one strike. This dagger actually has great significance throughout the series - it is the arm that she offers to Ginta when he gets to Mar Heaven. It is also the ring that she used to dispatch one of the bishops during the ice ring fights. Finally, it is the ring that she uses to kill her sister with, being thrown like a throwing knife.
• Broom of Zephyrus (Broom of the West Wind): A Nature ÄRM taking the form of a besom is almost always seen near Dorothy (being held, or sat on). She uses it to fly and shape her particular element - wind. It can create anything from a breezing blow of wind to multiple raging tornadoes (Thunder Wind) or a sharp cut that can behead the target, and the power can be boosted several times by expanding its joints (a trick seen in the anime only). It is one of Dorothy's original ÄRMs.
• Antidote Tonic: (manga) Holy ÄRM used to cure poisons.
• Andata: An extremely handy Dimensional ÄRM ring that allows Dorothy to teleport to anywhere she has been before.
• Zipper: A Dimensional ÄRM giant zipper that allows Dorothy to store her ÄRMs in an extra-dimensional space for storage. It can be used in battle for fast change of ÄRMs.
• Ring Armor: A common Guardian ÄRM that summons a living suit of armor. It's quite weak and is mostly for testing an enemy's strength.
• Flying Leo: A Guardian ÄRM that summons a flying lion.
• Toto: Officially named Reindog, it is a giant three-tailed dog Guardian ÄRM that can eat absolutely anything, varies from normal foods, metals, Weapon ÄRMs to enemy's projectiles and guardian ÄRMs (even the seemingly inedible), and their users. Although sentient and extremely powerful, Toto is afraid of Dorothy's wrath since he knows that without her he wouldn't have "good food" to eat (powerful and/or rare ÄRMs). He is one of Dorothy's original ÄRMs. His name is a play on Dorothys, them both being named after the characters from "The Wizard of Oz"
• Watching Bird: (anime) A Dimension Guardian ÄRM that takes the form of a large purple hummingbird. The bird flies to watch whatever it is sent to watch, while the user has a ring that shows a hologram on the ground, which is whatever the bird sees.
• Rock Giant Golem: A giant suit of rock armor bracelet Guardian that originally used to guard Babbo. Dorothy named it Birikin.
• Crazy Quilt (Crazy Kilt): A Guardian ÄRM loud-mouthed, whimsical female puppet that wears dirty clothes and has no legs (it levitates above the ground) that can move with great agility. It can generate ultra-loud sounds in the form of a song, able to render opponents and anyone in the immediate vicinity senseless, however towards adversaries of upper level magic, they are useless, as seen in the battle with Chimera/ She is one of Dorothy's original ÄRMs.
• Crucified Scarecrow: Another of Dorothy's original Guardian ÄRMs, a ragged crucified scarecrow. Once Dorothy's command is issued, the scarecrow will be "activated": it will spin at wild speed, and the consequent centrifugal force with the scarecrow's metallic drill hat makes a deadly double blow.

[edit] Alan

(アラン, Aran)
anime voices: Juurouta Kosugi|Lex Lang

Two characters in one, Ed provides comic relief while Alan is a hardened (smoking) warrior, the powerful human who participated in the previous MÄR-Heaven War against the Chess Piece, known as the 2nd man, Danna's partner in the Cross Guard. His power level is said to be equivalent to a Knight in the method of power ranking used by the Chess Pieces, and once fought to a draw with the Knight's second in command, the one ranked directly under the No.1 Knight Phantom, Halloween. However, because of a curse set by Halloween's Darkness ÄRM, Igneil, in the same fight, Alan was sealed inside the court guardian and custodian dog of princess Snow, Edward. In order to change back into Alan, Ed has to sleep three times, often forcibly knocking himself out, which is too risky and inconvenient for most situations. If Alan sleeps once, he becomes Ed again. After the visit from Phantom and his Zodiac Knights, Alan and Ed are split apart into two beings by Ginta, using Babbo's Alice transformation. Ironically, due to his time inside Edward, Alan has developed a fear of cats. In the end of the anime, Alan lives with Chaton, Babbo, and the baby Loco. His ÄRMs include:

• ÄRM of Flame: a flame Nature ÄRM, this is the natural counter to Snow's ÄRM and is able to conjure fire in any form. This is what he uses to light his cigars.
• Shadowman: A Nature ÄRM that can create a being out of a persons shadow, this copy has the same magical powers and skills as the person it is based on.
• Training Gate: A Dimension ÄRM that Alan used to train Ginta, Snow, Jack. and Dorothy. It puts people at the user's will inside this gate, where time slows to 1/60th of its outside time and with many challenges programmed within it, the dimension serves good training ground. The drawback to using this ÄRM is that Alan cannot go inside the Gate himself and he cannot move while he uses it.
• Air Hammer: A set of rings and bangles Dimension ÄRM and Alan's most frequently used weapon. It uses an attack called "Air Freeze" that creates blasts of air shaped into concussive blasts and compensates for Alan's lack of ranged attacks.
• Flying Carpet: (Ed's) A Dimension ÄRM used for transportation.
• Merilo: A pendant Guardian ÄRM in the form of a polite, slender girl with a cat tail and ears, used to help people the Training Gate train, and to navigate for them. She's referred to as 'the cute one'. Although she does have cat attributes, Alan doesn't fear her because she is an ÄRM
• Bumolu: A Guardian ÄRM in the form of a rude, fat woman with a bear tail and ears, used to help people the Training Gate train, and to navigate for them. She's referred to as 'the ugly one.'
• Saint Anger: Incarnating Alan's fists of justice and expanding an even wider reach, these armour hands that descend from heaven thunder earth with its deliverance of god's punishment to all sinners.

[edit] Alviss

{アルヴィス, Aruvisu)
anime voices:Souichirou Hoshi|Yuri Lowenthal Main article: Alviss

The cold figure of MÄR, Alviss is the one who brought Ginta into MÄR-Heaven. He joined the Cross Guard in the 1st War Game and grew fond of their leader, Danna, with whom he shared the very same goal for which they put their lives at risk, to fight the Chess and protect MÄR-Heaven. This pure courage, however, got Alviss further than he could ever have expected even in his wildest dream, Phantom also chose him as one who would reside in the dreary future of MÄR-Heaven, in the form of a Zombie-tattooed undead. He along with dorothy appear 6 years after the second war games. He and Alan have fought in both war games.

[edit] Nanashi

(ナナシ, Nanashi)
Main article: Nanashi anime voices:Masaya Onosaka|Liam O'Brien

Nanashi was found by Galian in the middle of nowhere, lying alone and nearly dead due to a nasty wound in his stomach. After he was revived by him and taken to the bandit Guild of Luberia, it turned out he had no memory of his past or even his name, and thus Galian named him Nanashi (nameless). Galian would later betray Nanashi, joining the Chess Pieces and leaving him in charge of Luberia after erasing his memory of him. Nanashi's main goal is to track down the Chess Piece responsible for wiping out Luberia (Peta) and avenge his slain allies.

[edit] Trivia

• Though most likely coincidence, Dorothy subtly resembles the Sheep class Trickster in Trickster Online.
• The witch Dorothy is a direct derivation from Dorothy Gale of The Wizard of Oz. Most of her Guardian ÄRMs are plays on characters from the series: Her favourite ÄRM she calls "Toto" referring to Dorothy's dog Toto. Flying Leo is the Cowardly Lion, Ring Armor/Rock Giant Golem as the Tinman, Crucified Scarecrow is the Scarecrow, and Crazy Quilt is Patchwork Girl from The Patchwork Girl of Oz of the same author. Also, in place of the Wicked Witch of the West, the one whom Dorothy must kill is her witch sister, Diana, while the one commanding the act instead of Oz is Kaldea's Grand Elder.
• The princess Snow is a derivation from princess Snow White of the fairytale Snow White.
• Jack the peasant boy is designed after Jack the farmer from the tale of Jack and the Beanstalk.
• The name of Alviss is derived from Alvíss, a dwarf in Norse mythology who was tricked by Thor into petrifying himself, ironically caused by his profound wisdom which successfully answered all of Thor's questions.
• The top head of Alviss' ÄRM 13 Totem Pole is most certainly a homage to the giant robot Red Baron, the tittle robot of a live-action and anime series.
• The name of the magic kingdom Kaldea, is very possibly derived from Chaldea, a Hellenistic designation for a country situated in southern Babylonia recorded in ancient scripts, whose scholars were found to be extraordinarily versed in all forms of incantation, sorcery, witchcraft and magicals arts, beside being masters in writing and reading.
• In episode 5 of the series Hayate no Gotoku Ginta and Dorothy make a special guest appearance for an applause at Hayate's magnificent save of a falling octopus truck.
• In the English version, when Snow is training with Ginta in the Training Dimension, Ginta makes a comment about all the Guardians he's seen were "lions and golems and stuff." to which Snow responds "oh my!". This is reference to a song in the Wizard of Oz called "lions and tigers and bears. Oh my!"