Marle (Chrono Trigger)

Marle is a character in Chrono Trigger games.

Marle is the princess of Guardia. Her real name is Princess Nadia, and she is often at odds with her father, the King. Born in 984 A.D. Later in the game, an optional sidequest fleshes out the troubles between Marle and her father.

Appearance
Marle has medium-length blond hair that is tied into a high ponytail, she wears a white, sleeveless jumpsuit, along with a crossbow, a gold belt and chain, golden bracelets, and dark brown sandals. As the Princess of Guardia, she wears a light-green dress with white gloves. Frogmentions that Marle bears an "uncanny" resemblance to Queen Leene, her ancestor from the Middle Ages.

Personality
Marle is, more or less, the person responsible for saving the world, and it's pretty obvious that she will be a kind and benevolent ruler when she does take the throne.

Marle is the most feminine member of your squad, and she's the one with the kindest heart. Her kindness doesn't impede her ability to get things done; in fact, doing the right thing is what motivates her into action.

Abilities
Marle has the best healing techs out of any character in the game. She can easily heal allies back to full health and revive them as well. She also has a nice array of double and triple techs that inflict strong water damage. Unfortunately, she can't take much damage or dish out much outside of techs.

As Marle's magic element is ice, she takes extra damage from fire attacks.

Trivia

 * Nadia is a common name in several languages: in Bulgarian and Ukrainian it means "hope", and in Arabic, it means "virtuous" and "gentle"; her adventuring outfit also bears a resemblance to Arabic clothing.


 * Marle means "pleasant wood" in Old English. Both mirror her kind and friendly disposition; the latter may be a reference to her place of residence, which sits beyond a forest.