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Marlowe Cody

Artwork by Ishikawa Fumi

Physical Information

Race

Human

Gender

Male

Age

19 (S2)

Biographical Information

Star

Chiyou Star

From

Crom Village, Tinto Republic

Meta Information

Appearances

Suikoden II

Marlowe Cody (マルロ・コーディー, Maruro Kōdī) is a character in Suikoden II. Marlowe is a tutor of Lilly Pendragon as well as a biographer of the protagonist.

History

Lord Riou, you're going to be a true hero.

— Marlowe

Marlowe was a tutor of the young Lilly Pendragon, daughter of Tinto City Mayor Gustav. He had an extremely timid personality and spent most of his time reading books. In fact, he was entirely self-taught, never having the chance to receive formal education. As books could be very expensive in Tinto, he was very careful with his possessions. Still, along with his learnedness, he long held a desire to be a brave hero as well.

He was frequently bullied due to his shyness as a child but still managed to become friends with Koyu, who protected him, and the other Lampdragon bandits. To each other, Koyu and Marlowe each had something the other lacked, in Marlowe's case he had studiousness but not strength.

During the Dunan Unification War, Marlowe met the leader of the New State Army, whose leadership inspired Marlowe to help out as much as he could during Neclord's attack on Tinto. He would then join the New State Army, in part to work on a biography of his new inspiration, which he entitled The Path of the Warrior.

After the war ended, Marlowe founded a library in Tinto City where he taught many children the joys of learning. He would also become a minister when the Tinro Republic was founded after the war.

Gameplay

Recruitment

Marlowe joins automatically following plot events in Tinto Principality.

Genso Suikoden Card Stories

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Gallery

Suikoden II artwork by Ishikawa Fumi

Suikoden II artwork by Ishikawa Fumi
Genso Suikoden Card Stories artwork by Fujitani

Genso Suikoden Card Stories artwork by Fujitani

Trivia

Marlowe, along with Koyu, has a somewhat expanded role in the plot if the player chooses to run away from Tinto with Nanami.
Marlowe is evidently quite a slow writer.

References

Genso Suikoden II 108 Stars Character Guide (ISBN 4-88317-769-6), page 195
Genso Suikoden Encyclopaedia (ISBN 4-575-16297-3), page 267
Genso Suikoden Kiwami Encyclopedia, page 218

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 {{quote| Lord Riou, you're going to be a true hero. | Marlowe}}
-Marlowe was a tutor of the young [[Lilly Pendragon]], daughter of [[Tinto City]] Mayor [[Gustav Pendragon|Gustav]]. He had an extremely timid personality and spent most of his time reading books. In fact, he was entirely self-taught. As books could be very expensive in Tinto, he was very careful with his possessions. Still, along with his learnedness, he long held a desire to be a brave hero as well.
+Marlowe was a tutor of the young [[Lilly Pendragon]], daughter of [[Tinto City]] Mayor [[Gustav Pendragon|Gustav]]. He had an extremely timid personality and spent most of his time reading books. In fact, he was entirely self-taught, never having the chance to receive formal education. As books could be very expensive in Tinto, he was very careful with his possessions. Still, along with his learnedness, he long held a desire to be a brave hero as well.
-He was frequently bullied due to his shyness but still managed to become friends with [[Koyu]] and the other Lampdragon bandits. To each other, Koyu and Marlowe each had something the other lacked, in Marlowe's case he had studiousness but not strength.
+He was frequently bullied due to his shyness as a child but still managed to become friends with [[Koyu]], who protected him, and the other Lampdragon bandits. To each other, Koyu and Marlowe each had something the other lacked, in Marlowe's case he had studiousness but not strength.
 During the [[Dunan Unification War]], Marlowe met [[Hero (Suikoden II)|the leader]] of the [[New State Army]], whose leadership inspired Marlowe to help out as much as he could during [[Neclord]]'s attack on Tinto. He would then join the New State Army, in part to work on a biography of his new inspiration, which he entitled The Path of the Warrior.
-After the war ended, Marlowe founded a library in Tinto City where he taught many children the joys of learning.
+After the war ended, Marlowe founded a library in Tinto City where he taught many children the joys of learning. He would also become a minister when the [[Tinro Republic]] was founded after the war.
 ==Gameplay==
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 # [[Genso Suikoden II 108 Stars Character Guide]] (ISBN 4-88317-769-6), page 195
 # [[Genso Suikoden Encyclopaedia]] (ISBN 4-575-16297-3), page 267
+# [[Genso Suikoden Kiwami Encyclopedia]], page 218
 {{GS02}} {{Short description|Tutor of Lilly, friend of Koyu, all-round nerd}}