Marlowe Cody

Artwork by Ishikawa Fumi

Physical Information

Race

Human

Gender

Male

Birth Date

442

Age

19 (S2)

Biographical Information

Star

Chiyou Star

From

Crom Village

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. They were also both outsiders to the wider world.

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. Though not strong nor particularly brave, he was driven to help in whatever way he could. 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 Tinto Republic was founded after the war.

Gameplay

Recruitment

Marlowe joins automatically following plot events in Tinto Principality.

Genso Suikoden Card Stories TCG

Card #	Name	Type	Release
066	Marlowe	Commoner	Booster Pack Vol.1
318	Marlowe	Commoner	Premium Pack
CS2-248	Marlowe	Craftman	CS2 Booster Pack Vol.2
CS2-456/R066	Marlowe	Commoner	Remake Booster

Gallery

Artwork

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

In-Game

Suikoden II Sony PlayStation portrait
Suikoden II Windows 95 portrait
Suikoden I&II HD Remaster Suikoden II portrait

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. His biography of the hero was intended to be accessible in-game but the idea was eventually cut.

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