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* Est and Abel. They got married after the War of Shadows, and they wanted to retire and run a shop together, but fate had other plans. First, Est is kidnapped by pirates in Valentia and her sisters have to save her, then, during the War of Heroes, she gets captured ''again'' when Altea was attacked in Marth's absence, and she was used to force Abel to fight against Marth. When she returns, it's clear that two captures in a row have dealt a huge blow to her self-esteem. She's no longer that cheerful and hyper-active girl we know, she's now feels a like dead weight for Abel, and even feels unworthy to be his wife. After the war ends, poor little Est says goodbye to her husband and leaves the continent of Arkanea because she doesn't want to be a burden, and Abel departs to look for her. They both disappeared without a trace.



* In ''New Mystery'', the Wolfguards are recruitable. Recruiting them one by one, however, reveal just how horrible they currently felt. They wanted so badly to believe that Hardin was just having a bad day, they have sworn loyalty to him and must stay loyal to him, but in the end, they had to face the fact that the old Hardin that they swore loyalty to is ''dead'' and the only way to honor him is to put him to rest. [[spoiler:Wolf had it the worst; even after doing the deed, he still couldn't get over Hardin's passing, and so he [[DeathSeeker threw himself to battle after battle, hoping that he'll follow after Hardin soon.]]]]

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* In ''New Mystery'', the Wolfguards are recruitable. Recruiting them one by one, however, reveal just how horrible they currently felt. They wanted so badly to believe that Hardin was just having a bad day, they have sworn loyalty to him and must stay loyal to him, but in the end, they had to face the fact that the old Hardin that they swore loyalty to is ''dead'' ''gone'' and the only way to honor him now is to kill him and put him an end to rest.his sufferings. [[spoiler:Wolf had it the worst; even after doing the deed, he still couldn't get over Hardin's passing, and so he [[DeathSeeker threw himself to battle after battle, hoping that he'll follow after Hardin soon.]]]]
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** Also the deaths of Clarisse and Eremiya. Despite all the trouble they cause over the course of the story, the former has a StayWithMeUntilIDie moment with Katarina, and the latter is revealed to have been BrainwashedAndCrazy by Gharnef, who took advantage of her grief over the deaths of the orphans she cared for during the previous war to turn her into one of his minions. If that doesn't scream AlasPoorVillain all over the place, nothing will.
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* If you didn't keep Caeda alive, at the end of the game, Gotoh will remind Marth that [[BittersweetEnding his victory came with a great cost]] and he sympathizes with the Prince's sorrow. And it ''is'' with great sorrow, when you realize that before all these happened, Marth was set to be married with [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood sweetheart]], and he lost her just before they could initiate the marriage.

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* If you didn't keep Caeda alive, at the end of the game, Gotoh will would remind Marth that [[BittersweetEnding his victory came with a great cost]] and he sympathizes sympathized with the Prince's sorrow. And it ''is'' with great sorrow, when you realize that before Before all these happened, Marth was set to be married with [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood sweetheart]], and he lost her just before they could initiate the marriage.
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* If you didn't keep Caeda alive, at the end of the game, Gotoh will remind Marth that [[BittersweetEnding his victory came with a great cost]] and he sympathizes with the Prince's sorrow. And it ''is'' with great sorrow, when you realize that before all these happened, Marth was set to be married with [[ChildhoodFriendsRomance childhood sweetheart]], and he lost her just before they could initiate the marriage.

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* If you didn't keep Caeda alive, at the end of the game, Gotoh will remind Marth that [[BittersweetEnding his victory came with a great cost]] and he sympathizes with the Prince's sorrow. And it ''is'' with great sorrow, when you realize that before all these happened, Marth was set to be married with [[ChildhoodFriendsRomance [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood sweetheart]], and he lost her just before they could initiate the marriage.
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* If you didn't keep Caeda alive, at the end of the game, Gotoh will remind Marth that [[BittersweetEnding his victory came with a great cost]] and he sympathizes with the Prince's sorrow. And it ''is'' with great sorrow, when you realize that before all these happened, Marth was set to be married with [[ChildhoodFriendsRomance childhood sweetheart]], and he lost her just before they could initiate the marriage.
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* At one point, early on in the game, you'll come across a village with a girl named Malicia. An old lady there offers her up to you, a complete stranger, because the things back at home are so bad. Seriously! They're offering up people to random strangers just so they can get away from the imperial army!

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* At one point, early on in the game, you'll come across a village with a girl named Malicia.Marisha. An old lady there offers her up to you, a complete stranger, because the things back at home are so bad. Seriously! They're offering up people to random strangers just so they can get away from the imperial army!



--> '''Katarina''': Thank... you... ... Now I... won't have to hurt Avatar... anymore... Avatar... I'm... glad I could meet you... During those days of training... you showed me a beautiful, happy dream... Hey, Avatar... Today's training... is about to begin... Look, there's Prince Marth and the others... Don't... wait for me... ... ...

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--> ---> '''Katarina''': Thank... you... ... Now I... won't have to hurt Avatar... anymore... Avatar... I'm... glad I could meet you... During those days of training... you showed me a beautiful, happy dream... Hey, Avatar... Today's training... is about to begin... Look, there's Prince Marth and the others... Don't... wait for me... ... ...
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* One of the first decisions Marth has to make is to [[spoiler:kill General Lorenz. After all that time in previous games trying to protect him, you're now supposed to kill him. And it turns out that Lorenz is pretty damn innocent! And if you think you can get out of it by talking to him, nope, he dies anyway. (In fact it's possible he ''commits suicide'' if you do this, though it's ambiguous.)]]
* Early on in the game one person in a house says that someone takes people from villages. Especially the really pretty girls. Gross and sad.

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* One of the first decisions Marth has to make is to [[spoiler:kill General Lorenz. After all that time in previous games trying to protect him, you're now supposed to kill him. And it turns out that Lorenz is pretty damn innocent! And if you think you can get out of it by talking to him, nope, he dies anyway. (In fact fact, it's possible he ''commits suicide'' if you do this, though it's ambiguous.)]]
* Early on in the game game, one person in a house says that someone takes people from villages. Especially the really pretty girls. Gross and sad.



* The War of Heroes as a whole, ''especially'' everything involving Hardin. One of Marth's most trusted allies from ''Shadow Dragon'' [[BrokenPedestal betrays him]], and then you later find out it wasn't ''completely'' willing: his depression was enabled and twisted until he was brainwashed by the Darksphere, which now contained Gharnef's soul, and only comes to his senses [[DyingAsYourself as he dies]]. Not to mention that he genuinely loved Nyna, but while she did think well of him, she was still in love with Camus, so both were stuck in a loveless political marriage... but his last words are ''apologising'' to Nyna for all the horrible shit he put her through.
* Katarina's subplot is pretty tearjerking in its own right. The poor girl was treated like an animal since her childhood, raised in an OrphanageOfLove until the woman running it changed for the worse, and sent to infiltrate new recruits to try and kill Marth. Never did she imagine that she would find real friends with her fellow recruits and that [[BecomingTheMask she would grow to care for them]], and then she had to '''betray''' them. When [[PlayerCharacter the Avatar]] faces her again and tries to convince her to lay down, she tries to convince them (and herself) that all that time together was a lie, and she finally breaks down in tears, even begging them to kill her for all she's done after the battle is over.

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* The War of Heroes as a whole, ''especially'' everything involving Hardin. One of Marth's most trusted allies from ''Shadow Dragon'' [[BrokenPedestal betrays him]], and then you later find out it wasn't ''completely'' willing: his depression was enabled and twisted until he was brainwashed by the Darksphere, which now contained Gharnef's soul, and only comes to his senses [[DyingAsYourself as he dies]]. Not to mention that he genuinely loved Nyna, but while she did think well of him, she was still in love with Camus, so both were stuck in a loveless political marriage... but his last words are ''apologising'' ''apologizing'' to Nyna for all the horrible shit he put her through.
* Katarina's subplot is pretty tearjerking tear-jerking in its own right. The poor girl was treated like an animal since her childhood, raised in an OrphanageOfLove until the woman running it changed for the worse, and sent to infiltrate new recruits to try and kill Marth. Never did she imagine that she would find real friends with her fellow recruits and that [[BecomingTheMask she would grow to care for them]], and then she had to '''betray''' them. When [[PlayerCharacter the Avatar]] faces her again and tries to convince her to lay stand down, she tries to convince them (and herself) that all that time together was a lie, and she finally breaks down in tears, even begging them to kill her for all she's done after the battle is over.



--> ''Katarina'': Thank... you... ... Now I... won't have to hurt Avatar... anymore... Avatar... I'm... glad I could meet you... During those days of training... you showed me a beautiful, happy dream... Hey, Avatar... Today's training... is about to begin... Look, there's Prince Marth and the others... Don't... wait for me... ... ...

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--> ''Katarina'': '''Katarina''': Thank... you... ... Now I... won't have to hurt Avatar... anymore... Avatar... I'm... glad I could meet you... During those days of training... you showed me a beautiful, happy dream... Hey, Avatar... Today's training... is about to begin... Look, there's Prince Marth and the others... Don't... wait for me... ... ...
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* The War of Heroes as a whole, ''especially'' everything involving Hardin. One of Marth's most trusted allies from ''Shadow Dragon'' [[BrokenPedestal betrays him]], and then you later find out it wasn't ''completely'' willing: his depression was enabled and twisted until he was brainwashed by the Darksphere, which now contained Gharnef's soul, and only comes to his senses [[DyingAsYourself as he dies]]. Not to mention that he genuinely loved Nyna, but while she did think well of him, she was still in love with Camus, so both were stuck in a loveless political marriage... but his last words are ''apologising'' to Nyna for all he horrible shit he put her through.

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* The War of Heroes as a whole, ''especially'' everything involving Hardin. One of Marth's most trusted allies from ''Shadow Dragon'' [[BrokenPedestal betrays him]], and then you later find out it wasn't ''completely'' willing: his depression was enabled and twisted until he was brainwashed by the Darksphere, which now contained Gharnef's soul, and only comes to his senses [[DyingAsYourself as he dies]]. Not to mention that he genuinely loved Nyna, but while she did think well of him, she was still in love with Camus, so both were stuck in a loveless political marriage... but his last words are ''apologising'' to Nyna for all he the horrible shit he put her through.



* In ''New Mystery'', the Wolfguards are recruitable. Recruiting them one by one however reveal just how horrible they currently felt. They wanted so badly to believe that Hardin was just having a bad day, they have sworn loyalty to him and must stay loyal to him, but in the end, they had to face the fact that the old Hardin that they swore loyalty to is ''dead'' and the only way to honor him is to put him to rest. [[spoiler:Wolf had it the worst that even after doing the deed, he still couldn't get over Hardin's passing and so [[DeathSeeker threw himself to battle after battle hoping that he'll follow after Hardin soon.]]]]

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* In ''New Mystery'', the Wolfguards are recruitable. Recruiting them one by one however one, however, reveal just how horrible they currently felt. They wanted so badly to believe that Hardin was just having a bad day, they have sworn loyalty to him and must stay loyal to him, but in the end, they had to face the fact that the old Hardin that they swore loyalty to is ''dead'' and the only way to honor him is to put him to rest. [[spoiler:Wolf had it the worst that worst; even after doing the deed, he still couldn't get over Hardin's passing passing, and so he [[DeathSeeker threw himself to battle after battle battle, hoping that he'll follow after Hardin soon.]]]]
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** Special mention to Katarina's death quote if [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential you decide to kill her]]:
--> ''Katarina'': Thank... you... ... Now I... won't have to hurt Avatar... anymore... Avatar... I'm... glad I could meet you... During those days of training... you showed me a beautiful, happy dream... Hey, Avatar... Today's training... is about to begin... Look, there's Prince Marth and the others... Don't... wait for me... ... ...
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* In ''New Mystery'', the Wolfguards are recruitable. Recruiting them one by one however reveal just how horrible they currently felt. They wanted so badly to believe that Hardin was just having a bad day, they have sworn loyalty to him and must stay loyal to him, but in the end, they had to face the fact that the old Hardin that they swore loyalty to is ''dead'' and the only way to honor him is to put him to rest. [[spoiler:Wolf had it the worst that even after doing the deed, he still couldn't get over Hardin's passing and so [[DeathSeeker threw himself to battle after battle hoping that he'll follow after Hardin soon.]]]]
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* The War of Heroes as a whole, ''especially'' everything involving Hardin. One of Marth's most trusted allies from ''Shadow Dragon'' [[BrokenPedestal betrays him]], and then you later find out it wasn't willing: He was brainwashed by the Darksphere, which now contained Gharnef's soul, and only comes to his senses [[DyingAsYourself as he dies]]. Not to mention that he genuinely loved Nyna, but she was still in love with Camus, so he was stuck in a loveless political marriage... but his last words are ''apologising'' to Nyna for all he put her through.

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* The War of Heroes as a whole, ''especially'' everything involving Hardin. One of Marth's most trusted allies from ''Shadow Dragon'' [[BrokenPedestal betrays him]], and then you later find out it wasn't ''completely'' willing: He his depression was enabled and twisted until he was brainwashed by the Darksphere, which now contained Gharnef's soul, and only comes to his senses [[DyingAsYourself as he dies]]. Not to mention that he genuinely loved Nyna, but while she did think well of him, she was still in love with Camus, so he was both were stuck in a loveless political marriage... but his last words are ''apologising'' to Nyna for all he horrible shit he put her through.



* In the end, [[spoiler:Nyna can't seem to let go of her feelings for Camus and suspects Sirius is Camus and seems to leave Archanea under Marth's care in an attempt to go find him but in the end, it seems like Camus/Sirius might have chosen to stay with Teeta/Tatiana as he said that he has someone waiting for him. So even if she does find him again and confirms her suspicions, she would most likely would never really find happiness with him, as he has fallen in love with another woman.]]

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* In the end, [[spoiler:Nyna can't seem to let go of her feelings for Camus and suspects Sirius is Camus and seems to leave Archanea under Marth's care in an attempt to go find him ''and'' get away from her horrible former life... but in the end, it seems like Camus/Sirius might have chosen to stay with Teeta/Tatiana Tatiana, as he said that he has someone waiting for him. So even if she does find him again and confirms her suspicions, she would most likely would never really find happiness with him, as he has fallen in love with another woman.woman and is desperately trying to get away from ''his'' terrible former life.]]
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* In the end, [[spoiler: Nyna can't seemed to let go of her feelings for Camus and suspect Sirius is Camus and seems to leave Archanea under Marth's care in a attempt to go find him but in the end it seems like Camus/Sirius might have chosen to stay with Teeta/Tatiana as he said that he has someone waiting for him so even if she does find him again and confirms her suspicions she would most likely would never really find happiness with him. as he has fallen in love with another woman.]]

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* In the end, [[spoiler: Nyna [[spoiler:Nyna can't seemed seem to let go of her feelings for Camus and suspect suspects Sirius is Camus and seems to leave Archanea under Marth's care in a an attempt to go find him but in the end end, it seems like Camus/Sirius might have chosen to stay with Teeta/Tatiana as he said that he has someone waiting for him so him. So even if she does find him again and confirms her suspicions suspicions, she would most likely would never really find happiness with him. him, as he has fallen in love with another woman.]]
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* In the end, [[spoiler: Nyna can't seemed to let go of her feelings for Camus and suspect Sirius is Camus and seems to leave Archanea under Marth's care in a attempt to go find him but in the end it seems like Camus/Sirius might have chosen to stay with Teeta/Tatiana as he said that he has someone waiting for him so even if she does find him again and confirms her suspicions she would most likely would never really find happiness with him. as he has fallen in love with another woman.]]
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* Elice says to your Avatar at one point that you should protect both Marth and his ideals because this world is too cruel for his beliefs. Then, in the game he has to make some pretty tough decisions.
* One of the first decisions Marth has to make is to [[spoiler:kill General Lorenz. After all that time in previous games trying to protect him, you're now supposed to kill him. And it turns out that Lorenz is pretty damn innocent! And if you think you can get out of it by talking to him, nope, he dies anyway. (In fact it's possible he ''commits suicide'' if you do this, though it's ambiguous.)]]
* Early on in the game one person in a house says that someone takes people from villages. Especially the really pretty girls. Gross and sad.
* At one point, early on in the game, you'll come across a village with a girl named Malicia. An old lady there offers her up to you, a complete stranger, because the things back at home are so bad. Seriously! They're offering up people to random strangers just so they can get away from the imperial army!
* The War of Heroes as a whole, ''especially'' everything involving Hardin. One of Marth's most trusted allies from ''Shadow Dragon'' [[BrokenPedestal betrays him]], and then you later find out it wasn't willing: He was brainwashed by the Darksphere, which now contained Gharnef's soul, and only comes to his senses [[DyingAsYourself as he dies]]. Not to mention that he genuinely loved Nyna, but she was still in love with Camus, so he was stuck in a loveless political marriage... but his last words are ''apologising'' to Nyna for all he put her through.
* Katarina's subplot is pretty tearjerking in its own right. The poor girl was treated like an animal since her childhood, raised in an OrphanageOfLove until the woman running it changed for the worse, and sent to infiltrate new recruits to try and kill Marth. Never did she imagine that she would find real friends with her fellow recruits and that [[BecomingTheMask she would grow to care for them]], and then she had to '''betray''' them. When [[PlayerCharacter the Avatar]] faces her again and tries to convince her to lay down, she tries to convince them (and herself) that all that time together was a lie, and she finally breaks down in tears, even begging them to kill her for all she's done after the battle is over.
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