Marie

Marie is a former prostitute of Lawless City, who is now a citizen where she now owns the tavern and manages it as a bartender in the Oriana Kingdom.

Appearance
Marie is a very beautiful young girl, sporting purplish red hair and eyes and having white skin. In her second meeting with Shadow, she wore black lingerie in contrast to the color of her skin.

Personality
Marie has shown to be professional if a little naive. Despite being one of Lawless City's leading prostitutes, she's actually a sweet girl. Although she does hope one day she could leave the life of a prostitute. Unlike most people, Marie is the one of the few people who saw Shadow as a hero.

Background
When Marie reached the age of 13, she was sold to become a prostitute from the Lawless City. Having spent five years working in a brothel, Marie became one of the leading prostitutes in the red light district. Although she’s made a name for herself among the red-light district’s sex workers, she isn’t at the top of the pack. Her madam told her, however, that she could become number one if she set her mind to it. But, Marie have been considering to leaving her life as a prostitute.

Red Moon Incident
During the Red Moon incident, Marie is one of many attacked by the Ghouls and Vampire. She survived her first encounter with them after Shadow slaughter all of Ghouls, saving most of her co-workers. Shadow also giving her a warning about the starting rampage and the time of the "Red Moon" is near before he leave. While her senior informs her that Shadow is a criminal, Marie didn't believe it and she thanks him while she looks up uneasily at the red moon.

As the crisis worsened, she was saved by Shadow a second time. After he advised her to leave the city, Marie finally decides to gather all her belongings and used the opportunity to flee the city, earning her freedom once more. Marie thought about one day to repay Shadow for saving her life.

Oriana's "Black Rose" Civil War Wedding Incident
Marie would go to the Oriana Kingdom and set up a tavern there at the Saisho Stronghold, where she would garnered the lust of multiple men. While servicing a young teenage boy, a group of Oriana soldiers barged into her tavern, demanded Marie for her money otherwise they would had her sleep with them as an alternative payment. Marie offered what little money she had left in order to protect the boy from their wrath when he tried to defend her.

A while later, Marie heard her windows being opened. She looked out and found a mysterious jet-black robed figure. The figure left before Marie could respond. Marie noticed on the floor was the money she offered to the soldiers. She cried in happiness, realizing that Shadow had once more looked out for her.

Powers & Abilities
Marie doesn't display any combat capabilities nor magical abilities making her dangerously vulnerable.

Charms
Her life as a prostitute allowed her to be mentally prepared to offer herself to men. When Marie opens her tavern, her charms as a popular prostitute are so seductive which makes it obvious that the customers are more interested in her than buying drinks.

Cid Kagenō / Shadow
The two encountered one another at the Lawless City when the Red Moon incident occurred. Shadow cut down the Ghoul that attempted to attack her, saving her life. Even though she saw Shadow was really scary, but he didn’t feel like a bad guy. What she did feel from him was that he possessed a powerful will.

Unlike her fellow prostitutes who viewed Shadow as a threat, Marie saw him as the only one protecting them from the Ghouls and Vampires. Marie is extremely grateful towards Shadow for saving her life multiple times. It's heavily implied she developed romantic feelings for him.

After leaving her old life and started a business running a tavern, Marie wished to one day repay Shadow for what he'd done for her.

Trivia

 * During the Red Moon Arc, Marie is the only one aside from Claudia who knows that Shadow is saving them from harm.