Marco Granger

Marco Granger (マルコ・グレンジャー) is a knight of the Crimson Order and Nu's ex-fiancé.

Appearance
Marco is a handsome young man, at least 18 years old. He has dark bluish hair matched with the color of his eyes. He used to wear a green Knight Order uniform, now wears the red uniform of the Crimson Order under Princess Iris Midgar.

Personality
He has a strong sense of justice and holds steadfast commitment to his position as a knight. He was honored to serve in Princess Iris's new Knight Order and also demonstrated a connection to his fellow knights, such as visiting Glen's grave after his death. He is also young and will often act his age, such as eating snacks from a maid outside a meeting between Princess Alexia Midgar and Sherry Barnett.

Background
Before joining the Crimson Order, Marco was one of the strongest dark knights of the Knight Order. It was also rumoured that he would be the future commander of the Order.

He was betrothed to Nu, with whom they exchanged letters and attended social functions.

Princess Alexia's Kidnapping
After Princess Alexia's case was closed, Marco and Glen held a private meeting with Princess Iris Midgar, who asked them to join the newly formed Crimson Order upon learning the existence of secret organizations such as the Cult of Diablos and the Shadow Garden. She chose to form this new order with them because she couldn't trust the Knight Order after learning Zenon Griffey was a Cult member, as well as the warehouse arson incident which destroyed all confiscated evidence, classified documents, and objects from the Cult of Diablos. Marco and Glen agreed to help Princess Iris investigate the organizations, becoming the first members of the Crimson Order.

Midgar Academy Terrorist Attack
Marco and Glen accompanied Princesses Iris and Alexia to meet Sherry Barnett at the Midgar Academy in order to decipher the artifact known as the "Eye of Avarice", the only evidence connected to the Cult of Diablos. Assistant Principal Lutheran Barnett said he could only allow up to two guards to offer protection to Sherry while she was researching the artifact, so Princess Iris chose her most trusted men: Marco and Glen.

While Marco served as Sherry's bodyguard, there was a sudden attack on the academy by the Cult's forces posing as Shadow Garden, likely targeting the artifact Sherry was still deciphering the functionality of. Once Sherry was attacked by Rex, pretending to be Shadow Garden seeking to retrieve the artifact that Sherry had, she escaped with the artifact while Rex battled Glen and Marco, despite their magic being sealed.

Afterward, Glen was killed while Marco was unconscious and barely alive, and Nu was passing by during his incapacity. After the incident, Marco attended Glen's funeral and paid his respects to his senior.

The Academy Disappearances
Marco and the Crimson Order investigated the academy disappearances concurrent to the death of the head librarian. When Alexia tried to provide evidence and witness testimony, Iris shut her down under manipulations by Hubb into believing that the cult was only a fabrication by Shadow Garden, and Marco apologized to Alexia for the instance. Unable to answer her question regarding his stance on the matter, he could only leave in silence and resume his duties.

Powers & Abilities
It is said that Marco is one of the strongest dark knights in the kingdom to which rumored that he will become the future commander of the Order.

Marco was among the first to join the Crimson Order after it's foundation; having be scouted by Princess Iris Midgar herself, and is a senior knight to any supplemental recruits.

Iris Midgar
Princess Iris is the founder and leader of the Crimson Order, and thus is Marco's highest superior. It is unclear if Marco holds any concerns about the princess after Glen's death and Shadow's humiliating her at the God of War festival. Regardless, Marco is a loyal knight and will continue to follow her orders.

Their relationship appeared to become strained as he helplessly watch Iris being manipulated by Hubb into even believing him over her sister.

Alexia Midgar
Princess Alexia is Marco's superior in peerage and will prioritize Alexia's safety is she is in his reach, being the younger sister of his commander.

Their relationship alongside Iris seemed to deteriorate when he was unable to stop her from Hubb's manipulation, even having the younger sister question his stance regarding the matter.

Glen
Glen was Marco's mentor and senior from their time in the Dark Knights, as well as a good friend. After Glen's death during the Attack on the Academy, Marco visited his grave and still feels some guilt for his mentor's death.

Hubb
Hubb is the Crimson Order's new vice-commander, Glen's successor, and Marco's superior officer. Marco and the others are unaware that Hubb is a spy for the Cult of Diablos gaslighting Iris Midgar to hunt Shadow Garden.

Nicoletta Marquez
Nicoletta was Marco's fiancée. The two exchanged letters often and occasionally attended parties and danced together. Knowing the news that his fiancé had been declared dead suddenly due to an illness, Marco didn't know what feelings he had after losing her.

Marco did not know that his fiancé had been discarded by her family by faking her own death, due to suffering from Demon Possession and now her symptoms have been cured which made her join Shadow Garden organization as the highest ranking member with the name Nu.

Trivia

 * Marco is skilled enough to be one of Iris's first choices for the Crimson Order.
 * Although his age is undisclosed at present, he is likely to be approximately 18 years old. Old enough to join a knight order and young enough to be Iris's junior.