Malt Marzipan

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Malt Marzipan (マルト・マジパン, Maruto Majipan) is the main protagonist of the Fuga: Melodies of Steel series. He is a young moosheep herder from Petit Mona, the elder brother of Mei Marzipan, and a longtime friend of Hanna Fondant, Boron Brioche and Socks Million. who becomes the leader of the crew aboard the Taranis after the Berman Empire attacks his village and kidnaps his grandparents.

Physical Appearance

Malt is an adolescent-aged Caninu of German Shepherd breed. He appears to be of average height and build for his age, and has light brown fur all over his body (with some darker brown markings) and eyes which are yellow-orange. His hair is blonde-colored and somewhat spiky, with an ahoge appearing at the top. His attire in the first Fuga title is that of a typical Petit Mona villager, with him wearing a simple white button-up shirt, a pair of brown trousers held up by suspenders, and brown boots which appear to be wrapped in some sort of tape or bandages. At this point in time, Malt wears a dark brown newsboy cap, and tied over his right upper arm is a red cloth.

In the second Fuga title, Malt has a more mature appearance, appearing to have grown taller somewhat since the first game. Malt now wears a blue Gasco Army bomber jacket over his shirt, and his shoes have also changed to taller tied boots with no wrappings. The red cloth on Malt's arm has been switched for a tie around his collar, and he has since passed down his newsboy cap to Mei.

Personality

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Malt is a young boy with a great sense of responsibility, something he often makes a point of by stating that he is "the oldest" among his friends and acquaintances. While this conveys a steady attitude, he is still susceptible to becoming incredibly emotional and even vindictive when under extreme circumstances.

Malt's dedication and loyalty to loved ones has been his downfall in many instances, leading to multiple sacrifices willingly made in the name of revenge or desperation.

Abilities

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• Transformation - For reasons currently unexplained, Malt possesses the ability to transform into a wolf-like form when experiencing intense emotions, and gains an aura and appearance similar to his Hero Mode. This has been portrayed once in Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2 and shown far more explicitly in the manga on multiple occasions. The Taranis and the Exo-Taranis enter a golden "miraculous" state during these moments.

History

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Before Fuga: Melodies of Steel

Twelve years before the events of the first game, Malt was born in the Gasco village of Petit Mona to an unnamed mother and father. During his early life, Malt met and befriended other young children in the village such as Hanna Fondant, Boron Brioche and Socks Million.

When Malt was eight years of age and shortly after his little sister Mei was born, his parents "died of illness", leaving the Marzipan siblings to be taken in by their grandparents. Malt soon began to work on his family's farm as a moosheep herder, eventually becoming proficient at it as he grew older. As Malt grew up, he took it upon himself to be a responsible older brother and look after others as the oldest, an attitude that eventually extended to the rest of his friends. At around the age of ten, Malt met Kyle Bavarois after he moved to the village from Paresia.

Even with his maturity and strong sense of responsibility, Malt lived his days in peace and spent his time as an average boy his age would, attending school and hanging out with his friends.

Fuga: Melodies of Steel

When the Gasco Invasion began and the Free Lands of Gasco were invaded by the Berman Imperial Army, Malt and his friends still lived their usual peaceful lives, as Petit Mona was thought to be too remote to be of consideration by the Berman forces.

One night, however, Malt and Mei were awakened from their sleep by an unknown voice on their portable radio ordering them to escape to the Forbidden Cave situated at the edge of the mountains. It was during this time that a Berman garrison led by Colonel Pretzel invaded Petit Mona, with the Berman troops rounding up its residents and forcing them upon air transports. While the Marzipan siblings managed to escape the invasion and safely met up with Hanna, Kyle, Boron and Socks outside the village, their grandparents were captured by the Berman forces. Despite Kyle's suspicions that the Radio Woman was leading them into a trap, Malt was still adamant about going to the cave and checking it out.

The children arrived at the Forbidden Cave and cautiously entered, finding the inactive Taranis within. Entering the tank and desiring to use it to save their families, the children were at first unsure of how to activate it. As they had second thoughts, however, Malt internally prayed for the Taranis to move, begging for it to save them. It was then that the Taranis whirred back to life, with Malt situating himself at the tank's control panel. Having reactivated the tank, Malt and his friends began their journey, hoping that they could use the tank to save their families before they were taken away.

After the Radio Woman taught the children how to use the Taranis in battle, with the children being victorious in their first bout with the Berman forces, Kyle once again asked Malt if they could trust the Radio Woman, with Malt remarking that they had no choice to either way. Tired out from the events of the night, Malt and the other children fell asleep for a period of time, before being abruptly woken up when the next group of Berman tanks attacked the Taranis.

Afterwards, the Taranis reached an area with no enemies in sight, allowing the children the chance to rest and recuperate— a period of time known as an "Intermission". Malt allowed Mei to explore the Taranis and its facilities, and thanked Mei for helping him learn more about the tank.

However, the children soon reached Colonel Pretzel and his Sigurd tank, with the Berman colonel ordering them to surrender before he would be forced to fight them. While Malt was briefly tempted to surrender for the chance to be reunited with the children's captured families, he remained adamant about fighting Pretzel. Unfortunately, Pretzel gained the upper hand in battle and damaged the Taranis with a strong attack, leaving it in critical condition. It was then that the Radio Woman sent a mild hypnotic message to the children to "give up [their] soul" and ensure safety for the rest of the crew, with Malt remarking that he had to protect his friends.

Depending on which child the player chose to sacrifice to the Soul Cannon at this time, different scenarios occurred involving Malt:

• In a scenario where Malt was chosen, he felt a compulsion to head down to the Soul Cannon Chamber as quickly as possible, and assured himself that he had nothing to fear as long as he could save his friends. Malt entered the chamber, and the Soul Cannon extracted his energy to fuel itself, firing a shot that obliterated Pretzel and his forces. However, the other children made their way to the Soul Cannon Chamber in search of Malt, only finding his hat. The Radio Woman explained that Malt had lost his life to the Soul Cannon, leaving the children too distraught to fight back as a Berman garrison found them and whittled down the Taranis' shields until the tank was destroyed.
• In a scenario where a different child was chosen, Malt and the others immediately made their way to the Soul Cannon Chamber in search of them. While Malt would respond to Hanna, Kyle, Boron or Socks' deaths by lamenting that he "couldn't protect [them]", Malt would express extreme anguish towards Mei's death. Similarly, the children would again be too distraught to fight back against the Berman forces, again leading to the Taranis' destruction.

However, the Radio Woman restarted time to before the first Intermission began. Unlike the other children, however, Malt retained some awareness of the previous outcome, having had tears form on his face despite him not knowing why. While he claimed to the others that he was fine, Malt still retained a "weird feeling" that he could not understand.

When the children once again came into contact with Colonel Pretzel and the Sigurd, events played out as in the previous timeline until the battle itself began, as the children had been better prepared to fight back. Malt and the others then succeeded in defeating Pretzel and destroying the Sigurd with their own efforts, before realizing that they had killed the Berman officer in their fight.

Canonically, Malt and all of his friends survive the war and are recognized as heroes. He spends his days peacefully looking after moosheep with Mei. They hoped these sunny days would last forever...

Legacy

For his deeds in leading the children of the Taranis to victory and saving Gasco more than once, Malt was recognized as a hero to the nation. At some unknown point in the future, the nation of Gasco was renamed to "Shepherd" in honor of Malt's breed and his profession as a moosheep herder.

Gallery

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