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{{Character
#REDIRECT [[Mara]]
|Name=Mara
|Game=''Dragon Quest IV''
|Image=[[Image:Maneaa.jpg]]
|Sprite=
|Japanese name=マーニャ
|Roumaji=Manya
|Title=
|Class=Dancer
|Race=Human
|Age=19
|}}
 
'''Mara''' is a playable character in ''[[Dragon Quest IV]]''.
 
==Appearance and Personality==
 
Mara is the spitting image of [[Nara]], her identical twin. Mara wears next to nothing, the better to show off her body when she dances.
 
Though during the game she is still grieving the death of her father, Mara is generally very outgoing. When she dances, she does so without inhibition, every movement filled with energy and freedom. This trait shows through in everything else she does as well. She seems to have a gambling problem, a possible result of this trait.
 
==Story==
Chapter 4 is set with Mara and Nara performing at a town populated almost entirely by entertainers and tourists. They use their job as a cover and the town as a base to investigate the murder of their father, a prominent alchemist. Though they suspect his apprentice, [[Balzack]], killed him in order to steal the [[Secret of Evolution]], they have nothing to back up their claims, and keep them to themselves for the time being.
 
After following the trail through several towns across the entire country, they finally confront the murderer at his castle. Unfortunately, despite their best efforts he soundly defeats them in battle and throws them into the dungeon. Luckily, its only other occupant points them to a secret exit, and after they escape they flee directly to [[Endor]].
 
In Chapter 6, Nara is attempting to continue her fortune-telling business but Mara blows all the gold they'd earned on their journey at the [[Casino]], leaving them fairly stranded in the city. Luckily, the [[Hero (Dragon Quest IV)|Hero]] has been told to seek out his destined allies, and locates Mara and Nara in short order. Mara swears never to gamble again the duo joins the player's party for the remainder of the game.
 
A ways into Chapter 5, the party confronts Balzack, at Castle Saintohaim. He has used an imperfect version of the Secret of Evolution to become Baalzack, but the party is still able to kill him, avenging the death of the twins' father.
 
==In Battle==
As a dancer rather than a warrior, Mara is physically frail, possessing practically zero Strength, and the lowest Defence and HP in the game. The tradeoff is the highest Agility, good Wisdom, a great deal of MP, and a very strong set of spells, including support spells like [[Sap]], strong damage-dealers like [[Sizzle]] and [[Frizzle]], and oddities like [[Puff]].
 
==Names==
Mara is known as Manya in the original Japanese and Maya in the [[DS]] remake.
 
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[[Category:Characters|Dragon Quest IV characters]]

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