#anyway. Stay tuned with Marionette Stars to learn more about her eventually!

[icharchivist]

Who is Manamel and do you think she'd marry me?

Only one way to find out: throw your shot!

Manamel is the self proclaimed "queen of cute". She's looking for her older sister, who left when she was very young, and she barely remembers her.

She is super dependent on her sentient dagger, Vegalta, which literally does everything for her, down to her make up and helping her stand up. She refused to join us at first until Vegalta basically shut down and stopped working and is now just a regular dagger, which freaks her out because she can't do anything without it. And like. actually anything. She's genuinely unable to do anything on her own, from dressing herself to drinking her tea without spilling it, without her dagger assistance.

The Kicker? Vegalta is a Vintage Weapon, or, as we've learnt in Marionette Stars, also called an Horoscope. Those are some of the most powerful weapons in the game who will choose their guardians (called Accordants), and they will resonate with them and evolve alongside them. And Marionette Stars set up that there is a conspiracy from a secret organization called Navis in order to discover all of the Accordants and use them for a grim goal.

She loves to be cute, and will spend a lot of time taking care of her appearance, but it's not to be complimented, it's literally only to cheer up kids. So it means also that she doesn't care if you call her shallow or anything like that. (she also spends her FE giving Kolulu a cute makeover, by making sure Kolulu picks things she herself finds cute, all while defending her from fashionista bullies)

However she has a Tragic Backstory:tm:

All of her family belonged to an organization, and her sister was the only one taking care of her, while keeping her sheltered inside, forbidding her to go out. Manamel started to "get cute" so she could show it off to her sister when she came back home.

but one day, the organization went under, and her parents rushed back home and killed themselves in front of Manamel. After that, her sister never came back home. Scared about going out again, and unable to find a will to live without her older sister, Manamel ran off thinking about dying, when Vegalta found her, and she took it as meaning her Siister wanted her to move on and find her. At the organization,the only thing she learnt when asking about her sister is that the "Priestess" had moved on. She is now still looking for her sister, and holding on to being cute in order to live on everyday.

And she keeps people at armlength because of the way she's been abandonned all her life.

Once Vegalta recovered, she thought of leaving the crew, but Danchou made sure Manamel knew she had a place to call home with us, and she's opening up more about it now.

.... ok so i was like, kinda speedrunning the FE to answer that properly but i didn't expect this lore bomb so sorry about that.

but therefore, turns out, we get this conversation involving the Priestess Nereus we met in Marionette Stars. And Navis is the reason Manamel ended up joining us.

Though, while Lavirita is part of Navis and the Priestess is apparently also part of Navis, Lavirita apparently doesn't know The Priestess has been acting with Navis this whole time.

Is Nereus Manamel's precious sister? Is it a red herrings? Who knows!

but clearly it implies Manamel will play a part in the future of Marionette Stars.

And that's what you need to know about Manamel ;D

hope it helps!