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 "This world is good. Full of war, the scent of fresh blood on the air... Swords are a good tool for war... They can kill hordes, shedding their blood on the field... ...No, no...NO! My...sword is not meant for that... It's for something far more important—to protect. But I can't— My name... My loved ones... I-I can't remember! Th-there's nothing... Only...darkness! Mother... Father... Kiran..." - Mareeta

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As a child, Mareeta traveled with Galzus for a time but was later abducted by slave traders and taken to Conote. Eyvel later chanced upon the slave market that Mareeta was brought to, where she found the girl chained up and in the process of being sold. Seized by a fit of rage, Eyvel killed all the guards and slave traders, thereafter rescuing and adopting Mareeta. Mareeta was then taken to the Thracian village of Fiana, where she was raised alongside Leif, Nanna, Orsin, Halvan, and Tanya.

Naturally gifted as a sword-fighter, Mareeta took up arms and joined Eyvel's Fiana Freeblades, aiding in the effort to quell the bandit uprising across the eastern coast of Thracia.

Mareeta first appears in Chapter 1, where she and Nanna are captured by Raydrik of Manster when he raids Fiana in an attempt to find Leif.

Mareeta later appears in Chapter 5, where she, having gone berserk under the influence of the Shadow Sword, is pitted against Eyvel in an arena in Manster. She is eventually withdrawn from battle, and Eyvel is petrified and kidnapped by Veld.

While Leif's army passes through Dakia Forest in Chapter 12, it is revealed that Mareeta had been taken under Saias's wing sometime after the events of Manster. Having removed the curse placed on the Shadow Sword, he entrusts the now-purified blade into Mareeta's care, emphasising that as a true swordfighter, she must love all blades that pass through her hands. He then departs from her side, leaving her to reunite with Leif and join his skirmish against the bandits attacking the villages in the vicinity.

After Leif's army successfully secures control over Manster in Chapter 24, they embark on a mission to rescue Eyvel in Chapter 24x. Here, Sara uses the Kia Staff to undo Eyvel's petrification, reuniting Mareeta with her adoptive mother.

Mareeta will then go on to support Leif in his final battle against Veld in the Final Chapter, thereafter liberating Northern Thracia from the Grannvale Empire. She sets out on a journey to hone her swordplay skills thereafter, motivated by her shame at having had her heart taken over by the Shadow Sword. She eventually becomes a swordmaster of great renown, yet she continues to view Eyvel as her superior.