Marlene (Attack on Titan)

Marlene is a minor character of the manga and anime Attack on Titan, she was a member of the Survey Corps who ranked as a Team Leader, but’s unknown which Squad Leader she used to work under. She fought during the Battle of Shiganshina District to retake Wall Maria, where she would be killed by the Beast Titan.
In Japanese, she was voiced by Saki Endō, who also voices Ramzi in the same anime. In English, she was voiced by Emily Neves.
==Appearance==
Marlene appeared to be a youthful woman with a petite build. She had medium length blonde hair and large dark greyish eyes. She used to wear the standard Survey Corps uniform, but in her free time, would wear a simple white button-up shirt, a grey overcoat and wore dark colored pants.
==Personality==
Marlene was seemingly more jovial than the rest of the superior officers, as she jokingly teased Hange for her former crush on Keith Shadis. It’s also assumed that she was a reliable member of the Survey Corps, considering her high rank and amount of soldiers under her command during the Battle of Shiganshina. 
==Story==
===Background===
Marlene was probably one of the older members of the Survey Corps, as she already knew Hange Zoe during the time when Keith Shadis was still the commander. Meaning that she was a member of the Survey Corps for at least over 5 years, before the Fall of Wall Maria in 845, having survived multiple expeditions. She would also eventually obtain the rank of Team Leader.
===Return to Shiganshina arc===
Marlene was seen being present at the meeting with the remaining high ranking Survey Corps members. This included Erwin Smith, Hange Zoë, Levi Ackerman, Harold, Klaus, Dirk, and herself. As all others had died prior. They discuss the disclosures regarding Grisha Yeager and his presumed knowledge of the outside world, his bond with Keith Shadis and the Reiss family. Erwin then states that their main objective is also to reach Grisha Yeager’s basement, to discover what exactly he has hidden there. Erwin leaves the remaining teams in the hands of Marlene, Dirk, and Klaus, but as they leave, Dirk suggests that they should maybe confront Keith Shadis for withholding important information. Hange rebuffs this, claiming that he isn’t worth what little time they have, causing Marlene to tease for her having a crush on him years earlier. But Hange annoyingly tells her to shut up. 
Marlene is later seen in the evening, eating the meat that Harold bought from their food savings. She watches the unrest happening together with the other superior officers but appears unbothered by it. 
A day later before dawn, Marlene salutes with the other Survey Corps officers to the high-ranking members from the other branches of the Military. She and everyone else go from Trost District to Wall Maria, to venture towards Shiganshina on horseback. 
After reaching Shiganshina, Eren Yeager reaches the outer gate and seals it with his Titan, but before they can accomplish the rest of their plan, the Armored and Beast Titan appear, along with a large wave of Pure Titans who transform near the outer gate inside Wall Maria. The Beast Titan launches a large boulder towards them, which falls into the inner gate. Intentionally trapping the horses inside Wall Maria. The Beast Titan then slams down its fist, causing numerous of the smaller Titans to begin running towards the horses. Erwin orders Marlene’s and Dirk’s squad to join squad Klaus so they can stop the smaller Titans from killing their only escape route. 
As Marlene’s team begins killing the Titans, the recruits transport the horses to a safer location. Marlene and her team would continue eliminating most of the Titans, but out of nowhere, multiple rocks begin flying at high speed to the soldiers, completely destroying some buildings and kills numerous Survey Corps soldiers. The Beast Titan has started crushing rocks in its hand and then threw it at them at supersonic speed. As it continues throwing numerous volley of rocks, Marlene would be one of the many Survey Corps soldiers who got brutally shredded to pieces.
===War for Paradis arc===
Marlene is seen among the deceased Eldian soldiers remembered by Hange when she tries to convince Jean and Mikasa that their fallen comrades would not be so self-centered to the point of supporting Eren's choice to destroy the world. Hange presumably believes so due to the fact that the members of the old Survey Corps and the most selfless soldiers of the other branches believed in the overall good of humanity and were seen by society as weird and idealistic people.
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