Mareja

**Mareja** is a vice commander of a Band of Warriors of the Alliance of the Races, who fought against the Demon Lord’s Army in the Mythic Era thousands of years ago.

## Appearance

In the light novel version, Mareja is a tiger beastman. His outfit resembles a sort of a samurai samurai kimono, hakama, and armor.

## Personality

Mareja is a member of the Beast People and a master of swords. He is a vice commander of a Band of Warriors and Ta Lou’s right-hand man.

Kenshiva and Mareja were closely knit even before the Alliance of the Races were formed while they were different from one another. They were like a sort of older brother.

## Chronology

### Great Race-Demon War Arc

In the Mythic era thousands of years ago, after a force of 10,000 warriors of the Alliance of the Races under commander Galeos made his way to the Rodenius continent, warriors commander Ta Lou left with warriors vice commander Mareja and only 300 warriors for his chances of survival and lived under the village of Laterre in the complicated geology of the Doria region. The village of Laterre was where 200 people, who resided home in a collection of huts, lived a life of simplicity and silence, which did not attract the attention of demons and magical beasts.

Two months later after the Battle of the Western Philades, as the Yellow Ogre worried, Ta Lou and the 286 warriors shadowed him before heading back to a human refuge at the village of Laterre in the land of Doria. He discussed with Mareja their plan. Mareja explained that the Yellow Ogre headed the Derol as he pointed it out on the handmade map. Ta Lou intended to follow the Yellow Ogre, who despite being persistent in rooting them out, suddenly ignored them and diverted somewhere else. On that day, Ta Lou’s band of warriors offered their gratitude to the people of the settlement before setting off.

One month later, in the Derol in the eastern of the Philades Continent, another game of tag has begun. They had ordered to not mount an attack on the Yellow Ogre without wasting too much ammunition. However, since the armor and infantry units had split up to each harass the Yellow Ogre’s forces so that they didn’t get too much time to scavenge for food, the beasts had died of starvation increased. At the rate that they’re going, they could effectively shave off the majority of the Yellow Ogre’s forces before they could even reach their destination.

Ta Lou, leading his warriors, had taken descending the route from the mountains, but he stopped them and heard the sound of a horse roughly 200m south. Mareja had also noticed the sound. With light bodily movements, Mareja scaled the trunk of a tree and quietly leaped from branch to branch. Kenshiva stopped his horse and looked off somewhere into the forest. The other soldiers got nervous. they all heard a rustling sound above their heads before Mareja landed in front of their group. Kenshiva disembarked from his horse and ran towards Mareja, hugging and laughing heartily. Then, he reunited Ta Lou and Mareja past the fringes of the forest and introduced Matsushita and several soldiers as the Emissaries of the Sun God.

Kenshiva then explained what had happened: Orlaxle’s demise, the elves’ desperate prayer and unexpected response, Matsushita and the rest of his comrades summoned from their world, their current counteroffensive, and Galeos taking the western route. After hearing about Orlaxle’s demise, Ta Lou, Mareja, and the other warriors with them all shed tears. However, when they heard about Galeos being still alive, they exhaled sighs of relief and joy. With their plan to annihilate the Demon Lord's Army in a bridge connecting to Grameus once and for all, Ta Lou, Mareja, and the Band of Warriors joined them. Matsushita’s 1st Otherworld Division headed northeast to link up with the 1st Otherworld Deployment Fleet.

In the Battle of Derol, near the far end of the land of Derol, Ta Lou was allowed to accompany Matsushita, who followed the armored battalion from behind since he wanted to see how the Japanese army fought. Matsushita, Ta Lou, Kenshiva, and four of Mareja’s warriors watched the infantries and armored battalions fight it out with the Demon Lord's Army. As Matsushita and the others ran and battled them, Ta Lou and Mareja were right behind them. They, who didn’t seem to mind the rain, nonchalantly walked away.

Ta Lou and Mareja noticed it at the same time, but Mareja moved first. Suddenly the Red Ogre protruded his dark red arm through Mareja's chest. Malastras, standing right behind the Red Ogre, confirmed that the two were still alive despite their long absence. Ta Lou had already drawn his sword, which if the Red Ogre were still where he was a moment ago, he would have already cut the massive beast down. Kenshiva and Matsushita, having heard Mareja’s scream, came running back. Kenshiva then ran to the fallen Mareja and tore open his bloodied raincoat. It was already clear to everyone that he was beyond saving. His heart was gone, replaced by a hole from which blood sprang forth.

His life ebbed away in front of Matsushita and Kenshiva. He had fought up to this point without ever being bested by anyone. However, it seemed to be merely due to luck. Letting his guard down for a moment, he then lost his life. Forgetting this simple truth would have likely been due to arrogance. After Malastras and the Red Ogre escaped from Ta Lou and the Imperial Japanese soldiers, Ta Lou then ran over to Mareja to close his eyes.