Marlene Krueger

Marlene Krueger is the primary protagonist of the Dragon Ball: Lifelines Series and the daughter of Caroline Krueger.

### Relatives

Unknown Father, Caroline Krueger (Mother)

## Physical description

### Eye color

Marlene has yellow eyes, occasionally seen as golden.

## Appearances

#### Pre-Series Lore:

Marlene was born and raised in a secluded town around 3 hours from West City. At the time She was not raised by Caroline, but rather by a friend of Caroline as it was too dangerous for Marlene to be around her mother at the time. This led to Marlene not knowing anything about Caroline's past as She was never informed of why her Mother didn't take care of her at the time and why they began moving when She actually did start taking care of her.

Whenever it came to the topic of Marlene's Father, She was always told that He was an intense fighter that went overboard and got himself killed. This was supposedly why Caroline was so protective of Marlene in the first place, so She wouldn't lose anyone else. Growing up Marlene became very interested in casual fashion and guitars, which is why She has the iconic style She does today.

#### The West City Arc:

##### Marlene's Time Before the Tournament:

Marlene's actual story starts when a Tournament in West City opens and has a large cash reward for the winners, which draws her in instantly since her Mother is already struggling to pay for their average home. Once Marlene is given permission by her Mother to enter the tournament after training properly, She sets off to find herself a trainer. It takes a while, but Marlene finds a Martial Arts Temple that fits her needs pretty well.

After paying a fee, Marlene begins taking lessons under Martial Arts Master Fuen Shi. Master Shi taught Marlene how to actually use Ki, something that She didn't even know She could use. Marlene's training would have taken way longer if it weren't for the fact that somehow Marlene already had a large surplus of Ki in her body, ready for use.

Marlene felt that her training was rough, and would be an unenjoyable but worth it experience. When it was time for her second lesson, Marlene was expecting to go in and learn something special, however Master Shi made her fight his other Student, Lei. Marlene lost the battle against Lei due to being an inexperienced fighter, and Master Shi spotted each of Marlene's weak-points in the battle. Master Shi noted that Marlene lacked strategy, durability, and the ability to counter attacks properly.

To make up for this, Master Shi started teaching Marlene how to predict the movements of her opponents. Marlene quickly grew annoyed by how slowly the training was progressing though, and wanted to move on to the next lesson almost every time She took a step forward in a lesson. Master Shi believed it was way too early to be moving on to a new lesson, but was willing to move on if She could use her newfound knowledge of evasion to defeat Lei in a rematch.

In the rematch, Marlene was able to get the jump on Lei and pinned him down. However Lei broke free, but instead of continuing the battle He allowed Marlene to take the fight as a Victory. Once Marlene approached Master Shi to give her the next set of lessons, He told her that She didn't need anything else for the tournament She was signing up for and that her lessons were over. With nothing else to do, Marlene of course went home.

Marlene was heavily bothered by the fact that her training regiment was so short, but didn't give it much thought as the very next day the Tournament was starting.

##### The West City Tournament:

When Marlene first arrived at the Tournament Arena She was given a list with the proper fighting order, like everyone else. For the first match of the tournament, it was Marlene against popular boxer Casey Elvet. Marlene managed to land the first hit in the match, cracking Casey's teeth with said hit. However Casey managed to land a decent punch on Marlene's face directly after. To follow up, Casey slammed his fist into Marlene's gut. Marlene jumped up and kneed Casey in the gut as payback. Afterward, She kicked him onto the floor, going in for a pin. Casey managed to get her off of himself though, and got back up. The fight between Marlene and Casey swapped between Casey getting the upper hand and Marlene getting the upper hand until finally Marlene was able to knock Casey out of the arena.