What has Princess Marasiah Fel been up to?

When LEGACY first started it seemed like she would be one of the main characters. That half the story would be about Cade, and the other half of the story would be about Sia. Her sense of duty was a great contrast to Cade, especially when she was willing to sacrifice her life to save him.

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Instead it seems to be half the story being about Cade, and the other half mostly being about the GA Remnant. Not that I'm not a GA fan, but I can't help but wonder if they changed their plans regarding the Princess.

She played an important part in BROKEN, disappeared for a year. Then she finally popped up again and came to the Hidden Temple, but we didn't get to see too much of her in those issues, with the focus being on Azlyn Rae. Even the way Cade and Marasiah interacted, it didn't seem like the healing bond and "almost dying to save your life" made them act close at all. (They probably are distant cousins, too.)

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Is she going to come back as a main character? Could they have changed plans about her? I hope not, she was one of the more interesting characters.

For when/if she does finally appear again, what do you think her character has been up to? She succeeded in creating an alliance between the Hidden Temple Jedi and the Fel Empire, which was a very big step in the right direction. She seems to be much more diplomatic than her father. Will she still be with Antares Draco?

I hope we get to see more of her.

 

I suspect that she will pop up again and contribute more to the storyline.

 

I too have been surprised by the consistent lack of Sia since the end of Broken. With that said, we've actually had very little Roan, also, Ready To Die aside. How often have we seen him outside of a holographic cameo in the last two and a half years?

There's still a lot of story on the Fels to be fleshed out, and while I'm of course dying to read it, I do respect that John & Jan are biding their time. I've predicted for a while now that we'll learn more about both the Imperial Knights and the Fel family in a storyline where Cade is their guest on Bastion --- whether Cade's training with the IK's or just a guest of honour, I don't doubt that Roan will get his hands on the pirate some time soon.

After all, Cade's trained with both the Jedi and the Sith so far --- why not give the IK's a go? Some of his beliefs regarding use of the Force actually dovetail well with IK philosophy, such as using the Force as a tool. Granted, the compatible beliefs are likely in the minority, but whatever, it would make for an interesting story.

"But Morrigan --- he's your son!"
"Not if he's an Imperial Knight."

Anyway. Even if we don't learn that much more about her past, it would still be awesome to at least see Marasiah now and then. It is kind of curious that she's the least-developed of the surviving named Imperial Knights, 'cept for maybe Sigel.

 

Who?

 

My personal suspicion is that with the Stazi storyline taking off more than John had originally expected, he pushed off a lot of the Imperial story-arc into Phase Two . . . but that's just my suspicion. I think we'll be seeing a lot more of Sia and Roan in the near future -- especially as we seem to have a defection-to-Fel plotline or two in the works.

 

Yeah, one of the most interesting aspects of Broken was the parallel plots between Cade and Sia, between Cade's bitter attitude and Sia's duty. Not to mention Sia presented a more appealing side of the Empire (in that she was relatively nice), showing how it had changed over the last century. Even though she was injured at the end of Broken, Cade healed her, and then... she didn't appear again for how long? A year or two? Let's see, checking the Wookiee, last seen in Legacy #7, then didn't appear again until... Legacy #23, the Loyatlies arc, I think. And there, she's not as friendly, although as Ganner later said, its a good thing she's handling the negotiations with the Jedi rather than someone like Draco, or they'd have another war on their hands. Then after that, gone again, and rarely mentioned.

Let's put it this way- how many artists have drawn Marasiah Fel? Compared that to how many artists have drawn her father, Roan Fel, or even someone relatively minor like Draco? Yeah, its not really an answer most of us like.

She was one of the more fascinating characters, but sadly she's one of the least seen. She's rarely even mentioned. Roan Fel at least is seen in both the Cade stories and the GA plot, even if only by hologram.

Perhaps she might show up in an upcoming issue, since the Jedi are likely to rejoin the war against the Sith soon, what with Krayt being reported dead and all (Shado reporting in), but based on how Legacy has been going, instead we'll more likely just have Jedi show up, she might be mentioned as having helped with the negotiations, but otherwise, won't show up. I hope I'm wrong, but... yeah, after three years, I can at least attempt to make a guess for how some things will go in Legacy (although there's always those nice surprises the authors sneak in).

I'd sure like to see a lot more of Marasiah Fel and her missions for her father rather than Cade screwing up for the umpteenth time, or another of his mistakes or something.

 

I'd certainly like to see more, especially between her and Antares Draco. He's purdy.

 

I was just wondering where she'd gotten about a week ago. I had hoped that Cade would yield the spotlight long enough for us to get to see some real Sia action, but...that never happened. It would really do the series some good to start drawing the parallels between her and Cade again, and I suspect that'll happen sometime. I hope.

 

A combo of poor characterization and bad writing is destroying Marasiah's character (Legacy Spoiler)

Just kidding, but it's funny how we could have a duality between a male and a female character, but the female one ends up marginalized - not unlike what people see happening with Jaina. But worse, since Marasiah isn't even a main character right now.

When the series started I had this idea of a great turn of events in which everyone wants Cade to be the big Skywalker saviour and it utterly fails when he's going dark, and the series then switches to Marasiah as the "other hope", the other, "hidden", Skywalker heir who has to correct the mistake of giving too much power to Cade. That ship has seriously sailed, though, since the series can't really lose Cade anymore, he's too central to the story with no other character being able to take over.

I think Marasiah suffered from the later focus on Azlyn Rae, who really came out of the woodwork (and additionally messed up the Cade/Blue/Talon sex triangle). And then we have Gunner, who didn't have anything important to do for the first two and a half years. I think that's the downside to Legacy showing a huge panaorama of the era with so many characters; you can't really deal with most of them.

 

I have wondered the same thing myself. Not that I am complaining, as I am one of those fans who loves the Stazi/GA/Rouge/Mon Cal stories.

Let's see, the last time we saw Sia she was negotiating with the Jedi Order on Tavias. Maybe she is stil mired in deliberations and discussions.

BTW- how long chronologically IU has passed since we last saw Marasiah? Weeks? Months? That is the one thing about Legacy that still confuses me, as everything has occured in 137 ABY.

--Adm. Nick

 

I actually disagree with that. I love the wide focus of Legacy, character-wise. It really makes the galaxy feel rich and diverse, with Sith, Jedi, Imperial Moffs, smugglers, bounty hunters, other underworld types, fighter pilots, missionaries, princesses, and Imperial Knights all woven into the tapestry. Despite the obvious main focus on Cade, the series has been very varying in storyline, taking us from the board room of an Imperial Mofference to the bridge of Gar Stazi's flagship, from the Crimson Axe to the Hidden Temple. If there's one thing Legacy hasn't been, it's repetitive. And brother, I am a sucker for subplots. A few comic book websites, when reviewing the series, have expressed frustration in the "varying tone" when it switches gears from Cade for a few issues, but I say nuts to them. John & Jan have done a fantastic job of working subplots in, while still keeping the main character the main character.

The introduction of Azlyn Rae was genius --- I'll argue with anyone who claims that she would have existed had it not been for Vector. John & Jan spent 2008 carefully laying the pieces for Vector, and Azlyn Rae was one of those pieces. She came out of nowhere, but then when Cade almost lost her, it was like, "Whoa... powerful."

Yeah, like I said --- John & Jan have done a fantastic job expanding the universe while still keeping the focus on Cade, and of showing us a huge panorama of the characters. The only exception, really, is Marasiah.

 

I'm guessing VECTOR happened over a week or two, allowing for travel time, then went directly into the Storms arc which I think John said was only a few days. IIRC, Fight Another Day and Renegade happened simultaneously with the events in VECTOR. There is a feel that a little time passed before Tatooine - at least long enough for the Mynock crew to have goofed off some, gotten a rep for pirating Imperial shipments and for Deliah to go shopping for new clothes, lol. My guess would be that it's been a couple of months IU since the Hidden Temple arc.

 

I don't think that much time has gone by either. People tend to forget that Legacy does:

1. Multi-part stories

AND

2. Has events happening simultaneously.

The advantage is that we get a very comprehensive universe but one that progresses slowly, people look at the issue numbers and conclude more should have happened in 40 issues, but that could only be done by really narrowing the scope and scale, which to me, would be detrimental to the story.

 

Exactly, Marasiah and Cade created a nice balance.

Maybe if Marasiah had been in more of the stories, we wouldn't have so much Cade-fatigue right now.

Which makes me wonder why. I know she was originally going to have a subplot in Claws of the Dragon, but that was scrapped. Has she become less important, or are they saving her character until she becomes very important to the story and starts making regular appearances? I know Stazi was originally going to be a one-shot character, so it makes me wonder if they replaced a lot of Fel Empire stories with GA Remnant/Mon Calamari stories.

If we do get a Marasiah story, I hope it isn't a one-shot. I would like a 4-issue storyline focusing on her, her father, Bastion, the Imperial Knights, etc. And of course have other subplots in it, but for her to be the real focus for once.

 

I figure she will return with highlights until the story settles in a bit more. At that point, I think we will be seeing quite a bit of her.

 

sia is cade's cousin

sia--cade i am your cousin
cade---how is that possible
sia---it all begins with jaina and jagged fel the 1st emperor of the fel dynasty. that is why i saved your life that day because of this
cade---then roan is
sia---is your cousin too
cade---and gunner
sia---she is your sister before your mom left your father she was pregnant again and there is something else your mom will probally kill me for telling you this. she is really nyna callixte a top rated imperial officer

 

Yeah, Legacy's greatest strength is probably also somewhat of a weakness. The amount of characters that have been introduced that actually have some degree of importance is astounding. Like it not, Cade (And by extension, Syn and Blue) is the main focus but there is a little something for everyone. Some people want to see more Wyyrlok, more Roan Fel, more Sia, more Stazi, more Draco/Ganner, more Wolf/Shado, more Stazi, more Rogues, more Snide, more Nihl, more Veed, More Calixte/Corde, more Rus, more Gunner, More Bantha, and most of all....more SCREEGER! So many characters with only an issue a month....

My guess is that pretty soon we have some major changes in the galaxy just around the corner. Stazi and Roan Fel's navy will be leading the military push, Sia's alliance with the Hidden Temple Jedi will start the Force Push, and Rus and possible Calixte will start some internal strife within the Empire. As the bigger pictures begins to get bigger, I can see Sia acting as the level head to keep these random groups of temporary allies together until the Sith can be beaten down.

 

Maybe Dark Horse should make a second Legacy series just like Marvel did with X-Men

 

Jeff_Ferguson posted:

The introduction of Azlyn Rae was genius --- I'll argue with anyone who claims that she would have existed had it not been for Vector. John & Jan spent 2008 carefully laying the pieces for Vector, and Azlyn Rae was one of those pieces. She came out of nowhere, but then when Cade almost lost her, it was like, "Whoa... powerful."

I've been thinking as I have been reading this thread that perhaps - pure speculation here - Azlyn Rae actually was created to replace Marasiah for Vector, that it was little miss Fel who would have been going to end in the suit and that because this would a)been too close to the events of Broken, same character in mortal danger for Cade to save and b)would have made Marasiah Vader to Roan Fel's Palpatine resulted in the creation of a new character. But then I remembered another female IK in a smaller role than perhaps expected, Sigel Dare, who could have well played the same role... So, in the end, if there was any change, I think that it must have been to make things more personal for Cade instead of just Krieg (or Draco, if it would have been Marasiah ending up in the suit).

 

I've also been disappointed at how under-used Sia has been in Legacy.

For me, the aspects of Legacy I've always enjoyed the most are the ones that make it original: a Jedi head of state, Imperial Jedi, and a tripartite civil war. A whiny Skywalker brat? Sorry, I?ve seen enough of that before. A noble GA admiral? Seen plenty of that before, too. Roan, Antares, Ganner, Sia? They?re new and different, something that sets Legacy apart from just repeating the familiar SW elements.

I actually almost stopped buying Legacy at the end of its second year because I felt it had lost track of what made it so great. In the first 13 issues, the Felpire was core to the plotlines and the three-way war was integral to the story. Then they all but disappeared for eight straight issues, and I was rapidly losing interest. Fortunately the promotional blurbs for Hidden Temple and Vector made clear the Felpire and the IKs were going to be back in the story, or I wouldn?t have stuck around. And while the story seems to have gotten back to that three-side story again lately, it still feels to me that it lacks the balance it had back in Broken.

But most of all I?m still bummed by the lack of Sia. For one, as other have said, her juxtaposition against Cade was one of the really great aspects about Broken. Two children of dynasties, one accepting the legacy and the other rejecting it. Yet since then we?ve gotten a story almost entirely about the selfish brat, and almost nothing about the dutiful hero. Which is a shame, IMO. Secondly, Sia is a really great character concept that?s woefully underused in SW ? the female Jedi action heroine. The only other one we really have is Jaina. (And maybe Aayla in the original CW comics.) For Leia, it was always politics ahead of Jedi or action hero. KOTOR has Zayne, Invasion has Finn, PT has Anakin and Obi-Wan, OT has Luke, and so on. It would be so much fun to finally see a female Jedi action heroine in a leading role. And yet Sia?s ended up on the backburner. Even when IK action is called for, the male IKs (Antares and Ganner) take the lead and Sia is nowhere to be seen.

After Broken, it really seemed that Sia had so much potential. I wish we?d see more of it.

 

Darth_Lex:

Everyone has to wait for their "favorite storyline" at one point or another. For example, fans of the Galactic Alliance like me had to wait nine issues to see what happened to the GA, then wait a further ten issues until the first true GA arc. Basically, nearly two years went by with little or no GA stories.

Believe, it was a long wait at times, but the wait is kinda what makes it fun. When Marasiah does reappear in the main storyline, I am sure that she will do so with a bang.

The good news for GA and Felpire fans is that their two respective storylines are beginging to merge, which opens the possibility for issues to contain Stazi, Fel, and Marasiah. Not only that, but I have a hunch that Gar Stazi would get along far better with Princess Marasiah than with her daddy Roan. Marasiah is a Imperial monarch, but she has a certain grace that makes her a formidable diplomatic assest.

--Adm. Nick

 

Rouge: I personally doubt if anyone would have ended up in the suit had it not been for Vector and the consequent introduction of Azlyn. I also doubt if the major death would have happened so soon --- I remember reading a Vector interview where John said that when they were planning for something that would help Vector have a lasting impact*, they knew that that character's death would be exactly that sort of impact. But, back on topic, I really doubt if that sort of fate was ever planned for Sia. There's still too much potential in her character for her to be Vader-suited! Maybe Sia was originally slated to join the strike team, but was left out because it was already too crowded (the same reason as the four Jedi), but I really doubt if Azlyn was a replacement for her. If anything, I'd speculate that Azlyn was originally going to be killed completely, but the Vader-suit concept was a last-minute idea because John & Jan grew to like her and didn't want to kill her?

Lex:Hear hear! Sia is a fantastic character. And not just because she's an Imperial Knight, which by all accounts should be the only necessary criteria for awesomeness. Or that she's a Fel, which is the backup criteria. She could be carrying this series if they wanted her to. Only a couple of weeks until the next Legacy solicitation; let's all hope and pray for something Sia-related...

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*But the biggest impact Vector had on any series was on Rebellion. Cancellation --- talk about a lasting impact!

 

Nick: My point is that fans of the Jedi can read other stories about Jedi. Or fans of the GA can read other stories about the NR/GA. Fan of the Sith have other stories about the Sith; fans of the Skywalkers have plenty of other Skywalker stories to read.

But Legacy is the only SW story that has the Felpire. When Legacy doesn't keep the Felpire in the center of the story, it loses what makes it distinctive. And IMO that's a shame.

 

Washing her hair.

 

That already happened once, but then they said it was a coloring mistake.