Maronne Buruqano

Marone Bluecarno (マローネ・ブルカーノ) is a protagonist in Tales of Eternia: The Animation. She is a skilled bounty hunter and swordswoman with a partner drake named Varossa.

History
Marone first interacts with Reid Hershel, Farah Oersted, Meredy, and Keele Zeibel by attacking them after they settle down for the night. In the confusion, she kidnaps Reid on her drake Varossa, where she coerces him into joining her on a bounty to defend the city of Belkarnu on the Belka Island from the sea demon menacing it. The ruler of Belkarnu, Excia, entreats them to stay in her mansion overnight, which Marone accepts. As they rest, Marone apologizes for the rough treatment and reveals that she has been following the group since they left Inferia Castle and that she needs Reid's help. Reid agrees to this one hunt together. They swoop after the others antagonize their target and fell it in one combined blow. Marone parts ways with Reid at the port, though she remains in Belkarnu.

Marone doesn't get along with Farah, often deriding her as weak and incompetent, and the feeling is mutual. Their rivalry comes to a head after a hurricane. Farah asks for Marone's help in returning to the mainland on Varossa since the island's ships were all damages in the hurricane, but Marone refuses, mainly due to her dislike of Farah. The situation comes to blows and only barely averted due to Platia's intervention, and she suggests the two women compete in the Sea Challenge, a swimming race around the island. Marone and Farah are attacked by a monster on their swim, and Varossa is hurt defending them. The two of them work out their differences in battling this monster, bonding over their shared desire to help Varossa get better.

Marone to stay on the island, interacting with and often helping the group when they get into bad situations. Their easygoing time together comes to an end during the Sea Festival, where the true side of Belkarnu is revealed. Belkarnu is the home of Celestian descendants and worshipers of Nereid from the war between Inferia and Celestia, stranded when the worlds separated. The people have been biding their time to destroy Inferia, and the leader, Excia herself, steals the Greater Craymels from the group. Marone helps the group escape with their lives, though she abandons them afterward.

She returns to Belkarnu and requests an audience with Excia, where it is revealed that her father, Tastek Bluecarno, was a traitor to the group, and that Marone herself is a mixed-blood child, with a Celestian father and Inferian mother. Marone's Elara then forces itself out of forehead, which Excia says signifies Marone's true worth as a Celestian descendent. Marone takes the opportunity to stab Excia in revenge, believing that the monster swarm that took the lives of her parents was sent by her to silence her father. Unfortunately, all that she killed was a shadow, and she is injured by the true Excia. Reid and Farah intervene and save her, barely managing to escape. They are pursued by Celestian flying machines, and seeing her allies unable to help against a giant cannon, entrusts Varossa to Farah. Marone then takes out the most dangerous weapon in self-sacrificial maneuver.

She barely manages to survive, being treated by the doctor of a group of rebels who reject Excia and her mission to conquer Inferia. Marone rejoins the Reid and the others, bringing with her a coded book that her father stole from Excia. The book reveals the truth about Excia, that the Excia they know is a construct formed from an eternally sleeping girl located in the Wedge of Punishment, a Celestian superweapon Excia intends to use on Inferia. Marone then participates in the infiltration of the superweapon.

Within the Wedge of Punishment, the group splits up. Reid's group goes to confront Excia herself and regain the Greater Craymels. Marone's group, on the other hand, searches for Excia's true body. Though they find it, they are captured by the undead spirits Excia summons, and at the group's darkest moment, when the Wedge of Punishment prepares to fire its long-ranged cannon, Marone joins the other Celestians in praying for a way to stop the Wedge of Punishment. Their prayers echo through their Elara, which awakens Excia's true body, who stops the Wedge herself. Marone helps the noncombatants evacuate as the party wreaks havoc to destroy the Wedge once and for all.

In the aftermath, after Reid and the group have left, Marone joins Coreena and Excia in looking at the sky. They wonder how Reid and the others' journey has gone, in time to see them use the Bridge of Light to cross over into Celestia. Marone wishes them well in their journey to protect the future.

Appearance and Personality
Marone is strong and prideful. She has confidence in herself and her skills, though she can admit when she needs help, and she disdains those that she feels are weak and all talk. Despite this, Marone can also be kind and caring, and she refuses to let innocent bystanders be hurt, though she doesn't like to let herself be seen being kind.

Fighting Style
Marone is skilled at both unarmed fighting and swordsmanship, able to switch depending on whether she is armed or not. She can use many of the artes that both Reid and Farah can use.