Marche Radiuju

Marche Radiuju is the protagonist of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. After being thrown into the world of Ivalice by a Gran Grimoire, Marche resolves to revert the world back to normal.

He resembles Ramza Beoulve, protagonist of Final Fantasy Tactics. Also, both Ramza and Marche refuse to take the stands others have taken—they stand against manipulation and living in a false reality, respectively.

Story
Marche and his sick brother Doned moved into St. Ivalice following their mother who believes that a change in environment would be good for Doned's health. The Radiuju family had lived in a hot place where it practically never snowed. At school, Marche automatically received the nickname "New Kid" by the bullies Lyle, Colin and Guinness, and was even teased at for being so quiet like "a little girl". Eventually, he befriends Mewt Randell, the school's librarian, and Ritz Malheur, the Class Head.

After school, Marche and his new friends agreed to meet at his house to look at Mewt's new book on monsters and magic. While reading it with Doned, the kids thought it would be great if a game world like "Final Fantasy" becomes the real world. As the kids slept, St. Ivalice slowly transforms into a dream Ivalice; the snowy landscape changed into a hot climate filled with fantasy creatures.

When Marche wakes up later, he found himself stranded on a strange land. Unintentionally offending a Bangaa, Marche received Montblanc's help. Montblanc becomes his guide in the country called Ivalice, and even joined Montblanc's clan Clan Nutsy. His exploits helped Clan Nutsy towards the top ranks of the clan, but even so, Marche never ceased to find a way to revert the world.

Eventually, Marche finds that the three other people who read the book; Ritz, Mewt and Doned are all in some way better off in the new world and are all out to stop him. He later discovers that in order to revert the world, he must defeat five creatures called Totema that are quite powerful. In addition, he learns that the world of Ivalice reflects the imagination of Mewt.

Even when Marche manages to defeat all five Totema, the world fails to revert to normal. Marche is told by Mewt's mother Queen Remedi that so long as there is a desire for the fantasy world, it will remain. She tells Marche that he also has an inner desire for the world to remain as it is. Only when Marche attempts to find his friends and convince them that the world must return to normal does he discover the truth: the Remedi in this world is in fact the Li-Grim, which is serving as a sixth world-thread. Marche defeats the Li-Grim and the world finally reverts to normal.

Custom Name
Marche is the only character in the game whose name can be decided solely by the player and can be whatever the player wants, and not from the pool of names programmed into the game. The player may change the name, if they wish, at the beginning of the game when the opportunity is given.

In Battle
Marche starts out as a Soldier having already mastered the Combat Combo. After the first mission, Lizard Men!?, the player can change his job class to Thief, Archer, Black Mage, or White Mage and then proceed to level up in whichever class becomes available.

Trivia
When the game starts with the snowball fight, the player can access the stats of every character in the screen, except for Mr. Leslaie because he plays the role of a judge. The Job Class of Marche is "New Kid". He, along with Mewt and Ritz, are the only combatants who have any magic defense score in that battle.