Mars Sapientia



Mars Sapientia is a minor character who appears in Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ardyn. He is a member of the Insomnian border patrol, who reported to duty at his appointed time, but went MIA sometime before dawn on Founder's Day, M.E.734. It is implied that he was murdered by Ardyn Izunia, who took his appearance in order to achieve his goals.

Mars is a 28-year-old, tall, fair-skinned man with short dirty blond hair and blue eyes, and he was last seen wearing his border patrol fatigues.

Etymology:

Mars, meaning "Male", is the name of the Roman god of war as well as the name of the fourth planet from the sun, which is associated with fire due to its red color.

Sapientia is the Latin word for "Wisdom".

These meanings make Mars Sapientia a fitting alias for Ardyn, whose name means "burning", and who was involved in the war and gained the wisdom of Ifrit the Infernian.

Trivia:


 * Interestingly, Mars Sapientia's name is similar to Ignis Scientia, whose name means "Fire Knowledge" in Latin. Also, he went MIA the same year that Ignis was born.
 * He is the only character in Final Fantasy XV who is the same age as Regis Lucis Caelum, which means that he was born in M.E.706.