Marche Radiuju

Marche Radiuju is the hero of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. After being thrown into the world of Ivalice by the Gran Grimoire, Marche resolves to revert the world back to normal. He is aided by Montblanc, a Moogle he meets when he unintentionally offends a Bangaa, and by the clan Montblanc has started (official Clan Nutsy, but the player can choose another name). Marche finds that the three other people who read the book, Ritz Malheur, his brother Doned, and Mewt Randell are all in some way better off in the new world (Ritz's hair is a more desirable color, Doned is able to walk, and Mewt is the prince) 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 (explaining why he is the prince).

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.

Theory
The following section is theory and not actual fact.

In all Final Fantasy games where the crystals are concerned as a world-force, such as is so in Tactics Advance, the true enemy of the game's aim is to destroy/control them in order to fulfill their master plan. From this, one can assume that FFTA is not only a game where you play as the enemy, but also where the enemy wins. It also adds to the idea that good and evil are a point of view. Marche thinks he is doing what is best for everyone, but this is not so; his aim is to shatter the five crystals that make up the world and thereby return himself to his world. However, it is made clear that everyone else is happy in this new world, Cid is Judgemaster, Mewt is a Prince, Ritz doesn't have to dye her hair, Marche has a clan, and Doned doesn't have to use a wheelchair, and it is utter selfishness that he wants to return and therefore everyone else must suffer. While Li-Grim and Llednar are considered to be the enemy, and while Llednar is even of a violent persona, they are actually the ones trying to save the world, like the Warriors of Light. However, unlike all other Final Fantasy games, the ultimate evil, in the form of Marche, succeeds in his "plan" to destroy the world.

Another point of veiw is that Marche is the only character that realizes that while fantasy is important and healthy becoming trapped in a fantasy can be just as harmful as becoming trapped in reality. Though we can explore our possibilities in fantasy only in reality can we truly grow.

Trivia
When the game starts with the snowball fight, you can access the stats of every character in the screen, except for Mr. Leslaie. The Job Class of Marche is "New Kid".