Usually, FE games' best characters are just the best combat unit with good move and availability, or the unit with earliest and easiest access to staves. But in FE1, the best character is Marth, a unit with a lot of typically maligned qualities like No 1-2 range, no mount, and no promotion. I talk about the circumstances of FE1 that allow Marth to excel.
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