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Moments later, after being rescued and after the twins defeat Skullmageddon in another dimension, Marian receives him from a long drop with a punch to the crotch. In Double Dragon Neon, after being kidnapped by that game's main antagonist, Skullmageddon, a possessed Marian aids him during his second boss encounter, hovering in the air and projecting energy blasts at the Dragon Twins. This change to the story was made by Acclaim during the western localization of the game. However, it must be noted that in both the original arcade and Japanese versions of this game, the final boss is the Egyptian queen Cleopatra instead, with no involvement of Marian whatsoever. In the NES home version of Double Dragon III, Marian was made the game's final boss, who had been possessed by the spirit of an ancient Egyptian queen called Princess Noiram (that is, 'Marion' spelled backward). In fact, there exists a set of unused sprites in the Double Dragon Advance game files where she appears in various combat poses, although these were cut from the final release.

The first of these attempts include making her part of various entities of law enforcement, whether she is a policewoman, a narcotics detective, or even a street vigilante.

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While originally Marian exclusively played the role of damsel-in-distress in the earlier titles, as the series progressed, many attempts have been made to give her a more proactive role. However, most home ports and sequels changed this event, where Marian was instead resurrected after the brothers broke the link with magical forces after defeating all the enemies (there are variations on how this event took place among the many ports and retellings of this story, but in the end, Marian always survives). The original arcade version of Double Dragon II: The Revenge states that Marian remained dead. The brothers, filled with anger, set forth once more to the Black Warriors' hideout, and once again they defeated all of their enemies. Willy didn't die from his injuries, though, and after a long recovery, he reorganized the Black Warriors, now recruiting much more powerful fighters within its ranks, some of which even dwelt in the black arts.Īn undisclosed time later, the gang once again cornered Marian in the city streets, but this time Willy ruthlessly assassinated her with his machine gun at plain daylight. The canon continuity establishes that Billy was the victor of this encounter. However, when the time finally came to release Marian from her ties, both brothers engaged in a final match between themselves to decide who would be the one to take her home. The two brothers managed to infiltrate the gang's hideout and defeated all of their enemies, including Mackey, leaving him for dead. As the series progressed, it was eventually revealed that the reason for this abduction was to lure Billy to the Black Warriors' headquarters in order to make him surrender the secrets of the Sou-Setsu-Ken arts to them, a martial arts discipline rumored to give their practitioners unmeasurable powers. Billy teams up with his twin brother, Jimmy, another martial arts expert, and both set on their way to rescue her from their evil clutches. In the first game, the Black Warriors, commandeered by their leader, Willy Mackey, kidnap Marian and take her to their hideout. Marian is the girlfriend of Billy Lee, a martial arts master and one of the main protagonists of the Double Dragon franchise. 2.11 Double Dragon II: Wander of the Dragons.2.3 Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones.

1 History and evolution of the character.