Marebito (客人, マレビト) also known as Guest is a term used in Utawarerumono: Lost Flag to describe the group of people from different era or place that do not belong in the Lost Flag setting, brought to world/timeline after being mysteriously swallowed by a fog.
It should be noted that most of them aren't the same people from the Visual Novel trilogy. They originate from different timelines, that are at times similar to the trilogy of Visual Novel. However it is important to note that while they might be similar their timelines unfold differently than the trilogy. They have similar yet different circumstances.
Most of them that come to the Lost Flag world/timeline have one thing in common with one another, that they never came into contact or have personally been involved with the two people, Hakuowlo or Haku prior to coming to Lost Flag setting with a few exception. if said Marebito at least knows these two name, they will forgot their name when they arrive in the world of Lost Flag as seen with Kuon and Sakuya where they can't recognized the name Hakuowlo. However some of the more powerful individual are able to retain their memories and name of Hakuowlo and Mashiro such as Mutsumi, Rinne and The Divine's Followers group.
Many Marebito (returning characters from the trilogy) can be seen working as Arbiters or as their assistants for the Karaza but there are also people who become mercenary or doing other job as well.
Stranger and Returning Marebito[]
Kotua & Tsatari refers them as the Stranger (異客/いきゃく), an uninvited guest who didn't come to this world via engulfed by the fog and as such they're shown to be able to returned to their own world by different method. In some case when this happened, the sky of Lost Flag become distorted but will eventually returned to normal.
- Haku : When Saraana & Uruuru trying to bring him to visits Mito, Haku accidentally falls off the path and ends up in Lost Flag's world. He was later sent back to his world by Kotua & Tsatari.
- Tuskur: She came to Lost Flag world by some unknown mean after she had an encountered with the current incarnation of Dark Uitsualnemetia of her time. Once she arrived in the world she lost the memories of her father, once she remembered his name, she returns to her world.
- Hakuowlo : After Haku took over his power and role of the Onkami and tried to sent him back to real world by throwing him out of his domain (Similarly to the visual novel), Hakuowlo instead woke up in Lost Flag world. It's likely that he was sent to the lost flag world due to the wishes of his daughters wanting to see him. He is later able to return to his world by himself.
- Raiko: After his last battle against Haku's group, he was sent to this world by Yukaura. Luna later told him how to get back to his world by simply just wish to do.
The other group is Ranshtal's party, it's was only Ranshtal who aren't engulfed by the fog but rather he went to Lost Flag's realm by using the Mirror provided by the Emperor and Woshis, although they state that he might not able to returned but through the help of Akuta the five Akuruka in the same place, the Emperor managed to located and open the dimensional gate and bring them back to their own world, but due to an unstable dimension quake, they have to cut tied with the world itself and thus it's a once time deal.
The last group being Divine's Followers and Rinne who can go in and out from the world when they desired as long as they follow the unknown principle of the world.
Trivia[]
- The multiple Marebito of the same person can co-exists however they are strictly from the different timeline (so far).
- There is a case where some people hear a mysterious voice (implied to be Orishiro) when they are engulf by the fog, this however doesn't happened to everyone.
- Minagi assumes that those that leave cannot come back, however it is shown that, that is not the case and those that have visited once can visit again.
- For an unknown reasons, all of the Akuruka went missing when the users became a Marebito.
- Arie comments that the principle of the world is trying to keep a certain something away. That said thing is implied to be Uitsualnemetia, Which is likely the reason Hakuowlo (Onkami Uitsualnemetia) will have their name be forgotten or would get "censored" whenever they are brought up. However If the intention of the name isn't refers or intention to the god, people would be able to remember or say the name normally such as Tuskur's son (Hakuowlo) and Dii (Pre-Uitsualnemetia took over) who are normal proxy. Although mentioning the "Uitsualnemetia" seem to be just fine as long as didn't meant to be their incarnation.
- When Hakuowlo start to remember his own past, his body also starts to disappear but is stop when Kuon and Himika plead him not to go, Arie mentions that he likely unknowing bend the principle of the world itself so he could continue to stay.