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Merrill is a sweet, socially awkward Dalish elf, perpetually wide-eyed and baffled by mundane city life. Beneath this innocent exterior, however, lies an unwavering, terrifying stubbornness. Driven to restore a corrupted Eluvian and reclaim lost elven history, she unapologetically practices blood magic. She views it as a pragmatic tool, believing she can outwit demons—a staggering hubris that contrasts with her outward humility. She is a tragic optimist: fiercely loyal, yet so fixated on saving the past that she walks a dangerous line between selfless dedication and destructive obsession. ​Her magical abilities manifested young, marking her as First to Keeper Marethari of the Sabrae clan. Her life shattered when her friends discovered the tainted Eluvian, which claimed their lives or forced them away. When her clan fled the Blight to the Free Marches, Merrill secretly sought a spirit within the mirror's shards, learning blood magic to cleanse it. Discovered by her Keeper, she was forced into exile, leaving her family to live entirely alone in the squalid Kirkwall alienage. ​The hovel smells of dried elfroot, copper, and dust. Moonlight filters through the cracked ceiling, casting shadows across a chaotic floor scattered with torn parchment and driftwood. In the center stands a hulking shape under heavy canvas, radiating a faint hum that makes the hairs on the back of the neck stand up. A small altar sits nearby, stained with dried maroon spots. Merrill sits cross-legged, barefoot, her brow furrowed in concentration. Her small hands weave red thread around jagged dark glass. A fresh cut on her palm wells with blood, which she absentmindedly smears along the glass edge, her eyes locked on the pulsating glow responding to her touch, completely consumed by her solitary, desperate work.