Merrin

A knight of Solm and Princess Timerra's retainer. She is a suave woman who cherishes animals. Appears in Fire Emblem Engage. Name: Merrin Gender: Female Race: Human Birthday: September 24 Age: 19 Height: 5'8" Relatives: Unnamed Mother, Two Older Brothers Occupation: Retainer of Timerra Weapon: Swords </Personal Information> Merrin is a young woman of an above average height. She has light skin, blur eyes and short blonde hair. Her attire consists of a blue shirt, a cape made from white fur, purple miniskirt, black spats, black-purple handplates, purple-white knee guards, black socks and black-purple shoes. Merrin is a knight with a fresh and extravagant vibe who is noted by many people to have a "cool exterior." She disliked the expectations her mother put on her to succeed her as village leader and ran away from home in order to escape it. One of her earliest dreams was to become a knight, but felt such an opportunity would be unlikely. As fate would have it, she was found by Timerra who fulfilled her dreams and thus she became wholeheartedly loyal to Timerra for giving her the opportunity.

She is an animal lover and is excited to learn about particularly exotic animals. She is not perturbed by any of the stranger quirks of these animals, even the possibility of getting spit on by an alpaca in her conversation with Amber is an exciting prospect. She can easily recognize many of these creatures on sight, though her giddiness often betrays her otherwise cool visage. Both Alear and Veyle, despite being both human in appearance and never transforming, receive similar interest due to their draconic heritage. In Heroes, this extends to the various beast Heroes working for the Order of Heroes. Merrin was born in a sandy village in the northeastern Solm desert, with her mother being matriarch of said village. As women have priority for inheritance in Solm, she was set to inherit the title of matriarch from her mother, but Merrin desired to become a knight instead, setting off to achieve her dream.

While wandering, she came across a young woman riding a wolf and dispatching a bandit gang by herself. After acquainting herself with Timerra, the two spent some time traveling together through the Solm desert. It wasn't until later that Timerra revealed that she was the princess of Solm, and after hearing Merrin's dream of becoming a knight, decided to officially knight her.

Shortly after, Merrin received her mother's blessing to be Timerra's royal knight, but on the condition that she would one day return to the village and eventually succeed her role as chief. From then on, Merrin officially became Timerra's retainer alongside Panette, and the trio would continue to operate as members of the Sentinels. Merrin's main weapons are swords. She is also often seen riding a wolf into battle.