The Keepers of the Dalish are the masters of ancient lore and guardians of old secrets. As First, Merrill has been a student of Dalish lore and magic all her life. She can recite all of known elven history and navigate the Fade… but has very little experience with the world or even her own people. She has always held a respected place within her clan, but an isolating one – being Keeper Marethari’s heir kept her just slightly apart from the others. Forced to flee north to escape from the Blight ravaging Ferelden, Merrill finds her clan in a foreign land, trapped between a bustling city full of humans and a haunted wilderness, and must find help for her people. Whatever the cost.
Official Character Info
Chris Priestly wrote...
To help you better understand Merrill as a character, here is a short story written by the Dragon Age 2 Development team.
Merrill
“Watch your step, da’len.”
The Keeper’s warning comes too late -- as usual -- and I trip over the rock, bruising my knees and losing the skin on my palms to the jagged mountain rock. Mythal’enast! Someday, I’ll learn to watch where I’m going. I struggle to my feet, hands covered in blood, and look around.
We’re here.
The cave mouth is unbearably spooky, even for Sundermount, which you’d think was trying for some sort of spookiness medal. Most Terrifying Mountain in Thedas, maybe. Mist swirls out of the blackness as if it’s breathing, and the hillside around it is barren. A gaping maw, devouring all the life within its reach…
Not a good mindset, Merrill. Think positive! At least the weather’s fair.
“You feel it too, then.” The Keeper’s voice snaps me back to reality. She’s looking at me expectantly. .. which means I’ve forgotten something. I try to smooth my tunic and succeed in smearing blood down the front. Wonderful. And I still don’t know what it is she’s waiting for—oh! Answer. Right.
“Yes, Keeper. The voice is much louder here.” The whisper tugs at the edge of my thoughts, and I can make it out if I concentrate. In the camp, I could only hear it in my dreams, and the words were lost upon waking. Only a memory of terrible loneliness remained. Even the Keeper woke sobbing the second night.
Come to me.
I shiver. This is definitely the source.
“Follow me, da’len. And keep your wits about you.” The Keeper vanishes into the hungry mouth of the cave. I take a deep breath and go inside.
The dark is a shock after the sun-drenched mountainside. Like jumping into a pool of icy water on a hot day. My eyes adjust to the dimness, we pass through a narrow passageway into a grand chamber and I see… ruins. Light shines through cracks in the ceiling, broken by the shifting of time and tree roots. Not a cave after all then? A temple or a tomb or… I don’t know what this is. Strange.
“It doesn’t look elvish, does it, Keeper? Tevinter, maybe?” I look to the Keeper, who is peering silently at some sort of archway with a disapproving frown that I know all too well. Poor archway. It didn’t do anything.
“If this place was part of the war, then it doesn’t matter who built it. It is dangerous.” The Keeper turns from the archway, apparently dismissing it. “If it isn’t from the war, it is unknown, and probably still dangerous.” I’m certain there’s a flaw in her reasoning somewhere, but it seems like the middle of the creepy tomb-cavern is a bad place to argue the point. She descends a short stairway into the temple below.
I trail after her, giving the archway a reassuring pat as I pass.
Come to me.
The voice comes from the far end of the temple, from an ugly statue of a big squatting… thing with too many arms and legs. Well, that’s not promising at all.
“Who calls us?” The Keeper demands, drawing herself up. She looks the way I imagine the elves of Arlathan did, regal and wise, and the timbre of her voice says, I don’t care if you are a spirit, I will thrash you if you give me a reason. She scolded a wild sylvan with that voice once, and it stumbled off looking ashamed of itself. Well, as ashamed as a tree can look, anyway.
Help me.
Oh, that was not the right answer at all.
Keeper Marethari seems to grow taller, becoming a towering pillar of angry Dalishness. “Name yourself! Or be left to your silence.”
I am One Who is Trapped. Help me.
“Your name!” I have never seen the Keeper this angry. Not even when Tamlen disappeared.
Three seems to be the magic number. Audacity. The voice is like a winter wind, bitter and ragged.
“A demon.” The Keeper spits the word as if it tastes foul. She nods at me, “Bound to the statue. It will not threaten the camp.” She turns to leave, satisfied.
Wait! I have been trapped here for time beyond counting. I bore witness to the fall of your kingdom. Help me, Keeper of the Dalish, and I will give you knowledge of all I have seen. For a moment, I see visions of the world as it once was. An empire that spanned all Thedas, glittering cities of the elvhen…. All this could be yours.
“Come, da’len.” The Keeper beckons. The vision fades.
I turn and follow her out into the light.
Learn more about Merrill when you play Dragon Age 2.
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There's apparently a group:
Concept Art:
It's a Keeper...
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Merrill Mods:
Sunnie's Merrill Launcher for DA II
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Fan wurks:
aceyl Fanart:
- Merrill face
Agregor's Fanart:
-Merrill Sketch
Aimo's Fanart
- Archer Hawke and Merrill
artsangel Fanart:
- In the forest green...
Aristorum's Fanart:
- Fenris and Merrill
- People are watching!
Arylas' Fanart:
- Merrill, Fenris, and Orsino Frolic
Artshardz Fanart:
- Bloody Merrill
Aztarieth's Fanart:
- Commisioned Work
bagoflimbs' Fanart:
-First Kiss (comic)
- Lowtown Fun
Buukkin's Fanart:
- Body Shots (NSFW)
broutefuin's Fanart:
- Merrill Face Skt
Dolm's Fanart:
- Weeping
BHellstern's Fanart:
- Poki'Merrill!
Blze001's Fanart:
My Little Keeper
broutefoin's Fanart:
-Pensive Merrill
BTCentral's Fanart:
- Merrill: Tomb Raider!
carrot cake bandit's Fanart:
- Hawke and Merrill (NSFW)
comiclasm's Fanart:
- Marrill on White
DaggerFiend's Fanart:
- Merril thugs out
-- To go with this image is Merril's Fresh Keeper of Kirkwall song!
Dalish Ranger's Fanart:
- Comfort
Drat Nine's Fanart:
- Sacrifice (Comic)
Drizzt ORierdan's Fanart
- Dealing with demons
- Cute and Bossy
- Come to Jamaica.
enife's Fanart:
- Once Upon a Time...
Estigiakin Slayer's Fanart:
- Magia de Sangre – Comic
Fishmas' Fanart
- Busted
ipoppet's Fanart:
- lil frolicker
Jackeldragon's Fanart:
- Merril hits you up gangsta style
Jessique's Art
- Alone Time (comic)
Karlov's Fanart
- Thank thing you do
Kuurankuiskaus' Fanart:
-Merrill portrait
MorningBird's Fanart:
- Lady Hawke and Merrill Sketch
Nassi's Fanart:
- Merrill + Kitten
OraVelnoria87's Fanart:
- Vale Hawke and Merrill
Pseudocognition's Fanart:
- Merrill smiling
- Isabela will love her, and pet her, and call her Merrill
- Stip Poker
ramgoatlover's Fantart:
- Merrill Shares a Scarf
rychan's Fanart:
- Liar, thief, ghost, killer
Shadowcat's Fanart:
- Dainty Merrill
Siradix's Fanart:
- Merrill at the beach
- Merrill's winter wonderland
spiraldonsta's Fanart:
- Last Word
Squanderling's Fanart:
- Slightly melancholy Merrill
- Chibi Merrill
Taix Rules All
- Merrill with storm in background
- Stoner Merrill
Tehnazzy's Fanart:
- Merrill and Gerret Hawke
TotoroTori Fanart:
- The FIRST fanart
Tsyele's Fanart:
- Sketch of Merrill
- Merrill standing
Victorian Trash's Fanart:
- Run Merrill, Run!
ViSeirA's Fanart:
- A gif of our first image of Merrill
- Merril with stenciler effect
- Sculptured Merrill
YamiSnuffles Fanart:
- Double (blood) Rainbow!
Zjarcal's Fanart:
-Merril the Martian
Maria Caliban's Fanart:
- Merrillcat
Fanart by Unknown:
- Merrill Face
- Merrill and Lady Hawke reading
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Sig Banners!
Glowy Staff 0_o
Very punny
I cannot imagine a sexier tiny blue ball of cuteness
Is the scarf also innocent and virginal? We can only hope.
Do you feel the irresistible urge to NOM on Merrill? This is the banner for you.
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And we now have our first Merrill Avatars:
Użytkownik Maria Caliban edytował ten post 30 kwiecień 2011 - 05:22
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everyone is being unfair to her. Sometimes elves irritate me, and she seems (in that .001 second shot) friendly and cheerful. I think I'll rather like her. I now pick her as my new favorite companion.
