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Character Name: Merida
Player: Autumn ^-^ 
Movie of Origin: Brave
Additional Sources: N/A?
Age: 18
Reference: 
[img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/Merida_disney.png[/img]
Personality: 
Merida is a very bold, brave, daring, courageous, stubborn, rebellious, and headstrong girl who does not fit the stereotypical princess role. Rather than being a damsel in distress who is subservient to the customs, traditions, and social restrictions her society places on her and expects her to follow, Merida openly rebels and defies her heritage as a princess and would like for nothing more than to be a normal girl. She is very athletic and enjoys nothing more than riding her horse Angus and practicing her archery, of which she is the best in the kingdom. She also seems to be skilled in sword fighting, as shown in the Brave featurette "Cutting the Class". She tends to be ungraceful and has bad manners, and is extremely tomboyish.
Overall, Merida has grown throughout the course of the film from a stubborn, rebellious, and defiant person to a more understanding, open minded individual but remaining brave, courageous, kind, adventurous, free-spirited, compassionate, and loyal to those she loves the most.

Unfortunately, Merida is very short-tempered, and impulsive, causing her to do things without considering the consequences her actions can lead to. Merida can also be slightly selfish, as shown when after feeding her mother the cake that contained the spell that would "change her mother". However, Merida can understand when she is in the wrong and will do her best to fix what has happened.Despite her impulsiveness, and short-tempered nature, Merida can keep a calm head in a dangerous situation. She is also very quick witted. Merida is kind and caring to those she really cares about and who are very close to her.

Abilities: Horseback riding (Bareback), upper body strength, pin point accuracy, honourable, rock climbing skills and decent sword skills.
Flaws: Short tempered, impulsive, a little stubborn at time/dismissive of other people’s ideas.
Companion(s): Angus (Scottish Clydesdale horse)
Brief History: Merida was to be married off to the sons of neighbouring clans, an archery contest was held to determine which one would “earn” her hand. She stepped into the competition in an attempt to earn her own hand in with the idea of being able to choose who she marries and not be controlled by her mother. This ended up destroying the relationship between her and her mother and long story short, her mother was transformed into a bear. The rest of the story followed her trying to fix the small issue of turning her mother into a bear and protecting her from the village.

In the end, Merida and her mother fixed things. They are closer than ever and her mother has even accepted that she is her own strong woman. She has continued to practice her archery and train with her father to be a better swords woman. Her and her family are close, her little brothers still running amuck where they can. 


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