Merlin (The Seven Deadly Sins)

Merlin is a female anime and manga character who features in The Seven Deadly Sins.

Biography

Origin

Merlin in The Seven Deadly Sins v1 #15.

Merlin (Japanese: マーリン, Hepburn: Mārin) was a female human born thousands of years ago in the city of Belialuin that was the capital of the wizards that had remained neutral in the conflict between the Goddess Clan and the Demon Clan.

News of the miraculous child's birth and her infinite magic came to reach the goddess race and the demon race both of whom sought to court the girl into joining their respective side. Her choice would have tipped the balance of the war to that side's favour. However, the inhabitants of Belialuin opposed this and refused to part with the child whose power they claimed to be their property. However, against the wishes of her people, Merlin decided to speak with the deities of the goddess and demon clans. Thus, she met with the Supreme Deity and the Demon King where she claimed that she would follow whoever gave her the best blessing. The Demon King gave Merin all the knowledge of the dark secret arts of the Demon Realm along with an immunity to the brainwashing and possession abilities of the goddess race. Meanwhile, the Supreme Deity gave her a protection against dark curses and the powers of the demon races Commandments. After these powers were granted, Merlin reneged in her arrangement with both gods and chose neither side. In anger, both gods unleashed their rage against Belialuin where they cursed it with fog and death for a thousand days leading to it being destroyed in fire and lightning. Despite this destruction, Merlin managed to escape harm and came to be the only survivor of the city of wizards.

By the end of the Holy War, she came to ask the giant craftsman Dubs to create the Coffin of Eternal Darkness that was to be a tool to seal away the Demon King and Supreme Deity. This was ultimately part of Merlin's plan to break the seal on Chaos but she came to learn that this would not occur unless the balance between light and darkness was disrupted.

It was shown that she was met by Meliodas 27 years ago when he served as a Holy Knight in Danafor. He had met her with the hope of finding a cure for the curse that had been placed on Elizabeth. Merlin suggested that they recreate the Coffin of Eternal Darkness in order to free the Ten Commandments in the hope of using the power of Zeldris to break the curse. Meliodas though came to refuse as he felt that such a measure was too dangerous and that Zeldris would never willingly agree to help them. Merlin hen decided to abandon this plan and search for another means of saving Elizabeth.

Sometime later, she would meet Meliodas again when he was serving in the Kingdom of Liones where he looked to form a band of warriors known as the Seven Deadly Sins. King Bartra who was guided by Merlin came to have a vision that identified the other five members that would make their group with Meliodas setting forth to recruit them. Meliodas was responsible for recruiting many of them personally with Merlin giving Gowther an enchanted suit of armor to help keep his powers in check.

Around 21 years ago, she was noted to had taken on an apprentice in the arts of magic with this being Vivian though she had to always remind her charge of her habit of losing herself to rage.

After defeating a troll queen and accidentally destroying the Great Druid Altar, Merlin was summoned along with the rest of the Seven Deadly Sins to a castle to meet the Great Holy Knight Zaratras. After they found him dead, all the Sins were ambushed by the Liones Holy Knights. After Meliodas ordered the group to disperse, a little girl helped the Deadly Sins to escape. In the chaos, the girl was heavily injured, and Meliodas lost control of his anger. Merlin apologized to him and knocked him unconscious, stealing his strength and taking it to Istar to seal it away until the time came.

During this time, she came to find herself in the Kingdom of Camelot where she hid herself among the crowds of people. It was then that she encountered a young boy named Arthur who showed incredibly promise. Merlin then decided to make herself the boy's mentor where she helped guide him in becoming king.

Seven Deadly Sins

When Merlin and Arthur traveled to Liones, she created an illusionary army to get the Grand Masters' attention, as they felt they would not be granted an audience with the king without a large presence. Merlin, disguised with a cloak, snapped her fingers and the army disappeared, leaving Hendrickson and his envoy astonished and impressed. Hendrickson apologized and stated that the king was sick in bed, but still they insisted on seeing him. As he was escorting them to King Liones, Hendrickson attacked them, stating that it was quite common for envoys to be assassinated, even if it was the king of another country. Hendrickson took Arthur while his two Holy Knights accomplices fought Merlin. Merlin easily won the battle and went to support Arthur, healing him after he got hit by Hendrickson's Hellblaze. Arthur told Merlin to stay back while he fought, which caused Hendrickson to reflect on Arthur's and Merlin's abilities. When Arthur was defeated by Hendrickson, Arthur started to blame himself as he was not strong enough, but Merlin, still disguised, told Arthur that he perform admirably and just surviving a fight against a Great Holy Knight of another kingdom was significant. She said that Arthur's first battle was well done and that he should watch Meliodas's battle, as it would serve him in the future, for he was destined to lead Britannia one day. Later on, Vivian teleported the Holy Knights and the Deadly Sins to a forest in order to prevent them from rescuing Princess Elizabeth. Fortunately, Merlin sends the group back to Liones and begins toying with Vivian, sending her to different locations, enraging her. Vivian attacks her with a strong wind, and as her cloak is torn apart, her identity is revealed. Everyone was either shocked or happy to see Merlin, however, Meliodas was displeased as he believed Merlin was the one who knocked him out ten years ago, and as such wanted answers from her. Yet, he decided to ask her later as they needed to save Elizabeth and Bartra Liones, which Merlin happily agreed with, as she teleported the group to the Royal Chambers. The group was shocked to be in the location so fast and noticed that the Dawn Roar were there as well. As Meliodas was about to try to destroy the door, Merlin revealed that it would be impossible to break in, as it was protected by "Perfect Cube", a spell from the Demon World, and as such would not be destroyed with either strong or weak attacks. Merlin used "Absolute Cancel" and broke the spell, freeing Elizabeth and Bartra. During Dreyfus interrogation, Merlin revealed that Vivian was obsessed with Gilthunder and was willingly to take him and Margaret hostage.

After the situation, Bartra started to cough blood which alarmed everyone until Merlin came and offered to heal him back in Camelot along with Arthur. As Merlin was about to leave through teleport, Arthur told her to wait as he went to Meliodas and offered him the title and rank of Great Holy Knight in Camelot as he believed that they were fated to meet. Everyone was surprised and shocked at Arthur's offer, but Meliodas accepted Arthur's offer, to Elizabeth dismay, as Meliodas believed that since the kingdom was saved, Elizabeth was freed, and Dawn Roar would take over the Deadly Sins' job, there would be no need of him in Liones anymore. Arthur was ecstatic to hear Meliodas acceptance, but Meliodas told him not yet, as he need to stay in the kingdom to restore it, and he still had the Boar Hat to run. Meliodas then asked Merlin if she would rejoin the Deadly Sins, to which she replied not right away and teleported along with the sick Bartra and the depressed Arthur, much to the team's displeasure. As a result, none of the three knew the next serious situation caused by Hendrickson. Later after Hendrickson's death and defeat, Merlin returned to Liones with King Bartra, who had recently recovered thanks to her new hidden technique from the Demon Realm, but Meliodas criticized her for using the king as her magical guinea pig, which the Boar's Sin of Gluttony brushed off so long as the result were good, much to the king's chagrin. Merlin then listened to the Holy Knights kneeling down before their king, asking for heavy punishment for their sins for blindly following Hendrickson and his evil plot but Bartra instead told them to devote their power to the restoration of their kingdom and thanking the Seven Deadly Sins for saving the country. When Merlin quickly stopped Ban from trading blows with Gowther over Hawk's death, she asked the Goat's Sin of Lust where his armor had gone, and told him that she would get him a new one after hearing his answer. Merlin then came to witness Hawk's revival as the Sins rejoiced for their animal companion's return.

Afterwards, Ban and Meliodas begin to have their pretend fight with Merlin along alongside the others of Liones attend as spectators. Whilst there, she reminded both of them that the laws of the Seven Deadly Sins allowed them to settle their differences with a fight, but that the others must interfere if it becomes a fight to the death. In order to avoid any damage to the spectators, Merlin encloses Ban and Meliodas in her Perfect Cube to fight comfortably. When Ban is about to use his Hunter Fest, Merlin teleports away to avoid being affected. In the following days, Merlin detects the presence of Vivian following Gilthunder in secret. When Meliodas asks her to become a waitress at Boar Hat, Merlin accepts only under the condition that Meliodas captures Vivian. After captured, Vivian is held in Merlin's laboratory, using special chains to nullify her magic. There, Merlin asks Gilthunder to decide Vivian's fate after what she did to him and Margaret, but Gilthunder decides not to punish her. Even so, Merlin uses her Curse Engage to curse Vivian and thus causing extreme pain and finally death if she does any wrong against Gilthunder. When Merlin reprimanded her for helping Hendrickson to release the Demon Clan, Vivian claims that they could have controlled them with weapons like the Goddess Amber. There, Merlin states that Goddess Amber can only enclose low-level demons like the Red Demon or Gray Demon, revealing the existence of much more powerful demons within the clan, which causes Vivian to burst into tears. That night, Merlin fulfills her promise and works as a waitress at the Boar Hat, receiving praise from all the men when they see her in the uniform of the tavern. However, when Meliodas revealed that he planned a routine of singing and dancing for the waitresses leading to Merlin resigning immediately.

As Liones was being rebuilt, Meliodas and Hawk were watching over the injured Elizabeth as she slept in her bed. Merlin teleported out of nowhere, and stated that Elizabeth had unlocked her powers without even thinking about it, which had only healed everyone else because she was thinking about all but herself. Even if Elizabeth had some power left, she still would not be heal herself first, which led to Hawk tearing up, believing that Elizabeth should at least think about her health first. Meliodas and Merlin discussed the location of the Eternal Coffin of Darkness, as it was no longer in Liones. Even with Merlin's 'Location' magic, she had been unable to find it. However, it was revealed that a strange bird had appeared and flown to the east. Merlin revealed that she had told Arthur that she would be away for a while, as she would rejoin the Deadly Sins for the time being, which made Meliodas glad as it could save them, but still on adge due to her suspicious smile. Meliodas revealed that he still wanted to know what happened ten years ago while Merlin seemed interested in Hawk, calling him a hero which made the tiny pig happy and befriend Merlin. Meliodas realized that he had forgotten something and went back to Elizabeth room while Hawk yelled at him that he should not do anything weird to Elizabeth while she slept. When Merlin and Margaret appeared in front of Elizabeth's room, Meliodas steps out of the room with a grin which made some of them worried that he had done something weird, until it was revealed that Elizabeth was up and healed for unknown reason. Hawk was overjoyed to see Elizabeth standing again, but wondered why she was moving again. Merlin seemed to know what Meliodas did as it was revealed that Meliodas held her hand and told her that he could not live without her, which made her wake up. At some point earlier, Merlin had given Diane Minimum Tablets to shrink down to human size while the latter's tattered clothes were being repaired for a while. In preparations for the National Foundation Festival, Merlin gave Diane a new outfit and a gauntlet replacing her previously lost one, back at the Forest of White Dreams. During the festival, Merlin, among the crowd of people and Holy Knights witnessed a marvelous display of fireworks. At some point after the festival, Merlin salvaged whatever remains of her Magical Items within her destroyed castle were left, and set up a temporary small castle until her old one was rebuilt. She gave Hawk Balor's Magical Eye as his new ear trinket and explained the fundamentals behind it, demonstrating the analyzing of the passing Holy Knights' Power Levels.

The Boar's Sin of Gluttony unwittingly lied to Hawk that his Power Level was 3000 as a playful joke that fed the talking pig's ego. Later at the award ceremony, Merlin was present with the rest of her fellow Sins and Hawk (who had somehow grown back to normal size), except Ban and King, who were at the new Fairy King's Forest, and Escanor who was still missing. When the king decided to go on with the award bestowing, Merlin witnessed Meliodas calling for the objection and the appearance of three of the Pleiades of the Azure Sky, Deathpierce, Dogedo, and Waillo when the Dragon's Sin of Wrath demanded they stoop forth to have a voice in the matter. The Boar's Sin of Gluttony witnessed a battle between Meliodas and Dogedo which ended in the former's victory and the latter's defeat and unconsciousness, with the satisfied Six Stars leaving the scene. When Hawk begins to panic about his companions' Power Levels, Merlin tells the talking pig that every member of the Seven Deadly Sins' Power Levels are higher than any Holy Knights' and her Power Level was revealed to be at 4710 much to Hawk's dismay. Much later, the Deadly Sins encountered Gilthunder, Howzer, and Griamore who thanked Meliodas for defending them and Dreyfus, but felt troubled about themselves. Merlin advised them to go out and find the truth for themselves. Merlin accompanied her fellow Sins to meet with King Bartra, who informed them of the growing omen of the Holy War set in Camelot, south of Britannia. Later, Gowther went to Merlin's new headquarter where she gave him strange pills as medicine, which Hawk found tasty. As Diane came in, begging Merlin to find King, which Merlin teases her about, saying he might have turned invisible. Merlin then told Diane that if she stopped thinking about him, he might pop up and told her that they should get ready to leave for Camelot soon. When everyone left Merlin's home, Meliodas walked in, demanding to know what had happened ten years ago and wanting something that was stolen from him. Merlin revealed that she knew that the Demon Clan had been set free and believed Hendrickson was still alive. Meliodas was not worried about him as what he was most worried about is the ones who were set free, as he believed they were the Ten Commandments, hand-picked by the Demon King himself. Hearing, this, Merlin got a bit too excited as the items in her room flew around and asked to talk about this real issue.

Suddenly, Merlin and Meliodas were struck by Gowther's Blackout technique that knocked out everyone in the capital unconscious except for Diane and were believed to be affected as well. But later on, they're revealed to be alright as they searched around the city to find the cause behind the anomaly. There they find Elizabeth regaining consciousness and then the aftermath of the skirmish between Diane and Gowther appearing to be ended in a draw. After the short scuffle has been settled for now with Gowther returning Guila's old memories as well as Zeal's including their breakup of their relationship, Merlin and her fellow Sins confronts Slader who arrived at the scene. The Boar's Sin of Gluttony was pleased to see the Dawn Roar captain and had a favor for him, only for Meliodas to remind her that Slader only listens to the king. Merlin there uses Absolute Cancel to revert Gowther back to his original form as a doll. There she reveals that Gowther is in fact a doll created by a great wizard and ask Slader to take care of him until Gowther´s magic activates again. Merlin and the others returned to the bar where Slader agree to join with them for a while and Elizabeth wanted to join, but Meliodas shut her down coldly to avoid her getting hurt by the Commandment to the displease of others. However, Merlin got a call from Arthur who was under attack from an Albion and teleported to Camelot to battle the giant. Merlin used her magic to make Hawk Mama fly over Camelot along everyone over her. Upon arriving, they discover the Albion trying to destroy Camelot, but a special magic barrier that Merlin has put around Camelot to protect it from harms stops it, but only for a short while. While Meliodas, Arthur and his men fought against Albion, Liz's Sword was soon broken which Merlin believed it was time for her to return his Sacred Treasure, Lostvayne, that she have found in a bazaar. There, Meliodas used his Sacred Treasure to slay the golem and saved Camelot. While the group chatted fondly, Galand of the Ten Commandments appeared and challenged everyone to a fight. Meliodas was shocked to see him and Galand revealed that he knew Meliodas and was surprised he had not aged at all for the last three thousand years, but still attacked him. Merlin takes care of Elizabeth, Hawk and Arthur, protecting them with her Perfect Cube. While the Deadly Sins fought bravely, they still lost to Galand, Merlin tries to support them equipping Diane and attempts to teleport Galand away, but the speed of the demon proved to be superior to her magic's. At which point Merlin tried to trick Galand by lying to him until find a way to prevent Camelot to receive more damage. As it turned out, Galand's Commandment of Truth, which turned anybody to stone should they lie to him, turns Merlin in a statue to horror of Arthur. The Deadly Sins were believed to have been killed by Galand, when in reality, his memories were altered by Gowther's Invasion.

While Camelot mages tried returning Merlin's body back to normal, they were not able to, but luckily, Merlin had stored her consciousness in her Sacred Treasure, and revealed that her body could only be returned to normal by the power of a Goddess. The group was still down about losing to Galand. However, Meliodas soon lifted everyone's spirits up by deciding to train more to get stronger, and to figure out a strategy. Even Arthur and Elizabeth would have to awake their hidden powers as well. Meliodas believed the situation was so bad, they would have to bring in Escanor and later went to check up on Diane's health until King popped up to check up on her. When the three checked on Diane, she was shown to have lost all of her memories, up to the point of meeting Meliodas for the first time. While Meliodas and the others talked about Diane's lost memories, King kept Diane company until she started to lose more memories and ran off. Gowther soon revealed that he had uses Lost World on her to test if her feelings for King were stronger than she said. After King punched Gowther, the others followed Diane, who was heading to Megadozer, until they were stopped by Monspeet's fire ball, which Hawk Mama ate, to the others shock. When they could not sense Diane's power level anymore, Meliodas believed she was fine and that they should focus on their training until they met Diane again. Meliodas decided the first thing to do was to head to Istar, the home of the Druids, and the location of Meliodas' stolen strength. On the way, Merlin reveals to his companions the truth about why he took Meliodas's power ten years ago, because it was too dangerous for him to control him by losing himself in his anger, but to fight with the Ten Commandments, they need that power.

Upon reaching Istar, Merlin explained to Slader that they can only enter the sacred land of the Druids if they will break through. After being greeted by Jenna and Zaneri, Merlin is pleased that these two will offer their help. When everyone decides to enter the Training Caves to strengthen, Merlin says he can not accompany them since she still lacks a physical body. When observing the fight that unties between Meliodas and King, Merlin reveals the nature of the power Disaster of King, able to manipulate the life and the death. After finally getting his strength back, Meliodas asks Merlin to teleport him to where the Ten Commandments are. Merlin tells him that he knows exactly where to send him by following Galand's presence, but that it will take at least ten seconds for him to bring him back, so he must face what the Commandments do to him at that time. After Meliodas returned safely and defeated Galand, Merlin is surprised by the cat that appears in Arthur's head. After leaving Istar, Hawk reads the new power level of Meliodas as 3,250 which is less than before. However, Merlin tells him that he forgot a zero at the end, leaving everyone shocked by revealing his power level at 32,500. After Grayroad and Fraudrin of the Ten Commandments were able to successfully infiltrate Liones Castle, Merlin, freed from the petrification, appears to stop the former, claiming that she will turn them into her guinea pigs. After freezing Grayroad's eggs to delay the hatching of more Demons and save Howzer from her Five Lost, she engages in a fight with the queen of the Gray Demon. After defending herself from the demon's attacks and kill one of her faces with Exterminate Ray, Merlin is show not affected by Grayroad's Pacifism commandment. There Merlin reveals both her magic ability, Infinity, that lead everyone to call it unfair, and her true identity as the daughter of Belialuin. Utterly shocked, the Commandments are paralyzed of fear and Merlin starts her offensive, ending the fight in one attack by sucking Grayroad in a small test tube with Endless Whirl. She then expressed joy about being able to experiment with such an unusual Demon.

After Hendrickson and Zaratras managed to purge Fraudrin out of Dreyfus' body, Merlin stays with the other survivors of the Commandment's assault on the capital and watches as at first the no longer controlled Dreyfus and Zaratras and eventually Meliodas, who returned from Purgatory, fight Fraudrin. To ensure the group's safety, she arrays the royal family and the Holy Knights in her Perfect Cube. After Fraudrin was murdered by Meliodas, Merlin met with Escanor who asked how Meliodas was still alive, prompting Merlin to reveal the curse that the Demon King put on him, reviving him every time he died in exchange for his emotions are consumed more and more. In the end, Merlin states that no matter what atrocities he committed, Fraudrin did not deserve to die the way he did. The night after the defeat of the Commandments, Merlin took care of rebuilding all the damage in the kingdom and castle. The next day, she explains everything to Escanor while he gives her a bath. However, she also claims that the battle is not over as all who were under the control of Zeldris' Commandment fled to Camelot, which is the current headquarters of the Demon Clan. In order to face the next battle, Merlin states that the seven members of the Seven Deadly Sins must reunite to whom Meliodas is agree, so Merlin arranges things to free Gowther from his imprisonment.

While Merlin waits on the roof of the castle of Lions with the other Sins for a prophecy of Bartra about a "full moon" this turns out to be the arrival of Diane and King. After receiving them and hearing about their journey 3,000 years in the past, Merlin says that it could be the temporary regression technique belonging to the Goddess Clan. When Bartra appears and shows Gowther the magical heart that used to belong to him, this one of immediate leaves fleeing. Upon hearing about the "magic heart" that is imbued in the object, Merlin asks the king to allow him to examine it. There, following the rules of the Seven Deadly Sins of always helping each other in times of need, Merlin along with others in search of Gowther. When Gowther is reached by Diane and King, they try to help him so that he does not erase his memories. There Merlin arrives and reveals Gowther's past with the princess Nadja Liones and how she died and Gowther tried to revive her with his magic heart, erasing his own memories and feelings when he could not do it. However, Merlin revealed that this 'magic heart' was actually a common object and that this never had any 'magic of heart' since the true heart of Gowther was within him at those moments. Thus, Gowther awakens his dormant feelings and memories, along with his true magical power. Merlin says that Gowther was the masterpiece of the life of a great wizard, so it is not surprising that he has always had a true heart. Later, Merlin sends Orlondi to Camelot in search of Arthur. While Merlin watches through him from Liones, Orlondi is discovered by Zeldris, who releases his Hellblaze against him, however, Merlin is the one who receives the attack, being seriously wounded.

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Personality and attributes

In appearance, Merlin was a slim, attractive and tall woman who had three beauty marks below her right eye with her having long shoulder length black hair. Despite her form, her true appearance was that of a child where she had long black hair that reached her mid-back. Her outfits tended to be highly revealing with the open fur collared long coats that had heart shaped buttons whilst she had short shorts and thigh high boots. As a Holy Knight, she tended to wear concealing armour that hid her features where it resembled a long dress with her wearing high-heeled boots. It was revealed that her true form was that of a child of similar features with her having long black hair that reached the mid of her back. The name 'Merln' was said to be an alias as her true name was unpronounceable to humans. She was regarded as the Daughter of Belialuin that was a fearsome reputation to even those among the Demon Clan. Among the Seven Deadly Sins, she was known as the Boar's Sin of Gluttony and as the Crimson Boar with the tattoo of it being located on the left side of her neck. Merlin also came to be known as Britannia's Greatest Sorcerer due to her considerable magical talent.

Her reputation led to her being famous to the members of the demon race some of whom came to fear her.

On the surface, she was shown as being a very calm and passive woman who almost never cold her cool regardless of the situation. During their first encounter with Galand, she remained calm despite the fact that the demon was overpowering their team. In fact, during their fight she was thinking of strategies to counter her opponent. Exceptions to this were in extreme cases such as when she could not cope after Meliodas reverted to his former self or when Arthur was impaled by his own sword.

She had a desire to learn leading to her acquiring items for her research and study. According to Meliodas, Merlin took an interest in anything that she considered 'rare'. This led to her taking an interest in Escanor due to his power and the many mysteries surrounding him. When the Ten Commandments were freed, she expressed excitement as she knew she could gain large amounts of information from their return. This saw her capturing Grayroad and Melascula in order to learn how the Commandments they bore worked.

Despite her mysterious nature, Escanor came to note that Merlin reality was a very kind and cheerful woman. Typically, she was kind and polite to everyone around her including those she did not know. She was the only person who treated Escanor as a person rather than a monster as everyone else does prior to him joining the Sins. She also has a motherly side, treating Arthur as a mother would a son and was deeply saddened over his death.

It was shown that she tended to refer to Elizabeth as 'big sis-sis' and had looked up to her.

Escanor came to note that Merlin was the only person who saw him as a person rather than a monster in the time before he joined the Seven Deadly Sins.

Merlin had shown a motherly form of care towards Arthur who she treated as a son. Such was the depth of her care that she was deeply saddened over his death and it was noted that he was someone precious to her.

Powers and abilities

Originally, the woman known as Merlin was an ordinary human being with no inherent powers at birth. However, from a young age, she demonstrated a talent towards learning magic and was regarded as a prodigy. Her sheer talent allowed her to overcome the wisemen of Belialuin. Such was her magical potential that the demon wizard Gowther came to be incredibly impressed with Merlin when she was a child. She was regarded as the genius child who had been responsible for deceiving both the Supreme Deity and the Demon King. Such was her power that the Archangel Lucodiel commented that he would not want to make an enemy out of her. Merlin was said to be the greatest magician in all of Britannia.

Her inherent magical power was the ability known as Infinity (無限インフィニティ, Infiniti) that allowed her sustain her magic indefinitely until she dispelled them. She came to use this to enact a spell that froze her own time thus making her effectively immortal. She possessed vast knowledge of magic and spells ranging from levitation allowing her to fly to being able to cast illusions to the point of creating armies. In battle, Merlin often opts to teleport her opponents into a multitude of harsh environments. She was also capable of creating magical portals into different spaces.

She gained the blessings of both the Demon King and the Supreme Deity leading to Merlin gaining immunity to the brainwashing and possession abilities of the Goddess Clan, as well as a strengthening of her spirit. Through the blessing of the Demon King and studies under the Ten Commandments' Gowther, Merlin has also gained knowledge of the secret techniques originating from the Demon Realm.

In battle, her greatest asset lay in her knowledge and intelligence, using strategies to render her opponents helpless without engaging them directly.

Among her techniques included:

• Absolute Cancel (絶対強制解除アブソリュート・キャンセル, Abusoryūto Kyanseru) : Merlin was capable of completely erasing a spell from existence by placing her hand over it. However, particularly powerful magic was difficult to fully erase and might only be temporarily stopped.
• Magic Cancel (魔力解除マジックキャンセル, Majikku Kyanseru) : a technique that allowed her to cancel any magic that had been cast on an individual. Merlin typically used it to cancel the effects of magical items in her own collection.
• Location (探知ロケーション, Rokēshon) : a power that allowed Merlin to find a person with her capable of extending its reach to cover an area of approximately the size of a city,
• Power Amplify (魔力増幅パワー・アンプリファイ, Pawā Anpurifai) : a spell capable of amplifying the magic of her allies thus making their techniques considerably more powerful.
• Perfect Cube (完璧なる立方体パーフェクト・キューブ, Pāfekuto Kyūbu) : an ability that she learnt from the demon world that denied entry to anyone except the cast. It surrounded a target area in a spell that reflected all attacks whether they were strong or weak back at the person inside.
• Shunkan Ido (瞬間移動しゅんかんいどう, Shunkan Idō; literally meaning "Teleportation") : a high level teleportation spell that allowed to cast to appear and disappear at will with Merlin able to move to precise locations and was able to teleport groups of people instantaneously.
• Wave Dragon (波竜ウェーブドラゴン, Uēbu Doragon) : using this spell, Merln was able to create many dragons made of water.
• Fire Storm (ファイアストーム, Faia Sutōmu) : Merlin was able to create powerful blasts of fire using this spell.
• Exterminate Ray (殲滅の光エクスターミネイトレイ, Ekusutāmineito Rei; literally meaning "Light of Annihilation") : a powerful disintegration beam that incinerated everything within its line of fire.
• Endless Whirl (終わりなき渦エンドレス・ワール, Endoresu Wāru) : with this spell, Merlin was able to create a vortex of wind of incredible destructive power that sucked everything around into the center.
• Shock Stinger(衝撃の尾針ショック・スティンガー, Shokku Sutingā) : a spell that could fire a lightning bolt at the enemy.
• Magic Seal (魔力封じマジックシール, Majikku Shīru) : a technique that sealed away the magic in an area.
• Icicle Castle (氷柱の城アイシクルキャッスル, Aishikuru Kyassuru) : a spell with which Merlin trapped her targets inside huge pillars of ice with it being powerful enough to briefly restrain higher ranking demons.

She had her own Sacred Treasure that was known as Morning Star Aldan (明星 アルダン, Myōjō Arudan) that was a floating crystalline sphere. It was capable of channelling her magic and casting these as spells. Merlin was also able to place her soul within it in case her body was ever incapacitated.

Other items that Merlin had in her possession included:

• No. 9: The Needle of Humanification :
• No. 48: Cure Angel :
• No. 91: Heat Fork :
• No. 172: Minimum Tablets :
• No. 174: Peace Amulet :
• No. 300: Monster Block :
• No. 401: Absolute Defecation Candy :
• Balor's Power Eye :
• Goddess Amber :
• Incantation Orbs :

She came to be a member of the Seven Deadly Sins (七つの大罪, Nanatsu no Taizai) who were considered the most powerful order of Holy Knights from the Kingdom of Lionnes.

Notes

• Merlin was created by Nakaba Suzuki where she featured in the setting of The Seven Deadly Sins universe.

In other media

Television

• In The Seven Deadly Sins, Merlin appeared in the setting of the anime television series where she was voiced by Japanese actress Maaya Sakamoto and by English actress Lauren Landa in the dub.

Appearances

• The Seven Deadly Sins:

External Links

• The Seven Deadly Sins Wiki Entry
• Comicvine Entry

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