Merlin (The Seven Deadly Sins)

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

Biography

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.

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.

Overview

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.

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.

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.

Films

Video games

Appearances

• The Seven Deadly Sins:

External Links

• The Seven Deadly Sins Wiki Entry
• Comicvine Entry

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