Playful and outgoing, Merel knows she's pretty. She moves with an elegant, refined gait, controlled but confident. She is friendly and polite: at first glance, it would be easy to mistake her as tame and mild. There's a hidden storm in her eyes that betrays that mildness, however. While she rarely seeks out conflict, she has no qualms about finishing it; Merel knows how to use her small size and her grace—and how to take advantage of the fact that she's often underestimated.

Merel is independent and often secretive. Even among her sisters, she tended to keep her own agenda. Although she enjoys company, she avoids getting too close to others.

Merel was born in a rich valley crossed by rivers, where the grass grew tall and the streams were full of fish. Her parents called her Blackbird for her dark pelt and her energetic nature. She was the first-born among four sisters. Life wasn't perfect, but food was always plentiful—and they grew up carefree and happy, running through golden fields and shady boughs. Yet such a land of plenty attracted the eye of many. Many who were not willing to share. Great metal beasts turned their home to ash, and despite Merel's efforts to keep them together, the four sisters scattered to the four winds. Merel fled east, chased by raging flames and poisonous fumes. The world beyond her now-ruined home was a harsh place.

She found what she believed to be a safe haven, from where she could locate and reunite her sisters. In time, she fell in love with the pack's leader. She loved the golden boy and thought he loved her too. Only, she discovered that he was betrothed to another--and when he learned that Merel had fallen pregnant, he turned his back on her. Outcast from her new home, Merel lost her way and her pups. A fall from a cliff failed to end her life. Instead, she awoke on Canis. Injured and alone, she is driven by something new: anger.

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