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IN CHARACTER
Character Name: Mercedes von Martritz
Canon: Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Canon Point: Blue Lions Route - Chapter 12
In-Game Tattoo Placement: Back of hand
Current Health/Status: Healthy/Alive
Age: 22
Species: Human
Content Warnings: SPOILER HEAVY FOR MAJOR PLOTLINES, parental abandonment/neglect/abuse [emotional, implied physical, and intent of sexual]
History: overview || in-depth chapter-by-chapter summary
CRAU History and Impact: N/A
Personality: Everything Mercedes has come to be is rooted in her past, and her past is highly influenced by her Crest. Crests are highly coveted in Fodlan, as they offer prestige to the noble families due to Crests being seen as divine gifts from the goddess. Her mother remarried after her father passed the year she was born, and when her stepfather and mother bore a child with a Crest, Mercedes and her mother were soon forgotten.
Afterward, she and her mother fled to another country where they took refuge in a church. Because of this, Mercedes personally believes she owes everything to the goddess. She is an extremely religious person, and thus seems very easy-going and calm as she accepts everything that happens to be the will of the goddess. She very much feels like a puppet and is willing to let anything happen to her, thinking it to be an inevitability anyway.
This isn't just limited to her belief in the goddess. She will also allow others to guide her actions, and she will follow where others go. She is not a leader, she is not a decision maker. She may have her opinions, but she'll keep them close to her chest and not speak a word of refusal.
Overall, Mercedes is clearly kind and caring. She appears to be the perfect embodiment of the ideal woman of the church. She holds herself with perfect posture, behaves with perfect etiquette and politeness. She will rarely raise her voice, and you'll almost never catch her with a mean thought. She's not just appearing to be an ideal woman of the church - she is one, sincerely. Her kindness knows no limits, surpassing race and religion and nationality. She will always lend a healing hand to those in need.
Despite her overwhelming kindness to everyone else, she doesn't really consider it particularly noteworthy. To her, it's simply the baseline. And while you might think it's due to her religious devotion, she's not kind simply out of duty to the goddess. Her kindness is woven into the fabric of her being.
Still though, she's not perfect by any means. As one of the older members in Garreg Mach, she tends to take on a "big sister" role, and that comes with all the fun traits of a big sister such as being a bit of a busybody. Not in the gossip sense, but she will try to look after you and trot after you like a mother hen whether you like it or not. See, she used to have a younger brother before she and her mother fled, and rather than resenting him for being the cause of their discarded status, she cared for him deeply. Her big sister instincts continue on strong even though she hasn't seen her younger brother in over a decade.
It's kind of funny, actually, how she fancies herself everyone's older sister because she is actually quite absentminded and clumsy. She often needs looking after herself, as she'll either become so focused on healing others she doesn't mind her own well-being or she's tripping over something. Her absentmindedness may be in part due to her reliance on the goddess to guide her - she doesn't feel the need to really feel grounded in the world around her. She doesn't feel the need to remember test dates and such, because if it were meant to be, the goddess will arrange it to be so. The clumsiness, though, that's all on her.
That doesn't stop her from being weirdly insightful regarding other people. Perhaps her head is so empty of secular thoughts, she can focus on observing others. She can innately tell when someone is upset just be observing their posture or listening to their tone, even if it's someone she's only just met or barely knows. She's likely attuned herself to others' emotions in order to better assist others, as helping others is her biggest priority in life.
Oh, but don't confuse her for an absolute pushover! She will scold you when necessary, as is part of her big sister role. Regardless if you're important nobility or the actual crown Prince of the kingdom she's from, she won't hesitate to reprimand (softly, of course, but enough to Make You Feel Very Guilty) you. And if you've tested her patience long enough, she won't bat an eye when she tells you, unabashedly, to your face that she finds herself growing irritated just looking at you.
Abilities/Powers/Weaknesses & Warping:
Healing | Everyone in the world on which the continent Fodlan is set appears to be able to have the ability to learn healing spells. Mercedes excels in healing and other faith magic. She can either heal up close or from afar or one target or several depending on the spell.
Warped | Healing will cause injury/worsen wounds.
Magic | As with healing, everyone appears to be able to have the ability to learn magic. There are many types of magic, but Mercedes in particular only knows holy, fire, and thunder magic.
Warped | Using magic will backfire and cause her to suffer serious burns.
Lamine Crest | The Lamine Crest occasionally preserves healing magic, as in Fodlan healing magic can only be cast a certain number of times during a single battle.
Warped | Whenever the Lamine Crest activates, the effects of a warped healing spell will intensify.
Inventory:
- Concoction [healing potion]
- Iron bow
- Quiver of arrows
- Goddess ring [heals wearer, will have same warped effect as Healing above]
- Unlit torch
- Antidote [heals poison status]
Writing Samples:
tdm | multiple threads
OUT OF CHARACTER
Player Name: Jane
Player Age: 30
Player Contact: PM.
Other Characters In Game: n/a
In-Game Tag If Accepted: Mercedes von Martritz: Jane
Permissions for Character: here
Are you comfortable with prominent elements of fourth-walling?: Yes
What themes of horror/psychological thrillers do you enjoy the most?: Survival horror, paranormal, slashers, psychological horror, cyber horror, found footage horror
Is there anything in particular you absolutely need specific content warnings for?: None if pure text. Abusive/aggressive shouting men if audio/video for some reason.
Additional Information: Please feel free to let me know if I need another sample, wasn't sure if the TDM counted each thread as individual samples or not! Also was not sure if "bow" and "arrows" counted as two different weapon slots.
Sorry for reserving in February then not apping, Katsucon came for my life.
