Merle/Plot

Early Life
Growing up in the Maritime Village, Merle and her brother, Weiss, lived a classic fisherman lifestyle where they would wake up early. Due to this, they were frequently too tired to pay attention to classes, requiring help from Glen.

Mansion
Merle was assigned to the same team as Emil, who she bothered with a never-ending stream of questions. Roughly a week after Merle started working outside her room, Emil sent her to throw out some gathered soot. One her way, she misjudged the distance between her and a dropped broom, slipping and spilling the sack to her distress. She is then approached by Weiss who feels responsible as he had forgotten to pick up the broom and helped her clean up. Weiss' teammate Glen appears to help, seeing the two struggle. He points out Weiss and Merle's physical similarities, especially in their eyes and skin tone which raises the idea of the two being related. Iori and Emil appear to get their teammates back to work and the three separate.

Debut
On the morning of the Debut, Merle puts on a veil to hide her face and goes out with Merriel to meet with their class in front of the Hall of Glory. The class meets the examiner of the Debut, Alistair, who leads the children into a parlor room. As the Dolls take off their veils, Merle gets excited seeing Emil and accidentally causes a point to be deducted from Merriel.