it's a keeper's job to remember.

Name: Espo
Personal Journal: requiems
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Other Characters Played: Serah (starseekers), Lucina (falchions), Elize (darkbrush)

Character: Merrill
Series: Dragon Age II
Age: Unknown, and elves do not favours in being physically clear about their age; taking into account the seven years DA2 covers and that she's fairly young in her Origins cameo, I'd pin her at roughly 27.
History: Wiki. However, since the universe can be moulded by the player, we'll assume the following:

• The Warden (Hero of Ferelden) was female, and Dalish. She did not survive the blight. (Bioware's official canon; Merrill knows Mahariel, being in the same clan, etc.)
• Hawke was female, and not a mage (since, personally, it makes no story sense if Hawke is a mage). Merrill was friends with Hawke, but was not in a romance with her.
• Merrill's personal quest was completed. Marathari is dead; Merrill's clan did not perish as Hawke took responsibility for Merrill's actions using blood magic. Hawke was critical of Merrill, telling her she should have listened to what the Keeper was saying even if she thought she knew best. Still, their friendship endured. Being friendly with Hawke, Merrill did not destroy the Eluvian.

Canon Point: Post-game; in the period where Hawke and companions leave Kirkwall in fear of an Exalted March, but before they go their separate ways.

( Every time she looks away you look at Hawke with those sad puppy eyes... )