Merida Merida is a Disney Princess mini - doll released in 2014 . She will appear in one set , 41051 Merida ' s Highland Games . Description . Merida has dark orange curly hair . She has a Caucasian head , with light blue eyes , a nose and a mouth with gnashing teeth decorated with lipstick . This face is also seen on Stephanie , Sophie and Katharina . Merida wears a dark blue torso . The top of her torso is light nougat , and has a golden neckline with a triangle coming down the center separating it from the rest of her torso , being plain dark blue . She has dark blue sleeves with golden elbow pads , at the elbow . Merida has a long dark blue dress piece connected to the bottom of her torso . At the bottom of the dress there are golden Celtic patterns and above that golden sparkles . Background . Merida is the only daughter and first child of chieftain Fergus Dunborch , meaning she is a princess and one day will take the role of Queen . Merida is first seen as a child playing hide - and - seek with her mother Queen Elinor on her birthday . Then she sees her father ' s bow on the table and asks him to shoot an arrow with it . Fergus , her father , presents her with her own bow as a birthday present . She accidentally shoots an arrow into the forest and goes to retrieve it , but is distracted by a trail of Will O ' the Wisps that appear before her . The Wisps lead her out of the forest and to her parents . Elinor tells her that the wisps lead you to your fate , but Fergus doesn ' t believe it . Suddenly , Mor ' du ( a giant bear ) attacks , and Elinor and Merida flee while Fergus stays behind to fight the demonic bear , though Merida wants to help her father . Years later , Merida Queen Elinor is trying to make Merida into a proper princess of royalty despite Merida ' s objection . One day when there are no lessons , she goes riding on her horse , Angus . She shoots arrows at targets she sets up in the forest . She even climbs the Crone ' s Tooth and drinks from the Fire Falls in joy . Merida returns home to join her family at dinner . As she enters , Merida listens to Fergus telling her three younger triplet brothers the story of his battle with Mor ' du until she interrupts and tells them that their father lost his left leg in the battle , and Mor ' du is waiting his chance of revenge . Moments later , Elinor tells Merida that the three Lords are coming to present their suitors to compete for her hand in marriage . Not wanting to get married , Merida angrily storms out of the Great Hall to her bedroom . As she is complying , Elinor enters telling her the story of a king who divided his kingdom for each of his four sons to rule , but the eldest wanted to rule the entire land and so brought war , and his desire to follow his own path led to the downfall of the kingdom . Merida still refuses to listen , but Elinor is adamant and tells Merida to go through with it even if she doesn ' t want it . Merida is still determined she will not marry whoever wins the games . Days later , the Lords arrive in DunBroch . Elinor prepares Merida in a tight dress and they all gather in the Great Hall for the presentation of the suitors . Each of the Lords present their sons . Elinor proclaims that only the firstborn of the great leaders may compete in the games which gives Merida an idea of how to get out of the marriage , she declares that she chooses archery for the Highland Games . When the competition begins , Merida sneaks her bow and arrows behind her throne . As the suitors shoot at the targets , she sneaks off and appears on the field , declaring she will shoot for her own hand . Ignoring Elinor ' s protests , she strikes the bulls - eye of the first two suitors ' targets . When she shoots an arrow through the full length of Wee Dingwall ' s arrow and through the target , she smiles , until she sees her furious mother . Elinor drags and throws Merida into the tapestry room as they have an argument with each other about Merida ' s actions , with Elinor calling her a child and Merida calling her a beast for trying to ruin her life . Merida then slices the family tapestry between the pictures of herself and Elinor in a fit of rage , and Elinor throws Merida ' s bow into the fire . Merida tearfully runs away from the castle as Elinor quickly fishes the bow from the fire , feeling horribly guilty and she too begins to cry . Merida is weeping as she rides Angus through the forest until they come across the Standing Stones and a trail of wisps leading them to a woodcarver ' s cottage . Merida discovers that this old woodcarver is actually a witch , and demands a spell . The witch tells her to get out , until Merida offers to buy all her carvings with her pendant in exchange for a spell that will change her fate . The witch gives in and conjures up a cursed cake , which she says that she did for a prince who had wanted the strength of ten men and got what he wanted . Merida takes the cake and heads back to DunBroch . Elinor enters the room , and Merida gives her the cake on a false peace offering and Elinor eats a piece , then suddenly starts feeling sick . Merida escorts Elinor to her chambers and puts her in bed . Suddenly Elinor starts transforming into a bear . Merida is horrified at the spell ' s effect and with her brothers help gets Elinor out of the castle . They travel back to the Witch ' s cottage but they find her gone . Then they find the witch ' s cauldron with a ghostly image of the Witch in the potion - controlled automated voice message telling Merida that she has until the second sunrise to break the spell or her mother will remain a bear forever . Baffled , Merida accidentally sabotages the cottage , so Merida and Elinor take shelter in the remains of the cottage for the night . The next morning , Merida teaches her mother to catch fish , and they both start bonding . Then Elinor heads into the forest and Merida follows her ; but Elinor is not herself , and starts attacking her daughter until she returns to herself . Merida is confused until they see a trail of wisps and follow them to the ruins of a castle . Merida falls through the floor into a throne room and realizes it was the kingdom from the story Elinor was telling her about . Merida sees a stone with three figures and a split stone with the fourth figure and realizes that the curse has happened before , when the prince sought to change his fate , resulting in his kingdom ' s downfall and his transformation to Mor ' du . Then she sees Mor ' du and he attacks her until she barely escapes with Elinor ' s help and they flee back to the Standing Stones . Merida realizes that Elinor will become like Mor ' du unless she sews the tapestry back together to mend the bond torn by pride in hopes it will break the spell . That night they sneak into the castle . Peeking into the Great Hall , they see Fergus and the lords on the brink of war . It is up to Merida to stop this , as her mother ' s a bear . Elinor , fearful of being seen and attacked , freezes into a stationary position while Merida walks into the room and tells them she was in conference with Elinor . he tells them of the story of the selfish prince who brought chaos to the land , and reminds them that legends are lessons and they ring with truths . The clans had been enemies until they were threatened by the Northern Invaders and joined forces to defend their lands . When they won the war , the clans made Fergus their king for bringing them together and made an alliance . Merida then tells them that they should be free to follow their hearts and find their own love . The Lords ' sons agree with this and confess to their fathers that they didn ' t want to fight over a girl who doesn ' t want any of it . So they all agree ; but Merida notices a guard staring at Elinor ' s frozen pose and distracts everyone by telling them to got to the cellar to celebrate . When everyone is gone , Elinor is proud of her and they both head to the tapestry room . As Merida is looking for thread and needles to mend the tapestry . When Fergus enters the room , Elinor is terrified , Merida tries to calm her , but her mother flees in horror as Merida tries to tell Fergus that the bear is Elinor , but Fergus refuses to listen . He locks Merida in the tapestry room for protection and the Lords go after Elinor . Merida starts crying again and calls for help , her brothers show up but they , too , have been turned into bears for eating of the cursed cake . They release Merida , and all four ride on Angus while Merida frantically sews up the tapestry . They follow a trail of will o ' the wisps to where Elinor was captured . Merida fights Fergus to keep him from killing Elinor , until he is convinced when the three bear cubs help stop him , and he realizes they are his sons . Suddenly Mor ' du appears and attacks the soldiers and Fergus . Then he attempts to eat Merida until Elinor saves her daughter just in time and starts fighting Mor ' du . After slamming Elinor into one of the stones , he turns to kill Merida , who is holding up a spear against him , until Elinor pulls him back and smashes him against a cracked menhir , which then crushes him to death . A wisp of something rising from his body reveals the image of the prince , who nods to them as if in acknowledgement and gratitude and then disappears . As the sun starts to come up , Merida realizes it is the second sunrise ; she grabs the tapestry and throws it around Elinor . Merdia hugs her mother crying thinking she has failed . But Merida feels a human hand touching her hair and realizes Elinor is human again . Fergus comes and hugs his wife and daughter and kisses Elinor . Merida reminds her she is naked under the tapestry and Fergus tells the lords not to look as the triplets , now human once again , come running naked and hugging their parents and sister . Later , Merida and Elinor are sewing a new tapestry together of Merida and Elinor as a bear . Then they both ride on their horses and journey around Scotland , their mother - daughter relationship and bond even stronger and closer now .