Hunith Emrys

Major Hunith Emrys is the mother of Merlin Emrys and lives in Wales. She is a retired army Major who worked as a nurse in armed forces. She is currently working as an emergency room nurse in a veterans centre in Cardiff.
==Personality==
She is a very strong woman. Resiliant, like Merlin, and very determined. In Radioman she is described as "a force so terrifying that even the fiercest battle charge from the armed forces would stop dead in their tracks to see her standing in their way, with their top generals trying to puzzle out the safeststrategy to get past safely".
She can be very matter-of-fact and can take command when she needs to.
Lamorak, in Collaborations, calls Hunith the strongest woman he has ever met, but observes her fragility as well,
: "Hunith wore her sadness like a shield, using it to fuel her, to keep herself moving forward, but the press of keeping secrets, the weight of her sacrifice and the damage caused by knowing her son in the hands of the enemy, hurting and alone -- it was starting to show. Not a lot. Not if someone wasn't looking for it.At the core, Hunith was solid, immoveable, determined, but at the edges? She was fraying, crinkling, breaking. It fucking hurt to watch, and Lamorak just wanted to make everything better."
Hunith is very loving and caring of her friends and family. She would do anything to ensure their safety. Because of Merlin's magic, she is contantly afraid for him, espcecially since she knows that his magic is special (it's been hinted that Merlin is an artifact). To calm herself, she bakes, which is one reason why Merlin receives so many baked goods.
Hunith can also be quite talkative and a flurry of movement. She is sometimes affectionately called Hurricane Hunith.
She makes a rabbit stew that Will hates.
Along with Merlin and Gaius, she's a believer in the Old Religion and celebrates Solstices and rituals, too (cf. R&R).
==Relationships==
She is the mother of Merlin Emrys, and therefore the mother in law of Arthur Pendragon, although she is currently unaware of this.
She is married to Balinor, and was aware that he was alive, and in Collaborations, confirms that she saw him sporadically during the intervening years. In the optional Extra, she and Balinor appear to be reunited for good.
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