Merlin (Seven Deadly Sins)

Merlin, also known as Boar's Sin of Gluttony, Crimson Boar, Lady Merlin, Britannia's Greatest Sorcerer, Daughter of Belialuin and Big Sister, is one of the main characters from The Seven Deadly Sins series.
== Charactah Account ==
Merlin is the Boar's Sin of Gluttony and the mentor of Arthur Pendragon. Originally appearing as a cloaked person assisting Arthur, she finally reveals herself while fighting her apprentice Vivian. She is the greatest magician in all of Britannia. She is also the one who knocked Meliodas a decade ago when the Sins were framed in order to prevent him from getting angry.
Prior to the Seven Deadly Sins' supposed betrayal, Merlin demonstrates a playful nature, telling her teammates that their meeting with the Great Holy Knight might turn out to be a scolding from their superior for destroying the Great Druid Altar. Merlin is also apologetic, in asking for her captain's forgiveness for knocking him out. She enjoys mocking and challenging others, teasing her apprentice Vivian for losing herself in rage again. Merlin tends to use anyone as a magical guinea pig to test out new techniques she learned so long as the results are good (as Meliodas had noted).
Merlin is a very calm and passive woman, almost never loosing her cool regardless of the situation. Even as she and everyone were being overwhelmed by Galand, Merlin remained calm and was able to think of a strategy to counter him. The only time she loses her calmness is when the situation is beyond her ability to cope, such as Meliodas reverting to his previous self or when Arthur was impaled by his own sword.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* The Seven Deadly Sins
* The Seven Deadly Sins Movie 1: Prisoners of the Sky
* The Seven Deadly Sins Movie 2: Cursed By Light
* The Seven Deadly Sins OVA
* The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement
* The Seven Deadly Sins: Heroes' Frolic
* The Seven Deadly Sins: Imperial Wrath of the Gods
* The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of the Commandments
* The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of the Commandments Recap
* The Seven Deadly Sins: Signs of Holy War
=== Manga ===
* The Seven Deadly Sins
* The Seven Deadly Sins Academy
* The Seven Deadly Sins: The Vampires of Edinburgh
=== Video Games ===
* Divine Gate
* The King of Fighters All Star
* The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross
* The Seven Deadly Sins: Knights of Britannia
== Trivia ==
* According to the official fanbook/s:
** She is right-handed
** Before being framed, she held the Diamond rank
** Daily routine: Research and experiments
** Weak Point: Once she concentrates on something she forgets everything else around her
** Birthplace: Belialuin
** What she likes about herself: Being a passionate researcher
** Dream/Hope: Knowing everything
** Regrets: Being born
** The most embarrassing thing in her life: The one time when she confessed her love
** What she wants the most right now: Lifting the curse of the commandment
** Favorite animal: Mother of Chaos
** Favorite scent: Her research facility
** Favorite food: Raisins
** Charming point: Her suspicious smile
** She has no complex
** There is no person she respects
** She does not want to make an enemy of Meliodas
* In Arthurian legends, Merlin is the name of a legendary wizard and adviser to Arthur, the King of Camelot, as well the mentor of Vivian, who despised Merlin.
* Sometime after the Sins were framed, Merlin's old castle in the Kingdom of Liones started being used by Hendrickson as his Magical Research Facility, and overflowed with rare magical artifacts prior to its destruction. After Hendrickson's defeat Merlin started using another building to house various magic materials, though it is considerably smaller, appearing to be only a one, possibly two, story building, with what what appears to only be one room per floor, at least for the first floor.
* For yet unknown reasons, she did not use Location to find Escanor in an instant, despite being able to.
* Merlin's tattoo oddly resembles Hawk.
* Merlin uses magic to manipulate her clothes so that they stay on.
* In Volume 5 it is revealed during a Conversation between Hawk and Meliodas that the Tattoos of each Sin were created by Merlin using a Magic Spell.
* The Sin of Gluttony is usually symbolized with a Pig and the color orange.
** This makes Merlin the only one of the Seven Deadly Sins whose animal tattoo corresponds with the animal of the real sin that she represents.
* In the Nanatsu no Taizai Popularity Poll, Merlin was placed 9th (postcards only) in the first one and 11th in the second.
* Merlin has the biggest sweet tooth among the seven sins, being dependent on sweets when she is deep in thought.
* In the databook it was stated that Merlin once had several other apprentices before Vivian.
** This was referred in the Grand Cross game with the introduction of Lilia .
* In the extra page of Extra Chapter 10 that was only published in Volume 24, it is hinted that the person Merlin confessed her love to was Meliodas.
* Merlin seems to have a great tolerance to alcohol, since she says she would have to drink all the liquor from a tavern to get drunk.
* It is revealed that Merlin's body stopped ageing at the age of 30.
* It has been revealed when she was 12 or 13 years old she looked up to the original Elizabeth as her "big sis sis"
* Merlin revealed that the last time she cried was 430 years ago, after eating Meliodas' special Demon Frog Liver cakes.
* "Double Impact" is the name of an attack originally used by Beelzemon from the Digimon franchise. Like Merlin, Beelzemon is a representative of the Sin of Gluttony.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Merlin at Nanatsu no Taizai Wiki
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