Merlin

**Merlin** has made himself home within the kingdom of Neqville, living in a humble hut he has built with his own hands out in a secluded part of the giant forest that surrounds the village.

## First Impression

With that hat, one's first thought might be that he is a wizard. Whilst that isn't correct, Merlin appears undeniably magical between his skin that perfectly resembles the cosmos above, his animated jacket that reacts alongside his emotions and his four brilliantly bright eyes. He usually presents to strangers a shy smile, and isn't the type to try and ignore anybody, willing near always to make new friends and acquaintances even if he isn't the most charismatic person around. He is actually fairly tall in stature, but with how much he cowers and shrinks away, he can be seen as smaller than he really is.

## Personality

Merlin is a kind sort and is almost always willing to help people in need, at least so long as he has the confidence in his skills to do so. He has proved on multiple occasions to be somewhat naive, not having a lot of basic knowledge about everything social in particular. Because of this, he frequently fails at conversation and ends up awkward, nervous and throws guilt at himself. Merlin is very hard on himself when faced with accidents and mistakes, and often doesn't let anybody else blame themselves. He holds his friends closely and sees almost all people that are around him as more important, putting other's needs first before his own - so long as they haven't proved undeserving of it.

This cosmic adores baking and will find any excuse he can to partake in mentioned hobby. He always thinks to gift people treats as a thank you, a sorry, or literally anything else he can think of. Something else Merlin enjoys and is particularly skilled at is construction and gardening, though he doesn't get to show those skills as much as he'd maybe like... And sometimes he doesn't believe he's all that amazing at it.

Merlin can also be very clumsy, and has been called "accident prone" on multiple occasions, even if he tries to fight the idea. The thing that makes it worse is his inability to let himself rest, though a nagging voice in his mind is mostly to blame. An old order echoes, leaving the poor guy restless after doing nothing for an elongated amount of time.

## Magic/Powers

Merlin has extraordinarily powerful gravity manipulation, which he can’t control most of the time. When threatened, startled or stressed, his magic is prone to send out a powerful force surrounding himself to knock all it can away. Merlin hopes to practice his magic where he can learn to be gentle with it, rather than throwing everything in wild directions.

## Relationships

### Prince Sutcliffe

Merlin's fear of authority stems from what he had to deal with in Camelot, much of that involving Salvador Sutcliffe, Prince Sutcliffe and the knights under their command. He doesn't know Prince personally, rather he was just the recipient of many uncomfortable stares and disregard for his wellbeing. The knights similarly always looked upon him with suspicion and further treated him poorly, which Merlin can put blame toward Prince for. He finds himself intimidated by them all, made only worse when he was caught leaving Camelot to be chased down - Merlin's escape was messy and he knows that Prince Sutcliffe would have his head if he ever found him.

### Shaman

His first friend, who has since passed away. Merlin finds himself upset remembering how useless he felt when there may have been a chance to save her. She taught him how to throw kunai, and while he doesn't use this skill often or at all, it is ingrained in his brain and he'd do well if he ever tries again. Merlin treasures the gifts he received from Shaman and would be devastated if anything happened to them.

### Esruc

The demon came for food and to gain a potential customer, and he got the former multiple times and the latter after quite the while into their relationship. They are friends, Merlin sees Esruc as his best friend even, but he does crush on the big guy and it does sting a little to know that feeling is not mutual. They remain very close despite, to the point that Merlin has invited Esruc to also call his hut home, making the two of them housemates. The occasional times that Merlin finds himself away from Esruc, he worries about his friend for no real reason and can't shake off the chills he gets from the supposed cold. Truth is he'd be happy living life in a permanent embrace from him.

### Darling

A dear friend to Merlin. He doesn't totally remember how they met, but the two had a shared interest in food and quickly bonded over it - even through both's awkwardness that can clash and make conversing difficult, they work it out and get along very well. Merlin cheers on Darling's restaurant endeavors and shares much excitement over it, although a part of him now feels guilty when "taking up her time" because he doesn't see himself as important as the restaurant.

### Pandoro Jose Pericles

Pandoro is a figure in Merlin's life that the cosmic can't quite describe, but knows that it's special. He wholly respects his knowledge and would find it hard to believe anything that goes against the old gnome's words. Merlin finds much peace in his kindness, and definitely aims to be like him in such ways.

### The Lady of the Night

A huge help in learning who he is, Merlin really couldn't thank Luna enough for all she's done for him so far. It's not always easy chatting as her enthusiasm can extend beyond what he is able to handle, but all in all by the end he doesn't have too many troubles with her and comes out on the other side happy and/or satisfied by what he has gained.

### Tristan Piquer

Merlin knows this man mostly as the "cream doctor", appropriately so after he was treated for infection with a cream that rather traumatized him. Esruc continued to bring Merlin to Tristan whenever he found himself injured, which for Merlin was an embarrassing amount. It's not Tristan's fault, but whenever Merlin sees the guy he can only think of the negative connotations of being poorly. Safe to say he'd much rather be taken care of by Esruc, Darling and Pandoro than this disheveled "stranger".

### Suero

Being in the presence of Suero tends to leave Merlin even more anxious and quiet. Now aware that Suero used to know him well in a past life as a king, he can't help but feel like he is a huge disappointment to the cosmic servant. Even more disturbingly he learned that they work under Prince Sutcliffe of Camelot, and what arrives as a reaction is only muddled - confused, worried, scared. Otherwise, his meekness around them only feels justified after he was somewhat mocked by them at first meeting. Merlin is interested to know more about the past of cosmic servants, but doubts he'll ever have the courage to learn it from Suero...

### Mordred

Another cosmic that's just like him! Well, not exactly... The bubbly side of Merlin is entirely contrasted by Mordred's bottled anger, but nonetheless the two are by far the most stray from a life of servitude. He feels like Mordred can understand him for the most part, at least about being different to the other cosmic servants around. He wants to enjoy Mordred's company and cheer the cloaked guy, though whether he is any successful is up for debate.

### Gorlois

Merlin has Gorlois to thank that he has hope for his health's future, seeing as the old cosmic cast upon him a spell that gave him progress in healing. He looks upon them in wonderment, knowing also the years of history that backs their life. Perhaps he'd have more success learning and hearing from Gorlois than he does Suero.

### Morgana

Upon the revelation that angelic cosmic servants exist, Merlin requested Luna to find the name of the one that ruled over the subspecies. In comes Morgana, who surprises him immensely with the reveal that she has been around since the beginning - never died once to be re-summoned like every other cosmic servant. Unfortunately, her... attitude and lack of understanding left Merlin with a first impression that was cold and intimidating, not at all helped when she sent his hat to banishment. At least she helped when she was needed, is all he can really say good about her.

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*Author: Giragira*