Meridia Hatzi

"*He threw me into death row and then took me out of it. Some would call it fickle, but I call it being **loyal to a fault**.*"
— Meridia talking about Elijah Walker
**Meridia "Lancet" Hatzi** is a prolific serial killer and inmate at San Hill. She is slowly becoming another antagonist within the prison.

## **Appearance**

Meridia is an average sized woman with an above average height of 5'10. Her natural hair color is a mousey brown, which she kept around chin length. Recently, she had her hair redone by Ilya Luzhkov, and it is now back to her more iconic style of bright green, mostly shaved, with micro-bangs. She also shaves her eyebrows often. Meridia has central heterochromia, with the center of her irises being brown and the outer portions of her irises being green, though she will refer to them as being hazel to save time. Meridia's body is littered with scars, including a prominent burn mark on the left side of her neck, and a set of scars on her chin and mouth. She also has a single tattoo on her chest that is in the shape of a red cross. Her teeth are also in a bad state, with three of them being false, golden teeth.

## **Personality**

Meridia is an intelligent, and charismatic individual that would make others feel as though they were talking to an old friend from highschool. However, under that mask of calm and collected charm, she holds an obsessive and unempathetic personality that may even come off as childish. Currently, she has had trouble communicating with others, being out of practice due to being held in death row for about five years. This has resulted in her spouting odd and morbid comments, forgetting to hide that part of herself simply because she enjoys making people uncomfortable sometimes.

She also has proven that she can have an incredibly bad and unpredictable temper, particularly to both Akira Yubari and Dante Natali. These tantrums test her patience, often making her behavior dangerous to others and herself, while other times it may result in an almost childish response. However, she also has also displayed an obsessive nature over people she deems likable or interesting, referring to them by nicknames often based on animals (though not always).

## **Life in San Hill**

### Season Two

Meridia transferred into San Hill after the state of Virginia abolished its death penalty. She was then suddenly tried in Illinois and sentence to life there. She arrived in San Hill alongside Korbyn Mendosa and Dante Natali with Adam Lee escorting them through the prison. It did not take her long to make the entire group uncomfortable, showing them an old hunting photo she brought with her. During the tour, she met Sunny Phoenix and Reggie Rollinstar. Meridia sparked a conversation with the two, but was quickly ushered to her cell which she shared with Dante. The two had not entirely got along, though it was more due to Meridia teasing Dante relentlessly, often calling him, "baby bear".

Later Meridia would run into Akira Yubari in the Rec Room, where the two would spark a conversation. Eventually, both would figure out the other's identity and form a tight bond with one another. Meridia became obsessively attached to Akira quickly, having been an admirer of "The Silencer" for some time. She felt that Akira was caught too soon, unable to experience her prime. As a result, Meridia sees Akira as a little sister, lovingly referring to her as "little fawn".

While Meridia was feeding birds a few days later, she caught a confrontation between Blaze and Armando Alighieri, as well as an incident between Maxie Tanaka and Grey McCorduck. However, she did not hear what either party were saying, and ignored them for the most part.

At some point, Meridia would obtain a razor blade from a disposable razor, having broken it out while in the showers. She kept it hidden between her bottom lip and gums, until she found a hiding spot under her mattress. Her plans for the razor are unknown.

Once she had picked up some Kool-Aid and hair-dye from commissary, Meridia met with Ilya Luzhkov in the barber room. There, Ilya learned of Meridia's identity of Lancet, a prolific serial killer. Upon further conversation, Meridia revealed that she had a "friend" named, Elijah Walker, as well as his involvement in the circumstance of her transfer to San Hill. Meridia in turn would become incredibly interested in Ilya and her motives. As a result of Ilya's charismatic skill, seemingly manipulative nature, and her talent with hair, Meridia would nickname her "Arachne" after the Greek myth, as well as owe her a favor for doing a good job on her hair.

After the discovery of a dead chicken in Grey McCorduck's bed, Marcel O'Brien began an investigation into the matter with Meridia being a suspect. He would go on to interrogate her, where Meridia would display strange and disturbing behavior. However, it was soon discovered that Meridia didn't have any involvement with the chickens, having not even known they were kept on the prison's grounds. She would also reveal the fight between Armando Alighieri and Blaze, as well as witnessing Grey McCorduck having a slight breakdown.

A short time later, Meridia would be assigned to the Laundry Room with Akira Yubari. There the two conversed about the laundry chemicals that were carelessly left out. When Meridia mentioned to Akira that they could save some of the chemicals for future plans, Akira immediately did so. Meridia became upset, stating that the move was unwise as she believed the two were being closely monitored, and that neither knew of any surveillance in the laundry room. After a short confrontation, Akira and Meridia went back to their previous conversation.

Almost immediately after, the prison went into lockdown due to an incident in the yard. Knowing there would be a cell sweep, Meridia went back to her cell and retrieved the razor hidden under her mattress. Dante Natali happened to witness this along with her hiding it in her mouth. She had initially believed that Dante would not say anything, thinking that he was too afraid of her by that point. however, as Marcel O'Brien conducted his cell search, Dante snitched on Meridia. She responded by attacking Dante with the razor blade, cutting a shallow, superficial wound across his face. Marcel was able to restrain Meridia, injuring her in the process, however, Dante proceeded to threaten Meridia in turn. She was incredibly excited to see this side of Dante and egged him on, giving him the new nickname of, "little bear". Marcel was able to break up the fight after calling for more guards.

As a result of the incident, Meridia is being kept in solitary until further notice.

## **Relationships**

### "Allies"

* Elijah Walker ("Ellie") - childhood friend turned toxic codependent enemy.
* Zachary Butler ("Zach") - childhood friend, currently deceased.
* Akira Yubari ("Little Fawn") - looks to her as a little Sister type figure.
* Ilya Luzhkov ("Arachne")

### Neutral

* Maxie Tanaka ("Snack Guy")

### Enemies

* Dante Natali ("Little Bear" was once "Baby Bear") - former cellmate, is now keenly interested and obsessed with him.
* Marcel O'Brien ("Inspector Clouseau")

## **Trivia**

* Meridia’s favorite type of food is junk food. She often laments about not being able to have enough or any at all since going to jail.
* She has three gold teeth. One of which is her left canine.
* Merida is a fan of NASCAR and other motorsports. She often listens to radio broadcasts of races every Sunday.
* Meridia's past profession was taxidermy. She is still very much interested in it.