Mer

**Mer** are an aquatic species of alien native to the Frozen Planet. They are ruled by Queen Luxia. Unfortunately, the queen was brainwashed by the Baku, as well as the majority of her people until its defeat by Voltron

## Society

The Mer live in a large underwater village made from the sand, rocks, and coral of the ocean bottom. Overseeing the society is a royal Mer who lives in the prominent palace overlooking the village. The only royalty seen is a queen. The palace is guarded by male Mer and the queen has several female servants.

The Mer utilize living animal species around them for various uses, such as large beasts for transportation and towing, claws of crustaceans for cutting through walls, jellyfish as masks, bags, and rope; coral for creating breathable bubbles, and fish toxin for erasing the effects of the Baku. They also use the plants, bones, shells, and other remnants of the aquatic life around them for decorations, furniture, clothing, and tools.

Kept inside a large clam is an energy beacon in the form of a pearl that can project q beam of energy into space. The beacon can be used as a signal to guide nearby travelers to the planet and can project an image of the spacecrafts in the area. The beacon was once used in the past to communicate with travelers in space before the Baku overtook the minds of the Mer.

## Biology

The Mer aliens are an intelligent aquatic race similar to the mythological mermaids of Earth. The upper portion of their body is humanoid with their waist becoming a fish-like tail, although the Mer have varying colors, bodies, and appearances, some with large tusks, others with a more fish-like face. Some Mer, like Blumfump, have four arms instead of two. He also has no fingers or noticeable hands, but many Mer have four webbed fingers on each hand.

Mer distinctly have no visible pupils or irises to their eyes, instead having eyes of solid colors such as yellow, pink, blue, and black. It is not clear if any Mer truly possess hair, but many females have long hair-like body parts flowing from their heads, while others, like Queen Luxia, have stiff appendages.

The females of the Mer race are more humanoid in appearance than males. Females tend to be slim with long tails and at least two appendages protruding from their foreheads, possibly antennae. While they have curvature at their chest, they do not appear to posses any functioning mammary glands. They are shown with more varying and brighter colors than male Mer.

Male Mer are shown bulkier and with a more muscular body type than females, at least those seen employed as guards, with more animalistic facial features.

## Blumfump

**Blumfump** is a Mer alien living on the frozen planet. He is one of the mer rebels seeking to use Lance to overthrow Queen Luxia, believing her to be an evil queen brainwashing the Mer. In truth, Blumfump is mistaken, as Queen Luxia is innocent and herself controlled by the Baku. He acts as the strategist and scientist of the group, but his "mer-science" is not without flaws and eccentricities. Blumfump becomes one of the queen's advisors after the Baku's defeat.

Appearance(s)| * The Depths

Trivia| * Blumfump always wears a jellyfish on his head, so his face is never revealed.
* Bumfump is voiced by Weird Al Yankovic.

## Florona

**Florona** is a Mer alien living on the frozen planet. She is the first to meet Lance and Hunk after they crash-land in the watery depths of the planet. After taking them to meet her people and Queen Luxia, Lance is captured by Mer rebels. Florona is blamed for allowing the incident to happen because she is in charge of the visitors, so Queen Luxia sends her to the Baku.
Unbeknownst to everyone, Queen Luxia and Florona have both been brainwashed by the Baku like most of the other Mer aliens. Florona meets her death by being devoured by the creature.

Appearance(s)| * The Depths

Trivia| * Florona is voiced by Alyson Stoner.

## Queen Luxia

**Queen Luxia** is a Mer alien living on the frozen planet and queen of the Mer aliens. She invites Lance and Hunk to stay with her people where it is "safe and warm"; Lance is captured by Mer rebels who claim Luxia has brainwashed the Mer. Unbeknownst to everyone, Queen Luxia is innocent and herself has been brainwashed by the Baku, who feeds on the helpless Mer. Lance frees her from the mind-controlling and defeats the Baku with Hunk's aid. Luxia thanks them by helping to contact the rest of the Voltron team.

Appearance(s)| * The Depths
* The Voltron Show (cameo)

Trivia| * Luxia is voiced by Kari Wahlgren.

## Plaxum

**Plaxum** is a Mer alien living on the frozen planet. She is one of the mer rebels seeking to use Lance to overthrow Queen Luxia, believing her to be an evil queen brainwashing the Mer. In truth, Plaxum is mistaken, as Queen Luxia is innocent and herself controlled by the Baku. Plaxum becomes one of the queen's advisors after the Baku's defeat.

Appearance(s)| * The Depths
* The Voltron Show (cameo)

Trivia| * Plaxum's face is initially hidden by an alien jellyfish, but she reveals she is a beautiful Mer.
* Plaxum is voiced by Mae Whitman.

## Swirn

**Swirn** is a Mer alien living on the frozen planet. She is one of the mer rebels seeking to use Lance to overthrow Queen Luxia, believing her to be an evil queen brainwashing the Mer. In truth, Swirn is mistaken, as Queen Luxia is innocent and herself controlled by the Baku. Swirn becomes one of the queen's advisors after the Baku's defeat.

Appearance(s)| * The Depths

Trivia| * Swirn always wears a jellyfish on her head, so her face is never revealed.

## Gallery

The underwater village.Lance with female Mer.Hunk with Luxia, Florona, and male Mer.Clam containing the energy beacon.
## Trivia

* The name of the race inhabiting the planet is unknown. The term "Mer" or "Mer aliens" is not present in the canon. "Mermaids" is used by the aliens themselves about some of their own kind, but it is not clarified if they are only referring to one gender of the race. (Specifically, the female servants in the palace sent to the Baku.)

* The Mer refer to Lance and Hunk as the "air-breathers".

* The Mer refer to Voltron Lions as "mer-cats".

* Blumfump refers to his science as "mer-science".

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 **Season Two**: Episode 2, "The Depths"

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