Melia the Cunning

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## Biographical Informations

### A.K.A.

* Melia
* Blondie (by Lokir of Rorikstead)
* Dragonborn
* Dovahkiin
* New Blood
* Lass (by Brynjolf)
* Thane (by Lydia)
* Ysmir (by the Greybeards)

### Home

* Cyrodiil, Anvil (formerly)
* Skyrim, Whiterun

### Affiliation

* Whiterun
* Greybeards
* Blades
* The Thieves Guild
* The Companions
* Nocturnal
* Stormcloaks
* The College of Winterhold
* The Dark Brotherhood
* Hermaeus Mora
* Kvatch
* Third Empire
* Order of the Dragon
* Dawnguard

### Factions

* The Thieves Guild
* The Companions
* The Stormcloaks
* The College of Winterhold
* The Dark Brotherhood
* Dawnguard

### Livelihood

* Dragonborn
* Stormcloak
* Mercenary in the Companions
* Thief in the Thieves Guild
* Assassin with the Dark Brotherhood
* Mage in the College of Winterhold
* Innkeeper (formerly)

### Abilities

* Alchemy
* Thu'um
* Magicka

## Religion

### Divine(s)

* Talos
* Akatosh
* Kynareth
* Mara

### Daedric Princes

* Nocturnal
* Hermaeus Mora
* Hircine

## Relations

### Family

* Ysolde **†** (mother)
* Drelen **†** (father)
* Jerimir (little brother)
* Brynjolf (maternal half-brother)
* Erik the Slayer (2° half-brother by Erik's father)
* Lynette (maternal aunt)
* Jofth (uncle via Lynette)
* Arcadia (spiritual aunt)

### Children

* Hoag Stormcloak II **†** (miscarried son; with Ulfric Stormcloak)
* Lucia (adoptive daughter; with Vilkas)
* Sofie (adoptive daughter; with Vilkas)
* Skja (daughter; with Vilkas)

### Significant other(s)

* Elmanerius Dimillo **†** (former lover)
* Ralof of Riverwood (former partner)
* Farkas **†** (former lover)
* Ulfric Stormcloak (ex-fiancé)
* Vilkas (husband)

### Friends

* Gerdur
* Hod **†**
* Faendal (best friend)
* Camilla Valerius
* Clariatus Tullius **†** (former best friend)
* Lydia **†**
* Mikael
* Martin Septim **†**
* Baurus **†**

### Other relations

* Delphine
* Esbern
* Paarthurnax
* Jauffre

### Enemies

* Alduin **†**
* General Tullius **†**
* Legate Rikke **†**
* Elenwen **†**
* Mercer Frey **†**
* Ancano **†**
* Madanach
* Lord Harkon **†**
* Arch-Curate Vyrthur **†**
* Mankar Camoran **†**
* Potema Septim **†**
* Lord Naarifin **†**

## Behind the Scenes

### Season(s)

Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6
Season 7
Season 8

### Appearance Count

24

> This morning I was called the Dragonborn. I had no idea what this word really meant until today. Being a girl who has lived a good deal outside of Skyrim, I thought that word was a status of power in the Empire. A title that only the Emperor could be a long time ago. Today I absorbed the soul of a dragon, shouted and was call like this. - You seem to know more about this word than I do, you know, so I can’t answer all of your questions. I can try, but I’ll know more after going to see the The Greybeards|Greybeards. Give me some time to deal with all of this and I will come back to the height of your expectations.
>
> Melia's speech in Whiterun, "Dragonborn"

Melia the Cunning, also simply known as Melia, is a 22 year old Nord from Whiterun. She's the Last Dragonborn, a member of the Thieves Guild, the Companions, the College of Winterhold and the Dark Brotherhood. She is also a staunch Stormcloak soldier fighting against the Empire in Skyrim and later, the Aldmeri Dominion all around Tamriel. She is the mother of Hoag Stormcloak II, Skja and the adoptive mother of Lucia.

## Biography

### Early life

Melia was born in Whiterun, the hold's capital with the same name, in 4E 179. She and her family lived in Breezehome near a blacksmith shop and an inn in the Plains District.

She spent her childhood at the Arcadia's Cauldron, the shop where her mother worked, learning alchemy with her mother and Arcadia. One day when she was 12, her parents left early in the morning to attend her aunt Lynette's wedding in Solitude. Unfortunately, her parents were attacked by, supposedly, bandits on the journey and did not come out alive. Orphaned, Melia and her little brother Jerimir moved to live with their aunt, Lynette, and her new husband, Jofth, in the town of Anvil in Cyrodiil.

Nine years later, in 4E 200, Melia, still in Cyrodiil, heard of a Rebellion against the Empire in Skyrim. Having always been homesick in the Imperial Province, she decides to make the trip to Skyrim and enter the Stormcloaks. She begins working as an innkeeper at The Count's Arms Inn to collect some gold. There she meets Mikael, a charming and self-centered bard. In the same year, her lover, Elmanerius, breaks up with her.

On 1st Sun's Height of 4E 201, Melia leaves the city of Anvil and begins her journey to the frozen territory of Skyrim.

### Season 1

#### Imperial ambush and Helgen

Halfway to Windhelm, near Darkwater Crossing, Melia gets ambushed by the Imperials where she is arrested and sentenced to death along with Ulfric Stormcloak, Ralof of Riverwood, Lokir of Rorikstread, and a few Stormcloak soldiers. On the way to the village of Helgen, she learns that the High King of Skyrim, Torygg, has been "assassinated" by Ulfric, which has caused a rebellion between the Nord Rebels, claiming their rights regarding the cult of Talos in a treaty signed fifteen years earlier, and the Imperials.

In the village, once the wagons of prisoners have been stopped and emptied, Melia and the others are registered and lined up in front of the block. Before the Priestress of Arkay has had time to complete their last rite, a Stormcloak soldier intervenes, saying he doesn't have all day, speeding up the executions. As Melia comes to be executed at the foot of Helgen Fort, a gigantic black dragon called Alduin, of a race long extinct, attacks the village and destroys everything. In the panic, she manages to flee the village with Ralof.

#### Riverwood

After more than an hour of running, Melia and Ralof arrive at Riverwood, one of the two villages in Whiterun Hold.

## Trivia

* At first, Melia must have been 24, not 22.
* Her relationship with Ralof was to last longer than 9 episodes. They were still to be a couple in season 2.
* Her relationship with Ulfric did not exist and even less her pregnancy from him.
* When she entered the Companions, she was not to have an affair with Farkas.
* She did not know Mikael in the first version of the series.
* During character creation, Brynjolf was not Melia's half-brother. It was by seeing people react to the fact that Erik and Brynjolf could be related that he became one.

* In Greek mythology, Melia was the name of several figures. The name Melia comes from μελία, the ancient Greek word for ash-tree. In the plural, the Meliae were a class of nymphs associated with trees, particularly ash-trees. Also, Melia would come from the Greek term "haimulos" which means "cunning".
	+ In Greek and Roman mythology, nymphs are subordinate deities, members of a large group of female spirits associated with nature. Their name comes from the ancient Greek νύμφη / nýmphē, generally meaning "young girl" and, depending on the context, "young girl of marriageable age", "bride" or "virgin". Their name gave rise to the term "nymphomania", as they were famous for their many adventures. Nymphs are female deities of nature, characterized by youth and beauty.They are beneficial, fertilize nature and can cure humans of their ailments.
		- In Greek mythology, the Meliae (also called Meliads) were usually considered to be the nymphs of the ash tree, whose name they shared. According to Hesiod, the Meliae (probably meaning all tree-nymphs) were born from the drops of blood that fell on Gaia (Earth) when Cronus castrated Uranus.

* Melia's physique has never changed since character creation.
* Her last name, "the Cunning", did not exist. It was while researching the etymology of the first name that "the Cunning" was added.