Merle
| Merle | |
| Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai | |
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| Japanese name | メルル |
| Romaji | Meruru |
| Vocation | Fortune Teller |
| Race | Human |
| Voice actor | Hiroko Emori (1991) Toma Shiota (2020) |
Merle is a supporting character from The Adventure of Dai. She offers invaluable support to the Disciples of Avan thanks to her forseeing skills.
Merle was raised by her grandmother Nabara, who is a renowned fortune teller from the Teran kingdom.
Characteristics
Merle is a kind-hearted fragile young human girl. Due to her strong sensory powers, she can alert the heroes when a threat arises.
Merle has light skin, big brown eyes and long black hair. Her orange sari and overall appearance reminds of Meena from Dragon Quest IV.
Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai
Nabara and Merle first appear in Bengarna's shopping department store, they first meets Dai, Leona and Popp when Baran attacks the city with his dragon legion. In that first encounter, Nabara reveals to Dai that he is a Dragon Knight.
Merle's sensory powers allow her to support the party even without being able to fight. Merle can also support the party with light healing spells.
Merle eventually develops feelings for Popp.
Other appearances
Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai: A Hero's Bonds
Merle was originally unplayable and relegated to making a cameo running a shop where players could obtain characters and upgrade orbs for older events. However, due to fandemand, she was made into a playable character after the game's first anniversary.
To fit the vocations available in the game, Merle was made into a priest -meaning she can use wands and offensive spells-.
| Merle (Fortune Teller) (メルル Meruru) |  |
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Merle (Fortune Teller) Priest |
| Character (Style) Bond: 1.Merle (Fortune Teller) Bond: 1. Raises Light and Shadow damage. (15%) (Hero/Partner) 2. Raises Light and Shadow damage temporarily after successfully guarding. (10%) (Hero/Partner) 2.? |
 HP |
 Physical Attack |
 Physical Defence |
 Magical Attack |
 Magical Defence |
 Recovery |
| 498 | 79 | 148 | 200 | 182 | 312 |
| Main: | Character (Style) Soul I: |
| Main: Recovery Up: Increases user's Recovery. (30%) | Merle Tokens +10: Grants 10 extra Merle Tokens (Gold) and Merle Tokens (Silver) (obtainable from the Fortune Teller's Resolve event). |
| Character (Style) Soul II: | Character (Style) Soul III: |
| Merle's Jewels +2: Grants 2 extra Merle's Jewels (obtainable from the Fortune Teller's Resolve event). | Merle (Fortune Teller) Soul I: Recovers the user's charge time for skills by 2 seconds after each regular attack that hits an enemy with Wound. |
| Character (Style) Soul IV: | Character (Style) Soul V: |
| Merle (Fortune Teller) Soul II: Raises Light and Shadow damage. (15%) | Merle (Fortune Teller) Soul III: Speeds up the user's charge time for skills temporarily when a special move is used. (100%) |
| Character (Style) Soul VI: | Character (Style) Soul VII: |
| Merle (Fortune Teller) Soul IV: Raises Thrust Resistance. (5%) | Merle (Fortune Teller) Soul V: Raises Light and Shadow damage. (5%) |