| Mercuria | |
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| Information | |
| Appearance | Tales of the Rays |
| Hometown | Bifrost |
| Residences | Hy'Brasail |
| Age | 12 |
| Height | 145 cm |
| Weight | 36 kg |
| Race | Human |
| Occupation | •Mirrist •Princess of the Asgard Empire |
| Weapon | Hairpins |
| Japanese Voice Actor | Yumiko Kobayashi |
| Character Designer | Daigo Okumura |
Mercuria (メルクリア Merukuria?) is an antagonist in Tales of the Rays, first appearing in the Mirrage Prison arc.
History[]
Mercuria was born as a princess of Bifrost, and lived with her mother Elda and brother Woden Rot Nibelung before it was eradicated during the mirrage wars. She and her mother were later brought to Sellund as prisoners while she was still a child. Sometime afterwards, Elda took her own life and tried to take Mercuria with her. However, Mercuria survived the attempted double suicide, and Demitrius adopted her.
During the Mirrorshift, Mercuria aided Phillip Reston in removing Phantom. Afterward, she and Demitrius started to talk about reviving Bifrost, resulting in the split of the Salvation Front: half of it aided Mercuria's plans, the other rebelling and remaining with Marcus Grimm and Phillip.
Mirrage Prison[]
During the events of Mirrage Prison, Mercuria has successfully initiated her Living Doll Project, bringing back her brother, now under the alias Nazar, as well as some of her old servants. They wish to continue restoring the fallen empire by creating more Living Dolls, which involves extracting animus particles from the crystals Ix Nieves created, as well as eradicate the mirrists. She has manipulated many nexuses into helping her cause, but she does show to deeply care for them at the same time, particularly Richter Abend. At one point, she offers Kor Meteor her help in restoring Kohaku Hearts' damaged Spiria, but the boy refuses.
Appearance and Personality[]
Mercuria has rosy brown waist-long hair with two red bangs and amber brown eyes. She has elaborate ornaments in her hair: a red circle forming a sort of halo behind her, and two long gold-tipped black rods crossing behind her head with red ribbons hanging between and off them. Mercuria wears a short black tunic with a white belt and red adornments around her waist, and a black, red, and white coat over it. She also dons red stockings and small black shoes with sizable gold heels that come to a single point.
While an innocent child, Cecily notes that Mercuria can also be surprisingly cruel because of that. She is extremely short-tempered and can be easily angered at any perceived slight against her late mother. Mercuria also deeply loves her brother, and during the finale of Mirrage Prison, she goes into a murderous rage after he dies. She bears a deep hatred for Mileena Weiss for being responsible for destroying her home, which only became stronger when she was responsible for Nazar's death once more.
She can be naive and blindly trusting of people at times, making her very easy to manipulate or otherwise trick. However, when she realizes, she takes betrayal very poorly, and lashes out at anyone she feels has betrayed her.
She is very aware of being royalty, leading to her acting very haughty at times. However, she also tries to act appropriately for her station, often trying to act older than she is or trying to take on responsibilities she feels should fall on her.
As the story progresses, and through the gentle nudging of people around her, Mercuria grows and matures. While she still has the same flaws, she learns to reel in her temper and begins to show empathy towards others. She also starts to more seriously consider the motives of the people around her. By the end of the story, she begrudgingly lets go of her hatred for Mileena, though the two still aren't close.
Fighting Style[]
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Cut-in image for Tales of the Rays.
Mercuria specializes in Fire- and Dark-elemental artes. Her fighting style is similar to Lailah's, conjuring magic projectiles from her hands and having offensive spells that focus on either a foe or herself. Mercuria's spell naming convention is similar to Eleanor's: having a prefix stating what kind of arte it is followed by arte's actual name. The prefix she uses for her all spells is "Jutsushiki" (術式?) , which is the Japanese name for formulas in Tales of Vesperia. Before she made a playable appearance, Mercuria was shown in cutscenes of the game and Tales of the Rays: Everlasting Destiny to be a powerful spellcaster, where she was able to use spells such as Big Bang and Indignation with ease.