Merissa
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- "She had never known a Sister as composed, as unemotional, as implacable, as merciless, as Merissa. Sister Merissa had a heart of black ice."
- — Sister Ulicia
Merissa was a Sister of the Dark and one of Richard Rahl's instructors at the Palace of the Prophets. She is killed by Richard, while within the Sliph.
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[edit] Attributes
Merissa was around the same age as Nicci and said to be on par with her extraordinary beauty. Her hair was full and dark brown and her eyes were cold and dark. She was often clothed in dresses that were red in color. Merissa rarely allowed emotion to touch the attractive features of her face and her heart was said to be made of black ice. She delighted in the pain of others, something she demonstrated twice on the journey aboard the Lady Sefa.
[edit] Appearances
First Appearance
- Stone of Tears: Chapter ???
First Appearance
- Blood of the Fold: Chapter ???
[edit] History
Merissa appeared in the following book of the Sword of Truth series; Stone of Tears and Blood of the Fold.
[edit] Stone of Tears
Merissa is made an instructor to Richard Rahl so as to watch over him on behalf of the other Sisters of the Dark. Richard immediately gets the feeling that Merissa would gladly sleep with him.
Later, when Sister Liliana, attempts to steal Richard's gift and loses her life, but reveals the Sisters of the Dark, Merissa flees the Palace aboard the Lady Sefa, along with Sisters Ulicia, Tovi, Armina, Cecilia and Nicci.
[edit] Blood of the Fold
Merissa awakes at the same time as the other five Sisters, aboard the Lady Sefa. Each had shared the same dream, in which their Master, the Keeper, had been replaced by a man named Jagang. Jagang tortured each woman, before ordering them to make their way to his fortress immediately.
The Sister's discussed the situation, deciding that it would be best to follow Jagang's instructions; for the time being. Along the journey, Merissa initiates the torturing of some of the Lady Sefa's crew so as to encourage the other sailors to make haste.
Sister Ulicia, as the leader of the Sisters of the Dark, came up with a plan to link the powers of the five Sisters, with her as the the director of the dangerous force, in an attempt to assassinate Emperor Jagang. When the Sisters arrived at Jagang's fortress, Ulicia wastes no time in unleashing the full destructive force of the Sister's combined powers. However, it is to no avail; Jagang is a Dream walker, meaning that as long as he in a gifted persons mind, their powers are useless against him.
Jagang captures the Sister's and informs them that they are his in every aspect. He gives them to the crew of the Lady Sefa to fulfill their sexual needs. Merissa replaces Christabel as Jagang's personal slave.
Later the Sister's are sent back to the Palace of the Prophets, where Verna Sauventreen has been falsely convicted as a Sister of the Dark, clearing their names. The Sisters, with the exception of Nicci, surprise Richard Rahl and inform him that in exchange for allowing them to swear loyalty to him, they will inform him of his wifes (who had been captured) position. Richard agrees and the Sisters believe they have gained their freedom.
However, Merissa's hate for Richard outweighs her fear of Jagang and she attempts to kill him and his wife Kahlan Amnell. When the pair flee through the Sliph, Merissa follows, however, Richard and Kahlan arrive at the Wizard's Keep quicker than Merissa. Richard stabs the Sword of Truth, the magic of which is incompatible with that of the Sliph, into the Sliph, killing Merissa, who was still inside it.
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