However, to her surprise, the girl named Yuuki who caught the bug offered it to her without asking for anything in return. She immediately expressed her frustration at someone else catching the bug that she had been hoping to catch ever since she registered for Serene Garden. Although she spent an hour trying to catch it to no avail, she was shocked to discover that another girl had caught it. On May 11, 2024, Merida discovered a very rare Royal Triton Stag Beetle in Serene Garden. Because of that, Merida was saved from being trapped in the official service of Sword Art Online along with her former guild. However, shortly after the beta, a tumour was found in Merida's brain, and thus her parents forbade her from using the NerveGear. Merida was in a medium-size guild during the beta test and vowed to meet her guildmates in the official release of the game. Merida was one of the thousand players who were invited to play Sword Art Online during its beta test. This was worsened by her guilt that her tumour saved her from being trapped in Sword Art Online with her guildmates to the extent that Merida desired to be trapped in Sword Art Online to be able to support her friends, and was even about to use Aiko's modified NerveGear to do so. Personality Īfter a tumour was found in Merida's brain, she began feeling a lack of purpose in life. Like in Serene Garden, Merida had her hair styled into a ponytail.

In Asuka Empire, Merida wore a bright green ninja outfit.

She wore a tawny, camo-patterened T-shirt and cargo pants with many pockets. However, Merida customised her hair to be green and done up in a ponytail. In Serene Garden, Merida's appearance was very similar to her real self due to her avatar being based on a real photo of her. She had also suffered hair loss due to anticancer drugs. In the real world, Merida had to ride in a wheelchair, as her legs had been paralysed due to the effects of the tumour.

Knights and dragons beta tester