As she is taken out her anger and frustration on her bedposts by striking with her sword, Elinor enters telling her the story of a beloved king who had divided his kingdom for each of his four sons to rule, but the eldest wanted to rule the entire land and so brought chaos and war, and his desire to follow his own path led to the downfall of the kingdom. Not wanting any of this, Merida angrily storms out of the Great Hall to her bedroom. Moments later, Elinor tells Merida that the three Lords are coming to present their suitors to compete for her hand in marriage.

As she enters, Merida listens to Fergus telling her triplet brothers the story of his battle with Mor'du until she interrupts and tells them that their father lost his left leg in the battle, and Mor'du is waiting his chance of revenge. Merida returns home to join her family for dinner. She even climbs the Crone's Tooth and drinks from the Fire Falls in joy. She shoots arrows at targets she sets up in the forest and just explores.

One day when there are no lessons, she goes riding on her horse Angus. Years later, Merida is a teenager that Queen Elinor is trying to make her into a proper princess of royalty despite Merida's objection. Suddenly, Mor'du attacks, and Elinor and Merida flee while Fergus stays behind to fight the demonic bear. Elinor tells her that the wisps lead someone to their fate, but Fergus does not believe it. The Wisps lead her out of the forest and back to her parents. She accidentally shoots her 6th arrow into the forest and goes to retrieve it, but is distracted by a trail of will o' the wisps that appear before her. Fergus, her father, presents her with her own bow as a birthday present. Then she sees her father's bow on the table and asks him if she can shoot an arrow with it. Merida is first seen as a child playing hide-and-seek with her mother Queen Elinor on her sixth birthday. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise! This dropdown contains the synopsis of Merida's story.

Headstrong and intrepid, Merida challenged her kingdom's longstanding traditions to live a life of independence. She is a Scottish princess from the kingdom of DunBroch, the daughter of Queen Elinor and King Fergus, and the older sister of Harris, Hubert, and Hamish. Pixar's 2012 animated feature film, Brave.Princess Merida is the protagonist of Disney

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