well Grievous cutted them all but her, so if she was a kid, she wasn't present to everything, cooking of heroin included. Also she wasn't under influence of the Mother ( their leader ), for very a long time.
Just to clarify for everyone who thinks she means Vader, when she says "an armoured warrior" she's referring to Grievous, not Vader. More specifically, she's referring to an episode of the Clone Wars where Grievous is sent by Dooku to Dathomir and he massacres the entire Nightsister clan, with the exceptions of Ventress, Talzin and Merrin (though she isn't shown).
In a canon comic Grievous also ends up murdering Talzin Its pretty cool actually, ge walks through a magical shield made by Talzin like the bloody terminator and skewers her with two lightsabers
I'm actually happy they were only briefly setting up SOMETHING between them and not forcing any sort of relationship in this game; I'm glad it's most likely being saved for the sequel.
Oh, don't even speak about that... I've started having Revan&Bastila flashbacks...
1. Who're you? 2. Oh, you have Jedi powers, interesting 3. I always knew who you were, also I erased your memories and brainwashed you 4. But I still wanna fuck you 5. BUT I HATE U U LOOSER MALAK IS CHAD AND U R VIRGIN 6. You've beaten me twice and I still wanna fuck you but I'll do a generic dramatic crap about the conflict 7. Malak defeated! Citizens, rejoice! Now I can go and try all the poses from all Kamasutras in the Galaxy in our castle on Coruscant! SWKotOR is a masterpiece... except its romance line.
@@princesscadance197 Uh huh. Right. In this day and age ill only believe that statement when its characters of the same gender. Cause honestly, im calling bullshit on your comment with all due respect.
I like how her first few appearances seemingly set the stage for your average ‘local antagonist’ and a standard mid-game boss fight. Then it completely subverts those expectations and she becomes your ally. Awesome.
It's also fitting for Cal as a character. Throughout the game whenever something becomes an obstacle in his journey, he turns it into a part of his journey. Rusty skills? Relearns them back up to Padawan Level. Runs into Bounty Hunters? Deals with them. Trust issues? Asks the right questions and learns the right lessons. Breaks his own Lightsaber? Builds a new one. Breaks his crystal? Uses the two pieces to make a unique weapon. This also applies to his relationship with Merrin. Need I say more?
It’s funny.. When I first encountered her my thoughts were ”Huh she seems cool. She would be a nice character to develop into the story. Too bad I’ll likely have to kill her by the end of Dathomir.” I’m glad I was wrong.
@@johnboehmer8604 It's like in twilight of the apprentice in Star Wars Rebels where Ezra thought Maul was his ally, but learned Maul just needed him to activate the temple.
You know that's because she was originally slated to be the final boss and that was changed. They decided to make her a member of the crew somewhere down the line. I've read this somewhere on the wiki that they decided to change the route they were taking her. Personally I think she compliments the crew well so it was a good idea imo.
Whoever modeled Merrin and did her facial animations deserves a round of applause. She's the best looking character in the game, on a technical level. Her facial expressions are better than Cal and Trilla's.
Boi, then you have not seen Darth Vader! His facial expressions were freakin amazing! In fact, his facial animations were so well made that I was convinced that the entire game was live action for a moment!
@@WATRMELN420 my thoughts exactly. Sure, her powers are similar that of the Dark Side, but it's never too late to learn from the opposite. Also, Cere could also learn from her with the control of the Dark Side within her.
@@CamSiv996 i actually have a theroy on that, i think theres not 2 ways of using the force but rather there are 4 major paths, serenetiy(jedi), barganing(nigthsisters), opression(sith), and faith(most unaware force users), all of these provide supernatural or near supernatural force powers but all present different powers to a degree too
I really liked the character but am I the only one that thought she was underutilized? Like after she comes aboard you're practically at the end of the game already, I was hoping for more experiences with this character.
ind of like Legion in ME 2.He's on board so late that it require special planning to have him as team mate and save all possible humans. We have many adventures with all crew mates, but he's just for moment.
As far as the gameplay goes, Merrin probably does at least as much as Cere. Remember, Cere pretty much does something at the beginning and the end of the game, every planet you go to she just sits around, occasionally chatting with you very briefly. I hope they'll make a sequel of the same quality as Fallen Order, and I hope you'll be able to interact more indirectly with your crew, and that they'll actually have a gameplay use as well. It would be great to head out with a companion or two on a mission or if you could choose who to control for each planet.
It makes sense why Merrin thought the Jedi are bad. Especially when she tells about the 'armoured warrior'. Grievous used Jedi lightsabers, so she thought he was a Jedi. Such mistakes were made several times. By example, Ventress once tried to kill Dooku with the help of two nightsisters. They made themselves invisible and used green and blue lightsabers. Dooku mistook them for Jedi. Anyway I love the reference of Grievous the 'armoured warrior'
The count dooku episode you described is literally one of the few episodes that i remember from clone wars that i watched in my early childhood, I gotta watched it now asap
Yeah, it was an awesome reference. I just wish they could've had something physical left behind from that invasion that Cal could scan, like the old remains of a B1 Battle Droid or something, that would've been cool, kind of like how there are Clone Trooper remains on Zeffo.
TheSovietUnionbutnot 119 She was referring to Grevious. An armored warrior came to their village on Dooku's commands and destroyed every last one of them.
Andree Tungcab i mean to be fair grievous himself only really showed up towards the end of the attack. She likely didn’t get a good look at him through the smoke and the other droids. She would’ve only seen the lightsabers and his outline, which definitely looks armoured from a distance.
@@aussiepuppet5250 well, being Russian I wouldn't say that this is the Russian accent since the accents that I heard in my life were vastly different. Despite this I still don't deny that it may be some Russian accent that I really haven't heard until now.
@@gigantor6519 Holy shit that "Yeah?" has been engrained in my memory for years, I can still hear it clear as day without having to look up the clip. "Flynn! Am I still to create the perfect system?" "yeAh"
Cooking With Griswalda yeah im mainly excited for the lore about her and the relationship with her but she is very confident that her people are died but i believe not i think mabye there's a few that survived the massacre from the clone wars but of course it's up to star wars to decide personal i feel like merrin and cal would be a powerful team like she said nightsisters and jedi don't travel together but survivors adapt so eventually they might get a stronger connection as time passes and that could lead into an alliance between nightsisters and jedi i know they really different but Kenobi and Anakin went to mother talzin so they could found out which sabrak was killing jedi's came to her for help not by choice but it's a sign that maybe they can coexistence with each other like survivors sure nightsisters use the dark side but not like the sith they are able to use it rather then the dark side using them like sith they kill loved ones to get more power but nightsisters are able to use the dark side but they can care about each other and still be in control
omg yall the chant she says at 2:50 is the exact chant Old Daka used in the Clone Wars to resurrect the fallen sister🤯 the attention to the small details... im SHOOK
99% of comments: She kinda cute though Me: I like how she challenges Cals thinking without trying to dissuade him from his task. She forces him to look at his mission from angles he just didnt know to look from yet, without confronting him and making him get defensive.
I think the reason why people find the reference to Grievous' massacre of the nightsisters so appealing is because of the subtlety and the connection to the Clone Wars tv show. Plus, it has a nice ring to it... "an armored warrior"
I love Merrin's character, awkward, angry, shy but also sassy and for having minimal social interactions she radiates a confidence around others. I like to think part of it is a natural mimicry of Cal who's also awkward but confident. I also feel like Merrin is the key to the ending. She's the one that brings Cal into questioning the end goal of rebuilding the order. He realizes she's right that the children's lives will be in danger so long as the knowledge of them exists so his only goal is to destroy that knowledge and go where the winds take him.
The best thing about these two is that the game itself doesn't try so hard to make you think they'll be together, yet it would make complete sense if they did. The reason she decides to join him so quickly is cause they went through the same crap. Excellent character interactions; makes it easier for a sequel to make that change more naturally
SPOILERS FOR SURVIVOR - - - - - - - - - - Several years later and after finishing Survivor, this was absolutely the right call. Their character chemistry feels so natural after what they've been through and not at all forced with cringey dialogue. Probably the best written romance in Star Wars.
You're not wrong, Mother Talzin created the Nightsisters with selective breeding with force sensitives. So if they had a kid it would be a Nightsister since Merrin is pretty strong in the force.
Man, so many TCW references. “Mother” = Talzin Armoured fighter brandishing a lightsaber = Grievous Some subtle references to Maul too, considering he’s Dathomiri and a Nightbrother
I actually wonder if they will be a thing cause in a interaction she brings up how she wanted to marry another nightsisters so that raises the question if she's lesbian,bi,or pan
“Life has this funny way of forcing you on the path forward anyway”. There is incredible wisdom in those words. You can do it the hard way by avoiding your problems, being haunted by them and eventually being punished by the world until you change, or choose the easy path and make change yourself. It seem scary at first, but it’s much better in the long term.
How about no and for once have a fucking friendship instead of turning force users and witches into apes that need to find a significant other like every loser down the street? Thanks.
Bruh, Cal might be working his way up to being one of my favorite Star Wars characters. It says a lot that he surrendered his only weapon to Merrin as a sign of peace. True Jedi.
I love how she questions, but not undermines, his actions supported by his Jedi or conventionally heroic views. For example, he says something like how he "has to defeat the Empire by getting the list," then she goes, "okay, but won't you basically be doing what the Empire did with said list?" She provides the added perspective that helps justify his actions later on.
Fun fact. Night sisters are technically dark side users, who are able to resist falling down the sixth rabbit hole. I would love to see Merrin teach this to Cere in the sequel.
@@kimjunguny Merrin is not every Nightsister, so you can't be saying that either. Compare to other Dathomir Witches, Nightsisters are absolutely power hungry, they're just not as single minded as sorcerers.
@@mikhailthegreatestdragon3627 They are absolutely not power hungry. Ventress specifically explains to Quinlan Vos, who very much was a power hungry Jedi, that they do not allow the dark side to consume them like the Sith when they use it. Talzin was more powerful than Mace Windu and Palpatine and she wasn't even Force sensitive, they primarily use Magicks for their power and all they wanted was to be left alone.
It was the right thing to do to destroy that holocron. Just 5 years removed from revenge of the sith, Cal and Cere were in no condition to rebuild the order since the empire was at the height of its power at that point in time. They'd have to wait at least another 12 years until rebuilding the order could be even considered with the formation of the rebel alliance.
Light Revaan Greivous and the CIS exterminated the nightsister clans in order to prevent Talzin and Ventress from becoming threats to Dooku and Palpatine. grievous does have armour on his cybernetics aswell.
Light Revaan um no, you’re so very wrong. There was literally a Clone Wars episode about this. Dooku orders Grievous to go destroy the Nightsisters. And he wipes them out with his Droid army. She’s stating a canonical event. Plus Vader has never been on Dathomir...
@Light Revaan there is literally nothing in canon that details Vader ever going to Dathomir for any reason. She is roughly Cal's age. That means she was a child during the Clone War. She says her people were massacred when she was a child, meaning it was in fact when Grievous attacked. And I'm sure that when you're that young, it would be easy to glance at Grievous and assume it's just someone wearing armor. But she's not wrong either. Grievous did have armour that was based off of the Kaleesh culture.
The mo-cap is so good in this game but I particularly like how they did Merrin. That 10:20 section looks amazing. What a neat character. I'm excited to see more of her in the inevitable sequel.
She smells like fucking brimstone and hasn't showered in like ... ever. She has yellow teeth and is a crazy ass cultist with no real means in the world. Enough?
When Merrin mentions “an armoured warrior,” I could imagine hearing the cynical and sinister laughter of General Grievous followed by several of his trademark coughs.
Relationship status arguments aside can we just appreciate that the Night sister is the first person in this game to go "you guys sure you want to find these kids while the embodiment of death is hunting you?"
Not that I've played this game yet, but I think Merrin might be one of my favorite characters. A female who isn't, shall we say, exploited or your typical damsel-in-distress, she has a fleshed-out backstory and makes you earn her trust rather than simply joining the party at the first opportunity. At the same time, though, the player gets glimpses of her power that makes one think, "Hmmm, glad she's on our side."
Sure Merrin’s facial animations were good, but HAVE YOU SEEN DARTH VADER? HIS FACIAL EXPRESSIONS WERE F**KING AMAZING! IT BLOWS EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE GAME OUT OF THE WATER!
Merrin: A sacrifice needed to make this ship undetected Greez: What sacrifice? Merrin: One of your arms will do nicely Greez: WHAT??!!! Merrin: Don’t be so serious Greez: Pheeewww... Merrin: I need two
4:47 She is referring to General Grievous, the infamous commander and Jedi slaughterer of the Separatists attacking Dathomir in Clone Wars Season 4, Episode 19.
It seems like they upped it a notch when they did the motion capture for Merrin and it really helps along with the voice acting to make her stand out as a character. She is a fascinating one as well seeing she spent all those years tending to the bones of her Sisters and nurturing her hatred for the Jedi, although misguided, but decided to move forwards rather than remain in a past filled with pain, grief and hate. I hope we get some dlc with Merrin somewhere down the road!
A nightsister well dressed, calm, good deep voice, and doesn't look like a heroin addicted, this is uncanny..
well Grievous cutted them all but her, so if she was a kid, she wasn't present to everything, cooking of heroin included. Also she wasn't under influence of the Mother ( their leader ), for very a long time.
@@petrpinc7695 did she try ketamine ? I know a guy on Dagobah who can provide for her
@@gevy4127 she probably did not, as it seems, she had no means of space travel to acquire such substance.
@@petrpinc7695 maybe now with the mantis she could
She's got an Arabish Slavic accent imo
First, they made Jedi Archie, then they gave him waifu with slavic accent.
I approve of this.
Jedi Archie is best archie imagine a Jedi Jug Head haha
I knew she sounded familiar
@@marbsj9633 That's not Archie, It's Cameron Monaghan from Gotham. He played the Joker.
@@Theobraham it's a joke because he looks like one
I do not approve of this Disney XD bullshit. Fuck Disney.
Just to clarify for everyone who thinks she means Vader, when she says "an armoured warrior" she's referring to Grievous, not Vader. More specifically, she's referring to an episode of the Clone Wars where Grievous is sent by Dooku to Dathomir and he massacres the entire Nightsister clan, with the exceptions of Ventress, Talzin and Merrin (though she isn't shown).
and that why she thought it was a jedi. grevious used blue and green lightsabers
In a canon comic Grievous also ends up murdering Talzin
Its pretty cool actually, ge walks through a magical shield made by Talzin like the bloody terminator and skewers her with two lightsabers
I remember that. I figures thats why she thought Cal was a bad guy.
Noncanon bullshit
true i thought she was referring to that part in the Son of Dathomir arc when Dooku palp and Greivous kill a bunch of them along with her mom
I like how the Nightsister is already more of a fan favorite than Rey.
Wait Rey is a fan favorite
Johnny Sin good one bud
Zimelectric I mean Rey, is popular.
Clark Strange popular, but still a stupidly overpowered character and a Mary sue
FiringallCylinders they’ve been around longer than her
Once she takes that hood off shes lowkey cute af.
ThePsychoticPenguin yup lol
Check out the voice actress, who I assume they modeled her after. The actress is good looking
@@fmj1337 Whats her Name?
@@nisl9039 Tina Ivlev
Ajar37 Good lord she IS HOT
Merrin: All my Sisters are dead
Cal: *Whips out his lightsaber* _"Modern problems. Require Modern solutions"_
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
You know the drill , soldier.
Don't they have Nightbrothers?
@@user-mh9dx7nz2r yes, but no.
@@user-mh9dx7nz2r I'm pretty sure the Nightbrothers are from a different planet but they get Trained and Tested at Dathomir to become warriors
I'm actually happy they were only briefly setting up SOMETHING between them and not forcing any sort of relationship in this game; I'm glad it's most likely being saved for the sequel.
Same. I really ship them two.
Oh Starkiller and Juno was definitely obviously especially how Galen acted when he first saw her haha!
Pray it doesn’t turn into a relationship. Not every interaction between characters has to turn into a relationship.
Oh, don't even speak about that... I've started having Revan&Bastila flashbacks...
1. Who're you?
2. Oh, you have Jedi powers, interesting
3. I always knew who you were, also I erased your memories and brainwashed you
4. But I still wanna fuck you
5. BUT I HATE U U LOOSER MALAK IS CHAD AND U R VIRGIN
6. You've beaten me twice and I still wanna fuck you but I'll do a generic dramatic crap about the conflict
7. Malak defeated! Citizens, rejoice! Now I can go and try all the poses from all Kamasutras in the Galaxy in our castle on Coruscant!
SWKotOR is a masterpiece... except its romance line.
@@princesscadance197 Uh huh. Right. In this day and age ill only believe that statement when its characters of the same gender. Cause honestly, im calling bullshit on your comment with all due respect.
I like how her first few appearances seemingly set the stage for your average ‘local antagonist’ and a standard mid-game boss fight. Then it completely subverts those expectations and she becomes your ally. Awesome.
It's also fitting for Cal as a character. Throughout the game whenever something becomes an obstacle in his journey, he turns it into a part of his journey.
Rusty skills? Relearns them back up to Padawan Level.
Runs into Bounty Hunters? Deals with them.
Trust issues? Asks the right questions and learns the right lessons.
Breaks his own Lightsaber? Builds a new one.
Breaks his crystal? Uses the two pieces to make a unique weapon.
This also applies to his relationship with Merrin.
Need I say more?
I agree I thought the mystery guy would be your ally then they completely flip the script
It’s funny.. When I first encountered her my thoughts were ”Huh she seems cool. She would be a nice character to develop into the story. Too bad I’ll likely have to kill her by the end of Dathomir.” I’m glad I was wrong.
@@johnboehmer8604 It's like in twilight of the apprentice in Star Wars Rebels where Ezra thought Maul was his ally, but learned Maul just needed him to activate the temple.
You know that's because she was originally slated to be the final boss and that was changed. They decided to make her a member of the crew somewhere down the line. I've read this somewhere on the wiki that they decided to change the route they were taking her. Personally I think she compliments the crew well so it was a good idea imo.
Whoever modeled Merrin and did her facial animations deserves a round of applause. She's the best looking character in the game, on a technical level. Her facial expressions are better than Cal and Trilla's.
Agreed. How her emotions synced up with her facial expressions in this game is sublime. Really well done.
Indeed , cere looks like she has fish eyes , but merrin looks damn fine
"Facial animations". Every single character in this game was motion-captured, all faces were as well.
This is so true. Her facial expressions are so on point it's scary. Very different with how they animated Cal and Cere, even Trilla.
Boi, then you have not seen Darth Vader! His facial expressions were freakin amazing! In fact, his facial animations were so well made that I was convinced that the entire game was live action for a moment!
4:34 "An armored warrior" is General Grievous.
Or Darth Vader
@@jerielmejias9129 I think that might be a nod to the animated Clone Wars of the episode where Grievous massacre a bunch o witches.
No it’s grievous
@@jerielmejias9129 no it's definitely Grievous. There was a Star wars the clone wars episode about that.
When heard "armored warrior brandishing this" I immediately thought of general grievous
Cal: So where to now?
Merrin: Rebuilding Nightsisters.
Cal: How? oh.....
Pathorn Panichapong let’s practice some force
@@jackylst Thrust in the force
@@WATRMELN420 my thoughts exactly. Sure, her powers are similar that of the Dark Side, but it's never too late to learn from the opposite. Also, Cere could also learn from her with the control of the Dark Side within her.
I have spoken
@@CamSiv996 i actually have a theroy on that, i think theres not 2 ways of using the force but rather there are 4 major paths, serenetiy(jedi), barganing(nigthsisters), opression(sith), and faith(most unaware force users), all of these provide supernatural or near supernatural force powers but all present different powers to a degree too
10:56 “then we’ll convince them” the accent and the way her head moves just makes her cute af
Im SO GLAD im not the only one that noticed that!!
And her little smile 😏
I really liked the character but am I the only one that thought she was underutilized? Like after she comes aboard you're practically at the end of the game already, I was hoping for more experiences with this character.
MisterX867 She’ll probably be more fleshed out in a sequel if there is one. I do agree though, her development felt kind of rushed in this game too.
Yeah I completely agree. I need to see her more in the sequel and I really hope for another.
I agree, but the game and the story overall was amazing
ind of like Legion in ME 2.He's on board so late that it require special planning to have him as team mate and save all possible humans. We have many adventures with all crew mates, but he's just for moment.
As far as the gameplay goes, Merrin probably does at least as much as Cere. Remember, Cere pretty much does something at the beginning and the end of the game, every planet you go to she just sits around, occasionally chatting with you very briefly. I hope they'll make a sequel of the same quality as Fallen Order, and I hope you'll be able to interact more indirectly with your crew, and that they'll actually have a gameplay use as well. It would be great to head out with a companion or two on a mission or if you could choose who to control for each planet.
11:57 BD-1: You like him. You like him.
Merrin: I don't know what you are saying.
hahahah
And then he does “awww” 🤣
How did you know what BD-1 was saying?
ward
@@angrypvz1646 he speaks droid
It makes sense why Merrin thought the Jedi are bad.
Especially when she tells about the 'armoured warrior'.
Grievous used Jedi lightsabers, so she thought he was a Jedi.
Such mistakes were made several times.
By example, Ventress once tried to kill Dooku with the help of two nightsisters. They made themselves invisible and used green and blue lightsabers. Dooku mistook them for Jedi.
Anyway I love the reference of Grievous the 'armoured warrior'
Koba1066 Lenk It was a nice subtly when Cal threw her his lightsaber saying the weapon doesn’t make the jedi.
The count dooku episode you described is literally one of the few episodes that i remember from clone wars that i watched in my early childhood, I gotta watched it now asap
Yeah, it was an awesome reference.
I just wish they could've had something physical left behind from that invasion that Cal could scan, like the old remains of a B1 Battle Droid or something, that would've been cool, kind of like how there are Clone Trooper remains on Zeffo.
@@basedbattledroid3507 great idea
@@basedbattledroid3507 Yeah. There are primitive painting of Grievous though. I think it shows the Nightbrothers pretty much worship him now.
Merrin:my sisters were killed by a jedi
Grievous:"nervously Looking away"
Me: *heavy breathing intensifies*
Honestly, I thought she was referring to Grievous
TheSovietUnionbutnot 119 She was referring to Grevious. An armored warrior came to their village on Dooku's commands and destroyed every last one of them.
@@maulok8441 Too bad she mistook him for a Jedi, cause he had blue and green lightsabers.
Andree Tungcab i mean to be fair grievous himself only really showed up towards the end of the attack. She likely didn’t get a good look at him through the smoke and the other droids. She would’ve only seen the lightsabers and his outline, which definitely looks armoured from a distance.
Merrin "I take my steak rare." and that is how Merrin became my new favorite character.
Out of all the comments on this video this is the only one to put a smile on my face
@@williamturcotte8588 "Well, I got some rare steak with me."
**unzips pants*
@@williamturcotte8588 what?
Dark lips, the deadpan serious attitude, and the east European accent... waifu in the making 😫❤️
She a straight hot kinda scary to
East European? You mean like Slavic?
@@stephenking5852 sounds Russian
@@aussiepuppet5250 well, being Russian I wouldn't say that this is the Russian accent since the accents that I heard in my life were vastly different. Despite this I still don't deny that it may be some Russian accent that I really haven't heard until now.
Colin P The voiceactress is russian
12:57 hands down the funniest "yeah" I've ever heard. Perfectly delivered, gets me every time
*noise* y-yeah?
Reminds me of Kevin Flynn's "yeah" during the flashback in Tron Legacy that shows CLU turning on him.
@@gigantor6519 Holy shit that "Yeah?" has been engrained in my memory for years, I can still hear it clear as day without having to look up the clip.
"Flynn! Am I still to create the perfect system?"
"yeAh"
15:11 I love how Cal almost looks offended when Cere doesn't laugh at Merrin's sacrifice joke and walks away.
"Oh come on, that was funny!"
*smack*
"Dont be so Cere-ious!"
@@frachris87 very funny
@@frachris87
Bruh
@@frachris87 Godammit Barb
I love how she has many voices like mother Talzin it shows she could potentially get to her level.
Cooking With Griswalda yeah im mainly excited for the lore about her and the relationship with her but she is very confident that her people are died but i believe not i think mabye there's a few that survived the massacre from the clone wars but of course it's up to star wars to decide personal i feel like merrin and cal would be a powerful team like she said nightsisters and jedi don't travel together but survivors adapt so eventually they might get a stronger connection as time passes and that could lead into an alliance between nightsisters and jedi i know they really different but Kenobi and Anakin went to mother talzin so they could found out which sabrak was killing jedi's came to her for help not by choice but it's a sign that maybe they can coexistence with each other like survivors sure nightsisters use the dark side but not like the sith they are able to use it rather then the dark side using them like sith they kill loved ones to get more power but nightsisters are able to use the dark side but they can care about each other and still be in control
Given that Nightsisters communicate with the spirits of their dead, it could be Mother Talzin who trained Merrin from beyond the grave.
@@snappycenter7863 Whether Mother Talzin is truly dead is up for debate.
@@kingcamelot1395 Didn't she died in front of Darth Maul in the Darth Maul comic?
@@C666O I didn't read Son of Dathomir, so I wouldn't know.
omg yall the chant she says at 2:50 is the exact chant Old Daka used in the Clone Wars to resurrect the fallen sister🤯 the attention to the small details... im SHOOK
Given that Nightsisters can talk to the spirits of dead Nightsisters, it might've been Old Daka who taught Merrin the chant.
@@snappycenter7863 i wouldn’t doubt it
I just came here to be the first to admit, that I have a huge crush on Merrin.
“I have spoken.”
"This is the Way."
Simp.
The question is who doesn’t 🥰
Zain having a crush on someone doesn’t make them a Simp.
Same 😃
99% of comments: She kinda cute though
Me: I like how she challenges Cals thinking without trying to dissuade him from his task. She forces him to look at his mission from angles he just didnt know to look from yet, without confronting him and making him get defensive.
Ah I see you have *B I G B R A I N*
@@SomeGuy-pc9fh Yus. Brain B I G. Much large
Big brain time.
I mean she is kinda cute tho
Finally! Do you have any idea how hard it is to find thougnt-provoking comments like yours?
I think the reason why people find the reference to Grievous' massacre of the nightsisters so appealing is because of the subtlety and the connection to the Clone Wars tv show. Plus, it has a nice ring to it... "an armored warrior"
Appealing? No, no, I said it was "appalling"
A bit confusing too unfortunately. The Empire has their own “armored warrior” as well.
I love Merrin's character, awkward, angry, shy but also sassy and for having minimal social interactions she radiates a confidence around others.
I like to think part of it is a natural mimicry of Cal who's also awkward but confident.
I also feel like Merrin is the key to the ending. She's the one that brings Cal into questioning the end goal of rebuilding the order. He realizes she's right that the children's lives will be in danger so long as the knowledge of them exists so his only goal is to destroy that knowledge and go where the winds take him.
15:14 cal is the only on smiling at the joke haha
Because he is THE JOKER HAHAHAHAHA
colton johnson the way she looks back at him too
Hope she is back in the sequel of this game.
Operator: J41M3 wdym sequel
Yea idk about that one Operator
@@King_Awesome why?
@@cheesegrater9039 the ending was open ended lol so we could get a sequel
Well I mean if there were to be a sequel then I hope she is part of the roster of characters y’know?
14:59 a sacrifice
I like her sense of humor👍
I could instantly tell she was joking when she said his arms would work.
and Cal is the only one laughing lmao xD
I laughed longer than I should have when she said that 😂
I think the sense of humor is part of why we like her so much, she’s not just Oh Woe And Tragedy.
This and the lightsaber scene are my favorite ones
The best thing about these two is that the game itself doesn't try so hard to make you think they'll be together, yet it would make complete sense if they did. The reason she decides to join him so quickly is cause they went through the same crap. Excellent character interactions; makes it easier for a sequel to make that change more naturally
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Several years later and after finishing Survivor, this was absolutely the right call. Their character chemistry feels so natural after what they've been through and not at all forced with cringey dialogue. Probably the best written romance in Star Wars.
“But nothing can bring back my people”
Cals Pini: *Allow me to introduce myself*
Lol
You're not wrong, Mother Talzin created the Nightsisters with selective breeding with force sensitives. So if they had a kid it would be a Nightsister since Merrin is pretty strong in the force.
LOL
@@CornBreadtm1 or a nightbrother
She's got nightbrothers, superior in every way. You literally need to grow a pair... of horns.
It's such a shame that the game ended right after she joined the team :(
Well I hope they'll make a sequel of it soon
@@michaelharris7820 oh they are dont worry
That's fhe only think i hated in this game
We need more Merrin scenes
And we need Trilla joins the team as well and then let her and Merrin fight each other for Cal
@@thefourthchairman4151 trilla dead
"And that's how I met your mother."
16:44 mission complete: goth girlfriend acquired
Merrin: exist
Rule 34 artist : it’s free real estate
Damn you meat beaters XD
@Donald Trumpstein Yes, but still true
Surprisingly very little that I've seen of her. We need more.
Good lord r34 please stay away from this game.
@@OoXLR8oO it's inevitable its a universal law
"A sacrifice. One of your arms will do nicely."
LMAO.
Man, so many TCW references.
“Mother” = Talzin
Armoured fighter brandishing a lightsaber = Grievous
Some subtle references to Maul too, considering he’s Dathomiri and a Nightbrother
if im not mistaken Maul is son of mother Talzin
Michał Kareńko correct!
So beautiful...
also the undead Nightsisters are basically identical to the ones in TCW. If only they sounded the same as the TCW ones.
He's a zabrak, but a dathomiri sub species of it. All dathomiris are just a sub species of zabrak
- Appears out of nowhere
- Insults Cal
- Chooses violence
- Leaves
That is waifu material right there
- Appears out of nowhere
- Becomes Malicos' bitch
- Doesn't leave
- Betrays him for younger Jedi meat
True waifu material.
JUST KISS ALREADY
Patience, young one.
I actually wonder if they will be a thing cause in a interaction she brings up how she wanted to marry another nightsisters so that raises the question if she's lesbian,bi,or pan
@@skeletor4436 that's a bit sad to hear...
Right!!!!!!!!!
@@skeletor4436 Your concepts of human nature are making me crack up.
CAUSE NOBODY CARES.
Loving the awkward jokes😂😂 refreshing and not cringe like other dialogues
Cant wait for the fanfics to roll in
S1LENTbutCR1SPY aren’t there already like a thousand?
@@th3s3us45 In Fanfiction there are less than 100...
“Life has this funny way of forcing you on the path forward anyway”. There is incredible wisdom in those words. You can do it the hard way by avoiding your problems, being haunted by them and eventually being punished by the world until you change, or choose the easy path and make change yourself. It seem scary at first, but it’s much better in the long term.
9:09
Merrin: Nothing can bring back my people.
Cal: I can help you with that
We all can help her with that. We all want help her with that.
I ship this so much. I hope they don’t chicken out and we get a romance in the sequel, as long as they do it right
How about no and for once have a fucking friendship instead of turning force users and witches into apes that need to find a significant other like every loser down the street? Thanks.
@@DropkickNation How about yes, because having relationships is one of the greatest natural things humanoids can do. Thanks.
@@shadowbandit3975 No. Simple as that.
Bruh, Cal might be working his way up to being one of my favorite Star Wars characters.
It says a lot that he surrendered his only weapon to Merrin as a sign of peace. True Jedi.
I love how she questions, but not undermines, his actions supported by his Jedi or conventionally heroic views. For example, he says something like how he "has to defeat the Empire by getting the list," then she goes, "okay, but won't you basically be doing what the Empire did with said list?" She provides the added perspective that helps justify his actions later on.
This game had more Star Wars traditional plot theme and story than all the new films combined- just imagine if the movies were this good
The "trap" with the Sister's saber in the vault was BRILLIANT. Never occurred to me.
I'd ship her and Cal. Who's with me?
Everyone
i dont know. maybe. feels like harry and hermoine
@Ludimeel Sorbo No
No please, I dont want a Reylo 2.o
Yup. I was kind of expecting that they would get together anyway.
I do hope Merrin and Cal gain some sort of “relationship” in the Fallen Order Sequel.
Yet Cal couldn’t clap them Nightsister cheeks.
Yet. 🙄
WTF
That's happen the curtain of this game
That's what the sequel for.
How could he, hes gay
Dang she’s cute 😍
I know bruh. She kinda scary lookin but yea hot
@@phinaddict4857 She is the only Nightsister that looked good.
Yeah but without the hood
@@AthenaMinerva1 dafuq ...she is so far from ugly as Tattoine from galactic center :p
she's not cute
she's hot
Fun fact. Night sisters are technically dark side users, who are able to resist falling down the sixth rabbit hole. I would love to see Merrin teach this to Cere in the sequel.
Not technically, they are like new age Sith Sorcerers but better
@@mikhailthegreatestdragon3627 True merrin wants revenge, but never talks about power or anything like that, so they are different.
@@kimjunguny Merrin is not every Nightsister, so you can't be saying that either. Compare to other Dathomir Witches, Nightsisters are absolutely power hungry, they're just not as single minded as sorcerers.
Dark side of the force is a pathway to many opportunities that a sith would consider, unnatural
@@mikhailthegreatestdragon3627 They are absolutely not power hungry. Ventress specifically explains to Quinlan Vos, who very much was a power hungry Jedi, that they do not allow the dark side to consume them like the Sith when they use it. Talzin was more powerful than Mace Windu and Palpatine and she wasn't even Force sensitive, they primarily use Magicks for their power and all they wanted was to be left alone.
Cal: I felt an awakening, and it is nothing about force.
4:12 i love how you can just see Malicos' silhouette in the background, casually waiting for them to finish their conversation.
4:28 she talks about General Grievous, what a slaughter he made. Must have been horrifying.
It's funny the night sisters forget about Ventress, all the night sisters knew her and this one doesn't.
Indeed
@@stealthstandard lmao she just stayed one day and that same day that grievous slaughtered all the nightsisters
Obi wan Kenobi Avenged Merrin LOL
4:05 "A fine addition to my collection!" *teleports away*
I love Merrin. One of the main reasons I want a game sequel is having her on the team. I literally whooped when she said she would join Cal.
Same
It was the right thing to do to destroy that holocron. Just 5 years removed from revenge of the sith, Cal and Cere were in no condition to rebuild the order since the empire was at the height of its power at that point in time. They'd have to wait at least another 12 years until rebuilding the order could be even considered with the formation of the rebel alliance.
This is 5 years after return of the jedi not revenge of the sith.
Quetzal 24 no it’s not
@@sickfoo5506 no this is literally 5 years into the founding of the Empire. Why do you think Vader and the inquisitors are still around.
@@VJBILL1 dam u right
@@sickfoo5506 you must have been thinking of the Mandalorian lol
Love the reference to general grievous massacre in the clone wars
I'm so happy that Disney kept that as canon. When they brought Star Wars, I was so worried that they discard it the way they did the rest of the EU.
@@carlycrays2831 it was an entire episode tho
@@carlycrays2831 Clone Wars is still canon
@@carlycrays2831 All of The Clone Wars is canon
@@solthegamer3769 Yes, and I was worried that it wouldn't be. I was so relieved to see Ahsoka.
4:32 Reference to Grievous’s massacre in TCW?
Yep
Light Revaan Greivous and the CIS exterminated the nightsister clans in order to prevent Talzin and Ventress from becoming threats to Dooku and Palpatine. grievous does have armour on his cybernetics aswell.
Light Revaan um no, you’re so very wrong. There was literally a Clone Wars episode about this. Dooku orders Grievous to go destroy the Nightsisters. And he wipes them out with his Droid army. She’s stating a canonical event. Plus Vader has never been on Dathomir...
@Light Revaan there is literally nothing in canon that details Vader ever going to Dathomir for any reason. She is roughly Cal's age. That means she was a child during the Clone War. She says her people were massacred when she was a child, meaning it was in fact when Grievous attacked. And I'm sure that when you're that young, it would be easy to glance at Grievous and assume it's just someone wearing armor.
But she's not wrong either. Grievous did have armour that was based off of the Kaleesh culture.
@Light Revaan no. It's about Grievous
if they actually hook up imagine the children, who's up to see a grey jedi with the ability to use magick?
@Justin Gary just because cal voice actor is gay doesn't mean he is
@Justin Gary Cameron Monaghan isn’t gay just because he played a gay character means nothing
Would be very cool
The mo-cap is so good in this game but I particularly like how they did Merrin. That 10:20 section looks amazing. What a neat character. I'm excited to see more of her in the inevitable sequel.
this story is a thousend times better then the last 2 star wars movies
not really
Agreed
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Merrin is hot af: Change my mind.
I . . . I can't.
Cannot change a fact my friend
dude it's a video game character lmao
She smells like fucking brimstone and hasn't showered in like ... ever. She has yellow teeth and is a crazy ass cultist with no real means in the world.
Enough?
When Merrin mentions “an armoured warrior,” I could imagine hearing the cynical and sinister laughter of General Grievous followed by several of his trademark coughs.
I don’t know why but I like the way she describe grievous.
Cal:*overcomes Dathomir's fauna, all the Nightbrothers and holds his own against Malicos
Merrin: you will be the father of my children
Ah I love her voice... It fits so well!
Relationship status arguments aside can we just appreciate that the Night sister is the first person in this game to go "you guys sure you want to find these kids while the embodiment of death is hunting you?"
there are actually more scenes with her when you keep revisiting the other planets once she's on your team
Just because now I know that, I will replay the whole game. I want to know what she says if we visit illum
11:57 Cutest scene ever!!!
I like how he smiles about Marrins joke at 15:15 😂❤️ but no else find it funny 😄
*Merrin's
That awkward hug she gives is so adorable.
She was ready to pounce and didn't hesitate when she heard him walking lol. I sense something between these 2.
❤
8:57 Awwwwww :”3
1:08 I love how she says that.
Was looking for this comment, haha. It’s so well delivered and sassy
It's so cute how Merrin did her hair up all nice for Cal, sadly Cal doesn't seem to notice or does he?🤔
only if he is off duty and not in "jedi business 24/7 mode".
She is Lesbian, she has no interest in Cal.
@@iceomistar4302 She's bi and and yes she does😂
Icbeoaneistari of Chu it’s not really her fault. She can’t really question her sexuality if she has always been around other females
@@iceomistar4302 it's too soon to summarize things up because she just joined the team right at the end of the fucking game
Romance hinted at 16:40 if anyone is wondering.
Not only did she turn from a early game antagonist to your ally. She also influenced cal's choice in the end which is amazing
She was the best character so far. I hope that shes a bit playable in the next game and have a green magick saber like mother talzin.
Cal: Now that’s how I met your mother, kids.
Not that I've played this game yet, but I think Merrin might be one of my favorite characters. A female who isn't, shall we say, exploited or your typical damsel-in-distress, she has a fleshed-out backstory and makes you earn her trust rather than simply joining the party at the first opportunity. At the same time, though, the player gets glimpses of her power that makes one think, "Hmmm, glad she's on our side."
I love that they gave Merrin the voice effect Mother Talzin had. So creepy, but nice attention to detail
Newest star wars waifu?
Yup
Newest?
Yes
Dude your name doesn't even fit on my screen.
Aye, Aye, captain!
Merrin got barely any screentime yet she's already a better character than rey. If there is a sequel I hope they expand on her character
Cut scenes have some excellent facial and body animations. Merrin's are exceptionally good.
Sure Merrin’s facial animations were good, but HAVE YOU SEEN DARTH VADER? HIS FACIAL EXPRESSIONS WERE F**KING AMAZING! IT BLOWS EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE GAME OUT OF THE WATER!
@@RandomPerson-cm2wg lol!! Best post from Random Person ;).
cal: OH NO SHES HOT
When Merrin says she needs to sacrifice one of Greez's arms, it was foreshadowing
13:03 - poor Greez. Such a chill guy, and he just wants everyone else to be chill like him.
Yeah, Greez contributed more to the plot more then any side characters from the sequels.
"We Are Survivors"
Holy crap, who can imagine that line was the future of Cal's Story :o
When I'm just here for my ship but everyone else is here because she's their waifu
*I've never felt so alone*
Merrin: A sacrifice needed to make this ship undetected
Greez: What sacrifice?
Merrin: One of your arms will do nicely
Greez: WHAT??!!!
Merrin: Don’t be so serious
Greez: Pheeewww...
Merrin: I need two
Only appear in a few scenes and yet quickly ended up one of my favorite star Wars videogame characters of all time.
Finally, a great female Disney star wars character.
Miles ahead of Rey, Vice Admiral Gender Studies and Ugh... Rose...
What about Jyn Erso, Hera Syndulla, Sabine Wren, i could go on.
@@mattboesch8907 I agree with Hera and Sabine, Jyn was overshadowed by K2-S0 and the Monk who's name eludes me
@@John-Stark Chirrut Imwe is his name.
@@airenboe5913 Thanks dude
4:47 She is referring to General Grievous, the infamous commander and Jedi slaughterer of the Separatists attacking Dathomir in Clone Wars Season 4, Episode 19.
When I written this I didn’t know there was already a comment on it
Still love better love story than Rey and Kylo
We need a sequel, and those two deserve a happy ending
It is star wars, there are no happy endings
You got your wish.
It seems like they upped it a notch when they did the motion capture for Merrin and it really helps along with the voice acting to make her stand out as a character. She is a fascinating one as well seeing she spent all those years tending to the bones of her Sisters and nurturing her hatred for the Jedi, although misguided, but decided to move forwards rather than remain in a past filled with pain, grief and hate. I hope we get some dlc with Merrin somewhere down the road!
15:10
Cal: Isn't she great?
Cere: Focus, Cal.
Cal: Right.
This is the first time I have fallen in love with a character from the game. Merrin is so awesome
I find Merrin's facial animations outstanding. Her facial expressions have an incredible amount of detail and feel really realistic.