Mermista

Full name: Mermista. Aliases: Sea-Ra (aka in "Roll With It") / Water Princess (by Catra) / Dearest (by Sea Hawk) / Tidal Wave (by Frosta) Race: Mermaid (Although when she is out of the sea, she takes on a more human appearance, the scales disappear and her mermaid tail too, being replaced by human legs). Age: 21 years old. Date of birth: March 23. Height: 5'9 / 175 cm. Gender: Female. Eye color: Brown. Hair color: Blue-green. Nationality: Salinean (Salineas). Occupation: Princess. Weapons: Trident.

Mermista is the princess of Salineas and a member of the Princess Alliance in the Rebellion. She is one of the Elemental Princesses.

Mermista is a dark-skinned woman with a thick, rounded body, black-polished nails, brown eyes, and dark eyebrows. She has deep teal hair with a pattern reminiscent of a wave, a reference to her powers and kingdom, which she wears in a bouffant braid or ponytail that rests over her shoulder. She wears a tracksuit with a teal and turquoise scale design, with a golden necklace, turquoise shoulder pads with gold outlines, golden armbands that cover both wrists completely, and golden earmuffs. She wears high-top sneakers with turquoise and blue tongues, golden uppers, white soles, and a lighter blue accent on the back.

When the chip is implanted, his eyes glow green and green veins branch out from the edges of his eyes.

Sarcastic and blunt, Mermista maintains a flat face and a cool head most of the time, often struggling to express her true feelings, hiding them behind a relaxed exterior. This side of her makes her appear arrogant, impatient, and conceited, as evidenced by her initial reaction to Adora's arrival, Scorpia's speech, and her attitude toward Entrapta. She is stoic and has no qualms about speaking her mind, but often avoids verbally expressing her feelings, especially those she feels for Sea Hawk.

Mermista is willing to take command if the role calls for it, as it is she, not her father, who initially welcomes She-Ra as the kingdom's diplomat. Once willing, Mermista does not shy away from inconvenient or difficult work, though asking her to perform undesirable tasks usually leads to some complaints. She bravely traipsed through the sewers of the Fright Zone to free Glimmer and Bow, albeit reluctantly. When asked to do this during the plot, she replied, "Mermista will what?" Mermista is also a theatrical person. She can be very dramatic when she gets into character.

Despite this, Mermista has begun to take on a more proactive role, including leading the Rebellion in Adora's absence. She cares deeply for her people and was visibly affected by the loss of her kingdom, grieving and stress-eating in solitude. While at first impressions she might seem superficial, it becomes clear throughout the story that she is willing to do a lot when she puts her all into something.

Upon being implanted with the Horde Prime chip, he displayed personality changes common to all chipped individuals.

#Past: Mermista is the princess of the kingdom of Salineas. Her father retired, leaving her in charge of the kingdom, which is crumbling.

#Season One: First seen ruling an empty kingdom with only one subject, her initial reaction to the arrival of Adora and her friends is one of resignation. Glimmer, Bow, Adora, and Sea Hawk arrive in Salineas to find the kingdom severely understaffed and in danger of falling to the Horde, with many residents having fled because the Sea Gate is crumbling. Glimmer offers to help if Salineas will join the Alliance. Mermista and Sea Hawk tease each other about getting her expelled from the Dolphin Club for challenging the gatekeeper to a duel and for setting her gondola on fire in the Tunnel of Love, presumably during a date gone wrong. Adora discovers that the Sea Gate draws its power from The Pearl, the Runestone of Salineas. She deduces that the connection between the gate and the Runestone must be damaged. Mermista agrees to let She-Ra repair the broken Sea Gate, and after they repel a Horde attack and She-Ra repairs the gate, she joins the alliance. She also gives Sea Hawk a new ship to replace the one he burned in the battle, telling him not to set it on fire, to which she replies that she makes no promises. At the Princess Ball, Adora notices Sea Hawk there, singing about his date, Mermista. She denies that she's anything more than his plus-one, but blushes in embarrassment. Furious, Mermista leaves in search of a seaweed bar, and Sea Hawk follows her just as Bow and Perfuma arrive.

After Bow and Glimmer are kidnapped by the Horde, Mermista, Perfuma, Sea Hawk, and Entrapta volunteer to rescue Glimmer and Bow with Adora and stage a daring escape. Mermista endures more than she should have to to get into the Horde compound and let the others into the Fright Zone: she has to swim through the Fright Zone sewers. After the heroes free Glimmer and Bow and believe Entrapta to be dead, Mermista insists on returning home and leaves the Princess Alliance. Mermista sums up everyone's worries when she says she can't risk her kingdom or anyone else's lives by staying with the Rebellion. Later, Mermista rejoins the Alliance to defend Brightmoon from the Horde's attack at the Battle of Brightmoon.

#Season Two: Mermista joins the rest of the princesses in destroying robots and eventually capturing one for Bow to study. She helps plan an attack on a Horde-controlled tower, where she accidentally destroys the Horde spy robot. She then uses the power of water to help seize the tower from the Horde soldiers.

#Season Three: On Bright Moon, Bow, Perfuma, Frosta, and Mermista spy on Angella and Glimmer's argument. Glimmer advocates for decisive action to save the planet, which is in imminent danger. Later, beneath the Moonstone, Shadow Weaver prepares to draw on its power, just as Frosta, Perfuma, and Mermista arrive. They insist on going as well and tell Shadow Weaver to "make that thing bigger," referring to their sorceress glyphs. After teleporting to the Fright Zone and confronting several Horde soldiers, Mermista and Frosta hold them off while Shadow Weaver, Bow, and Glimmer advance.

#Season Four: At the coronation, Mermista is appointed floral decorator, much to the envy of Perfuma. Later, she opens the waterfall, allowing Glimmer, Bow, and Adora to access the caves and hall hidden beneath the Bright Moon. After suffering several defeats at the hands of the Horde, the heroes suspect a Horde spy among them. Mermista attempts to ferret them out, using tactics from the "Mermaid's Mystery" novels to interrogate nearly everyone in Bright Moon. As Mermista's "investigation" continues, they uncover conflicting testimony from officers and princesses who claim to have received orders from different princesses when they were supposedly elsewhere, and who had no recollection of giving such orders. Mermista quickly dismisses this. At the same time, Bow becomes convinced that he is the spy, to everyone's dismay. After being exposed as a spy, Double Trouble boasts that the entire exercise was merely meant to entertain the princesses until the Battle of Salineas was over. Distraught over the loss of Salineas, Glimmer quickly teleports there, where Mermista collapses at the sight of her fallen and ruined kingdom. After the loss of Salineas, Sea Hawk decides to take Bow and Swift Wind out for a night of partying, where they are captured by pirates who hand them over to the Horde. Sea Hawk then sends a seagull to Mermista for help. After receiving the seagull's message, she bursts into the hallway screaming to announce the news. Moments later, Glimmer teleports onto the ship with Mermista and Adora in tow. Adora transforms into She-Ra, taking down the Horde sailors, and everyone works together to battle the Horde sailors, singing a joyful rock anthem together. Mermista is happy to be back in the fight now that her depression has passed and the Bright Moon ice cream parlors are empty. However, when he wanted to fight for his kingdom, he longed for it too much.

In "Fractures", Glimmer suggests to the Princess Alliance that they use the Heart of Etheria to fight the Horde. Mermista is willing to do whatever it takes to take back her kingdom. Although the Heart of Etheria could destroy everything, it could also be used as an immensely powerful weapon for the Horde. Mermista agrees that it is worth the risk. Following the activation of the Heart of Etheria, the Princesses are filled with renewed power. Mermista easily lash[s] entire fleets with tidal waves, while Frosta and Perfuma obliterate legions of Horde robots around them with blasts of ice and vegetation. As princesses across Etheria fell under the Heart of Etheria's control, the writing of the First Ones appeared on every princess and Runestone. Mermista falls from the vortex she was using to destroy a Horde ship and collapses, as do the other princesses. As this happens, light and power surge from the planet into the heavens. She-Ra shatters the Sword of Warding, freeing her and all the princesses from its control, only to watch as the stars and the Main Horde Fleet surround Etheria.

#Season Five: Mermista helps evacuate refugees while defending them from bot attacks. She must rescue Adora, who recklessly attacked too many bots on her own. Later, she defends her base when it comes under attack and helps repel the bots. After the rebels abandon the base, she helps guide the refugees deeper into the Whispering Woods. While Adora takes her well-deserved rest, the Princesses hold a planning meeting to save Glimmer. Most of the Princesses are hesitant to welcome Entrapta back into the group, but Scorpia stands up for her, saying that she has a good heart. Mermista offers to let Entrapta go into space if she helps save Glimmer, which Entrapta eagerly accepts. With Mermista in charge, Entrapta guides several other Princesses to one of Prime's towers, where she believes they can discover Glimmer's location by hacking into the tower's computer. The Princesses sneak past many robots, but Entrapta zooms away and collides with a robot, triggering the tower's defenses. This creates a heated exchange where Entrapta realizes that Mermista is angry at her for hurting her while she was with the Horde. Entrapta apologizes and, with reckless abandon, races to the tower to obtain the signal and find Glimmer's location. Mermista approves her plan and sends Scorpia and Frosta as Entrapta's reinforcements while she and Perfuma distract the rest of the robots. Entrapta hacks the spire, discovers Glimmer's whereabouts, and learns that Prime is sending reinforcements to Etheria. Mermista then video chats with Adora and her team to quickly set out to rescue Glimmer.

Sea Hawk devises a plan to contact Prince Peekablue by sneaking into the Haunted Grotto's underwater soiree. She hopes Peekablue will use his farsight to aid the Rebellion. Mermista gives everyone secret aliases: Scorpia is Lynda D'Ream, Perfuma is Tara. Sea Hawk and company make their way to the soiree, where they discover that most of the guests hold a grudge against her, so she has to keep hiding and tying up her enemies with Mermista. Still hiding behind the bar with Sea Hawk, Mermista reluctantly tells the sailor that she might have set fire to a ship once, just to see what it felt like. Mermista is knocked off-screen by the Etherians Horde Prime was controlling. She then joins the gang interrogating Double Trouble and smashes the crystal keeping the sea out of the Haunted Grotto, and fights Scorpia as the place collapses. Perfuma, Sea Hawk, and Double Trouble escape while Scorpia stays behind. As the heroes attempt to rescue Scorpia, Mermista attacks them, separates Catra from the group, and attempts to drown her. Catra escapes by calling Bow over the comms pad for help. Glimmer teleports in and rescues Catra. During the battle outside the tower, a wave of clones from Horde Prime's ship teleports to the surface to engage the princesses. However, they hold back and do nothing, their arrival distracting them long enough for Mermista to flood the battlefield and Scorpia to electrocute the princesses through it. With the battle briefly halted, a massive hologram of Horde Prime coalesces above the tower, who gloats over them all and reveals a captive Entrapta, assuring them that eternal night awaits them before vanishing again. On the battlefield, the princesses are besieged by Mermista, Scorpia, and the rest of Horde Prime's forces.

Perfuma suggests retreating, but they are completely surrounded by clones who fire their ray guns. However, before they can fire and end the battle, Glimmer arrives with a magical pulse that knocks the clones back. Mermista uses the opportunity to flood the field with a tidal wave, but Glimmer uses a sigil to stem the waters. Castaspella joins her, and together they restructure the magic to completely encapsulate the rushing waters in a magical bubble, which they launch at Mermista and the clones, briefly halting the fight once again. Seizing his opportunity, Sea Hawk stands in front of Mermista and begins talking to her. Although she returns bursts of water at him, he manages to deftly dodge them. He charmingly compares her attempts to when she tried to kill him on their first encounter, and though she eventually manages to grab his ankle and knock him off balance, he smoothly turns the fall into a complete disaster. His irritation eventually reaches the real Mermista, who complains, "Why are you behaving like this?" Sea Hawk claims it's because he loves her, which briefly restores her old brown eyes, but the whole episode was ultimately just a distraction for Perfuma to incapacitate her. One of her vines strikes the chip in Mermista's neck, sending her slumping into Sea Hawk's arms, who begs for forgiveness when she returns to normal. Beneath Melog's invisibility cloak, Bow continues deploying Entrapta's program to disable all the chips on Etheria. A light erupts from the Horde outpost, and chips across the planet malfunction and detach from their hosts' necks. Mermista is freed in Sea Hawk's arms. She is happy to be reunited with Sea Hawk, but questions the relationship between Entrapta and Hordak.

•Sea Hawk: It has been hinted that Mermista had a romantic history with Sea Hawk, and it is mentioned that the two were quite close. Although she claims to dislike him and often acts apathetic or annoyed by his presence, she invites him to the Princess Ball, showing that she is fond of him despite his constant comments, claiming otherwise, as "just her plus one". It is also mentioned that they have gone on dates in the past, but Sea Hawk often messed up their dates, such as challenging the bouncer to a duel at the Dolphin Club and setting her gondola on fire in a Tunnel of Love. Often, when she claims that he is not her "plus one", but simply "her plus one", she is seen blushing and looking blank, as if she doesn't believe what she is saying. Their friendship remains strong, but mostly because Sea Hawk tries to spend time with her and her friends. They also occasionally team up with the rest of the Heroes. At the end of the fifth season, Sea Hawk declared his love for Mermista during their battle. Mermista seems to hint at these feelings as well.

•Adora: Mermista respects Adora and joined the Rebellion because of her. She follows her strategies, even to the point of swimming through the sewers to rescue Glimmer and Bow. She named herself Sea-Ra after Adora. While she left the Princess Alliance to protect herself and her kingdom in the first season, she returned during the Battle of Bright Moon and has since become staunchly loyal to Adora and the rest of her friends. She also participates in attacks on Horde targets, where she is essential to several Alliance victories. In the second season, Mermista comments that She-Ra's hair is "messy, but... really gorgeous."

•Queen Glimmer: Mermista initially rejects Glimmer's plea for help, but pledges her support after She-Ra and the team defeat the Horde at Seagate. They work well together, except when Glimmer teleported Mermista out of the war council and back to her lookout post. After she rejoined the planning session, the heroes joined forces and defeated the Horde on multiple occasions. When the Horde devastated Salineas, Glimmer welcomed Mermista to Brightmoon.

•Perfuma: They generally get along well, though Mermista's sharp wit sometimes overshadows Perfuma's sweetness. They support each other even when they disagree over who would be the best flower girl for Glimmer's coronation.

•Entrapta: Mermista and Entrapta never truly bonded until the rescue mission, where they worked as a team to get rid of Rogelio. They held a triumphant salute following their victory. Mermista made sure to stay the course when the Horde spotted them and began attacking. When she revealed that Entrapta was likely dead, she sadly looked away. She temporarily separated from the Alliance, claiming that their being together was the cause of Entrapta's supposed death. Upon reuniting, Mermista showed resentment over her betrayal, but was willing to give Entrapta a second chance, and after a successful mission, welcomed her back into the rebellion. Mermista is also the first Rebellion princess to question Entrapta's relationship with Hordak after seeing them together and asking if everyone is okay with their relationship, to which none of the others respond.

•Frosta: Mermista gets along well with the youngest princess, though it's unknown if they met before the Princess Ball. As their friendship grew stronger over the first few seasons, they began to work closely together, with Mermista bringing water into battle, allowing Frosta to freeze and use the ice as a weapon.

•Bow: Bow, along with Adora and Queen Glimmer (Princess Glimmer at the time), saved Mermista and her kingdom of Saltineas from the Horde in the fifth episode of the first season ( The Sea Gate ). They work together compatibly, though Mermista occasionally teases Bow about her skill; in "Roll With It", Bow commented that he wasn't sure he had a "war table battle figure" of Mermista for her, and after searching for one, commented that she didn't have one; however, she did have "a seashell and a happy otter" to use instead. Mermista chose to decline the offer, which offended Bow.

•Star Sisters: According to Adora's research in Princess Prom, Mermista is friends with the Star Sisters.

#Powers: •Connection to the Pearl: Mermista is connected to the Pearl, one of the five Runestones, making her one of the Elemental Princesses. Her connection grants her various abilities, many of them related to water.

•Hydrokinesis: Mermista is able to manipulate and control water. She has been seen several times controlling large amounts of water; a notable example is her arrival at the Battle of Bright Moon. She manipulates a giant wave of water with enough force to lift her boat and enough precision to protect Adora, Bow, Spinnerella, and Netossa from the wave. In the second season, she uses her power to help raze a Horde castle near a river.

•Mermaid Transformation: Mermista can change between two forms: one with legs and one with a scaly mermaid tail. Although it's not specified whether this power comes from The Pearl, it's very likely that it does.

•Aura Generation: By joining with the other princesses, Mermista can generate an aura that greatly amplifies her powers. Her aura manifests in cyan.

#Talent: •Trident Proficiency: Mermista has proven proficient in the use of her trident during battle.

•Speaks Thunder: In the episode "Mysteries of the Sea," he was shown to be able to shout a word just as thunder struck. He says he acquires this skill by practicing at home.

•Seagull Communication: In "Boys' Night Out," he was shown talking to and listening to a seagull, while understanding it.

#Weaknesses: •Deserts: Mermista needs water for her magic and is powerless in the desert. Adora points this out in "Valley of the Lost" when Glimmer almost sends Mermista on a quest to the Crimson Waste, and it is shown again in "Launch", where Mermista also comments that she hates the desert.

•Fire: Netossa mentions fire as Mermista's weakness.