WE LOVE MERTA IN THIS HOUSE !!! she's served as his high priestess for a couple hundred years...long enough to be sick of his attitude, though shes very loyal and would never say so out loud. she's the eldest daughter of an ancient magical bloodline and raised all her siblings herself, so any real time away from her duties is spent visiting with them...they've all come up into roles that service the crown and the northern cities at large. her spoiled baby brother even sits on Vicon's court as a fully titled Sorcerer.