Connections
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Connections
Friends
Mezh'akuk'xaela (played anonymously) He came between the dragoness and Ees when Ees accidentally walked up on the narrow ravine where she'd been hiding. To appease her wrath he agreed to help her get rid of the dragon who'd stolen her hoard, and taken over her lair. It lead to the start of a tense friendship between the two. Some time after that, he taught her to shift to a humanoid form, and their friendship changed to a sort of on again off again pseudo relationship. However has not seen her for a few years. 
Ees Khalid (played by Djinn-n-Tonic) Another Bard. Merin bought an odd lute from a peddler that he'd suspected had been stolen, and soon found the owner. The two quickly became friends, Merin finding himself doting on the small skinny 'human' The two have discovered they quite enjoy playing music together as well. They have since been through a lot together, adventures, danger, joyus moments and loss. Merin is thankful to have someone like Ees at his side. Acquaintances
Ehen (played by Healthbar) "For some reason this elf keeps wanting to bake cookies for me... Quick someone create a diversion." 
Riressil (played by Atropa) Little winged elf woman that really seems to like his music. She seems to be hiding something. 
Baldernock (played by Degu) Very large Dragon-thing. Some sort of half blood? The lumbering beast seemed a bit harsh and grumpy at first, but Merin, being accustomed to grumpiness from his adopted brother, seems to have befriended him. Merin however, does not approve of the half-dragon being a pit-fighter, but was unable to persuade him away from it. 
Xyalan (played anonymously) He wrote her a song when she cornered him in his human form. When she discovered he was a runt, she mocked him for it. When they met a year later, she needed his help and he reluctantly agreed. While she hasn't changed -much- the dragoness is not quite how she used to be, and little by little the two have developed something that is almost, but not quite a friendship. Or at least they did. She's since vanished, and Merin suspects he knows why. 
Siuloir (played anonymously) "Sorry I scared your horse." Merin met the strange scrawny man in the forest on his way to Yveridia. The encounter was brief, but Merin found him rather interesting, and hopes they cross paths again. 
Hangman (played anonymously) Merin befriended the strange and troubled helmeted man by buying him wine. The Bard is however, uncertain of how to actually help him. For a long while he suspected the man had died, but eventually ran across him again, under another name and without his helmet. However, that was the last time he ever saw him and Merin has no idea where he is now. -
Long Lost
Taliesin
There is much that could be said about a friendship that lasted over six hundred years. The elf was Merin's oldest and dearest friend. Several times the term 'soul mates' had been used when refering to the two of them, although their relationship had never been romantic. Taliesin was an elf, and like Merin, a Master Bard. The two started out as rivals in their youth, Merin accidently stepping on the elf's toes several times. Taliesin felt threatened by Merin, having assumed the 'human' looked his physical age. Tal, had been around 250 years old at the time, and having a human 1/10th his age, being near equal to him in talent, was not something he was too pleased about. Still, they were similar in many ways, and a cautious friendship began to form. Tal was one of the few people that ended up knowing the truth about what Merin was, although at first, Merin simply told him he was far older than he looked, and promised him he would tell him more some day.
They traveled together for much of their lengthy friendship, and the adventures they shared could have easily filled half a dozen books. Taliesin, eventually learned the full truth about Merin, and in turn Merin knew secrets about Tal that he had never told anyone else. They could more or less know what the other was thinking, and finish each other's sentences. It was not all perfect however. There was a time when they had a massive fight, and were seperated for a few decades.. But eventually they patched things up, and their friendship became even stronger. But, even elves grow old, and they grow old sooner than dragons. Taliesin retired, no longer able to keep up with Merin's life of adventure and danger. They stayed in touch, although sometimes it would be months between letters or visits. For a time, they communicated almost exclusively through a pair of enchanted books. Whatever was written in one, showed up in the other, even when the books were hundreds or thousands of miles apart.
Tragedy came in the form of the spell slowly beginning to weaken. Instead of messages showing up moments after being written, sometimes it would take weeks for them to actually appear. Merin received a message, after a long period of silence from Tal, who told him he missed him, and begging him to come spend some time with him. They could even have 'one last adventure' for old time's sake.
Merin flew back to the city where Tal lived.. Only to find that the elf had died days before. Not from old age or illness, but from a mugger. Had Merin come back sooner, and not been too busy with his old life, he felt that he would have been there to save him. It is a regret that he will carry with him the rest of his very long life.
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--PENDING--
Koal
Merin's former mate. They met in Yveridia, and after some initial awkwardness soon become friends. It didn't take long for the friendship to turn to far more. Attraction, slowly developed into the bond of love, and they became a mated and bonded pair. Merin's devotion to Koal at times toed the line over into obsession. He fretted over her well being often, and was at times quite over protective. While they had the occasional disagreement or misunderstanding, the two loved each other deeply. However, they were separated when Koal had a trip she needed to make alone. She was suppose to only been gone a few weeks. When this became much longer, and the bond seemed to cut off, Merin became deeply worried, more so when her three bird companions came to find him.
She had been captured by Gem Dragon hunters, and although he managed to find her and save her from them, her own people swept in right after that, taking her away. Merin's refusal to lose her meant that in the end, they were forced to banish him to another world.. while Koal was taken away to be stripped of her memories, and the bond permanently severed. Trapped in another world for five years, it was there that Merin dealt with the worst of his grief over losing her. When he was finally able to find a way back home, he found that mere days had passed in this world. Koal, however was still long gone, and he was forced to accept that he'd never see her again. He will always miss her, and deep down he will always carry a sadness within over her loss.
