Meryl is a changeling, Troll-blooded on her faerie side. She only appears in the novel Summer Knight.

Description & AssociatesEdit

Meryl was brawny and muscular, with muddy green hair.^[1] She was friends with a group of Winter Court changelings: Lily, Fix and Ace. 

She shared an apartment with Lily, and also looked after her.^[2]

Biography Edit

Meryl was conceived when a troll raped her mother, then spared her mother's life by not eating her. Her troll father belonged to the Winter Court, putting her under its rule too.^[2]

In the StoryEdit

Suspiscious of Harry, not knowing whether to believe he was a good guy who would help them or kill them instead, Meryl back-handed him with a shovel-sized fist. She stops Ace from shooting him thinking the wizards would kill them all. She, Fix and Ace ran off after she tossed Harry dumpster.^[1]

When Lily disappeared, she and the others tried to find her, and eventually hired Harry Dresden. Meryl was accidentally shot by Ace while the latter tried to kill Dresden.^[3]

Meryl was wounded gravely in battle by Winter Knight Lloyd Slate.^[4] In order to help, she Chose to become a full troll; she rejoined the battle in her troll form: huge, strong, ugly, and with green skin and blood, and wielding an axe. Talos hacked off one of her hands, but was brought down by her.^[5] She died soon after.^[6]

References Edit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Summer Knight, ch. 12
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Summer Knight, ch. 16
3. ↑ Summer Knight, ch. 29
4. ↑ Summer Knight, ch. 32
5. ↑ Summer Knight, ch. 33
6. ↑ Summer Knight, ch. 34