Mera Salamin

"What I'm most afraid of? You want to know what I'm most afraid of? I'm afraid of this. I'm afraid of a world where I spend the rest of my life like this: brittle and creaking and constantly on the verge of breaking. I'm afraid of a life where someone bumping up against me on the street means a trip to the hospital! I'm afraid that this is all there is! But now, I finally have an exit. I finally have a way to leave. You think you can keep me here? Then you better be ready to die trying." Mera Salamin is a major character in Epithet Erased. She is an inscribed woman who attempted to steal the Arsene Amulet to negate the pain her own epithet causes her with another's. After being defeated by Giovanni Potage, she gets arrested by the Sweet Jazz Police.

Prior to the events of the show, Mera was born to a rich family, who spent half of their fortune trying to find a doctor who could cure their daughter, but they weren't aware that her pain was caused by her epithet because she was thought to be a mundie. When Mera discovered that she was inscribed, she set out to train her epithet in hopes that she would be able to grow strong enough to control it, but instead it just made her pain grow even stronger. During her journey to grow stronger, he encountered Indus Tarbella in the Desert Country and recruited him as her bodyguard after defeating him in an honorable duel.

Physical Appearance
Mera is described as being "tiny" and having "sweet black nail polish" that is "always getting chipped for some reason". She has long, deep blue hair that can be seen as black, as well as periwinkle eyes that occasionally gloss over and turn white like cataracts.

In the Museum Arc, she dons a sand-colored sweater vest with an indigo bow tie, a cream long-sleeved, collared shirt with jagged cuffs and an indigo stripe placed horizontally along each sleeve, torn indigo jeans, and cobalt loafers.

Personality
Mera is a crafty individual, having managed to fool everyone by pretending to be a museum tour guide as part of her intricate heist plan.

She is also rather aggressive and seemingly selfish, willing to manipulate others and using dry sarcasm to inflict pain onto others. When things don’t go as she has planned, she falls into a fury. This is mainly due to her epithet, revealed in "The Doctor is In", with which she can relieve her physical and emotional side effects.

She is incredibly irresponsible as well, putting the whole blame of her museum heist on Indus. Despite this, she has quite formidable power and a high tolerance for pain.

Due to the immense pain, she has felt all her life which is originated from her epithet, Mera is willing to go to any length to stop it. She believes, especially due to her stamina absorption ability, that the only solution she has is to steal from others. Nevertheless, she has, through coaxing, been able to show some forms of kindness and gratitude to others.

Epithet
Mera's epithet, "Fragile", allows her to increase an object's frailty until it shatters. This also affects her own body, leaving her in a constant state of agony.


 * Crystal Generation: Creates crystalline glass spikes and other structures from nothing.
 * Watch Your Step: Mera creates crystalline glass skates on her shoes and swiftly skates across the ground while wielding a crystal spear to attack with.
 * Stamina Absorption: Absorbs stamina from other people, healing herself while also dealing equivalent damage.

Indus Tarbella
After besting Indus in an honorable duel, Indus swore his loyalty to her in order to learn from her and become stronger. Mera took this to her advantage and began teaching him many of her "training practices" such as "training" for laundry and paying her taxes. It is implied that although she normally bosses him around, Mera secretly finds him attractive, as when Indus tries to distract the kids with his flexing in "Quiet in the Museum!", she expresses that he "caught her attention", and she hesitates when Molly asks if she "likes him" during "Reflection". He is also the only person able to coax her into reluctantly thanking Molly in the same episode.

Molly Blyndeff
During "Quiet in the Museum!", Mera asks about Molly's epithet. When she receives the answer "it's dumb", she is quick to brush her off. However, later when Molly negates her damage from Giovanni, she proclaims that after she finds the amulet, she would take Molly's for her own. Since Molly could dumb down pain, she was the one Mera was looking for to negate her own epithet, which keeps her in constant pain. Despite Molly trying to comfort Mera during "Reflection", it's only when Indus nudges her that she expresses her gratitude.

Giovanni Potage
Giovanni is, according to Mera, a mere annoyance. She considers him childish and inferior as a thief, quickly subduing him and his guards. As Giovanni and Molly's relationship grows, he shows even more hostility towards Mera, who is trying to steal her epithet. This culminates in Giovanni gaining the upper hand on her and foiling her plans, as well as beating her in a battle.

Sylvester Ashling
Initially, Sylvester was fooled by Mera into doing her bidding, him believing her to be a member of the museum's staff and bargaining with her in exchange for examining the Arsene Amulet. However, when he learns the truth, he becomes hostile towards her. His epithet reveals that, aside from her fear of ducks, Mera lives her worst nightmare every day. Sylvester shows immense determination in stopping her from harming Molly, which in turn has her steal his epithet for a short while. Mera is shown to respect Sylvester's epithet abilities, though she also underestimates them at certain points.

Trivia

 * Mera's given name is likely a derivative of "mirror," while her surname is Salamin, "mirror" in Tagalog, a dialect in the Philippines, referencing her ability to raise broken glass from the ground and her fragility, making her full name a play on the phrase "mirror mirror".
 * Due to her constant pain and overall fragility, she has to take headache pills for 80% of her diet.
 * She has a fear of ducks. The reason is, in her words, "They're small and fast, and they bite".
 * According to Brendan Blaber, Mera is mixed-race Southeast Asian from her paternal family.
 * He has also asked Howard Wang to voice Mera’s father in the future.
 * In universe, Brendan has said that she's 'Taiga-Seaside race'