Merra Dune

The apothecary, midwife, and practical conscience of Drelmere — silver braid, pine and herb on her clothes, hands that have delivered half the children in the Bellroot Vale and helped the other half remember their names after the Fray took them. Merra is the voice of pragmatic caution in the siblings' circle. She is the one who introduced Kaerlin, Mira, and Thomel to Eidon, the last Dreamer; she is also the one who asked aloud whether the Fray was something to be fought at all, or something to be lived through differently. Her question is the one the siblings carry without an answer. Merra does not believe in the Pattern the way the Vaultkeepers do; she believes in keeping people alive long enough to make their own decisions.