Meri Nicole Evian

Meri Nicole Evian is the 5th Generation's Angel Goddess of Water and Shiro Hama's fourth great-grandmother. She is also Mifuyu's third great-grandmother.

Meri's alter ego is Aqua Lotus and the Sapphire of Aqua Pura is a brooch attached to her.

Appearance
Meri is a young woman with pale skin and blue eyes. Her hair is sky blue, reaching to her hips, and styled in a ponytail, with a blue hat, with a dark blue cloth and the Sapphire of Aqua Pura attached above the brim. She wears a blue elbow-length sleeved dress with white and blue frills and a low-cut white bodice. Her skirt reaches near her ankle. Lastly, she wears white heels with straps around the ankle.

As Aqua Lotus, her hair turns bright blue, worn like her civilian form, but held by a braid of her hair, with a dark blue ombre. Her hat retains in this form. She wears a blue-brown cloak that wraps around her arms. Under her cloak, she wears a pale blue puffy long-sleeved top with a water ripple pattern around the collar, underneath a brown corset tank top. Her skirt reaches above her feet and has a flowing water layer underneath and also wears a pair of brown boots with blue frills and heels.

Personality
Meri is a caring young woman. She despises the living style that she has with her family, especially with her mother and gains a short-tempered attitude when she gets into arguments. However, she maintains a calm composure and is rather family-oriented, despite the difficulty of handling with her mother. She enjoys making plans for her future life that she'll be making in the near future and tends to get excited easily.

Often being underestimated by other people, Meri keeps an open mind and big heart to take on any challenge and showing equality for women and their capabilities.

As Aqua Lotus, she doesn't hesitate to help other people in need. She also gets more serious and gains a big amount of strength.

Background
Not much is known about past life, but Meri is Shiro's 4th great-grandmother and the 5th Generation's Angel Goddess of Water. However, she is a born into a middle-class family, where she was born as the youngest child and has three older sisters. She tends to appear in Shiro's dreams -- a few times in Asahi's dreams and one time in Kohana's dreams -- first appearing in a snow-filled land.

Behind the planning of the series and working on Season Two, when Eodo was helping with the planning for the series, Meri belongs in a middle-class family and the youngest child, born and raised in a small town in England. She has three older sisters. Meri is more of a father's girl and didn't have a good relationship with her mother, who wanted everything and make decisions for her daughters, including Meri herself. However, she meets an unnamed man that she fell in love, then got into a relationship and later gets engaged. For her birthday, she receives a new hat with the Sapphire of Aqua Pura attached.

Meri's sisters were jealous because she was young and was getting married, but a problem soon arises. Meri and her unnamed fiancé were having problems and eventually leaving him behind, making her run away and rides a ship to go away. After leaving her hometown and country, Meri arrived in Japan and felt lost because she didn't know what to do. Eventually, she meets Chiharu Masuyo (Kohana's 4th great-grandmother), who took her in and takes care of her. She later learns about the "Legend of the Angel Goddesses" and the stone of her hat was one of the stones.

Meri and Chiharu became friends and helps each other out, along with dealing with the Darkalia monsters that appear in the area, together. After meeting with two more girls, who are fated by the same destiny, and joining the team, they were able to complete their generation and later passed onto their powers to the 6th Generation.

Relationships

 * Shiro Hama - First meeting in the Dream World, Shiro first refuses to believe that she and Meri are related. However, after Shiro recovers from the effects of Dark Corruption, she later accepts Meri as her 4th great-grandmother and soon starts asking for questions.
 * Mifuyu Nagisa - Though, they not have met in the Dream World, Meri knows about Mifuyu. She cares for her and knew that she had a big heart to care for Shiro.
 * Chiharu Masuyo - Meri's best friend, after running away from England from her fiancé and landing in Japan. Chiharu took her in to care for her and learns about the "Legend of the Angel Goddesses", as well as learning about the Sapphire of Aqua Pura and its powers. Together, they became best friends.

Aqua Lotus
"'Set afloat the Ocean's Surface, Aqua Lotus!'" Aqua Lotus is the Angel Goddess of Water of the 5th Generation and Meri's alter ego. In order to transform, she requires the Sapphire of Aqua Pura that would be in the form of an accessory, like her hat brooch.

Meri has the ability to create and form water glyphs, which she can use as platforms and block attacks with. She's also able to breathe underwater and swim faster. She is capable of performing water spells. She's also capable of performing "Blizzard Breaker", a spell based on the Four Seasons and represents the Season of Winter. Meri is able to perform the spells from 4th Generation down to the 1st Generation.

Trivia

 * Meri's given name means "mirthful; joyous", as well as an abbreviation of Meredith, while her family name "Evian" derives from a French spa town of Évian-les-Bains, which ultimately derives from aqua, the Latin word for water. Her middle name "Nicole" means "people's victory".
 * "Meri" is also Shiro's nickname, called by Asahi.
 * Meri and Chiharu's friendship shares a similar a concept with Shiro and Kohana's friendship
 * Both are good friends from meeting each other.
 * Chiharu and Kohana shares about the "Legend of the Angel Goddesses" to Meri and Shiro, eventually learning more about the legend.
 * Both are the Angel Goddesses in the 5th and 9th Generation, respectively.
 * Meri is the only Angel Goddesses, in her generation, that doesn't fly and uses glyphs as platforms to keep her in the air.