Louise D. Merdin

Overview
The daughter of Marquis Merdin, and a survivor of Merdin Dungeon City.

Appearance
 First appearance: 

Black eyes, and wavy reddish-brown hair down to her shoulders. Her body is just about Belois’ size. Her chest is smaller than Belois’ and Maybell's, but bigger than Arisha’s. She gives off a smooth but strong impression. There was a feeling of ferocity and beauty coexisting.

 After joining the Knights of Astray: 

Comfortable reddish-brown hair wavy around the shoulder, shiny eyes like a gemstone. A beautiful woman with a strong and solid impression like a finely trimmed statue. Transparent crystal earrings that hung only on one ear looked great on her. The high-quality red velvet top and black leather skirt clearly emphasized her body line. The leather belt around her waist was the pinnacle.

Class
 Puppeteer 

When you lead a party, you can use 15 percent more power for yourself and all the party members, use magic to forcibly control the behavior of those under your control, plus an additional 10 percent increase in the use of all kinds of skills.

Abilities
 Shield Charge 

A rush attack that slams the opponent with a shield.

 Puppet Strings 

A skill that manipulates an opponent. Produces transparent magic threads from the fingers, which latch onto a person to control them. The threads are invisible to people below a certain level.

The higher the level of the target, the higher the mana consumption.

 Red Dragon's Breath 

5% increase in all stats, correction to occupational and weapon skills. Acquired after eating Yu Bain's Dragon Steak Hot Sandwich.

 Butterfly Dance 

A shortsword skill that increases attack speed.

 Unnamed skill 

The last power Louise obtained from the Dungeon. Creates mana strings from her entire body, even from each strand of hair, to control tens of thousands of people.

Artifacts
 Crystal Ball & Earrings 

A fist-sized crystal ball artifact. The crystal earring could do a real-time transmission of audio and video, with communication functions attached as well. The owner of the fist-sized crystal ball could even summon the earring’s owner by injecting magic into the other earring, or the crystal ball, or move near the earring.

It was an obtained after defeating the Gefrel. Originally, the function was limited, and there was a lock that only the Demon tribe could use, but the joint study with Ctheasil had not only unlocked it, but Evan was also able to strengthen its ability.

Louise received the earring, and Evan kept the ball.

Compass 

Very few people had a keen sense, such as Evan, Jhin, and Mirole, who could quickly identify and act on their own positions.

Therefore, even if you had a map of the dungeon, it was often difficult to make full use of it, and this compass always pointed to the dungeon’s central point, so if you move a little bit, you could identify your location.

Made by Evan and Ctheasil.

History
Luden was born in the Merdin Dungeon City as a child of the first wife of Marquis Merdin. At that time, the maternal side of the second wife who gave birth to the heir, Silan, was in full swing. Marquis Merdin wanted to hand over the Marquis’ position to Luden, the first wife’s child, instead of Silane, the second wife’s son, so Luden was forced to grow up dressed as a man from an early age.

During the Demon Invasion, there had been a terrible confusion in Merdin. The Demons were aiming for the Merdin family’s extermination, and they had all the information about the members of the family. But they didn’t know that Luden was actually a woman. Thanks to her mother’s help, she managed to escape the siege by dressing up as a woman.

After that, Luden suffered while wandering the world for three years. She couldn't trust the nobles of Beyfeka, and eventually decided to go to Sherden Dungeon City, since she had heard about Evan and his strength. She asked Evan to let her become his disciple, hoping to gain enough strength to retake Merdin. Evan accepts, and she joins the Astray Knights as a trainee, and she changes her name to Louise.

After beating the 100th floor of the Dungeon, she went with her party and the Astray Knights to reclaim the Merdin Dungeon City. Evan, Lin, and Ran broke the barrier, and her party went into the city to kill all the enemies inside. These included her mother, father, and brother, all whom had been taken over by the Mawha.

After Evan took the sub-party to kill the Demon King, but disappeared because of a trap, Louise went rogue. She used her new ability to control Beyfeka's army, and stormed Beyfeka's Royal Capital. She beheaded the members of the royal family, and took over the kingdom. She changed the name to Merdin, and declared herself Queen of the New Merdin Kingdom.

Trivia

 * Louise and Evan decide to get engaged in chapter 369.
 * It's hinted that they sleep together in Chapter 390.
 * She is crowned Queen of the New Merdin Kingdom in chapter 410.
 * She is revealed to be pregnant with Evan's child in chapter 410.