Lydia Mercer: A Brief Profile
Biography:
Name: Lydia Mercer
Gender: Female
Age: 21 (15 at parental divorce, 17 at first kill, 20 years living on fringes before mother's murder)
Status: Former death row inmate turned Federation mobile suit pilot
Species: Human
Height: 168cm
Weight: 50kg
Hair color: White
Eye color: Blue
Gender: Female
Occupation: Mobile suit pilot.
Nationality: Earth Federation
Birth Date: 0056
Affiliation: Earth Federation Forces, Black Dog Team
Character Description:
Lydia Mercer is a deeply troubled and pragmatic survivor, shaped by a childhood of abuse and abandonment. Her first kill, at age 17 (her abusive father), sparked an "exhilarating" rush of power. This led to a life of murder for pleasure and profit, often disguised as accidents. She even sold her newborn child for "survival". Her ultimate act of vengeance was killing her mother, step-father, and their child, a "grotesque act of cosmic retribution" for her mother's past abandonment.
Arrested and sentenced to death row, Lydia accepted an offer from Colonel Michael Colmatta to join the Federation's fight against Space Zeon, seeing it as a "second chance" to unleash her violence with official sanction. She thrives in the brutal military training, becoming a mobile suit pilot and finding her "comfort zone" within the Black Dog Squad, a unit for "problematic pilots" where her "innate violence could finally find its proper outlet". She openly craves "real combat" and the "exquisite release that only killing can provide".
References:
Sylwia Krzasińska from muv-luv schwarzesmarken, Elpeo Ple and Marida Cruz / Ple Twelve from Gundam series.