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Meyrin Hawke (メイリン・ホーク Meirin Hooku?) is a character introduced in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny. She is Lunamaria Hawke's younger sister and a member of the Minerva bridge crew, where she serves as a communications controller for its complement of mobile suits.

Personality & Character

In contrast to her sister who is cheerful and open, Meyrin is shy and somewhat closed off even from her own sister. Despite this she does maintain a friendly relationship with everyone on the ship but only seems to hang around her sister more than anyone else, however despite her closeness to her sister Meyrin carries somewhat of an inferiority complex to Lunamaria; this seen when Lunamaria is in the shower and Meyrin tries on her miniskirt and is annoyed when it doesn't fit her. Also like her sister she has what seems to be a one-sided crush on Athrun Zala, however due to her shy nature she is unable to express herself.

Since their early days, Meyrin and Lunamaria were great admirers of Lacus Clyne, but this led to conflict when they competed with the fake Lacus for Athrun's affections. Upon meeting the real Lacus, Meyrin would be more relaxed, and it is indicated in the Omake Quarters that the former idol is among the few Meyrin is truly able to open herself to.

Skills & Abilities

Meyrin is the youngest member of the bridge crew, but she supervises the ship's mobile suits and communications. Her greatest asset is multi-tasking in tactical coordination and hacking systems. She was trained to delegate information between the bridge, the MS pilots, communications between Minerva crew members for tactical coordination, and their complex launching procedures with professional efficiency. She has also been shown to be skilled or at least capable of using firearms.

Physical Aspects & Clothing

History

Early Days

Meyrin was born with her sister, Lunamaria, on one of the PLANT colonies and they both entered ZAFT. Lunamaria became a red coat mobile suit pilot, while Meyrin became the CIC officer. In October of C.E. 73, both of them became stationed on the newly developed battleship Minerva.[1][2] Aboard, Meyrin witnessed the events that led to the start of the Second Alliance-PLANT War.[3]

On the Minerva: Attraction to Athrun

Meyrin was attracted to Athrun Zala. After the Minerva docked at Mahamul Base, Meyrin tried to put on her sister's skirt and was displeased when it was too small for her. Afterwards, Meyrin mentions how highly she thought of Athrun Zala. At Gibraltar base, Athrun was framed as a traitor and was being chased by ZAFT personnel. To avoid pursuit he ducked into Meyrin's room, then planed to leave rather than implicate her. However, Meyrin helped Athrun escape by lying to the men chasing him so they would think she was alone in her room. She then hacked base security, and drove Athrun to a hangar where he could steal a mobile suit. Although Meyrin did not originally intend to escape with Athrun, she choose to join him when they were discovered by Rey Za Burrel.[4] The two attempted to escape in a ZGMF-2000 GOUF Ignited, but were pursued by Rey and Shinn Asuka in their new mobile suits, the ZGMF-X666S Legend and ZGMF-X42S Destiny, respectively. The GOUF Ignited was destroyed by Shinn and crashed into sea. Gilbert Durandal framed Meyrin and Athrun, who are thought to be dead, as being agents of Logos.[5]

Joining the Three Ships Alliance

Meyrin and Athrun both survived and were rescued by Ledonir Kisaka, who brought them to the Archangel. Though Athrun suffered more physical injuries, Meyrin had to deal with a high fever caused by her injuries. Once she recovered, Meyrin took care of Athrun until he recovered, acting as a human crutch for him to be able to get around in the Archangel. When they were facing ZAFT during their invasion of Orb, Athrun urged Meyrin to leave him and avoid the battle, but Meyrin insisted on staying and asked not to be left behind once again, to which Athrun relented. Later, Meyrin had her first meeting with the real Lacus Clyne as she helped Athrun overcome his personal demons. Just before the Archangel launched into space, Cagalli Yula Athha asked Meyrin to take care of Athrun, much to Mayrin's confusion.

Message from Meer

Meyrin accompanied Athrun, Lacus Clyne, and Kira Yamato on a fact-finding mission into Copernicus City disguised as a shopping trip. While there, Lacus received a desperate message from Meer Campbell, Lacus' impersonator. While Meyrin and Athrun both suspected it is a trap, Lacus insistd on going anyway.

At the meeting, they were attacked by several men led by Meer's bodyguard, Sarah. Athrun dealt with most of the attackers while Meyrin and Kira protected Lacus and Meer, at one point even managing to shoot a grenade that was intended for Lacus out of mid-air back at Sarah. Meer was mortally wounded by a bullet intended for Lacus, but Meyrin and the others were left unharmed. Meyrin joined the Archangel crew in their impromptu funeral for Meer and then she, Athrun, Kira, and Lacus read Meer's diary. (However, in Gundam SEED Destiny: The Edge, Meyrin is absent in during the trip and is, instead, replaced by the three DOM trooper pilots.)

The Second War's Ending

Meyrin was then assigned as the CIC of the FFMH-Y101 Eternal, the same post she previously held on the Minerva. During the Battle of Messiah, Meyrin communicated with her sister Lunamaria, as she was about to fire on the FFMH-Y101 Eternal, and persuaded her to stop her attack on the ship. Lunamaria was surprised to find that her sister was still alive and though she still thought Athrun had deceived Meyrin, Lunamaria didn't attack the FFMH-Y101 Eternal.

After the war, Meyrin, along with Luna, Shinn, and Athrun visited the Onogoro Island memorial for the fallen in Orb, where they were later joined by Kira and Lacus. Meyrin and Athrun appeared to have made peace with Lunamaria and Shinn, and the two left together with her trailing behind Athrun, and Shinn and Luna tailing behind them. Afterwards, Meyrin returned to the PLANTs with Lunamaria and Shinn, and rejoined ZAFT. The three were seen traveling to the PLANT Supreme Council along with a now Orb Commander Athrun Zala, to escort the now ZAFT Commander, Kira Yamato to see PLANT's new Chairwoman, Lacus Clyne.[6]

Quotes

Quote:Meyrin Hawke

Gallery

Character Design

Anime

Gundam SEED

Gundam SEED Destiny

Illustrations & Artwork

Notes & Trivia

  • Japanese voice actress, Fumiko Orikasa also voices Yuriko Kuga on Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE.
  • Meyrin appears as an unplayable navigator in the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny: Alliance vs. Z.A.F.T. II and later in the Extreme Vs. series. She can also be heard occasionally speaking whenever ZAKU Lunamaria summons another member of the Minerva as an assist unit.
  • Meyrin, alongside Lunamaria and Lacus, is featured prominently in one of the Omake Quarters, where Meyrin introduces her sister to Lacus and the trio have a pajama party. Whilst on the elevator, the pair talk about their time in the lead-up to the final battle at Messiah, including Lunamaria's hesitation to fire on the Eternal. Meyrin expresses surprise that her sister ended up starting a relationship with Shinn after pursuing and failing with Athrun and works to calm Lunamaria as she meets Lacus in-person.

Appearances

References

External links

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