Talk:Mercedes Marten/@comment-73.1.30.90-20150718154842/@comment-95.210.109.233-20150827175721

It is heavily implied that she was based and is a referance to Caska from the manga and anime Berserk (as most things in the game are). Just like Caska she has dark skin, dark hair, a set of fine and light woman's armor, a fine (if not the same type of) blade and a deep desire to prove herself. She also gets slandered by Julien in her final battle, similar to how Caska does in her battle with the enemy general Adon. Last but not least, after becoming your love interest, she resigns herself as being "unfit" to be a true knight and simply dedicates the rest of her life to bringing comfort to the Arisen. This is also similar to how Caska becomes Gut's love interest.

Of course I'm not saying that you are wrong, but, as a japanese game that was so heavily inspired by Berserk that it is practicaly a playable fanfic of the manga, I think that Mercedes is simply another heavily Berserk-inspired character like Aelinore, the Duke and (in a way) the Arisen himself.