Mel

"...He told me about the queen's safety. Queen Liza is being kept prisoner in her private quarters by Codha, but she is in no danger of being harmed. She also sends her respects to you, Count Merlon."

- Mel, in a conversation with Runan, Eugen, and Merlon about Narcus

Mel (メル Meru) is a character from TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga. She is Eisenbaha's granddaughter, the daughter of Sylpheeze, and is Maruju's older sister. She is Roger's fiancée, and had left the Temple of Mars to be with him. Early in the game, she is held captive by Codha to force Roger to fight, but she can be later rescued by Narcus, if the player found him in an earlier chapter.

It is important to note that like Quan and Ethlin, Roger dying will cause Mel to leave and vice versa. Roger and Mel also cannot be separated during the split routes. If they are assigned to be on different teams, the one assigned to go with Holmes will re-assign themselves to travel with Runan.

Her father is Alfred, making Alicia her half-sister.

Recruitment
Automatically from the start of Turn 2 of Map 6. However, Runan must have visited the bottom right village (the one where Narcus appears for the first time) in Map 3 and she and Roger must also have been left alive in Map 4.

Growth Rates

 * 35%
 * 15%
 * 20%
 * 20%
 * 35%
 * 15%
 * 25%
 * 15%
 * 3%
 * }

Supports
 * Roger
 * Maruju

Overall
Mel is the only troubadour you get, and is rather useful because of her high movement range. She can use Swords, making her one of only two staff-users that can defend themselves (the other being Lee). Her low Strength and Skill growth means that despite being able to use swords, she will never really be a useful combat unit. She gains the highest Defense among the recruitable staff-users, which is still not very high. She also has decent HP compared among the usable healers, making her the best choice for a healer on the front lines, although, like any of the other healers, she will still need protecting. She is the only staff-user that has a Movement growth rate and if she does get some gains in Move, she will have higher movement than the rest of the healers on indoor chapters as well. She obtains the unique Magic Staff which can be useful in both augmenting the power of your Tome-users, as well as beefing up the Magical Resistances of your warriors.