NAME:  Triss Merigold of Meribor
Alias(es: Fourteenth of the Hill, Merigold the Fearless
Hair color: Chestnut  Eye color: Cornflower blue
Race: Human Mage
Gender: Female
Profession: Advisor, Mage
Affiliation(s):
Mage to King Foltest of Temeria
Lodge of Sorceresses
Temerian Royal Council
Abilities: Magic, Alchemy

"No! I will not give in and I won't be swayed! I am the 'Fourteenth of the Hill' I am not a little frightened girl from a dark Maribor Tower anymore..."
- Triss in Blood of Elves

Triss Merigold of Maribor is a legendary Temerian sorceress of the 13th century. Called Fourteenth of the Hill by her contemporaries because she was erroneously thought to have been killed during the Battle of Sodden Hill, she also is known as 'Merigold the Fearless'. A member of King Foltest's Royal Council along with Fercart and Keira Metz, as well as a founding member of the Lodge of Sorceresses, she has been involved in politics for most of her life.

She is friends with Yennefer and the Witcher Geralt of Rivia, but also unhappily in love with the latter. Triss took care of Ciri at Kaer Morhen for some time and is like an older sister to her. It was through her intervention that Ciri was not subjected to harmful hormone changes at Kaer Morhen, stripping her of her secondary gender traits.

She is a skilled healer and carries with her many magical potions, but she never uses them on herself because ironically, she is allergic to potions. She is also quite a powerful mage, certainly when it counts most. She wears an amulet - sapphire overlaid with silver.