Merry

Merry is Kaya's loyal servant, and was the one who designed the Going Merry.

Appearance
Merry is a tall formally dressed butler whose most distinguishing feature is his lamb themed appearance. His hair is curly like a lamb's fleece and has two lamb horns sticking out of it. His lips also resemble that of a lamb's.

Relationships
Merry is a very dutiful and empathetic servant to his mistress, willing to fight and even die for her.

At first, he is very antagonistic towards Usopp, who would constantly jump over the fence and hedges of Kaya's mansion and tell her eccentric stories as he felt that his lies would somehow corrupt Kaya. Despite his dislike for the boy, Merry never hurt him as he knew the tragic story of why Usopp is such a chronic liar. The reason being because it's the only thing that helps him cope with the death of his mother who he tried to save from her sickness by lying that his father, Yasopp had returned to be with his family.

History
One day while serving his duties, Merry noticed some trespassers come into the mansion while the guards who guarded the front gate went for lunch. Seeing this, Merry alerted Kurahadol, another servant of Kaya's who she confided in after the death of her parents. As Merry continued on with his duties that day, he received the special glasses that Kaya ordered from the next town and presented them to his mistress. These glasses were to be given as a present for Kurahadol for his third anniversary since he came to work under Kaya and her family. This Merry agreed would be a wonderful present.

Though Merry had happily given Kaya the present that she planned to give Kurahadol, he soon found her later in a dire situation. Usopp had suddenly came to her window and started babbling that Kurahadol was actually a pirate named Kuro who wanted to steal her wealth. Believing that this was one of Usopp's lies in an attempt to kidnap Kaya, Merry vigilantly protected Kaya from Usopp. In the process, Merry accidentally shot Usopp in the arm. As Merry directed some of the other people of the town who were chasing after Usopp, Merry was left with Kaya who had collapsed from the situation.

That night when Merry met with Kurahadol again after Kurahadol's trip out of town, Merry informed his fellow servant of the events that transpired after Kurahadol left. As Merry explained to his fellow servant what happened, Kurahadol found Kaya's gift for him. Merry, seeing what Kurahadol found, explained to him what it was. Suddenly without warning, Merry saw Kurahadol break Kaya's gift. Merry was then informed of Kurahadol's true intentions. Realizing that what Usopp was telling was the truth, Merry tried to alert Kaya. Before he could get to her however, Merry was struck down by Kuro's blades and was left on the floor in a pool of his own blood.

Merry, feeling guilty because he now realized Usopp cared so much for Kaya tells her the story of why he lies so much, she is shocked and touched by it. As a reward to the Straw Hats, Kaya and Merry give them a ship- the Going Merry, a caravel that Merry had designed himself. Usopp joins with the crew and leaves with them, Merry becomes Kaya's new confidant. He is now helping her achieve her dream of becoming a doctor so that she can help people like Usopp.

Trivia

 * Merry's appearance and name is a reference to the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb".