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[Source: Wikipedia] Merida is an archer living in the Scottish kingdom of DunBroch as a
princess with her mother Elinor and her father Fergus. On Merida's
birthday, Fergus gives Merida a bow and arrow. While going hunting,
Merida's family are attacked by an ancient bear, Mor'du. Elinor and
Merida flee. Fergus stays to battle the bear and loses his left leg,
vowing to find Mor'du again.
One day, Lords Macintosh, MacGuffin, and Dingwall present their sons
to compete for Merida's hand, and a brawl ensues. Merida chooses an
archery challenge to determine her suitor. Lord Dingwall's son wins by
accident. Merida decides to shoot the three targets herself, causing a
falling-out with her mother. Merida destroys part of a sewn tapestry
depicting the family and Elinor throws Merida's bow into a fire pit.
Merida rides away on her horse in desperation as Elinor quickly
retrieves the bow from the fire. Merida follows a trail of Will O' the
Wisps, small blue fairies that are said to lead a person to their fate,
to a witch's hut. Merida bargains with the witch for a spell that
changes her fate. The witch conjures a tart for Merida to give to her
mother. Back in DunBroch, Elinor eats the tart and begins to feel sick.
Merida takes Elinor up to her room, where Elinor falls off her bed and
transforms into a bear. Merida and Elinor return to the witch's cottage,
where they find a message left for Merida: the spell will be permanent
unless undone by the second sunrise. The witch leaves Merida a riddle,
mentioning that a bond must be repaired.
In the morning, Merida teaches Elinor how to catch fish, and the two
bond over that period of time. They are led by more wisps to ruins of an
old castle. In the throne room, Merida finds a damaged stone engraving
with three brothers; a fourth brother had been cut off, just like how
Merida had cut her mother off of the tapestry. Merida realizes that the
curse had happened before, the wayward brother was Mor'du, and Elinor
will lose all traces of her humanity and become just like Mor'du if they
don't break the spell. They travel back to DunBroch to sew the family
tapestry back together. To distract Merida's father and the lords, who
are thinking of waging war on each other, Merida gives a speech that
brings the kingdoms back together and states that the sons can choose
their own brides. However, Fergus finds Elinor's ripped clothes and
broken bed, and believes Elinor has been murdered. He bursts into the
tapestry room where he finds Merida and Elinor as a bear. Elinor attacks
Fergus, and upon regaining consciousness, she finds that she's harmed
Merida and Fergus and retreats.
Merida tries to convince Fergus that the bear is Elinor, but Fergus
locks her in the tapestry room and sets off with the lords to capture
Elinor. Merida is freed with the help of her brothers, and the four
follow wisps to where Fergus has captured Elinor and tied her up. Merida
defends Elinor by fighting off Fergus. Mor'du appears and lunges for
Merida, but Elinor breaks free of the ropes and duels him. Elinor kills
Mor'du by smashing him into a rock. Merida sees a wisp emerge from
Mor'du's body, and it shows the human body of the brother who had become
the bear. He then flies away to join the other wisps. Merida puts the
repaired tapestry on top of her wounded mother. When the sun fully
rises, Elinor is back in human form. The kingdoms become friends and go
their separate ways. Merida and Elinor ride their horses around
Scotland, their friendship stronger.
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