Elinor eats the cake and soon afterward, transforms into a bear. The witch conjures a cake for Merida, who returns to the castle and presents it to her mother. Merida bargains with the witch for a spell that will change Elinor, thus changing Merida's fate. The two have a falling out, resulting in Merida's tearing Elinor's handmade tapestry depicting the family, and Elinor in turn throwing Merida's bow into a fireplace.įleeing to the forest in tears, Merida encounters a trail of Will O' the Wisps that lead her to an elderly witch's hut. Lord Dingwall's son wins by accident, but Merida enters herself as first-born of DunBroch and shoots the targets over Elinor's objections. Merida chooses archery as the challenge to determine her betrothed.

Soon, the lords Macintosh, MacGuffin, and Dingwall arrive to compete for the Highlands Games and present their first-born sons in a competition for Merida's hand. The princess, however, is determined to practice her archery and explore the kingdom on her horse, Angus, in what her mother calls an unladylike fashion. Years later, Elinor, who has since given birth to identical triplet boys, attempts to teach Merida in the ways of the court. Fergus fights off the bear to give Elinor and Merida a chance to escape, at the cost of his left leg.

During their outing, a giant bear named Mor'du attacks the family. The storyline begins in the Scottish kingdom of DunBroch, with King Fergus presenting his young daughter, Merida, with a bow and arrow for her birthday, to the discomfort of Merida's mother, Queen Elinor. However, she ends up getting more than she bargained for. When Elinor tells Merida that she must marry a prince, Merida visits a Witch who gives her a spell that will change Elinor's mind. Brave is set in ancient times in the Scottish kingdom of DunBroch and focuses on a princess named Merida, the daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor.

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