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'''Merlumina''', originally localized as '''Madam Merlar''', is a recurring ghostly [[Shaman]] appearing in the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series. Her original name is seemingly a portmanteau of "[[Merlon]]" (or his namesake himself, {{wp|Merlin}}) and "star", while her later name instead combines with "luminous." She is an ancestor of Merlon, and like him, has a tendency to tell incredibly long-winded stories that put [[Mario]] and friends to sleep, despite believing them to be heavily abridged versions.

After the stairs to Crystal Palace arise, Madam Merlar's room is [[Unrevisitable area#Paper Mario|blocked off]] for the remainder of the game. That is because the staircase that the Star Stone made blocks her chamber. However, Merlar is present in the game's ending parade, where she performs magical effects alongside her relatives.

Later on in the game, a chain of optional requests winds up with [[Old Man Watchitt]] requesting that Mario and friends remove the spirit haunting his dreams (and get the spirit's [[autograph]]). The spirit is Merlumina, and Mario and co. return to find her. Merlumina had attempted to take a short nap after handing over the Pure Heart, but once again could not fall asleep. Worrying that she had become a forgotten phantom, she tried counting sheep. Even after counting the 100,000th sheep, she still could not fall asleep, so she decided to take her frustration out on somebody else by haunting somebody in [[Yold Town]]. This somebody happened to be Watchitt, who was distantly related to her (being another descendant of the [[Tribe of Ancients]]) and therefore be able to hear and respond to her haunting. It did not help her much with her insomnia, however. When Mario and co. return to her, Merlumina tells them another long story about her childhood (and how she would haunt people she loved), and again Mario falls asleep but denies doing so. After conversing some more about Watchitt, Merlumina tells yet another long story. In the end, though, Merlumina writes an autograph for Watchitt (allowing Mario and co. to retrieve the [[You-Know-What]] from Watchitt and eventually earn [[Piccolo]]), after which point she finally falls fast asleep.

After the player gets Merlumina's autograph, if they use [[Tippi]] to [[tattle]] the place where Merlumina just disappeared, Tippi only says: "........." If the player [[flip]]s, they can still see her shadow on the floor, but if they leave and re-enter the room, the shadow vanished as well, and Tippi cannot say her tattle anymore.

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*'''Card Description:''' ''She made a Pure Heart to stop the end of all worlds. She is an ancestor of Merlon and Bestovius.''

|JapM=Pun on "crystal" and「デアール」(''Deāru'', [[Merlon#Names in other languages|Merlon]])

|ChiS=莫莱女士<ref>From [[iQue]]'s localization of ''[[Paper Mario]]'': [https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1RP4y1H751?p=10]</ref>

|Kor=크리스타르

|KorR=Keuriseutareu

|KorM=From the Japanese name