Merrick ~ 1996

Watcher of: Buffy Summers
Bio: Merrick was the first Watcher of Buffy Summers. He first approached Buffy at school, by some accounts in the gym, by some outside school. Once he proved to her that she was the Slayer and explained her duties, he invited her to join him at the cemetary that night, where Buffy slayed her first vampire. He began and set in motion the trianing that led to Buffy's eventual success as a Slayer, though under another Watcher's guidance. Merrick was killed in a showdown with the Vampire Master Lothos, trying to protect Buffy. Buffy later sought out and killed Lothos.