
In this way, the whole family can get involved in the journey. Luckily, as they are bears, the brothers do have a useful ability to help Merida solve puzzles, usually by placing themselves in certain places to unlock doors and so on. Going by the names of Harris, Hubert and Hamish, these younger brothers have also been turned into bears and need to be cured as well. Luckily, we won’t be undertaking the journey alone, and Merida will not only encounter her mother as a bear, who we can take control of in certain areas like arena fights, but also meet her identical triplet brothers. Somebody needs to deal with the creatures and cleanse the waystones, and who better than a young girl who suddenly finds herself at a loose end? It turns out that a cursed bear by the name of Mor’du has been corrupting a series of waystones with his evil energy, and this in turn has been making hostile creatures appear nearby. As Merida chases the bear through the forest, she comes across a circle of standing stones and finds a witch who demands assistance to turn her mother back.

Brave opens where Elinor, Merida’s mother, is a bear and has escaped from the castle, and this is where we pick up the narrative. The game follows along with the film to a certain extent, and then where necessary for gameplay purposes, it diverges.
