"In the end I want to be standing at the beginning with you.."
Name:
Ariel Athena Atlantica.
Nickname:
Princess Ariel.
Age:
Appears Eighteen.
Sexuality:
Heterosexual.
Story/Character:
The Little Mermaid. Ariel.
Character Color:
#B51010
Likes:
+ Dancing (Although, she's still learning how it works).
+ Walking/Running.
+ Forks.
+ Eric.
+ Adventure.
+ Collecting things.
+ Learning.
+ The sun.
+ Singing.
Dislikes:
- Being misunderstood.
- Feeling trapped.
- Not being able to use her voice.
- Liars.
- Eels.
- Snakes. "I hear they're something like eels.. but on land?"
- Not having her questions answered.
- Fishing/Floundering. "Nets, fishing poles, or spears... It's just.. It's terrible."
- Seafood of any kind.
Strengths:
Thanks to Ursala, Ariel has the ability and gift to shift between mermaid and human. This is, no doubt, one of Ariel's key strengths. Because she is a mermaid, she is naturally gifted with super human strength and endurance while in her mermaid form. Also in her mermaid form she is gifted with underwater breathing and speed swimming (thanks to her tail). In both her human and mermaid form she is given Aquapathy (speaking with aquatic fauna), slight Aquakinesis (control of water) and a magical singing voice. As a mermaid Ariel has chosen to be good, but there are some mermaids that choose to use their mystical voices to brainwash sailors, luring them to their deaths.
Weaknesses:
Ariel's largest weakness is that she is still learning about the world; and not just the differences between land and see. She is, admittedly, a little naive. Due to coming from the sea, Ariel is not entirely familiar with the way things work on land. Many things confuse her about the way humans are. Religion, politics, war... it's all foreign to her. Furthermore, she is a little impulsive. She sees what she wants, and she goes all in for it- without really thinking about all the repercussions of her decisions. She also has a crippling fear of nets. Just seeing them can cause her to get nervous, and if one is around her she will thrash until it's hard to breathe. She looses all forms of logic when in a net. She can't help it.
Fears:
! Nets.
! Suffocation.
! Being eaten.
Memory:
"I remember a storm.. like none I had ever seen.. And a yell.. I.. I had to help. I remember a man. He fell into the water. I.. I think I saved him.. I can't remember his face. All I can remember is a small boat and a castle in the distance.. Flags... Green and Blue... and a name.. Someone was looking for him... Eric."
Current State:
Ariel begins her new story by being found by a local fisherman of the town. She vaguely knows who she is, but where she comes from and where she is going is a little fuzzy. She recalls moments in her past in brief flashes for now. She has been living in the town for a few weeks now, adjusted to living a simple life. She works for the local florist (the fisherman's wife) as she earns her keep and tries to remember exactly who she is and why she feels guilty for wanting to eat people-- when, according to her research, it's perfectly normal for her kind.
Ariel is a confident young lady. She loves nothing more than doing the impossible. The more people tell her she can't do something- the more she wants to do it. She is also an incredibly curious creature. She's always ready and willing to learn something. Anything and everything can be made interesting to her. At least she's never bored, but she might become a little annoying if you can't find her questions endearing. She is a kind person, remembering to think of others and offering help when she can. Ariel is very, very, adventurous. As I said earlier, she loves trying to do things people tell her she can no do. This includes pulling on her bravery to support her in trying things that have never been done before. It's thrilling to explore the unknown and break free of the every-day normality.
Ariel is very bright, despite being inexperienced in the world. She is exceptionally smart for a mermaid, though by human standards she might not have as much 'common' sense. Then again, what's 'common' for humans is not quite common for mermaids to be fair. That being said, she is a very fast learner and as mentioned earlier- she loves to learn. Above everything else, Ariel is very free-spirited. Being kept in any place, from a tiny closet to the ocean, can drive Ariel crazy. She can not stand feeling confined in any way. She's very headstrong, and when she believes she is right she will argue until her face turns blue. She doesn't like being told what to do by authority figures and this can get her into trouble. Because she is so stubborn she often refuses to listen to voices of reason if she thinks they will stand between her and what she wants.
Although she is inexperienced, Ariel is a textbook romantic. She yearns for that once-in-a-lifetime love. Speaking of love, when it comes to family and friends she is a little over-protective. Truthfully, she is a bit of a hypocrite. She doesn't want others to tell her what to do, keep her from doing things she wants, or putting the breaks on her aspirations- but at the same time she is one to try and keep her friends and family from doing so. If she believes it is dangerous, she will want to volunteer to do it herself instead of letting her friends be the hero. If she doesn't think someone should do something, she's back to being hardheaded and protective. She'll do all she can to try and stop them.
Most recently she is having more and more urges to feed on people, something she's a little uneasy and uncertain about. She feels like she shouldn't, but she doesn't remember why.
Confident | Curious | Adventurous | Romantic | Stubborn | Impulsive | Kind | Intelligent | Headstrong | Brave | Spirited | Lovable | Conflicted
History:
Ariel was born as the youngest of seven girls. By fate, she was the princess of the King of the ocean, King Triton. One by one her siblings reached the age of fifteen, a special age for all mermaids. It was the age that they were finally allowed to travel to the surface... but Ariel could not wait that long! A spunky young mermaid, Ariel spent her afternoons traveling around the sea looking for sunken treasures and conversing with her animal friends. Her one and only dream was to become a human. She had seen them before, in paintings on the castle walls of her home. They intrigued her so. They were strange and beautiful creatures. Finally, she turned fifteen and was allowed to travel to the surface. For the first couple times she traveled up, she did not see any humans but she did meet a quirky bird who she made friends with. It was one that while she was following after said bird that she noticed a ship on the horizon. Unable to resist her curiosity, Ariel swam closer. It was then that a dark storm came out of nowhere. The storm churned the waters and tossed about the small vessel. She heard a yell split through the air, squeezing between the sounds of thunder cracking overhead.
Without thinking, Ariel swam as fast as she could to the small boat. A figure drifted past in the water. It was a human! A male. He appeared unconscious- probably from hitting his head on the reef. Ariel saved him, taking him to the beach. It was not an easy task and she was exhausted once she made it to shore. It was the closest she had ever been to a human, and to land. He wasn't waking up, and unsure what to do she began to sing. Her magical voice drifted into the air and called to his conscious mind. It worked. He began to stir. Afraid that she might be see, which is strictly forbidden, Ariel dashed away from him. She hid behind a rock and watched as an older man came into view on the beach. "Eric! Eric, where are you?"
She smiled, hidden by the rocks as Eric was rescued by his fellow human. He was the most handsome man she had ever seen, and she knew that someway- she had to see him again but as he walked away Ariel realized that the only way to do that would be to become a human herself. She set out to find Ursula- a magical sea witch. She traded her voice for legs, and stumbled around on the beach. Luckily she was found and by fate she was brought back to Eric. Although she could not speak, she was having the time of her life in his castle. He showed her around his kingdom, and everything fascinated her- forks particularly.
Then the evil witch came back into Ariel's life, disguised as a princess that Eric was to marry. Ariel's heart was broken, but in the end the witch was revealed and the spell that muted Ariel was broken. Although the witch Ursula escaped Ariel was happy for the time. She had found her once-in-a-lifetime love. Eric wanted to know her story, and so she told him. When she got to the part about Ursula, Eric was enraged. He wanted to get rid of the evil seawitch so that she could never hurt anyone again. The two set out onto the ocean. That's when the explosion hit.
Ariel was blown from the side of the ship- cast into the ocean. Unconscious from the impact, her body shifted into her mermaid form to save her. When she awoke, she had no idea who she was- but she knew one thing: she was terrified. Nets tangled her trail and her arms and though she fought it, the more she moved- the more tangled she became. Then everything went dark. When she awoke for the second time- she was in a dark boat and she was not alone.