Ariel | |
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Princess of Atlantis | |
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Date of birth: |
5 BXC (1255 N.E.) |
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Female |
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Red |
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Blue |
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Triton |
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Athena (deceased) |
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Eric (Husband) |
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Ariel was a princess daughter of King Triton of Atlantic, she is also known to escape the palace and approach the surface and make contact with humans.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Ariel was born in 5 BXC (1255 NE), being the youngest daughter of King Triton and Queen Athena whom she had a lot of resemblance. But following Athena's death, Triton became more overprotective to Ariel and her sisters, even at one point banned music for several years until Ariel convinced him to let go of the pain to lift the law.
First time to the surface[]
Once she was 16 years old, Ariel had earn a reputation of sneaking out of the palace as soon she returned to Atlantic's palace and escape and in one of this cases, she went a bit too far and went to the surface to see a ship, and onboard was Prince Eric. The ship was struck by a storm and eventually
First Multiverse War[]
Atlantican Sub Campaign[]
Personality and Traits[]
Ariel is a bright, spirited, and headstrong mermaid princess with a strong passion for adventure and exploration. Her tendency to explore the more mysterious depths of the ocean (or more importantly, the world beyond the ocean) can lead to an array of problems to both herself and her friends, and in the confines of her personal life - as seen when she gets into an argument with her overprotective father, Triton. Despite this, Ariel's selflessness, compassion, and intuitive way of thinking often resolve such problems, as she always takes full responsibility for her actions.
She had displayed an obsession with human culture and a desired to learn more about them. Unlike her father at first, she originally viewed humans as aspiring creatures, astonished by their ability to constantly create, and heavily went against the idea of them being "barbaric" and selfish as a result of this. This passion is revealed to have been prominent throughout Ariel's life years. Ariel's obsession with the human world had reached unimaginable heights, as she spent most of her time focusing on finding, observing and collecting various human objects that have sunk into the sea. Her obsession had also taken a toll on her emotionally, but ultimately climaxed with a soft end, filled with hopelessness and despair, representing Ariel's dying hopes of ever experiencing life upon the surface. These feelings of desperation and despair were the prime motive behind Ariel's eventual deal with the sea witch, Ursula, to become human and experience the world above the surface. Despite not having the best relationship with her father, especially in regard to their respective views on humanity, she nonetheless was very loyal to him as well as her sisters, as after Ursula explained the deal to her, Ariel expressed some hesitance as she realized that if she succeeded in the deal (never mind if she failed her end of the bargain), she would not be able to see her family again, and later when Ursula cursed Triton, Ariel's first action was to attack Ursula to avenge him, even calling the sea witch a monster for what she did. This has somewhat levelled after she witnessed such chaos and atrocity humans could do in the Malican War, but saw the advancement of their technological progress for both good and evil intentions, yet had an understanding that anyone regardless of race could follow that trait, even merfolk as well.
Ariel had feelings of disenchantment as she longs for a new world, be it either the human world above or a new one altogether. But, in her youth, she was somewhat gullible, twice falling for Ursula's manipulative skills, which occurs after Ariel finds out of Ursula's deceptive and antagonistic nature. She is also protective of her friends, doing anything for their safety, as seen when she stole the Trident to save Flounder.
Ariel is extremely compassionate and loving towards almost all living things; more so platonically than romantically. This is most notably seen through her friendship with her closest companion, Flounder, and even Sebastion. she is comforting and patient, as well as protective, with the tendency to risk her own life for the guppy on various occasions.
Her ability to befriend all various creatures. Ariel is also one of the very few to be patient with the seagull, Scuttle as she barely did not get annoyed with the seagull's absent-mindedness and quarks. Before she met Eric, she was rarely interested in romantic relationships, not even with any of the merman princes that Triton tried to get her to marry. The only known exception was Prince Waverly of the Pacifica Kingdom, with whom she was infatuated.
However, after meeting Eric, Ariel is revealed to be a romantic, willing to make daring sacrifices for the sake of true love. Her love for him is validated by Eric's returned selflessness and sacrificial actions for the sake of love; notably seen during the climax of the film.
. With Flounder, she is comforting and patient, as well as protective, with the tendency to risk her own life for the guppy on various occasions.
Over the years, Ariel's personality matured into a sophisticated and distinguished woman, fully embracing her responsibilities as a mother and the queen consort of Eric's kingdom and fully adapting to her human body that she has had for some time now thanks to her father's magic. However, when Morgana threatens Melody at her christening, Ariel became overprotective of her daughter similarly to how she was treated by Triton. During the several years, she severed all ties with Atlantica Kingdom and the ocean in hopes of preventing Morgana from using Melody's heritage to her advantage. Despite being happy with her new life as a human mother and wife, she missed her father and sisters, but keeps this hidden from Melody for the latter's own safety. Later, she came to realize that this decision does more harm than good.
However, Ariel subtly alluded to her true heritage, as she mentioned to Melody when sympathizing with her about not fitting in that she was "a fish out of water", with Melody not quite believing her.
Regardless of Ariel's few flaws, she is very much selfless, sweet-natured, and inspirational. However, her most notable trait was her deep love and fascination for humans, having desired to become human during the decades, even before meeting her future husband, Eric. However, she did not always have this trait; until she was 15 years old, she expressed a deep fear of humans similar to Triton's prejudice towards humans, although her witnessing a human saving a beached dolphin changed her views on the matter. Ironically, the human responsible for saving the dolphin was Eric, although she never knew it.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Adaptability: Ariel is capable of gaining knowledge very quickly. After becoming human via Ursula's magic potion, she was able to learn how to stand up in a few minutes, then walk in the same time. Ariel also quickly figured out how to run when Max appears and unintentionally frightens her. She quickly learned about human customs. Ariel was also able to master other skills on land at a much faster pace that would have taken normal humans months or years to learn, such as dancing, horse riding, etc.
- Expert Singer: Ariel is a highly skilled singer. According to Sebastian, she has the most beautiful voice in all of Atlantica. Ariel's voice is so beautiful that Eric fell in love with her just hearing her sing to him once while she was drawing him to consciousness after rescuing him from drowning at sea.
- Expert Dancer: Ariel is a highly skilled dancer. In her mermaid form, she is a very talented dancer and after becoming human she was able to dance with Eric as if she was human for years.
- Expert Swimmer: Ariel is a highly skilled swimmer. In her mermaid form, she is able to swim in a dolphin-like manner. But after becoming human via Ursula's magic potion, Ariel was initially not very good at swimming (due to her inability to breathe underwater and swim without her mermaid tail that she was accustomed to) so Flounder and Sebastian had to help Ariel get to the surface, otherwise she would have drowned. However, Ariel has regained her swimming skills.
- Expert Rider: Ariel is a highly skilled rider, being capable of riding giant seahorses and also horses. She can ride Stormy and Seabiscuit, as well as command the reigns of a carriage controlled by Triton's dolphins relatively easily. In Ariel's human form, she is able to ride horses in a similar way, which is seen when Eric attempted to teach her how to ride a carriage controlled by his horse. Initially, Ariel lost control of the horse, but she soon was able to gain control of the animal. Sometime after Ariel's marriage to Eric, he gifted her a foal, who she named Beau. Once Beau became an adult, she began to ride the horse very often with skill and enthusiasm similar to that of riding giant seahorses.
- Expert Musician: Ariel is a highly skilled musician, being capable of playing the bongo drums, guitar, harp, and piano with admirable skill. The only musical instrument that she is not proficient at is the sea calliope, the equivalent of the organ. Even when Sebastian tries his best to teach Ariel how to play the calliope, her skills with it don't improve at all. Her lack of skill with this musical instrument is in fact so bad that it not only wakes up the Seaclops but it also annoys the sea monster to the point that it tries to annihilate Ariel.
Relationships[]
Family[]
- Parents
- Triton:
- Athena
- Sisters
- Attina
- Arista
- Alana
Friends[]
- Flounder
- Sebastian: Her father's court composer, who, despite being against Ariel's recklessness and overly adventurous nature, is given a considerably large amount of love and respect from the princess, which is often reciprocated
- Sora
Neutral[]
- Shadow's Descendant
- Larissa
Rivals[]
- Jack Sparrow
- Chelsea
Enemies[]
Quotes[]
- "Ariel: So, besides of me... there are thousands of other versions of myself?"
- "Shadow's Descendant: Putting it that way, yes. Although the "Firstborn Little Mermaid" did not have a "happy" ending."
- —Ariel and Shadow's Descendant:
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The settlement of Ariel's and Eric's relationship is a mix of both the official and the alternative endings of the 1989 animated movie.