Outborn Yap
I decided to get this out of my system about our beloved arctic mermaid. (will be editing/updating this randomly) • masterlist
Arctic Ocean/Sea
Arctic Mermaid Kingdom is ruled by Princess Noel, Guardian of the Northern Sea.
The Castle is made of Glaciers and Ice, with one center large dome and two smaller once next to it.
Arctic Sea honors the stillness of the waters, the glaciers before them, the auroras, and the Northern Star.
The Ocean teaches you these values before it kills you first; endurance, survival, knowledge, silence, imperturbable and navigation.
Many of the Arctic aquatics can be messengers, but the most recognized are the Orca. often times, they are also the international messengers.
It's uncommon for an inflorescence blossom in the harsh conditions of the Arctic region.
Hence, it has been of the tradition that merpeople have, one must retrieve one of the blooms for your soon-to-be intended to propose.
Majority of the sea folk keep to themselves. But when in need of assistance— anyone will help.
Mermaids are more prevalent than Mermen.
Mermaids are often born from in ordinary shells or biological means, even with a human parent.
Depending on what day of the week they are born, will be assigned to which Ocean they will live at. Artic Merfolk are born on Thursdays.
They get drunk on carbonated beverages due to the fact that it's in their biology, they don't digest it like humans do.
They are particularly affected due to the fact that it isn't naturally geographic occurring waters unlike underground volcanic waters or hot springs.
They can't take hardened consumables due to their unique biology. This makes it harder for them to consume pills or hard crackers.
Civil-born merfolk can sing just fine underwater or in touch with water— but that's not the case on land. The only exception are the Mermaid Princesses, as their Pearl is the reason why. They are called Pearl-born.
Shell-born merfolk don't have a soul, and they only experience one lifetime and return to the ocean.
Sea-born merfolk have a soul if they are conceived from two merfolk parentage (regardless if they are a sea or shell-born merfolk). However, they will not return to the sea as a mermaid/man, but as an aquatic creature.
Tide-born merpeople have a soul if they are conceived with a human parentage (half or a third) and mer heritage. They will always reincarnate regardless if it's the sea or land.
All above are Civil-born merfolk, but specific. The only exception is Pearl-born, as they are the physical manifestations of their ocean's Pearl Tear to rule over the ocean for centuries.
Drifters are merfolk who are immigrants.
North Pacific Drifter, South Pacific Drifter, North Atlantic Drifter— you get the idea.
Majority are of mer and sea folk are Drifters because they migrate— only the Pearl-borns and Shell-borns are native to their respective oceans.
Merfolk ADORES shiny and interesting things, especially from the humanland. Arctic Mer aren't that far behind.
Pre "Kidnap"
Yukari "Yuu" Polaris of the Arctic Seas.
She's a Civil-Born mermaid.
She is NOT a mermaid princess.
She was born from a North Pacific father and Arctic mother (hence why she has a japanese name), making her a Sea-born Drifter.
She's an only child.
The 7 Mermaid Princess are already rulers to their respective oceans around this time period. (except Lushia isn't Aqua Regina's Heir yet)
The Dark Lovers broke Noel's Ice Castle— in the series as they were after her, while also causing casualties in their way. In which Yuu herself also witnessed. (hence survivors guilt)
She often isolate before and even more so after the war.
She's a frequent guest of the surface, especially in the evening where she can admire the northern stars and auroras.
Mermaid Form: Silver-Grey hair, Muted Blue Eyes, reflective iridescent tail.
Human Form: White hair and lilac eyes.
Her shell locket ice blue, with tiny pearls embellished, silver chain with lapis lazuli beads. always hallowed.
She doesn't go a lot on the human land, but when she does, she blend in easily. Still prefer the waters.
Aside from watching the starry sky, she also goes up the surface to skate on the cold hard ice.
Post "Kidnap"
Mermaids can feel each other's emotions, and the Patron Goddess of the Ocean, Aqua Regina heard her distress even worlds apart.
Her previously empty shell locket carries a Pearl Tear, Glacial Pearl, gifted by the Guardian Herself.
Unlike the shell locket of the mermaid princesses where they have wings at the side, hers stays the same. no wings, no four petal jewels— but it has a slot where the pearl lies.
Also, her pearl tear is not named after a color like the 7 pearl tears of the mermaid princesses— but it paid homage to her origins.
Her pearl tear is not colored— but like glaciers of the north, with ice-like cracks and patterns on the surface.
What Aqua Regina did is to ensure she survives in another world where she might not able to protect or watch over her directly. Especially with the fact that she can turn into seafoam at any moment and her soul will be no more.
Hence, why she sent her a Pearl Tear.
Mermaid Princesses aren't born directly from traditional means but from their Pearl placed upon a Shell Throne. Even if they do die, they will reincarnate as anew but still the same essence.
Yuu is the first civil-born mermaid that can hold and use a Pearl Tear.
She is still not a Mermaid Princess as she has no ocean to rule over, especially in Twisted Wonderland.
Her power is from the North Sea, Arctic Ocean or Here in Twisted Wonderland— she takes it.
As a mermaid, how can she swim in any bodies of water at an isolated academy without telling others she's a mermaid or else she'll turn to seafoam? she doesn't know. She's been using the old bathtub back at the dorm.
She never had carbonated drinks before.
Her mer and human form are the same as before.
When she's in human form, she doesn't smell like sea, she smell like snow forest.
But when she's in mer or melody form, she will smell like any seafolk. It's amplified when she uses Glacial Pearl. hers is like cold sea breeze, misty in a way.
Her soul is seen differently by the mirror.
She's a sea-born drifter from a sea-born north pacific drifter father and a shell-born arctic native mother. (won't emphasize too much on this dw)
So when she was swept away by the mirror, and had her soul read, she was in human form. To the mirror, her soul is hallowed and transparent like a wisp. No color, shape or form.
But that would be entirely different had she got her soul read if she had been in her merform.
Because she's a sea-born mermaid. She belongs to the sea. Her soul is dormant when she's in her human form. Only when she retains her initial form will her soul be unravel and sensed by the mirror.
She would more likely be sorted to Octavinelle if it had been the case.
As a Pearl holder that isn't a Pearl-Born mermaid, her mermagic is different from the 7 princesses.
It operates uniquely as she's an anomaly; she's a Civil-born, in another world, and NOT a Mermaid Princess.
She's every bit of a walking contradictions that somehow works.
“Peace upon the Arctic Sea. Let the still waters be your anchor, and the North Star your guide.”