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Ursula is the main antagonist of Disney’s The Little Mermaid and belongs to a race of creatures known as Cecaelia (half-woman, half-octopus). She states that she once lived in the royal palace of King Triton, the king of the underwater city of Atlantica. Ursula boasts that her previous life was lavish and included such spoils as ‘fantastical feasts.’ Power-hungry and devilish, even in the past, Ursula garnered a disreputable reputation amongst underwater dwellers. She was widely known as the ‘Sea Witch,’ an alias she accepted in stride. Ursula’s greed and use of dark magic led to her banishment. By orders of the King, she was exiled from Atlantica and made her home in the remains of a leviathan lined with a garden of writhing polyps. These polyps were merfolk who had previously gone to Ursula for help but found themselves unable to fulfill their side of the bargain, leading Ursula to claim them as her own and adding them to her collection. From her secluded lair, she awaits the chance to get her revenge on Triton and become ‘Queen of Atlantica’ by stealing the king’s trident, an extremely powerful weapon that grants its user control over the seas and its foils. (Georges Hobeika Fall 2018 Haute Couture Collection)
