Ariel-chan

Not a single soul obligated that man to take in a homeless girl (again, from his perspective) and allow her to stay at his castle and be treated like a princess. You bet he told his staff to do right by her and made sure of it. He did that out of his volition, and why? Because he is kind, selfless and compassionate, traits that drove him to take a big risk by walking through rampant fire just so Max was safe.

Eric didn't do it because he wanted to initiate a romantic or sexual relationship with Ariel, even though so many would think that because of her physical beauty. He was already interested in another girl that he had spent days searching for, not knowing the "mystery girl" was exactly the one he brought in because he is a Big Doofus™, but that's besides the point. He genuinely wanted to help her. Had he not fallen in love with her, he would have found a home for her eventually. His home was a "shelter" for her, basically.

The lack of reaction from the people in the kingdom to him bringing a previously never-seen girl with him leads me to speculate that he has done this before with others, including animals. They are so used to him just bringing random people (and animals because ya' boy is an animal lover and it has been proven) to his castle because he just wanted to help them.

The author of the original story is Danish.

This Jim Shore design features Ariel in a beautiful gown fitted with shells and jewels holding an oyster with pearl. Hand crafted from high-quality stone resin material and hand-painted with intricate styling and attention to detail. DIMENSIONS: 12.25" L x 9.15" W x 15.75" H