#eah meeshell

She is a master of languages. Because sound travels differently underwater, her people adapted to using sign language in day-to-day life to communicate. She is also fluent in languages that use sound, like Dolphin and Porpoise, and is currently studying Whale.

Despite their opposing roles, she and Coral Witch are very good friends. Meeshell sees Coral as the little sister she never had, even if she's terrified of Coral's mother.

Family and community are incredibly important in Mer culture. Merfolk often have three or more generations living together. While the father is the head of the family, everyone defers to the oldest matriarch for the final say (typically the paternal grandmother or great-grandmother). Children are expected to obey their elders without question, even their older siblings. Because her father left his human family to live in the sea, the family defers to her maternal grandmother, Nacressa.

She has three older sisters (Gillianne, Waverly, and Ramora) and one older brother (Finnegan). Her brother is married and has a daughter.

When merfolk turn 15, they undergo a rite of passage called "Surfacing". For one week, they swim to the surface and set out on their own to learn about humans. Then they return to their homes to tell stories of what they learned. Meeshell never underwent this and was enrolled in Ever After High at 13. She often laments that she will stay away from her home and everyone she loves for much longer.

Coming to Ever After High was such a daunting experience that she didn't leave her room or her bed tank for the first week. With everyone so different from her and so much older than her, she didn't think she would ever fit in.

Her favorite class is, of course, Muse-ic. It's where she was able to pursue her passion and make her first friends.

Melody samples her singing to use in their remixes, and Meeshell gives them swimming lessons in exchange. Swimming progress is slow, but they can wade into the shallow end just fine.

She's been trying to recreate her sister Waverly's sea recipes for land-dwellers, but she feels like she can never get it right.

She has hydrokinesis, but she doesn't use it that often. She never had to use it when she was underwater, so she doesn't know how to control it fully.

Her crush on Humphrey is met with confusion by most of her peers, but she admires his smarts and gentle nature, and she sympathizes with him not fitting in with everyone else. She may have saved him a couple of times, but she's too shy to admit to him that it was her.

When she and her siblings harmonize their voices, they create a siren-like effect that lures in whatever hears it.

Meeshell doesn't understand all the girls' attraction to Daring Charming. Sure, he's handsome. But he's definitely not her type and way too old for her.

Her pet narwhal Finbert is one of her only connections to the sea, and she treats him more like her best friend.

She has gills on her neck.

Mermaids are born with syrinxes instead of larynxes, meaning they can produce two sounds at once and effectively harmonize with themselves.