Original Character: The Long Mermaid
Introducing: The Long Mermaid!!!
Technical Information
Name: Nadiyya Lattef al-Saleh
Japanese: ナディヤ・ラテフ・アルサーレッフ
Romaji: Nadiya Ratefu Arusārehu
Nickname(s): Oarfish (Floyd), Mademoiselle Aviron (Rook)
Biographical Information
Gender: Female
Pronoun: She/Her
Age: 17
Birthday: November 29
Starsign: Sagittarius
Height: 455 cm (in water), 165 cm (on land)
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Red
Homeland: Oceans of Scalding Sands
Family: Mother, Father
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Professional Status
Dorm: Octavinelle
School Year: Second
Class: 2-A (No. 25)
Occupation: Student, Mostro Lounge Chef
Club: Cooking Club
Best Subject: Swimming
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Fun Facts
Dominant Hand: Right
Favorite Food: Shrimp Cocktail
Least Favorite Food: Fish
Dislikes: Being Jumpscared
Hobby: Cooking
Talents: Untangling Knots
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Appearance:
Nadiyya has long bright red hair loosely tied back by a large white bow. Her eyes are the color of the deepest waters. She has a darker complexion with flecks of blue scales peppering her face and down her neck, scattered around her entire body. In her mermaid form, Nadiyya’s skin takes on a blue tinge and her ears become more finlike. Her tail is the longest part of her body, ribbon-shaped with a narrow red dorsal fin down the length of her tail.
Nadiyya wears an altered version of the Night Raven Academy female uniform with a black blazer over the blueish-gray, gold-lined vest, a longer skirt, and the black and white striped tie. She had the Octavinelle emblem turned into a pin attached to her blazer while the ribbon is wrapped around her wrist like a bracelet. Like the rest of the Octavinelle students, Nadiyya wears the standard suit coupled with a matching pencil skirt. The dorm scarf is instead wrapped around her head with the fedora’s shell attached to it. She wears plain black flats.
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Personality:
Nadiyya is a very introverted individual, shy and self-conscious…at least while on land. Because of how physically different her human and mermaid forms are, she has developed an awkwardness with her secondary form. Conversely, in her mermaid form–her natural body–Nadiyya has much more confidence and a more outgoing and extroverted personality. So, truly an ambivert.
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Background:
As a young merfolk, Nadiyya grew up in the depths off of the coast of Scalding Sands, spending time both in the sea and on the land. At a young age, she discovered her Unique Magic while playing around with smooth shells. She had always wanted to explore the world above the waves. Her parents–both merfolk as well–encouraged her to venture around. So, once her admission letter to Night Raven College arrived, she went on to bigger and better things.
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Abilities and Unique Magic:
Her species of merfolk has the innate ability to shift between mer and human forms at will.
Nadiyya’s Unique Magic is called “Porthole”. She is able to create a communication method with her magic. The efficacy of her spell changes depending on location. While in the water, it is at its strongest–able to use it whenever and with the clearest connection. On the land, she requires a smooth surface to provide a medium for her spell.
Incantation: “Clear as the waters. Loud as the break. Open the window to the one I seek. Porthole.”
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She is based off of an oarfish
and loosely twisted from Saleen from Disney’s Aladdin TV series.
More information will come out in the future~











