King Triton's Daughters

The **Daughters of Triton** or **Ariel's Sisters**) are the seven daughters of King Triton and Queen Athena from the 2023 remake of *The Little Mermaid*. They rule all seven of the seas around the world and have their own duties as princesses of the seven seas.

## History

Triton is the king of the Seas, and along with Athena, fathered seven daughters. He is fiercely protective of his children, but especially his youngest daughter after Ursula tricked his wife into leading her up to the surface world and into a Mermaid hunting grounds. Everyone except Ariel developed a hatred towards humanity.

## Members

### Mala

Mala is the most fearless of her sisters, committed to protecting the reefs at any cost. She hates shipwrecks, they pollute her ocean and leave a havoc on the seashore. She was often teased by her sister, Caspia and Indira. She is a strong leader, intrepid, and loved by all for her sense of humor. She has sent messages on seaweed scrolls to humans before her father forbade such interactions. Since her mother's death, Mala has hated humans and the damage they do to the seas.

Despite her father's ban on his daughters falling in love with their sea monster representatives, Mala fell in love with Ieka the Notorious, the sea serpent barracuda hybrid sea monster resident of the Chaine Sea. Their relationship led to a marriage and was a precursor to Ariel's and Eric's forbidden romance as well.

### Indira

Indira is one of Ariel's sisters and second oldest child of King Triton's seven daughters in the 2023 adaptation of *The Little Mermaid* (based on the original 1989 Disney film). She is the princess of Atlantica and the ruler of Brinedive Sea.Indira is the most generous of all, leading with empathy, generosity, and virtue. She has already saved her subjects from a giant poisonous sea snake. She is also the closest to her sister, Caspia and affectionately calls Ariel "Little Fry".

Indira rules the Brinedive Sea. The waters of the gulf are shallow, sunny, and warm. Indira is skilled at diplomacy, working well with the ministers of her court. She is well informed about her kingdom and others, she is also an excellent debater. However, unlike Ariel, she despises humans like her father and sisters and they have grown distant since their mother's death. However, this presumably changes after Eric helped Ariel and they married after all.

Indira and Caspia are noted to be exceptionally close, and enjoy baiting Mala

### Caspia

**Princess Caspia** is a minor character in the 2023 adaptation of *The Little Mermaid* (based on the original 1989 Disney film). She is the princess of Atlantica and the ruler of the Apneic Sea. She is one of King Triton's seven daughters.

She is based on Adella from the original animated film.

Capsia is the most selfless of all her sisters, serving her people first, then leading. She is said to be a bit of a recluse, traveling only for meetings.

She rules Apneic Sea, an inland Sea between Euporia and Saas. The waters are brackish and murky, with rocky islands and sometimes ice. Caspia is very protective of the corals and makes many laws to ensure that they thrive in her kingdom.

### Tamika

**Princess Tamika** is a character in the 2023 remake of the 1989 animated film *The Little Mermaid*. In the remake, she is meant to replace Aquata, the fourth-born daughter of Triton and Athena from the original film, making her the middle sister.

She is one of Ariel's sisters who also appears in the novelization, *The Little Mermaid: Guide to Merfolk*, and *The Little Mermaid: Against the Tide.*

Princess Tamika is the ruler of the Fracus Sea and the fourth daughter of King Triton. She is the toughest and most tactical of her sisters and "rules with an iron fin." Her waters are brim with sunlit and filled with vibrant fish and coral. However, Tamika does wrestle tiger sharks into submission. She rules with grace and admiral strength.

### Karina

**Princess Karina** is a minor character in the 2023 adaptation of *The Little Mermaid* (based on the original 1989 Disney film). She is the princess of Atlantica, one of Ariel's sisters and the fifth daughter of King Triton.

She is based on Arista from original *The Little Mermaid* film.

According to the *Guide to Merfolk*, Karina is the ruler of the Saithe Sea (translation; Dark Sea), a body of water mostly coated with ice, meaning it's somewhere in the Arctic. This possibly means that Karina and merpeople can adapt to water depending the climate. She is the most decisive, reclusive, and intuitive of her sisters. Ever since her mother died Karina has been afraid of humans, especially when they threaten her harp seals. This is because she works closely with the creatures native to her home waters.

She also shares her father's prejudice towards humans because one had killed her mother. However, after Ariel's marriage to Eric, Karina presumably has gotten over her fear and hatred towards humanity. She showed her support by appearing after Ariel's and Eric's wedding prior to their travels.

### Perla

**Princess Perla** is a minor character in the 2023 adaptation of *The Little Mermaid* (based on the original 1989 Disney film). She is the princess of Atlantica, one of Ariel's sisters and one of King Triton's seven daughters.

She is based on Andrina from original *The Little Mermaid* film.

Perla is the most charismatic of all the sisters, radiating warmth and kindness. It is said that she once charmed and stopped a group of hungry orcas from attacking a colony of penguins.

Perla rules the Piton Sea. The waters are temperate and very deep, it lies off the cartographic coast. Perla rules with good temperament, is very careful with her choices, and puts decisions to a vote to keep the peace. She shared her father's prejudice towards humans because they killed their mother when she was young.

### Ariel

**Ariel** is the titular main protagonist of the 2023 live-action adaptation of Disney's 1989 animated film *The Little Mermaid*, both based on the 1837 fairy tale of the same title by Hans Christian Andersen. She is a young mermaid princess of Atlantica and the youngest daughter of King Triton who saves the life of a prince and sailor, Prince Eric. Wishing to be with him, she trades her beautiful singing voice with the witch Ursula that ultimately puts her family in jeopardy. After riskingher life to kill Ursula in self-defense convinced Triton to turn Ariel permanently human. Despite being human Ariel is still the ruler of the Chaine Sea and currently traveling the would with Eric, he new husband.

She is portrayed by Halle Bailey.

## Relatives

### King Triton

King Triton is the king of the seas and the Father of Mala Perla Tamika Caspia Indira Karina and Ariel

### Queen Athena

**Queen Athena** (also known as The **Sea Queen**) is a posthumous character in the 2023 remake of the 1989 Disney adaptation *The Little Mermaid*. She is the mother of King Triton's daughters and the mother-in-law of Ieka and Eric.

Like the original canon, The Sea Queen was killed by a human because Ursula tricked her into thinking that her daughters were in danger. When she reached to the surface, she was hunted and killed by merhunters. This lead her husband to view all humans as barbarians and banning interactions between the surface and ocean worlds.

Additionally it is often stated that Ariel is just like her mother.

### Ieka

Ieka is the residency monster of the Chaine Sea and Princess Mala's representative and husband. He is also the brother-in-law of Indira, Caspia, Tamika, Karina, Perla and Ariel.

### Ursula

Ursula is King Triton's younger sister and aunt of Mala, Indira, Caspia, Tamika, Karina, Perla and Ariel.