Cerala Alophora

## Cerala S. Alophora

### Monster Quirk

Constantly falling asleep during the day and being super indecisive about almost everything.

### Pet

None! I'm not even sure what kind of pet I'd chose...

### Fav School Subject

The Arts! All of them, I can't quite choose...

### Least Fav Subject

History classes, I have a hard time memorizing the events...

### Favorite Color

There are just so many calming and fun colors! But maybe a light mint green?

## Etymology

Cerala's entire name is all based on the scientific names for the moths that she is based off of, a Luna Moth and a Cecropia Moth.

Cerala is a blended version of the Species *Cecropia* and the Species *Luna*. Cerala's middle name "Saturn" is based on the Silk Moth Family of *Saturniidae.* Her last name is a cropped version of the Genus of the Cecropia Moth, *Hyalophora.*

## Biography

### Personality

Cerala is, or rather *was*, a timid girl. She's grown more confident since her admittance to Monster High, how could she not? The place was just so wonderful and everyone was so kind! Which the exception of a few trouble makers that have played some pranks at Cerala's expense when she had first arrived.

Cerala is a rather friendly and an ambivert who loves to talk. Cerala is used to being part of a crowd and is confident when talking in front of a crowd.

Under the outside, Cerala is a insecure monster. She grew up with tons of like siblings but in an area where she was the minority. Cerala felt like an outsider when with her friends and felt alone when she couldn't go out with them because of her appearance. Sometimes she stares in a mirror and wonders what it would have been like to go out with her friends back home. What if her wings were smaller? Or her skin was lighter? Cerala knows wondering things like this doesn't do much but it doesn't stop her from thinking about it.

Cerala does well to keep her feelings to herself preferring to keep her burdens away from worrying everyone.

### Appearance

Cerala has deep red skin and large shiny black eyes.

Cerala has long antenna (though they may look fluffy, they aren't actually). She has a patch of fur that obscure where her wings grow from her back. This patch wraps around her collar and down her back, ending before her hips. Her wings are large and sheer, small scales covering every inch, giving them the collection of colors they have. Much like her mother, her wings are reminisce of Luna Moth wings, long tails reaching towards the ground from the bottom of her hind-wings. The color of her wings, however, match with her father, dark brown, red, and white Cecropia colors.

### History

Cerala didn't have the most eventful life before transferring to Monster High. She attended school with a large population of Witches, many blending in with Normie society whereas Cerala couldn't just go galavanting through Normie towns. As such, Cerala didn't make many friends due to the fact that she, on order of her parents (and out of fear), couldn't go attending Normie events or go to 'Malls" and "Outlet Stores" with the rest of her classmates.

Cerala was quite popular, kindness not being an abnormal trait where she is from. But her inability to interact with her classmates outside of class stunted her social growth. This made Cerala grow unhappy with her current life. Sure she had plenty to talk to during school but after school, when she was most active, she was alone. Her parents worried for her mental health and wanted to give her a chance to blossom into the young ghoul they knew she had the potential to.

When her parents handed her a pamphlet for Monster High, Cerala startled with joy. After her final summer at home, Cerala moved to New Salem to start her life at Monster High. It's been overwhelming but it's an experience that Cerala wouldn't change for the world. With places to go and people to go with, Cerala has never been happier.

She writes home often, getting frequent packages and updates from her family. Cerala expects some of her siblings to join her at Monster High some day soon.

## Relationships

### Family

Cerala has a whole Eclipse of siblings most of which are just shy of being her age. They are a crazy bunch but most are back home across the Continent in New Broomswick (New Brunswick). She expects some of them to enroll in Monster High when they come of age.

##### Parents

Cerala's relationship with her parents is strong but from a distance. Her family tends to wonder off on their own and start families so Cerala, despite loving her parents unconditionally, isn't terribly close to them. While she receives mail and packages from home, it's mostly packed from her siblings who all hatched after her.

Her parents don't have much opinion in way of her aspirations and why would they, with so many kids and a parent from a distance philosophy, her parents just want her to be happy. They were the catalyst for Cerala attending Monster High and for that, she will forever be grateful.

##### Siblings

Cerala has a *lot* of siblings. She holds a faint love for them all and are close to the ones whose hatching happened around hers. She keeps in contact with her immediate siblings and sends gifts and well wishes. A few have expressed interest in attending Monster High but Cerala doesn't believe most will follow that interest.

Cerala has many older siblings who have flew away from home and lost contact with their family, starting their own. Cerala isn't any exception and therefore doesn't really hold attachment to siblings that aren't the same age as her.

### Friends

Because Cerala is technically new to Monster High, she doesn't have any friends, just acquaintances. However, she is quite friendly and considers herself on good terms with many of the students in attendance. She bonds over a few students over homelife and interests in art.

### Romance

Cerala hasn't thought much of romance up until this point but after getting used to attending Monster High, a few ghouls have caught her eye. Cerala isn't great at hiding her interest but it doesn't stop her from being friendly.

### Enemies

Cerala doesn't have any enemies per se. She has a few pranksters that make her days eventful but she doesn't hate them nor does she believe they truly hate her.

## Trivia

* Originally, Cerala had a variety of different names including *Atlas, Arcela, Temperance, and Genevieve*. I went with Cerala because it matched her personality and appearance the best.
* Cerala started off as a Spider but ended up as a Moth when my sketch of her looked too innocent.
* I named where she was from "New Broomswick" I'm not sure if that is a sufficient spooky monster location name but I quite like it, it implies that it has a heavy population of witches, so that's cool.
* I didn't mention any specific names during relationships due to a few reasons.
	+ Cerala's family is too big for me to name them all. Closer family members may get names in the future.
	+ No friends/female love interests/enemies have been decided among other OCs but there are a few canon characters that fit the bill.