Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25624943-20141211075940/@comment-5895297-20141212121343

Rwo wrote: It's Ursula. I'm even more sure now that I've just read the wiki article about The Tempest (thanks ROSSELLA1 for the idea). In the story, there's an air spirit called Ariel. And the Little Mermaid becomes an air spirit at the end of Andersen's tale. Haha, it's not many X'D, but enough for me *^*

That by the way is the reason they chose that name in the first place. Because 'Ariel' is an air spirit in many literary works. It also appears in 'Faust'. And as you said the little mermaid becomes an air spirit in the original fairytale, so they chose to name their little mermaid Ariel. Just some background information :D

Relating to the topic: I can definitely see her as a young Ursula. But I doubt she's be connected to the Sleeping Beauty story. Tiana might also be possible, but I think it'd be strange to introduce her just now, when we already have 3 backstories to explore.