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Mirror, mirror on the wall... |
—Mirriah Glass | |
Mirriah Glass is a 2016-introduced and all-around character.
She is the daughter of the Magic Mirror and the Looking Glass, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and Alice Through the Looking Glass, respectively. She is in her Legacy Year at Ever After High.
Mirriah is infamous for being the puppeteer behind the school's rumor-mill MirrorBlog, @rumirrors_on_the_wall. She is somehow everywhere all at once, listening, watching. Mirriah is vain, intimidating, and controlling, known as much for her stunning beauty as the venomous rumors she spreads. Despite her aloof facade, she is terrified of her fate to be trapped in the Mirror Realm forever after, but feels as though she can't control destiny so Rebelling is pointless. Therefore, she considers herself to be a Roybel.
Character[]
Personality[]
The first thing to note about Mirriah is how vain and conceited she comes off as. However, she is simply very confident in her appearance and herself as a person. Mirriah is known for being incredibly beautiful, and she is not afraid of making that fact known. She has a strong presence and doesn't have to make herself known with words alone; she has her own sort of pressure and aura around her that onlys makes her seem more intimidating. Moreoever, she knows she is powerful and doesn't want to have to hide behind a mirror to show it. Her magic lies in spoken words and incantations. You know the phrase "You are the fairest of them all"? There's a reason it drove the Evil Queen to mad arrogance. It's a spell. With her words alone, Mirriah has the power to magically influence people without them even realizing it. Only truly strong-willed individuals can withstand her persuasion magic, but those seem to be few and far between.
Mirriah can be quite a controlling person because of this ability of hers, and she will do what she has to in order to stay on top. Mixed with the fierce attachments she can make to others, this can be a scary combination. She'll do anything to keep a loved one close to her - even if it means feeding them lies that they'll eventually grow to believe because of her magic. And being a naturally paranoid person, Mirriah often times truly believes that her loved one wants to leave her for some reason. She can be a bit delusional in this sense, and believes everyone is against her.
This paranoia often leads her to "checking" on other students and Ever After High in general. She likes to insist that it's not spying, but that's exactly what it is. Although she's not trapped in the Mirror Realm just yet, she can still connect to it, as long as she's touching the surface of a mirror. Then, she can gaze into it and look through other mirrors all around the campus and sometimes even in the Village of Bookend, if she's close enough. This is why she can often be found wandering the school, because she's checking different mirrors. Mirriah has a reputation at school for having eyes and ears all over the school, but no one has figured out how she does it - and she would prefer to keep it that way. Despite the fact that Mirriah is often spilling everybody's secrets, Mirriah herself is a carefully guarded and secretive individual.
Because of her ability of seeing through mirrors, Mirriah is always up-to-date with the latest gossip and news. And she's knows plenty of peoples' secrets, all of which she'll most likely use for blackmail. No one ever said Mirriah was a good person, after all. In fact, she's been called "witchy" on several occasions because of her attitude, but the truth of the matter is that Mirriah is both very straightforward and will not sugarcoat things for the sake of others. She is known to be quite dramatic, flashy, and theatrical too. She's the sort to quote Shakespeare either ominously or randomly, or perhaps even both at the same time. She is also obsessed with witchcraft and the occult. So much so that she has tried her hand at potions and summoning. This has lead to have a rather strange reputation among her fellow students. One on hand, she comes off as a vain pretty girl who likes to rule the school with secrets, but she's also the weird goth girl who fawns over witchcraft too much.
Due to her arrogant and aloof exterior and her flippant way of treating others, Mirriah is written off as being a heartless person with only her own interests in mind. While that is true to a certain extent, Mirriah's "hobby" of gossiping, rumor mongering, and blackmailing stems from a deeper well of emotions that she's so used to pushing down that she might not even realize they're there anymore. Mirriah does such things because she doesn't want to face her own "demons", so to speak. When she's too busy dwelling on others' secrets and problems, then she's too busy to dwell and drown in her own. It's a strange, and twisted, coping and defense mechanism that she's built up for herself over the years. The truth of the matter is that Mirriah will do what it takes to survive, and her own interests come before anyone else. She is selfish, fatalistic, and dangerous for this reason.
Hobbies & Interests[]
Witchcraft[]
It's not really an interest of hers. It's more like an obsession. Mirriah is an incredibly powerful and gifted sorceress, being the Magic Mirror of the Evil Queen. Her magic lays mostly in spoken word and incantation and when she speaks, most people don’t even realizing she’s using a spell on them. Mirriah takes a particular interest in other witches and sorcerers at Ever After High for... insurance reasons.
Gossip[]
Since she is able to see through the various mirrors in Ever After High, Mirriah has a front row seat to the latest drama. She is always up-to-date with the latest gossip; in fact, she’s probably the one who started it in the first place. That rumor that the castleteria dishes made for witches had children baked into them? That was Mirriah’s doing. Much like Blondie, Mirriah knows the scoop on practically everyone. No one’s secrets are safe from Mirriah - not for long, anyways. Mirriah tends to use her acquired knowledge for more unsavory means. She runs an extremely popular MirrorBlog, @rumirrors_on_the_wall, which is almost constantly updating with the newest hot gossip and drama. If she really wants to get her way, Mirriah will also not hesitate to blackmail her peers. Every fairytale at Ever After High has learned that Mirriah is not to be messed with.
Shakespeare[]
It’s no shock to anyone that someone as dramatic and flashy as Mirriah would throw around Shakespeare quotes almost daily, or whenever the situation calls for it. Her favorite works of his are, obviously, his dramas and tragedies, and she can be found quoting Macbeth and Hamlet the most often. Sometimes Mirriah will quote for the sake of being dramatic or to make a point.
The Weird Sisters[]
Consisting of Alhexandria Enchant, Izaspella Castwell, and Mirriah herself, this dangerous trio of magical ladies have a bit of a reputation at school. Very clique-y and often seen together, they are usually avoided by the likes of their peers. Most people fear them, but if you need a potion that normally wouldn't be allowed in school grounds or you'd like to discreetly curse someone, the Weird Sisters are your go-to girls. Mirriah considers herself to be the leader of their little group and often keeps an eye on potential customers with her mirror magic. Although she usually leaves magic to Izaspella, Mirriah is more than willing to blackmail or slander someone - for the right price, of course.
"Magic Touch" & Abilities[]
Mirror Magic[]
Mirriah has the ability to connect to the Mirror Realm as long as she touches the surface of a mirror. She can gaze into it and look through other mirrors all around the campus and Bookend and see what other fairytales are up to. This is why she can often be found wandering the school, because she’s checking different mirrors. Mirriah always has a mirror or two on hand just in case she needs to “check in”. For now, this magic is limited to a specific amount of area, but she knows that if she were to sign the Storybook of Legends, she would be able to gain her full magical power and be able to look through all mirrors from any place and at any time.
Spoken Words[]
Mirriah’s other magic lies in spoken words of spells, evocation, and incantations. Mirriah is extremely persuasive and can magically influence others with her honeyed voice alone. She can compel people to tell her things or do something, even against their will. Those with strong hearts and wills are able to resist her magic if they try hard enough, but oftentimes it ends up being too late once they’ve realized what’s happening.
Dark Magic[]
Aside from her most prominent magical abilities, Mirriah is also able to perform dark magic. Her magic aura manifests itself as midnight blue “flames”. Some of her spells include being able to levitate things and people, cause things to decay and crumble, and stun and stupefy others.
Appearance[]
Mirriah has ghostly pale skin, dark red lips, and long, curly midnight blue-black hair. She has pretty blue eyes that flash violet. Some have remarked that she looks astonishingly like a young Evil Queen or a young Snow White - it depends on who you ask. She has a black and silver color scheme with touches of purple and red.
Fairy Tale[]
How the Story Goes[]
Full Text: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Full Text: Through the Looking-Glass
How Mirriah Comes Into It[]
Mirriah is destined to spend the rest of her life in the Mirror Realm. Her more famous role is to be the Magic Mirror from Snow White and be a companion to the Evil Queen. Her secondary role is to be the Looking Glass that Alice uses to transport to and from Wonderland. Although Grimm calls it the "Mirror Realm", Mirriah has a feeling it'll be more like Mirror Prison for her. Despite the fact that she doesn't talk about it, Mirriah is terrified of being trapped.
Her mother and father are both mirror destinies. According to Mirriah's mom, they met through mirrorsmeet.com, but considering the fact that her mother is a jokester and mad, Mirriah isn't sure just how true of a statement that is. Mirriah believes that Grimm had a hand in bringing the Magic Mirror and Looking Glass together, but she's got no solid proof of that. Mirriah, despite having two whole destinies for herself, wants nothing to do with either of them, considering the fact that once she is in the Mirror Realm, she's not getting out of the Mirror Realm.
View on Destiny[]
Mirriah's approach to destiny is extremely fatalistic. She believes that you cannot escape destiny, no matter what you try. You can complain, riot, and cry all you want, but it's inevitable. She considers herself to be a Roybel because of this. She hates her destiny, which is the Rebel part of it, but knows that she can't do anything to escape her destiny, hence the Royal part of it. While at Ever After High, Mirriah condones the Rebel cause but refuses to fully join it because she thinks it will be fruitless in the end. In the meantime, she enjoys stirring up both sides by creating embellished false rumors to entertain herself. Or perhaps she's doing it to distract her from her fears.
Parallels[]
- Mirriah is said to look exceedingly like a young Evil Queen or a young Snow White, depending on who you ask. Mirriah is meant to look like a “reflection” of the Evil Queen as her role of a Magic Mirror
- Although she wants nothing to do with her destiny, Mirriah more or less takes after her father, the Magic Mirror, more than she’d care to admit. Just like the Magic Mirror stirred up trouble by mentioning the rumor that Snow White was the “Fairest in the Land”, Mirriah is constantly curating and spreading her own rumors, with varying degrees of conflict and fallout
- Mirriah parallels the Evil Queen with her mirror-gazing habits
- Much like how the Magic Mirror talked up the Evil Queen and her beauty, Mirriah does the same to herself
- Like a mirror, Mirriah "reflects" back what she sees at Ever After High onto her MirrorBlog - the truth and all, whether people like it or not
Quotes[]
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If you've got nothing good to say about someone, tell it all to me |
—that's how the old saying goes, right? | |
Notes[]
- Her name Mirriah is a pun on the word mirror and the name Mariah
- Shoutout to Spades for helping me settle on her surname
