Ariel McKenzie

Ariel McKenzie is a recurring character in Kate-Alia. She is one of Kate's friends.

Concept and Creation
Katrina Sunday had the idea of creating a character that would be the "Canada" to Kate's "America", despite the fact that Ariel and Kate are both Canadian. Since she noticed Canada from Hetalia is shy, she decided to make her signature colour purple. The name Ariel came from Katrina's friend, and McKenzie came from Bob and Doug McKenzie.

Appearance
Ariel has fair skin, violet hair and purple eyes. She wears glasses, a lavender winter coat, purple mittens and pants and violet boots.

Personality
Ariel is calm, shy, sensitive and quiet, in contrast to Kate's outgoing and talkative nature. She is also intelligent. She tries to get people to notice her quietly. However, most of her friends mistake her for Kate.

Invisibility
Ariel can turn herself invisible, which is a major reason no one really notices her.

Flight
Like Tails from the Sonic Series and Katrina, Ariel can also fly.

Her unnamed older brother
She is overlooked by her older brother.

Kate Mulligan
Kate and Ariel have been close friends since grade 9. She would do anything to notice her. She would also protect her.

Her Canadaball
Her Canadaball always asks her who she is. She also cannot recognize him either. Nevertheless, they share a friendly relationship.

Katrina
Katrina is the only student (other than Kate) who can tell who she is. When someone mistakes her for Kate, she gives them a test for colour-blindness.

Trivia

 * It is implied that Ariel has cryokinesis, which might be why she always wears mittens.
 * Ariel's invisibility effect is a reference to Canada's invisibility effect from Hetalia.
 * Ariel is also a bit similar to Tails from the Sonic Series, and Elsa the Snow Queen from Disney's Frozen.
 * When Ariel was a child, she was outgoing and goofy. When she turned 13, she became more introverted and quiet.