Strengths: Energetic, free-spirited, confident, assertive, determined, explorer, adventurer, prideful, creative, friendly, open and honest about everything, an admirer of stories and folk legends.
Weaknesses: Impulsive, brash, stubborn, aggressive, careless, self-centered, thoughtless, fears change and responsibility.
Powers/Abilities: Archery is her greatest talent. Horse riding, and horse riding whilst firing arrows with ease. Swordsmanship. Sewing. Hunting, cooking, climbing trees and mountains, fishing, and other basic survival skills. Can be a good diplomat and leader when the situation calls for it and her heart is in the right place.
Will: Strong.
Home/Place of Origin: DunBroch, Medieval Scotland.
Occupation: Princess of DunBroch.
Social Standing: Extrovert.
Ethnicity: Caucasian.
Sexuality: Indeterminate - she rejects three male suitors in her story, which is not about romantic love, but her relationship with her mother.
Other Trivia: The first Disney Princess not to have a love interest. A rare case of a Disney hero with both parents alive and present in her story. Both play important parts. Doesn't possess the archetypal Disney heroine features, such as big eyes, a thin face and full lips, to match European beauty standards. Her wild, unwieldy red hair reflects her loud, fiery, rebellious personality. Shows how high expectations are placed on a girl of royalty - in her manners, appearance, dress, and how she speaks - yet her three younger brothers are not disciplined and are freer to do as they please. Wears a dress, keeps her hair long, and she sews and is not adverse to having jewelry on her person, so she doesn't reject all feminine ideals, nor is she a stereotypical tomboy. Shows the good and bad consequences of teenage rebellion, and of freedom without responsibility. Also represents how your own fate and destiny comes from yourself and how you affect other people, not from stories (except to be taken as life lessons) or magical creatures as easy answers. Makes the case for how some traditions should change for progress to be made, for unselfish reasons. She's an untypical princess; an aspect of her character that is both important and unimportant to her. Nonetheless, she's a female character who grows and develops over the course of the film, as befitting any male film protagonist. A brave maiden of the Scottish highlands!
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