Isi Dawndancer is an all-around character and an exchange student at Monster High. She is a deer spirit from Boo Hexico who lived there all her life until a vision notified her of Monster High and urged her to study there. In particular, she brought her love for her traditional dancing, sharing it with the Fearleaders.
Character[]
Personality[]
Isi is a peaceful girl who simply adores dancing, so much she might break out into a dance sequence any moment. An animal-loving and flirty girl, she is playful yet wise when needed and gives big importance to her herd and rituals. She is very willing to share parts of her culture with other students through teaching them dance, demonstrating enthusiasm for doing so.
Appearance[]
She has brown fur with a big white spot on her face fading into her fur, long straight turquoise hair and a deer-like nose as well as ears and antlers. Her eyes are brown and she has little white dots that may be freckles on her cheeks and forehead. She wears a dull-sepia-colored headband and an orange necklace. She wears a red, long-sleeved shirt with Aztec designs and long, black pants with the same designs. She has teal ruffled shoes and her feet are also hoofs with heels in the back of the feet, which are also hoofs.
Relationships[]
Family[]
Isi has a grandmother, who she states is very wise, but can get mad if someone ticks her off.
Friends[]
Isi is best friends with Twyla Boogeyman, whom she met in Boo Hexico, when the latter failed a shadow jumping exercise of long distance. The two quickly become friends, as Twyla helps Isi out with her mysterious dreams. [Source]
Additionally, she is also friends with Gilda Goldstag, another deer creature at Monster High, which is assumed to be their main friendship link.
Back in her homeland, she also has an acquaintance she despises, Coyote, who is a trickster who has no sense of limits.
Books[]
Monster High Diaries[]
After class after the presentation, Isi tells Frankie Stein that she saw her new, lab-built pet Zappit last night, when she was dancing in the forest. Isi then gets invited by Frankie to join her for lunch at the school's creepateria. She helps search for Zappit in the forest. [Source]
Timeline[]
- April 28, 2014: Mattel requests the trademark for Isi Dawndancer.
- December 01, 2014: Isi Dawndancer's Amazon page is uploaded, confirming the trademark as Monster High-related.
- January 29, 2015: Art of Isi Dawndancer is printed on the cover of "Monster High: Monster Exchange: A Creepy-Cool Activity Book", which is uploaded to Amazon.
- July 03, 2015: Isi Dawndancer makes her webisode debut in Freak Du Chic Act 3, before even any official reveal of her.
- July 10, 2015: Isi Dawndancer's debut doll is on display at San Diego Comic-Con International.
- October 12, 2015: Isi Dawndancer made her first major cartoon appearance in "From Fear to There Part 1".
Notes[]
- "Isi" is Choctaw for "deer". The Choctaw are one of the Native American nations whom the legend of the Deer Woman belongs to. The Deer Woman is a spirit who can appear as a woman (with hooves) or a deer and loves to join humans in dance.
- Isi's last name of "Dawndancer" is a call back to Dawn of the Dance, the first themed Monster High doll assortment. Prior to this angle, her last name was going to be "Shadowdancer".
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