Aela is an upbeat Harpy who loves to make friends and explore the Monsuta Academia campus, as it’s much different than the towering skyscrapers she sees at home. She has a tendency to become melodramatic, though she’s quick to clarify that it’s all in good fun. Her time is usually spent trying to improve her disastrous penmanship or bugging fellow student Baphomet, who’s teaching her how to be a rebel. She’s also been known to eavesdrop on other students while in her pigeon form, though it’s hard to tell her apart from the other birds milling about...

Alea grew up in a big, densely packed city, where she shared a tiny apartment with her parents and little brother. Although the city had public schools that were ‘monster-inclusive’ on paper, in reality they were utterly demeaning to monsters, forcing Aela into a local private school so that she could get an education. Unfortunately, this school wasn’t much better, and tried to get Aela and other monsters to ‘conform’ to human standards. As soon as Aela’s parents learned about Monsuta Academia, they allowed her to change schools, an opportunity she leapt at. She’s having a blast at Monsuta now that she’s finally able to live as a monster rather than being forced to act like a human.