Jinafire Long

Personality

Jinafire is a strong-willed, fiery, brave, and fashion-forward girl. Her profile hints at a hot temper, but she is portrayed in the webisodes and Scaris: City of Frights TV special as clever, patient when she is not directly affected by the situation, and focused on her work. Her specialty is metalworking because of her ability to breathe fire. Because she comes from a household where competition is the usual, even if friendly, Jinafire takes each and every challenge very seriously and is focused on results. She is quick to lose her temper when things don't go her way, which makes for a stark contrast with the cool and calculated way she handles situations when she feels in control. She has a very competitive spirit which shows up in Scaris and at Monster High. In the webisode "Tough As Scales" she reveals that this is because of her childhood spent competing with seven brothers to get everything. In Scaris, she is so focused on the great opportunity to study under Moanatella Ghostier that she is not as friendly to Clawdeen as Skelita when they first meet. Her sketchbook also shows that she can get so absorbed in her work that she sometimes forgets to calm down and see the beauty in life. She puts a lot of pressure on herself to do her best, getting frustrated when her work isn't perfect or the way she wants. Her temper flares up in her sketchbook and in the book Ghoulfriends Just Want to Have Fun. In her sketchbook, she writes about a time that she became so frustrated with one of her pieces of art that she melted it. She was embarrassed to learn that her teacher witnessed the whole episode. In the book, she confronts Cleo de Nile and Toralei stripe having a loud fight about the upcoming Hex Factor Talon Show. When wise advice fails to calm them down, she sets fire to their drinks because she views them as immature and rude. Even during this outburst, she maintains a very calm demeanor.

Appearance

Jinafire is a humanoid Chinese dragon with golden scales, long straight green hair with black streaks, and traditional dragon jade green eyes. She appears to be wearing a purple modified cheongsam with sheer mesh-like scale patterns and red high heels with gold bottoms, which are dragon-inspired in the design of the fur and claw motif. She says in her profile that she likes to fire up traditional fashions with sharp cuts and fierce accessories. After the original doll line, "Scaris: City of Frights", she does however change her clothes in the webisodes and main franchise line to her 'New Scaremester' outfit, which consists of a pale green cross-collar halter top with purple flame patterns, Chinoiserie-styled pants that are red with black and yellow scale-patterned borders, with jade green shoes which have guardian lions for heels and red earrings in the form of Chinese lanterns. By New Scaremester, she also sports her long green and black hair in a low ponytail.