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New Salem
A town in the USA where both humans and monsters live, largely separated, and home to Monster High.
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Quick Facts
Full Name
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New Salem
Monster Type
Unknown
Role
Town
First Appearance
Monster High (book series)
Locations
USA
Overview
New Salem is a fictional town in the USA where humans and monsters live largely separated by mutual preference.
New Salem is a town in the USA, where both humans and monsters live, if largely separated out of mutual preference. It is a fictional, Monster High-exclusive town either in the state of Oregon or unknown state, but is guessed to be in Oregon because the Monster High (book series) takes place in Salem, Oregon. The same is also true for the various types of monsters in New Salem, who have their own areas within the monster area. Tension from a few centuries past still exists between the monsters and humans, but mostly they leave each other alone. New Salem contains at least two high schools: a high school for the local human population called New Salem High, and an international high school for monsters, called Monster High.
Portrayers
New Salem is a location and has no portrayers.
As New Salem is a fictional location and not a character, it has no voice actors or portrayers.
Character
New Salem features a history of early monster settlement and ongoing human-monster tensions resolved around Halloween events.
In the Ghoulfriends series, Skelen Moania, a zombie, and her family were the first inhabitants of New Salem, as Skelen is the founder of the town's oldest cemetery, the Skelemoanian.
Skelen is part of a rich family that established itself in New Salem between 1500 and 1800. With her family's fortune, Skelen erected the Skelemoanian, New Salem's first and never-surpassed cemetery. The Skelemoanian, which is always shrouded in shadows, contains only a few headstones and mostly holds luxurious tombs, mausoleums, and underground crypts. The Moanias built their own mausoleum on Skelemoanian grounds too, which, more due to a design flaw than grandeur, became the most atmosphere-inducing construction around. Due to cracks in the marble, the wind passing through is transformed, depending on strength, to anything from a persistent buzz to a faint whisper to a loud wail.
In the main series, Halloween had a reputation of being a bad day for monsters, the New Salem monster population hadn't been bothered in years by the human population. So when Monster High was attacked by students of New Salem High a few days before Halloween, preparations were lacking. Especially Frankie Stein, who was to experience her first Halloween ever, could barely cope with the hostilities, and sought for a way to stop it. With a few friends, she found an Hall of Halloween in the catacombs, where evidence was found that Halloween was originally about celebrating human-monster relations, rather than hunting monsters. But when she shared her findings with her school, most of her friends organized themselves to get back at the humans using their tricks.
Led by Cleo de Nile, a small group set out to vandalize New Salem High. Though they arrived without trouble, taking a path through the catacombs, they found the school already vandalized. Just then, the police arrived, making it seem like they'd done the deed. The group fled and managed to elude the cops until they all came together a little further in town, where they also met up with Frankie Stein and her friends, who had tried to stop the vandalism group. Unexpectedly, the door to one of the houses opened, and a human boy, Chad, invited them in for his Halloween party, thinking they were just dressed up as monsters. Deciding that the party was a safe place, the monsters accepted the offer. They remained in hiding at the party until the arrival of Lilith Van Hellscream, a young monster hunter who had them quickly exposed. Though Chad tried to stand up for them, at the time Holt Hyde was arrested outside, and the monsters had to flee again, leaving Holt behind.
Through sheer luck, Holt Hyde could change into Jackson Jekyll when no one was watching, making the cops later think the monster they'd captured escaped, and put the human boy there instead. The sheriff even gave him a ride to New Salem High, where Jackson Jekyll quickly made friends, but had to hide again when the school band started playing, triggering his change back into Holt. Lilith Van Hellscream witnessed this and spent the night vandalizing her own school further with the intent to blame Holt, as she had been the original vandal, aiming to validate a revival of Halloween as a night of hunting monsters. She had Holt arrested and was present at his non-trial the next day, where it was decided that he would get the Trick or Treatment, an execution method so gruesome it had not been used in 200 years. This had not been Lilith Van Hellscream's intent, so when her act was discovered, she complied to take the blame. But the sheriff was not interested in her story because letting Holt go then would make him look incompetent.
Frankie Stein came up with a plan to save Holt during his public execution and appease the humans with an invitation to a true Halloween party at the Hall of Halloween, which required the efforts of both her monster friends and new human friends. Some parts went easier than others, but the plan worked, supposedly ending the Halloween tradition and much of the human-monster tension in New Salem.
Relationships
New Salem is home to Monster High and New Salem High, with early residents like the Moania family and events involving various ghouls.
- Contains Monster High (monster high school)
- Contains New Salem High (human high school)
- First inhabitants: Skelen Moania and family
- Associated characters include Frankie Stein, Cleo de Nile, Holt Hyde, and others during Halloween events.
Notes & Trivia
New Salem's placement originated in the book series with ties to real-world Salem locations.
- New Salem as the location of Monster High started in the Monster High book series, which has Merston High, located in Salem, Oregon. This is explained to be the result of a miscommunication insofar that the monster community had intended to settle in Salem, Massachusetts, where a community of witches had lived prior to the Salem Witch Trials. Ghouls Rule confirmed New Salem as the location of Monster High in the cartoon continuity, though it didn't specify which New Salem, if it is supposed to be an actual New Salem at all.
Media Appearances
New Salem appears in the Monster High book series, Ghoulfriends series, and Ghouls Rule.
- Monster High (book series)
- Ghoulfriends series
- Ghouls Rule
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FAQ
What is New Salem?
A fictional town in the USA where humans and monsters live largely separated.
Which schools are located in New Salem?
Who founded New Salem's oldest cemetery?
Skelen Moania
What is the Skelemoanian?
New Salem's first cemetery, built by the Moania family.
Is New Salem in Oregon?
Guessed to be, due to the book series setting in Salem, Oregon.
What Halloween events occurred in New Salem?
Vandalism between schools, arrests, and a reconciliatory party.
Who helped resolve tensions in New Salem?
Frankie Stein with friends.
In which media does New Salem appear?
References
About New Salem
New Salem is a Monster High character featured in Generation 1. This profile covers monster heritage, role in the story, and how they connect to other characters in the Monster High universe.
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