Mars Ravelo's Dyesebel is a 2014 Philippine television drama romance fantasy series broadcast by ABS-CBN.

Directed by Don M. Cuaresma, Francis Xavier E. Pasion, Darnel Joy R. Villaflor and Jon S. Villarin, it stars Anne Curtis in the title role.

[4][5][6] The story follows the journey of a young mermaid named Dyesebel, as she discovers the world above the ocean and locks in a fierce love triangle.

A young mermaid, Dyesebel, takes on a journey to trace her origins until she finds out that she is the daughter of a merman and a human.

And as a war between man and the underworld appears imminent, Dyesebel will choose to leave those that she loves.

(now iWantTFC) Synopsis [7] The story begins when Tino, a prince of the merfolk, meets Lucia, a young woman from a fishing village.

Enraged by the destruction wrought by some fishermen on marine life, Tino vows revenge on humans.

When a stick of dynamite accidentally explodes at the height of the exchange, sending Lucia and her father plunging into the seawater, Tino decides to save them both by bringing them to the shore.

Tino initially looks on from a distance but decides to show himself when Lucia catches a glimpse of him and requests that she be given the chance to thank him.

When the community is hit with a series of catastrophes, the town believes that the anomaly is caused by Dyesebel; an accusation that leads to Prinsipe Tino's death.

Before her father is killed by an angry, superstitious mob, Dyesebel is taken to the ocean by him through Banak where she is sent into exile since her chances for survival are greater there than on land.

Fredo then tells her that he is willing to fight for their love, no matter the cost, just like Dyesebel's parents fought for each other.

Lucia opens a small wooden coffin and it has a skeleton of a baby mermaid with a shell necklace on top.

After Lucia leaves, Dyesebel goes to Beatriz's tomb to pay her respects and she sees a shell necklace beside it.

Dyesebel and Fredo exchange wedding vows in front of Lucia, Banak, and their loyal friends.

Dyesebel sought to finally end the war between her people and those on land by seeking dialogue with the human government.

Now recognized as the rightful queen of the merfolk, Dyesebel led her kind to a cave where the first blood in the long-waged war was shed.

Here, she negotiated with humans to put an end to their destructive ways of fishing, which has long been the reason for mermaids' animosity toward them.

In an attempt to sabotage Dyesebel's efforts, the ousted queen triggered fighting once more with the help of her henchman, Kanor.

The loss of a loyal soldier pushed Dyesebel to make a desperate plea to stop the fighting, this time by physically tackling the warring sides and putting herself in harm's way.

For Dyesebel, it was the ultimate sacrifice—risking her life for the same family who had plotted the assassination of her father, Tino, to seize his throne.

With Dyesebel in critical condition, her human mother, Lucia, made a televised appeal to put an end to the war before there are any more casualties on either side.

After an apparent jump in time, Dyesebel was seen swimming in her kingdom and, later, freely walking on land—a sign that a truce between humans and mermaids had finally been reached.

In April 2013, the Ravelo family granted ABS-CBN rights to 13 titles and/or characters created by the novelist.

The family of graphic novelist Mars Ravelo is proud of ABS-CBN's version of "Dyesebel," based on one of the famous characters created by the acknowledged "King of Pinoy Komiks".

Using a technique commonly practiced by advertisers, Endrinal said they went through a "brand essence" exercise to truly understand what makes "Dyesebel" click.

In the beginning, the name of Anne Curtis surfaced as the lead even before GMA Network bought the rights in 2008.

[8][9] During filming of the series on April 3, 2014, Anne Curtis was stung by a box jellyfish and had to be rushed to the hospital.

Broadway actress and The Voice of the Philippines coach Lea Salonga had her own version of the Dyesebel theme song, Tangi Kong Kailangan.

According to Dreamscape head, Deo Endrinal, Salonga will also be recording the soap's theme song with ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra, in addition to the one performed by Yeng Constantino.