#griffin and marion

[griffinswitch]

Griffin is canonically bi… whichever it is lol

[darkpoisonouslove]

I am not taking criticisms.

[oldsardens]

Marion Griffin - Untitled (Blues Trio)

[folkloristico]

Some Daphne & CoL (& Bloom) headcanons that have been haunting me nonstop lately

So I’m sharing them here.

A key factor of my understanding of Daphne is that she was homeschooled and as a result grew up mostly sheltered from the outside world (courtesy of the war as well), being more familiar with (formal) adults than her own peers. As a result, she developed a strong relationship with all CoL members.

Oritel

Daphne is totally a daddy’s girl. Sometimes when she’s still in her early teens and life is calmer, she knows how to tug at his affection to get what she wants. She isn’t spoiled, exactly, but Domino prides itself of being one of the most ancient and powerful monarchies (though most of them do, really; they aren’t rich and powerful for no reason) and Daphne herself isn’t immune to this.

Daphne often ditches her royal maids (the three we see in the second movie) and goes searching for her father, usually finding him busy in his office. Once she unlocks her basic fairy form and is free to soar into the sky it’s over for them. Oritel does admonish her (sometimes), but he’s too fond of her to send her away and so they end up spending lots of time together like this.

They can go on for hours playing strategic games together.

He teaches her sword-fighting. Sometimes he lets her win, but Daphne points it out to him that she doesn’t like it and so Oritel stops.

He also teaches her how to play the piano—it’s the only artistic talent he has, Marion being the true artistic soul of the family. (And Bloom, too, later on.)

Marion

Moments of intimacy between Daphne and Marion are rare because Marion does the majority of the traveling on behalf of the kingdom. She is better at handling people than Oritel is, and being the one born into the royal family comes with a fair amount of advantages. (Slightly unrelated to Daphne but still worth mentioning—they both know it’s how most people see them and it’s something that makes them uncomfortable, for different reasons, but they soon grow to ignore it.)

As a young princess (late teens-early 20s), Marion would sometimes name-drop the Dragon Flame just to see how people would react. It was the little power she was granted over them, and she isn’t proud of that now. What she is proud of is seeing Daphne is much more wary with the DF than Marion herself ever was.

Soon the word spreads that the young princess is an amazing Guardian and Marion takes it upon herself to teach Daphne everything she can.

Both Marion and Oritel are very protective of Daphne because of reasons that stem from their childhood/families, and they try so hard to keep Daphne safe that it sometimes backfires.

Like during the war, they start drifting apart. That is because Marion and Oritel are so determined to protect Daphne while she’s still a teen that they don’t tell her many things, and Daphne, who is incredibly receptive, isn’t to be fooled.

She grows to think they don’t trust her as much as thought they did. There’s still an insane amount of love between them, but sometimes it feels like it’s not enough. Especially on Daphne’s part.

Hagen

He’s been around since Daphne can remember, and he’s as close to an uncle as he can get.

Most people find Hagen’s presence to be uncomfortable because he speaks ever so rarely that they don’t know what to do with him, especially in a climate where people are always meddling and poking their noses around—Downton Abbey kind of thing, where no one, from servants to royalty, knows how to shut the fuck up, ever.

Oritel doesn’t have much time to take Daphne to the stalls and just hang out, so Hagen takes it upon himself to teach Daphne how to properly take care of her horse—which Oritel and Marion gave her as a gift. (In a world of technology and magic, of course, there are countless ways of traveling that are indeed faster, but people in the Magic Dimension are still attached to traditions.)

Ironically, the longest conversations Daphne ever has with Hagen happen when she asks him questions about subjects he’s interested in—mostly sword-fighting and sword making, occasionally battle strategy and tactics.

Saladin

He’s the kind of guy who gets along well with everyone.

People who meet him might think he’s naïve, but despite having an easy-going personality, he’s wary of the people he can trust. His kindness shouldn’t be mistaken for foolishness.

Because of this, Daphne is quick to warm up to him.

She has a lot of questions about… anything, really, and he makes sure to respond to them as best as he can. Marion and Oritel are often too busy to spend a lot of time with him when he’s visiting. Hagen and Faragonda only half-listen to him rumbling about this or that, and eventually they get tired of it, but both are too considerate of his feelings to let him know.

Saladin knows this, and sometimes uses these occasions to make fun of them.

Daphne, on the other hand, can never get enough. She grows particularly fascinated with Andros because of some similarities the planet shares with Domino (and because it’s the home planet of Sirenix), and it just so happens that Saladin has some acquaintances from the planet, in part thanks to his work at Red Fountain.

He brings Daphne gifts whenever he can; she has a whole shelf dedicated to them. With time, she feels she should reciprocate somehow, so she starts meddling about the palace trying to find anything that could interest Saladin.

Because he knows so much already, surprising him is hard, but still Daphne does her best. Eventually, even Marion and Oritel fall into this routine and whenever they find something of interest, they make a mental note of mentioning it to Daphne. But she’s the Biggest Nerd Ever™️ and usually knows about that stuff already.

More related to Marion but still worth mentioning, Saladin is Marion’s favorite person to have around when she has to attend royal business meetings/parties. He’s fun to be around and has a knack for always steering the conversation in the right direction, which comes particularly in handy when they’re in the company of someone who Marion doesn’t like. (She’s too polite to say it to their faces, but there are some people she just can’t stand.)

Faragonda

Faragonda is the kind of person you go to when you want to have a sincere and mature conversation about something.

She’s a powerful fairy and, like Saladin, has a kinship for academics. But she favors interacting with people over researching, and so she doesn’t have extensive knowledge on everything.

But being the only fairy of CoL outside of Marion, there are things Daphne prefers asking her rather than Saladin. Like when Daphne first considers the idea of studying to become a Nymph, Faragonda is the person she goes to.

During the quietest years of the war, Daphne spends some months at Alfea and they get closer than ever. (Though it was partly because Oritel asked Faragonda to keep an eye on her. He thinks Daphne doesn’t know this much, but she does.)

Because Faragonda knows Daphne has a kinship for the academics, she offers Daphne to help out at Alfea after the Sirenix Curse is broken.

Griffin

Griffin joining the Company goes opposite from smooth and so Daphne is kept at a distance from her. Oritel in particular is wary of her and doesn’t want Griffin nowhere near his daughter. 

Marion is of a slightly different opinion. At first, she doesn’t trust Griffin more than Oritel does, but she’s too preoccupied with the war and everything else to even consider the idea of Daphne developing a relationship with Griffin.

Because the truth is, none of them believe this allianceship will evolve into something deeper. But slowly—very slowly—they fall into a new routine and Griffin goes from serious threat to someone who’s just there to someone they can actually trust.

While there isn’t any active form of discrimination against witches by the time Daphne is born, anti-witch sentiment is still very real. Because of that, Daphne has never met many witches before. Griffin is the first chance she’s got at interacting with one, and she’s mesmerized by Griffin’s extensive knowledge. It doesn’t go as far as Saladin does but rather limits to certain aspects of magic for which they both share an interest.

Daphne is weirded out by her, but in a strange, almost funny way. It’s like there’s this person who just came out of nowhere and everyone just accepted it. Well, not everyone, exactly—half the palace wants her dead, but she has the approval of the queen and—reluctantly—the king, and so no one dares to say anything.

It’s only later that Griffin grows comfortable enough to tease Oritel about it, who, for his part, always looks on the verge of a stroke everytime he’s reminded how close Daphne has gotten to Griffin. Which only sets Griffin for even more teasing.

Marion has since longer abandoned her prejudices and isn’t worried about their relationship. 

Griffin will never admit to it, but she enjoys Daphne’s company in the library as much as she enjoys Faragonda’s.

Only sometimes does Daphne cross the line and ask questions Griffin doesn’t know how to respond to—mostly about the war, or if Daphne is feeling particularly bold,  Griffin’s past affiliation with the Coven and Valtor. Daphne is barely in her early 20s by the time Domino is wiped away; she isn’t a child anymore, but Marion and Oritel are protective of her to a fault and don’t want her to get involved.

Bloom

Bloom and Daphne’s relationship from before the destruction of Domino is almost non-existent because Bloom was still a baby when the planet was attacked. 

But Daphne, for her part, loved her, deeply and devotedly. She always wanted to have a little sister, and just when she thought it would never happen, her mother was pregnant. But months later, Marion suffered a spontaneous abortion, and she and Oritel stopped trying after that.

That is why the news of Bloom comes both as a blessing and a curse. It’s everything they’ve ever wanted, but the timing is so wrong that Marion wonders if it wouldn’t be for the better if she lost  this child as well. But she doesn’t, and when Bloom is born, Daphne swears on her life that she will never let anything bad happen to her.

Suffice to say that once Domino is restored, they all love Bloom—because how couldn’t they? She’s the lost princess who saved them all. But their own understanding of her only goes as far as the vague idea they have of her, and in reality Bloom is struggling an awful lot to fill the shoes of the person they want her to be.

Daphne knows exactly what it feels like, and as she, too, is struggling after having basically come back from the dead, she makes sure Bloom knows she can count on her anytime. Bloom feels like a burden to her, but she doesn’t realize how much she is helping Daphne in return.

Their relationship is smoother than the one Bloom has with Marion and Oritel. They’ve all gone through an insane amount of trauma, and they’re all trying their best. The fact is that Bloom never felt like she needed to meet her biological parents because she always had parents, still has them, and they’re the best pair you could ever ask for. Whenever she’s with Marion and Oritel, Bloom feels like she’s somehow betraying Vanessa and Mike.

Daphne is a whole different deal. Bloom never had a sister but always wished she had one, and in that sense, Daphne has sort of dropped from the sky. Not to mention that during the three years Bloom spent at Alfea, Daphne was always there for her whenever she could—when she was strong enough to reach Bloom in her dreams, that is—and helped her get through some tough moments.

It’s both easy and weird for them to be around each other. For Daphne, because the baby sister she once held in her arms is now but a few years younger than she is. For Bloom, because she’d gotten so used to the idea of being an only child, and of being able to only talk to Daphne in her dreams, that having her in front of her very eyes is unsettling.

Bloom often feels that now that Daphne—the princess the kingdom has known for more than twenty years—is back, she won’t be ‘needed’ anymore. She doesn’t realize just how much Daphne loves her. Because to her, it’s like the mere fact of Bloom having survived the war is proof enough that she’s succeeded in keeping her promise to keep her little sister safe.

[crazy-queen-winx]

Your aunt told you everything there is to know about forbidden magic. Magic that gave her scars and turned her skin green. The kind that brings death. The kind that even she is afraid of.

Your mother warned you about sacrifices. She doesn't want you to follow in her footsteps. She never let you know the details of her own sacrifice, but you can see that it still haunts her.

They told you everything about consequences, but not much about the reasons. It turns out that consequences are not that important when your sibling's life is in danger. This small child that has no one else to protect her.

If the destiny of her family is to die, then she cannot accept it. So she does what her family warned her against. Consequences be damned.

[writingisartdarling]

I just plain and simple wanted to write down some of my headcanons for Winx Club, because as I've said before I have had a very big obsession with it (well at least some of the characters) as of late.

So, here we have some of my Winx Club hc's:

Headmistress Griffin's past with Valtor: I've seen a few of these as I've scrolled on Tiktok, Tumblr and ff.net but I wanted to explain how I see it. So as it is in the actual show, Griffin was fighting alongside Valtor and the Ancestral Witches, but Griffin and Valtor also had a relationship. To put it short, they were lovers. It was lust. Perhaps it was partly just a way to make people jealous and get more powerful, at least in the beginning, because Griffin was quite young when it all happened. Over time she started realizing the weight of her decision and because of that she wanted out of it. Away from him. I could also imagine their relationship becoming toxic over time, which also prompts Griffin to escape. How she managed it was because of her old friend Faragonda, who Griffin had obviously parted with when she joined Valtor. Faragonda always wants to help when she can and she never believed Griffin truly was as evil as she made herself look by turning against the entire magic dimension. So Faragonda was quite happy to be able to be of help to Griffin and help her return to the light and persuading the others to let Griffin join the Company of Light even if it was very difficult. When Valtor found out about all this, he was obviously angry and felt betrayed and thus he always held Griffin accountable for their misfortune and would count days until he could break her like she did his heart. Of course, Griffin was heartbroken too, when she made the choice to part with Valtor but she keeps telling herself she doesn't and will never truly regret it. I imagine when Valtor tried taking over the magical dimension in season 3, Griffin took it almost personally. She was afraid of what he'd do to her when he found her or what she'd do if she saw him again , and she tried her best to seek shelter from/with Faragonda, who offered it more than gladly, knowing it would be extremely hard on Griffin to have Valtor return. This is too, in addition to her close friendship with Griffin, why Faragonda was so worried about Valtor having done something to Griffin when she and Valtor fought in season 3.

Why Faragonda has no wings: This is also one I've seen here on Tumblr I think, but I do love it so here we are. I headcanon that during the Company of Light's fight against the Ancestral Witches on Domino the witches tore off Faragonda's wings. Yes, the worst thing to happen to a fairy. When it happened, I like to imagine, it was probably Marion who only barely managed to save Faragonda from the witches but she didn't make it in time to save the fairy from getting her wings torn off. And the queen still blames herself for Faragonda losing her wings. Now, if a fairy is strong and experienced enough, they could fly without wings but it would take a lot of practice and skill. It took Faragonda a while to recover and then learn the art of flying with no wings, but she did learn it and now does it without problem. She does not hold her friend accountable for losing her wings and will forever remain thankful to Marion for saving her life.

Faragonda and Marion's friendship: I already mentioned in the first one that Faragonda and Griffin are very good friends but I like to think that Faragonda was quite close with Marion too before she was supposedly killed by the Ancestral Witches on Domino and then they rekindled the friendship after the Winx saved Domino and Oritel and Marion. I think they went to school at Alfea together and when they got older and Marion married Oritel, Faragonda remained Marion's friend and avid supporter. After tens of years of not seeing each and thinking they never would again, the two women were very relieved to be able to call the other their friend still and they now go on walks in Alfea's gardens when Marion is visiting and she, vice versa, invites Faragonda for tea sometimes. Marion is especially grateful to Faragonda for being there for Bloom when she herself couldn't. Faragonda simply tells she would have dlne the same if the roles were reversed.

The fact that Darcy looks almost identical to young Griffin: Yes, they look alike and yes they are related. At least in my headcanon they are! In the first hc I talked about Valtor and Griffin's relationship but I did not mention that I also think that during her time with Valtor, as his lover, Griffin fell pregnant with his child. When she found out, she realized what a grave danger it would be to both her and the child. At this point Griffin was already thinking of parting with Valtor. So, in her panicked state she goes to Faragonda to see her in secret from Valtor and everyone else. When she tells Faragonda, she is, knowing Faragonda, met with support but also dissappointment. She asks for Faragonda's advice but she doesn't know how they could keep the baby a secret and that Griffin wouldn't have to get rid of it or give it up. But Faragonda promises Griffin that she will meet her soon and in the meanwhile come up with a plan or at least try to. When they meet again, Faragonda tells Griffin about an ancient spell that could possibly speed the pregnancy so that Griffin could have the baby now and then they would figure out where to hide the baby. (I know, a terrible and weird explanation, it sounded a lot better in my head.) It takes some convincing but Griffin agrees. So they barely manage to do the spell but luckily in the end they succeed and then Griffin basically has the baby about 7-8 months before it's actual due date. The problem is now that they have to figure a way to keep the baby a secret. Griffin spents the following days trying to figure out how and when she eventually comes up with a solution, she presents it to Faragonda. A forgetting potion, which when drank makes the drinker forget of a certain thing forever. She wants Faragonda to drink it so that she would forget Griffin's pregnancy and the baby completely. Faragonda doesn't like the idea and thinks it would be too dangerous. But Griffin is adamant, because she knows that if Valtor were to somehow find out (of course she doesn't doubt Faragonda but she knows how cruel the man can be) she would never be able to part with him and the baby would not have a life she wants for her. But Griffin can't bring herself to forget the wee baby, not her own daughter. She would take the secret to her grave if needed. So Faragonda promises to drink the potion and it is only many, many years later that Griffin confides the secret to her. Meanwhile, Griffin has to watch her daughter succumb to evil and darkness and make wrong choice after another without there truly being a way of saving her without telling revealing truth.

Oop. These got super long and tedious and probably make very little sense, but hopefully not! Let me know if you want more because I think I might have some left still and I would be more than happy to share them with you.

[beezonia]

My brain wants me to write a fic where it’s all the winx parents in their college years

Would you guys wanna see that?

Like How Oritel and Marion fell in love same with Luna and Radius but with the addition of how they sort of fell out of love

I just wanna explore the adult characters a bit more

Especially Griselda, Griffin and Faragonda! They’d be fun to write about!

[fdmlovesfashion]

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[electra-jolts-magnetism]

I also think they’d bond over being related to members of the Company of Light, like maybe Helia tells Bloom stories about her parents that he heard from Saladin, and maybe Faragonda & Griffin. (Before Oritel & Marion were brought back) The 3 of them probably weren’t saying much to her because of Grief/Guilt, and Erendor sure as shit didn’t say anything to Sky.

Helia and Bloom should absolutely bond over their love for art. Painting and drawing, they have different styles but love having someone who actually can discuss technique and stuff like that- they can get feedback from their friends, they're not dumdums, but it's different talking to a fellow artist.

I also think both of them care a lot about feedback from Riven because he lacks traditional education so all of his opinions are strictly his own- sometimes those opinions will be wrong (not everything has to be pink dude) but sometimes it is a really fresh perspective.

[griffinswitch]

Don't even ask why.

[darkpoisonouslove]

I have made another chart. As a treat.

[matbenetti17]

Magic Dimension’s lore

Billions of years ago, when the Magic Dimension didn't exist yet, there was the Unknown, the cosmic void before all else.

It was dominated by two ancestral forces in perpetual battle: the Great Dragon and the Shadow Phoenix.

Good and Evil, Light and Darkness, Life and Death were their weapons.

It was from the fury of their battle that our universe was created.

On the brink of defeat, the Shadow Phoenix disappeared into the dark depths of one of the planets that has been created, the one where Magix will one day arise. Meanwhile the Great Dragon lay down in a secret cave of another planet, Domino.

Domino

For centuries the rulers of the kingdom of Domino have had the task of guarding the Dragon Flame, the source of life itself for the whole universe.

The Great Dragon, dormant, grants to one and only one person with great magical abilities the power of its flame of life, the Guardian of Domino. The last person known to have been the guardian of the Dragon Flame was Princess Daphne, Bloom’s older sister.

The last rulers of Domino were King Oritel and Queen Marion, who “disappeared” during the attack of Domino made by the Ancestral Witches.

When the Ancestral Witches attacked Domino they were trying to take possession of the power of the Dragon Flame, guarded by the guardian fairy Daphne. Her parents, Oritel and Marion, tried to defend the court but without success. Daphne tried to escape with her sister, Princess Bloom, but the three witches were chasing them. Daphne then managed to open a portal to a universe without magic to save her sister and entrusted her with the power of the Dragon Flame, to hide her (and the  Flame) as far away as possible from the Witches.

That day, with the death of the guardian fairy (who sacrificed herself fighting against the Witches) and with the disappearance of the Dragon Flame from the Magic Dimension, the planet began to freeze and fell prey to the dark forces.

Domino was the home of the dragons of the Magic Dimension, attracted by the energy of the Great Dragon, along with Pyros.

The last dragons of Domino fled to the small volcanic planet of Pyros, to live in a place warm enough for them. 

Dragons are the only beings able to travel from one planet to another autonomously, perhaps because they are linked to the Great Dragon.

Before the glaciation, Domino was a lush planet, full of life, with great mountain ranges, where it is believed the spirit of the Great Dragon still rests.

Solaria

Solaria is the closest planet to the sun and unlike the other planets in the Magic Dimension it doesn’t rotate on itself, so it always has a sunny side and a dark side.

Its economy is based on the marble quarries and the luxury economy.

Its rulers are King Radius and Queen Luna. Queen Luna was born on the night side of Solaria and since she and her husband are separating she has decided to move permanently in their "Nocturnal Residence". Together they have a daughter, Princess Stella.

The people of Solaria have always been divided because of their very different cultures and lifestyles.

The rulers have always tried to unite the people with royal marriages between the two sides, but the imminent divorce of the current rulers is bringing the kingdom to an increasingly fragile political balance.

The people of the dark would like to become independent, which is why King Radius is looking for a new wife.

Even the planet's fauna is divided: the sunny side is inhabited mainly by griffins, while the dark side is inhabited by crepuscular salamanders, small bioluminescent amphibians that love the moon rays.

Beta Academy

The Beta Academy is a magic school for fairies located on Solaria, on the dark side of the planet.

Lynphea

Lynphea is the planet of forests, it has such a dense flora that its population has adapted its life on the trees.

Lynphea’s flora is also the most varied in the Magic Dimension: its inhabitants are mainly researchers and alchemists, they often go on expeditions to other planets to bring samples of every known plant species to Lynphea to study them.

On Lynphea even animals have adapted to live in symbiosis with the vegetation. The viridella butterflies have developed colorful wings that simulate both the color and the consistency of flower petals.

Kaimosses [sing. kaimoss] also live on the planet: they are panther-like felines with bodies literally made of rock covered in moss, mushrooms or small shrubs.

The kingdom of Lynphea is also a monarchy: Queen Rachel has a daughter, Princess Krystal, with whom she is very protective and has practically never allowed her to leave the palace. After all, Lynphea may be a peaceful planet but its particular vegetation can also be dangerous.

Melody

Melody is the planet of music and harmony. It is a rather poor kingdom composed mainly of farmers and fishermen, who take care of the vast cultivable fields that characterize the landscape and of the fishing. Together with Andros, Melody is the largest exporter of maritime products in the Magic Dimension.

On Melody there is a great variety of birds, the most famous being the alicanto: a colorful bird capable of reproducing the sounds of all known instruments. Even in the sea of ​​Melody animals are linked to music: the melusonda whales are large marine mammals capable of singing for hours.

Melody is ruled by King Garonimus and Queen Allegra. They have a daughter, Princess Galatea.

Espero

Espero is the satellite of the planet Melody. It is mostly mountainous and is known throughout the Magic Dimension for its hot springs. Everyone comes to Espero to spend relaxing weekends, especially royal families.

Andros

Andros is located on the “opposite side” of the universe from Domino and is almost completely covered in water.

Its population is 30% humanoid and 70% mermaids, so the government has been divided between the two brothers King Teredor and King Neptune.

King Neptune, his wife Queen Ligea and their three children Nereus, Tritannus and Tressa rule over the people of the sea while King Teredor, Queen Niobe and Princess Aisha rule over the people of the land.

Being almost completely covered by the sea, Andros' fauna is mainly composed of fish and amphibious creatures: the kelpies, magical aquatic horses with manes of seaweed and the giant axolotls, which live mainly on the seabed near the coasts to be able to get out of the water and sunbathe on the beautiful white beaches of Andros.

Omega Dimension

The Omega Dimension is an interdimensional prison where the most dangerous witches, dark sorcerers and demons of the Magic Dimension are locked up. Its access portal is located on Andros, in the center of its vast ocean and is guarded by the mermaids of the royal guard.

Zenith

Zenith and Dyamond are the two furthest planets from the sun and they are both perpetually covered in snow and ice. Zenith is extremely technologically advanced: to protect themselves from the cold its inhabitants gathered in a single large city under a dome and isolated themselves for hundreds of years from the rest of the Magic Dimension. This led them to progress technologically, mechanically and even cerebrally, so much so that they have the highest average intelligence of the entire Magic Dimension.

The isolation has unfortunately also made the zenithians very workaholics, severe and with little understanding of human feelings: what is not productive is considered useless.

Despite the dome, the city still suffers from the freezing cold of the outside: the buildings are often covered in a layer of frost but the inhabitants have developed a technomagical heating system installed in each building, to prevent the ice from ruining the computer circuits or screens that cover the city.

Because of the harsh climate there are not many animals outside the dome apart from a few packs of ghelvars [sing. ghelvar]: the ice wolves, very hostile and territorial. The ocean is instead populated by nanoxyls: tiny jellyfish that move in large flocks and are able to conduct electricity. The ruler of Zenith is King Cryos who has a son, the very young Prince Vyre. The king of Zenith is supported in his decisions by the so-called “Titania Council”, a parliament composed of the most important minds of the kingdom.

Dyamond

Dyamond and Zenith are the two furthest planets from the sun and are both perpetually covered in snow and ice.

Unlike Zenith, the population of Dyamond is more rudimentary and organized into various tribes. The inhabitants live exclusively by hunting and ice fishing.

Two symbolic animals of Dyamond are the cryonomar and the isbearns. The cryonomar is a giant cephalopod that lives under the ice that covers much of the planet. While the isbearn is a bear, similar to a grizzly, but (like the ghelvar wolves of Zenith) has its coat covered in small ice stalactites.

Rot

Rot is a minor planet of the Magic Dimension characterized by large chasms eroded on its surface, some are so deep that you can see the core. Rot, Orez and Fallat are also called “The Obscure Ones” because of the dark energy that surrounds them.

There is not much life on Rot due to the limited habitable surface but there are some cities and a few villages. The people of Rot have great psychic and illusionary abilities and there also are fortune tellers and clairvoyants able to predict the future.

A fairy animal of Rot is the ashara, the ash phoenixes. It is said that they were born from the very core of the planet and that they were part of the “army” of the Shadow Phoenix. They behave a bit like vultures and scavengers, it is thought that seeing them fly above your head in a circle is an omen of misfortune and that they are only waiting for the return of their lord.

Orez

Orez is a minor planet in the Magic Dimension. Orez, Rot, and Fallat are also called “The Obscure Ones” because of the dark energy that surrounds them.

Fallat

Fallat is a minor planet in the Magic Dimension. Fallat, Orez, and Rot are also called “The Obscure Ones” because of the dark energy that surrounds them.

Romulea

Romulea is a minor planet of the Magic Dimension and is characterized by an extremely changeable climate with continuous thunderstorms, strong gusts of wind and tornadoes.

It is thought that this very changeable weather, interspersed with rare periods of serenity and strong storms, is due to the influences of the two moons, Ohm and Pyros.

It is said that the Romulans have a tough skin but it’s not just a figure of speech, they actually have developed a tougher skin to resist the possible lightning that can strike them. A bit like the crackling wasps: insects native to Romulea that attract electricity from the atmosphere and release it in strong discharges to defend themselves.

Ohm

Ohm is one of the two moons of Romulea. It’s a peaceful oasis almost completely uninhabited, except for a few romulan monks who moved to Ohm to escape from the harsh weather of their home planet and live a quiet life of meditation.

Pyros

Pyros is one of the two moons of Romulea, a small volcanic satellite home to the dragons of the Magic Dimension. With the glaciation of Domino its dragons fled to Pyros finding a perfect environment for them. There don’t seem to be any other inhabitants on Pyros besides dragons.

Eraklyon

Eraklyon is the richest planet in the Magic Dimension together with Solaria, mainly thanks to its widespread metal mines and the extraction of gemstones on its satellite Isis.

The inhabitants of Eraklyon are mainly miners, blacksmiths and craftsmen. In their work, the miners also use the symbolic animals of the kingdom: the giant moles. They have tapered snouts (like anteaters) that they use to sniff deeper into the holes and long, sharp claws perfect for digging even the hardest rock.

The royal family of Eraklyon is made up of King Erendor, Queen Samara and Prince Sky.

Isis

Isis is the satellite of Eraklyon. Although it has its own rulers, it behaves as part of the kingdom of Eraklyon.

If it weren't for its small size (and the fact that it’s part of Eraklyon), Isis would be the richest and most luxurious planet in the entire Magic Dimension.

Its inhabitants are mostly royals, goldsmiths and artisans who work the gems extracted by the workers who come from Eraklyon every day.

There aren't many native animals, most have been imported from other planets, Isis has a beautiful royal zoo that houses them all. But the pride of the kingdom is the gemmed peacock, a splendid peacock with a tail adorned with precious stones. Unfortunately, there are very few specimens left.

The regent king of Isis is King Carnelian. Together with his wife Queen Chalcedony and their daughter Princess Diaspro, they are the most important advisors to King Erendor of Eraklyon.

Magix

Magix is ​​the most multi-ethnic planet in the Magic Dimension, its inhabitants are all immigrants from other planets so there is a great variety of types of magic.

The largest city has the same name and is the largest and most advanced metropolis in the Magic Dimension (second only to Zenith).

It’s thought that it was on this planet that the Shadow Phoenix hid after the battle against the Great Dragon that gave birth to the universe.

Downland

Downland is a kingdom located in the depths of Magix, underground. It’s surrounded by a huge labyrinth of tunnels and galleries so it’s very difficult to reach it if you are not local.

The people of Downland have adapted to living with little light, whose only source for them is the fire of torches and the lumiria, a luminescent crystal that is also a source of food and energy for them.

Downland is a monarchy, its rulers are King Enervus, Queen Foeda and their daughter Princess Amentia.

Alfea

Alfea is one of the three schools of Magix, the most renowned of the Magic Dimension in teaching light magic for young fairies. 

Its headmistress is the fairy Faragonda, member of the Company of Light.

Cloud Tower

Cloud Tower is one of the three schools of Magix, the most renowned of the Magic Dimension in teaching dark magic to young witches. 

Its headmistress is the witch Griffin, member of the Company of Light.

Red Fountain

Red Fountain is one of the three schools of Magix, the most renowned of the Magic Dimension in training young knights and dragon trainers.

Its headmaster is the wizard Saladin, member of the Company of Light.

Pixie Village

The Pixie Village is a small safe haven for pixies near Roccaluce Lake, on Magix. Pixies are small winged creatures that bond with fairies and help them in difficult times. Like fairies, they have a “talent,” a type of magic they are more gifted at.

Roccaluce Lake

The Roccaluce Lake is the home of the nymph Daphne. After her death at the hands of the Ancestral Witches and the freezing of Domino, Daphne ascended to the state of nymph and her spirit took refuge in the waters of Roccaluce Lake, on Magix.

Callisto

Callisto is a minor planet in the Magic Dimension.

Eros

Eros is a minor planet of the Magic Dimension.

Anne, the childhood friend of Princess Aisha of Andros, and Professor Palladium come from here.

Oppositus

Oppositus is a minor planet and home to the greatest library in the Magic Dimension, where all known knowledge is said to be contained.

Earth

Earth is not part of the Magic Dimension but it’s where Princess Daphne, Guardian of Domino, sent her little sister Bloom to save her from the Ancestral Witches during the attack on Domino.

Centuries ago, some fairies from the Magic Dimension went on Earth to help humans learn about magic. They found great complicity in the religious beliefs of the Native Americans of the time. 

Their animist communion with nature and with the "High God" reminded them of the adoration for the Great Dragon in their universe, so they joined and mingled with them.

One of them Aiyana (Roxy's mother) lived with the natives for years and years until the present day, moving around the country and between tribes to avoid them noticing that she didn't age like the earthlings.

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Hey Rist hope you're doing okay! Since by this point I've noticed that we all dislike Shadygonda with passion I've wondered do you think our girlie deserves a redemption?

ohohoHOHOHO MASSIVE misunderstanding here my friend! Shadygonda (imo) is a cunning-petty-powertripping-sweetly-selfserving little BITCH — and I love her SO MUCH!!! I want her to be worse if anything!!!

Let’s talk about her character in canon and in my personal little fanon head bubble for a moment, because I think she's by far the character I’m most curious about when it comes to motivations and goals. Because she's so. So much, all at once, and none of it seems to fit together but somehow it DOES!

Here's an incomplete list of what we know, chronologically:

Faragonda is a part of the Company of Light, alongside Bloom's parents, the blacksmith guy she keeps flirting with, Saladin from Red Fountain and Griffin from Cloudtower. In her brief flashback to their prime, they look all super young, maybe a little older than the Winx are during their school years. Early to mid twenties maybe? Thirties would be pushing it, but could work. We don’t know how their age gap is to Oritel and Marion, but probably not that big.

Griffin started out as Valtor's accomplice, but ended up joining Faragonda and the rest, presumably after having met them a few times in battle and building enough of a relationship with them that she could dare to take that final step

(I wanna emphasize: In Griffin's flashback in s3, she looks back towards her time with Valtor in a way that’s not displayed very literally, but rather plays with symbolism and stage acting a little bit. One of these days I wanna do a full breakdown of that, but for now let’s focus on the very last scene. Griffin, alone and vulnerable, clearly in distress, lands at the gates of Alfea, which open for her immediately. Alfea, not Domino or Red Fountain. The place most heavily tied to Faragonda. This, to me at least, implies that it was Faragonda who offered her a way out and welcomed her with open arms — maybe she's even the one who convinced her to defect in the first place.)

The company of Light continues to fight the ancient coven, Daphne is born and grows up (16-20 years old?), Queen Marion gets pregnant with Bloom. Faragonda is presumably present for all of that, and has a good relationship with all characters involved. (Except maybe for Daphne, we never see them interact. But nothing is stated to the contrary either.) The final battle happens, Oritel and Marion are missing, presumed dead, their children as well. Hagen fucks off into irrelevance. Faragonda, Griffin and Saladin are the only ones who survive and stay in contact.

There's a non-specific time frame in which we don’t know anything about Faragonda, roughly from the Fall of Domino — or maybe a few weeks prior to that, if we assume Valtor's capture happened before the final showdown on Domino — to the day Bloom arrives at Alfea and kicks of the main story. What was Faragonda up to in all those years? Nobody knows.

Current time! Faragonda greets her new students, like every year. Welcomes them to Alfea, like every year. Tells them to, and I quote, “Stay away from the Witches of Cloud Tower”. You know, like every year. We know she does that every year, because this is Stella's second rodeo and she knows the warning by heart already.

Already we have a FASCINATING new question: what happened between Griffin and Faragonda??? She and Saladin are still on good terms, but Griffin's school is EXPLICITLY warned of and constantly uninvited to events, which is straight up hilariously petty. The last we knew of them, they were allies, trusted friends even! What DELICIOUS drama occurred while no one was looking? So many possibilities.

Next thing that happens is she finds out that there's a student under her nose who enrolled under a false identity — and immediately got into mischief. Which, as it turns out, she finds delightful. Bloom gets to stay with Faragonda's personal, explicit permission, and against the wishes of Griselda. Why, you ask? 'Cause she can. Faragonda's a boss ass bitch who don’t need no reason, that’s why. She seems to think it’s funny lol

My memory of s1 is a little blurry, so I might be missing some events. The next thing I can think of is Bloom's escapade in the library, which Faragonda — or maybe the librarian at Faragonda's behest? — gets under control again. Faragonda finds out that Bloom is looking into Daphne. Faragonda, who has first hand knowledge of the fall of Domino, the battle against the ancient coven, and presumably met Daphne IN PERSON on several occasions. Chooses not to share any of that. And instead collects EVERY SINGLE SOURCE on Daphne she can find, and personally REMOVES them from the library Bloom has access to. Why, you ask? WHY THE FUCK NOT, I SAY!

Shit escalates, plot happens, you know the deal. Conflict occurs that could have been avoided entirely, if Bloom had been aware of her origins or followed Daphne's cryptic warnings earlier. Faragonda helps Bloom find out all the plot necessary details, and happily assists her in her journey to regaining her powers. Does she ever mention her reasons for not doing so like, 8 months ago? Does she? No I’m asking, I literally cannot remember if she let out a wise old “You Had to Find Your Own Way”, or perhaps a “You Weren't Ready Yet”. Either way, I don’t remember her sharing her thought process here in any great detail. Why, you ask, and plug your ears as to not get swept away by the shock wave of my booming voice. To which I take a deep, long breath, break several ribs in the process, and holler into the aether: WHY THE FUCK NOT YOU PEASANT!? ARE YOU AFRAID OF FUN? DO YOU HATE HIJINKS AND SHENANIGANS? Do you not like delicious drama or perhaps a good, shocking reveal?? Do your parents even love you?

And it just keeps GOING like this! The doylist explanation is obviously that the writers were making shit up as they went with every new season they got greenlit on, but the in-universe implications are FASCINATING!

When Faragonda is not busy flirting with old colleagues, she is revealing plot-relevant, potentially life-saving secrets — or keeping them from coming out. She is sending the Winx on dangerous missions — or specifically forbidding them from going on dangerous missions! Faragonda is oscillating wildly between maternal overprotectiveness, stone cold commanding tone, wise mentor or strict obstacle on the Winx's path, and she does so with an air of lovable silliness that contrasts wonderfully against Griselda, and an aura of real, threatening power that scares off enemies for the Winx more than once. She doesn’t really feel inconsistent to me, more like she contains multitudes, and her status as someone with both power and knowledge elevates that even further. She becomes a person that is wrapped in layers and layers of different personality traits she seems to pick and choose from in any given situation. She is both incredibly powerful and deeply unserious — the latter only serving to highlight the former. She isn’t really concerned with impressing the people around her, the way Valtor would be for example, but she does get cold and serious when faced with the parent committee trying to expel Bloom, or any other threat her students might be facing.

Her concern for her students, I believe, is one hundred percent genuine. She risks her life for them. She pretty much gets killed in the attempt to lure Valtor away from the main battle at Alfea, where her students are. And after that, she goes RIGHT BACK to fighting him the NEXT time the Winx are facing him alone. No hesitation, no fear, this time she has back up and she kicks his ass.

Which just makes her decisions to distribute knowledge so sparingly all the more baffling! What is WRONG with her? (affectionate)

This is where we enter my personal fanon territority, because canon never does answer those questions. And my theory is, that Faragonda is a fucking control freak.

Girlie LOVES to know more than others. She THRIVES knowing something you don’t! She's like a chipmunk going hee-hee-hoo-hoo as it smugly shovels nuts into its cheeks. I think her changeable demeanor and very flexible persona is a conscious, deliberate choice on her part, cherry picking what she thinks best serves her interests in any given situation. Her lovable goofball energy makes her the fun parent, compared to Griselda's strict parent, which I think both feeds her ego and gives her an in with students who see her as the lesser evil / someone on their side. I think Faragonda has the cunning to be an excellent manipulator, to the point where every single interaction with her becomes a very one-sided chess game, even when there's nothing on the line. Personally, I think that is both the reason why Griffin chose to trust her, and the reason Griffin and her had a falling out. I think she put all her mind and effort into convincing Griffin to leave, to get out while she could, to HELP the Company of Light and find a better life with them. I think she was using all her people skills and mannerisms to earn Griffin's trust and affection, which probably saved Griffin's life in the end. And I think after the war, when there was no more strategies to come up with, no more battles to plan and no more pieces to analyze and move, the very cunning that first drew Griffin to Faragonda became UNBEARABLY irritating. (Personally, I think they fucked nasty and then had an even NASTIER divorce. This place isn’t big enough for TWO morally ambiguous bitches. Faragonda got custody of Saladin it seems lol)

And to get back to that s1 decision: My theory is that she didn’t remove the books about Daphne because she didn’t want Bloom to find out the truth — I think she didn’t want Bloom to find out the truth before SHE HERSELF did.

But why, you ask, and this time I am going to actually answer without causing bodily harm to you or myself. Why does she do all this? What is her goal?

Nothing. Fuck all. Faragonda isn’t manipulating people because she wants power, or because she's secretly evil or anything. Faragonda is probably mainly acting out of habit, because she doesn’t see anything wrong with being the smartest person in the room. If you asked her point blank why she always needs to be the person that knows the most, she would probably say that that’s just her job. She's the headmistress. She's a member of the company of light. She's on out of just three surviving members. It's her job to protect her students, and to do that, she needs to know what the threat is, how to stop it, and who needs to know what in order to accomplish that. If one of her students knows more than her, who knows what decision they would make that she has no way to foresee. They're like, 17. Teenagers are dumbasses. She's the most qualified to call the shots, so call the shots she will.

You could dig into trauma for that if you wanted. Survivors bias. She's the one that lived. Oritel and Marion died; even Daphne, a literal god-like nymph, has died, but she survived, and she got Griffin out as well. If she's the one in control, things work out. If she's the one ensuring that people think what she wants them to think, feel what she wants them to feel, these people live. (All three of Oritel, Marion and Daphne were very independent from her, mind you. They were royals of a sovereign planet, the most powerful realm in existence at the time: Faragonda had no power to give them orders, and was probably more of an advisor in that dynamic. But Griffin, the traitor witch? Saladin, the young mage? They were likely much more within her power to lead and control, and both of them LIVED.)

Add to that that she's navigating a tough political landscape. She has to answer to the parents' board, which consists of like. Every single monarch in the dimension. Leave aside that this lady is probably stressed the fuck out, she has to be very aware of the way her actions, and any events in her school, reflect on her on the global level.

So, to come back to your question. I think Faragonda is a DEEPLY untrustworthy person who likes to cause problems on purpose :3 TM but also genuinely cares. TL;DR:

Thank you so much for your ask, I LOVE getting to talk about these characters. If I were to do any sort of “redemption” for Faragonda, it would have to just be 6 months of straight up therapy and pedagogy training lmao. And maybe a nice, chill vacation.

That being said, I will not stop making fun of her absolutely LUDICROUS, obstructionist nonsense and shadiness lol, I think that’s the best thing about her. In my head, I have like an entire spin off sequel series running on that’s JUST about the company of light and Valtor during their heyday. There is SO much potential in the dynamic between Faragonda, Griffin and Valtor alone, and that’s BEFORE you add in the aloof, too powerful, had-to-grow-up-fast mystery that is Daphne. Rainbow pls text me back I just wanna talk PLEAS—

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Why is the 6th one so accurate?!? 😂

That is definitely something Griffin would do!