List of Winx Club characters

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The main fairies in their 3D designs, clockwise from top right: Tecna, Flora, Stella, Bloom, Aisha, and Musa. Winx-Club-poster-Nickelodeon.jpg
The main fairies in their 3D designs, clockwise from top right: Tecna, Flora, Stella, Bloom, Aisha, and Musa.

Winx Club is an animated series co-produced by Rainbow SpA and later Nickelodeon. Its characters were created and designed by comic artist Iginio Straffi. The show takes place in a magical dimension where a group of fairy warriors defends their universe from villains. The group, named the Winx Club, attends the Alfea College for Fairies.

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The Winx Club is led by Bloom, a student from Earth who thought she was an average human until discovering her flame-based powers. The original group includes Stella, the Fairy of the Sun and Moon (later) Fairy of the Shining Sun; Flora, the Fairy of Nature; Musa, the Fairy of Music; and Tecna, the Fairy of Technology. They share an apartment on the campus of Alfea. The Fairy of Waves, Aisha, is introduced in the second season and becomes the group's sixth member. The Fairy of Animals, Roxy, is introduced in the fourth season and occasionally joins the other fairies.

The characters of Winx Club have become popular with audiences. Critical response to the characters has been positive, with praise for their positive relationships and presentation of gender roles. The characters have appeared in a variety of media, including the spin-off series World of Winx , a comic book serial, and video games. In 2012, new episodes of the series incorporated CGI-animated sequences that rendered the characters in 3D. [1] A live-action series inspired by Winx Club, Fate: The Winx Saga , debuted in 2021 and features some of the original characters.

In the original series (seasons 1–4), the characters' mouths were animated to match the Italian voice actors, [2] who recorded their lines in Rome. The revived series, beginning with the hour-long specials, was produced in English first. The specials and seasons 5–6 were animated to match the Hollywood-based cast, [2] who recorded their lines at the Atlas Oceanic studio. Season 7 was also matched to Nickelodeon and Rainbow's English scripts, [3] but due to budget cuts, Viacom relocated the voice cast from Hollywood to New York City. Only actors from the two original casts are listed below.

Creation and production history

Iginio Straffi developed the Winx Club characters for the short pilot episode "Magic Bloom," which was finished in 2001. The characters' outfits were modeled on those of traditional European fairies, [4] while their appearances were loosely inspired by popular celebrities of the time. In a 2011 interview with IO Donna , Straffi stated Britney Spears served as an inspiration for Bloom, Cameron Diaz for Stella, Jennifer Lopez for Flora, Pink for Tecna, and Lucy Liu for Musa. [5] Straffi wanted the fairies to represent "the women of today" [6] and to look more modern than classic examples like la Fata Turchina. [7]

After holding test screenings of the pilot, Straffi was unhappy with the audience's unenthusiastic reaction to the characters' outdated clothing style. [4] [8] He hired Italian fashion designers to give the characters a more modern appearance. [9] [10] Flora underwent several changes because Straffi felt test audiences disliked her design. [11] She was originally drawn with glasses and a lighter skin tone; for the full series, her glasses were removed [11] and she was given darker skin to look "more Latin". [4] The Winx fairies' male counterparts, the Specialists, were created in response to a request that the series should feature male leads. [12]

According to Iginio Straffi, each of the Winx fairies' personalities were made as different as possible so "teenagers from all over the world can identify themselves with the character they think they are most like". [12] After the premiere of the first season worldwide, the production team heard that American viewers noticed the absence of Black characters in the show. [11] In response, Straffi designed a sixth fairy named Aisha, who has darker skin than the others. [11] Her design was loosely inspired by Beyoncé [5] and she was introduced in the first episode of the second season. [13] The fourth season introduces a seventh member, Roxy, [14] who occasionally joins the other fairies.

After Viacom became a co-owner of the Rainbow studio in 2011, [15] new seasons of Winx Club entered production at Viacom's Nickelodeon Animation Studio and Rainbow. [16] For this relaunched series (which began with four specials that retell Bloom's origin story), Viacom hired popular actors to voice many of the characters. These stars included Ariana Grande as Diaspro, [17] Elizabeth Gillies as Daphne, Keke Palmer as Aisha, Matt Shively as Sky, and Daniella Monet as Mitzi. [18]

The Winx

The Specialists

The Specialists are male warriors who train at the Red Fountain school: [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 2]

The Paladins were introduced in Season 6:

Villains

Supporting characters

Pets

Bonded Beings

Pixies

The Pixies are the first magical beings who bond with the fairies. They are introduced in the second season after the Winx rescue them from Darkar. Based in part on the pixies of British folklore, each has a special talent.

  • Lockette is the Pixie of Portals (later changed to the Pixie of Direction). She is Bloom's bonded pixie, whom she helps in pathfinding both physically and emotionally.
  • Amore is the Pixie of Love (later changed to the Pixie of Feelings). She is Stella's bonded pixie.
  • Chatta is the Pixie of Gossip and Flora's bonded pixie. She is extremely talkative, enjoys writing cheers, and encourages Flora to vocalize her thoughts.
  • Tune is the Pixie of Etiquette and is Musa's bonded pixie. She is prim and proper with purple hair. Tune believes in being ladylike and constantly nags Musa, who is known for her outgoing behavior.
  • Digit is the Pixie of Nanotechnology and is Tecna's bonded pixie. She shows little emotion but has a close relationship with Tecna. They challenge each other's minds, discuss similar interests, and speak in a similarly complex manner.
  • Piff is the Pixie of Sweet Dreams and is Aisha's bonded pixie. She relieves nightmares by falling asleep on the dreamer's head, which helps relieve Aisha's nightmares. Piff cannot talk and communicates in baby babble. Aisha's restlessness is balanced by Piff's constant sleepiness.
  • Caramel is the Pixie of Super-Strength. She replaces Digit as Tecna's pixie in season 6.
  • Cherie is the Pixie of Weather. She replaces Tune as Musa's pixie in season 6. She also has the ability to control the weather when she is happy, sad, or angry.

Fairy Pets

The fairy pets are a group of soft toys from Earth that were brought to life by the Winx's magic.

  • Belle the white-furred lamb is Bloom's fairy pet.
  • Ginger the puppy is Stella's fairy pet.
  • Coco the kitty is Flora's fairy pet.
  • Pepe the bear is Musa's fairy pet.
  • Chicko the chicken is Tecna's fairy pet.
  • Milly the bunny is Aisha's fairy pet and Kiko's girlfriend.
  • An unnamed tiger who only appears on merchandise is Roxy's fairy pet.

Selkies

The selkies live in oceans and work as gatekeepers of the ocean portals to various planets. They are based in part on the selkies of Gaelic folklore. In the fifth season, Tritannus steals their powers to get access to the Infinite Ocean; their powers are restored when a fairy from their respective home planet bonds with them. Selkies can sense when their bonded fairy is nearby.

  • Serena, the gatekeeper of Domino, is bonded to Bloom. Voiced by Laura Bailey.
  • Illiris, the gatekeeper of Solaria, is bonded to Stella. Voiced by Lauren Weissman.
  • Desiryee, the gatekeeper of Lynphea, is bonded to Flora. Voiced by Amber Hood.
  • Sonna, the gatekeeper of Melody, bonded to Musa. Voiced by Hope Levy.
  • Lithia, the gatekeeper of Zenith, is bonded to Tecna. Voiced by Natalie Lander.
  • Lemmy, gatekeeper of Andros, is bonded to Aisha. Voiced by Morgan Deckner.
  • Phylla, the gatekeeper of Earth is not bonded to any fairy. Voiced by Romi Dames.
  • Nissa, the gatekeeper of Magix, also not bonded to any fairy. Voiced by Sugar Lyn Beard.

Fairy Animals

The fairy animals are magical creatures to which the Winx become bonded in the seventh season. Each one has a power or secret that maintains order in the universe.

  • Elas the unicorn is Bloom's bonded fairy animal.
  • Shiny the Shinygreed is Stella's bonded fairy animal.
  • Amarok the Magiwolf is Flora's bonded fairy animal.
  • Critty the Quillcat is Musa's bonded fairy animal.
  • Squonk the Cry-Cry is Aisha's bonded fairy animal.
  • Flitter the TechSquirrel is Tecna's bonded fairy animal.

College staff and students

Alfea

Alfea College for Fairies is a fairy school in the Magic Dimension. Alfea's staff members include:

  • Faragonda is the Headmistress of Alfea and the teacher of Convergence, and is a mentor to the Winx. Faragonda has a good relationship and a small rivalry with Ms. Griffin of Cloud Tower, a school for witches. In the third season, it is revealed that this is because they had worked together to defend Domino from Valtor and the Ancestral Witches. Her Italian voice actresses are Roberta Greganti  [ it ] and Giò Giò Rapattoni  [ it ]. Her Hollywood voice actress is Kari Wahlgren. [23]
  • Griselda is the vice-principal to Ms. Faragonda and Head of Discipline at Alfea. [lower-alpha 2] Griselda is the strictest teacher in Alfea who teaches techniques involving defense and reflection abilities, as well as new spells. Her Italian voice actresses are Franca Lumachi  [ it ] and Rachele Paolelli  [ it ], and her Hollywood voice actress is Susan Blakeslee. [36]
  • Wizgiz is a leprechaun teacher of shapeshifting. He is the oldest member of Alfea's staff and has been teaching for 1,000 years. He can be uptight at times and has a difficult relationship with Stella due to her lack of interest in her grades. His Italian voice actors are Mino Caprio and Stefano Onofri  [ it ], and his Hollywood voice actor is Dee Bradley Baker.
  • Palladium is an elf who teaches Potionology at Alfea. He is also in charge of the Magical Reality chamber, a simulator that creates a virtual world. In the first season, he is unassertive and lacks confidence. In the second season, he evolves into a more confident character with an older appearance. His Italian voice actors are Vittorio Guerrieri and Stefano Onofri  [ it ] and his Hollywood voice actor is Mitchell Whitfield.
  • Professor DuFour: A rarely seen teacher. She wears a large scarlet hat and teaches about "good ways" (manners). She has been seen in a few episodes, including an implication that she was once close friends with Musa's parents.
  • Daphne, Bloom's big sister, is the Nymph of Sirenix. She derives her magical powers and spells from the sea and the five elements: Water, Fire, Earth, Air, and Quintessence. Until season five, Daphne is a disembodied spirit due to a curse the Ancestral Witches cast upon her. She can telepathically communicate with Bloom and guides her throughout the first three seasons, helping Bloom to restore Domino and free their parents. In the fifth season, Bloom uses her Sirenix wish to have the curse of Sirenix broken forever, which restores Daphne to her physical form. In the sixth season, Daphne reconnects with her Sirenix powers and joins Alfea as the History of Magic teacher. She becomes crown princess of her home world and marries Thoren. Daphne's Italian voice actress is Raffaella Castelli and her Hollywood voice actress is Elizabeth Gillies. [21]
  • Concorda is the guardian of Alfea's Codex. She is bonded to the magic archive of Alfea, where the Codex is hidden within the shelves of books. Concorda loves reading. She also has three pixie pets: a frog, a dingo/fox and a sea horse. She is one of the four powerful pixies in the realm of Magix. Her Italian voice actress is Alessia La Monica  [ it ].
  • Knut is a yellow ogre who originally worked for the Trix. He is near-sighted; a running joke in the first season is that he has to help the Trix or he will be forced to always wear his glasses. [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 2] He later defects to the good side, fearing the Trix will target his species. He becomes a janitor at Alfea. His Italian voice actors are Roberto Draghetti and Stefano Billi, and his Hollywood voice actor is Peter Emshwiller.

Other Alfea students include:

  • Mirta is a fairy who used to be a witch at Cloud Tower before joining Alfea. For interfering in the Trix's business, she is turned into a pumpkin for the second half of the first season. Flora keeps the pumpkin in her room and takes care of it affectionately, trying several times to turn her back. By the end of the first season, she is turned back into a girl and becomes a transfer student to Alfea. Her Italian voice actress is Gaia Bolognesi  [ it ] and her Hollywood voice actress is Natalie Lander.
  • Amaryl is a fairy who wears a yellow and green fairy outfit and has pink and orange wings. She has a bit of an attitude and sometimes she is comical. Amaryl may have a friendly relationship with Mirta and Lucy, as she can be seen with them at Musa's concert during season 2, and the three of them are invited by Musa to come on stage with the Winx for the last song. She and Stella didn't get along very well through the first two seasons, as Amaryl had tried to attack Stella in 1 of their classes. At the end of season 3, Stella and Amaryl have put aside their conflicts.
  • Francis is a fairy with a harlequin fairy outfit. She is friendly, seeing as she hands tissues to everyone while Musa sings a sad but very beautiful song during her concert in season 2, but definitely as an attitude has she once mocked Timmy when he came looking for Tecna later in the season, during Tecna's phase of hating Timmy.
  • Nova: A fairy that debuted in season 3. She has fair skin tone, straight long bright orange hip-length hair with long bangs and teal eyes. She is from Solaria, and when the Winx, minus Stella, are on Andros, she is the one that gives Stella all the latest news about Solaria. She has a high interest in reading everything.
  • Krystal is the Princess of Lynphea. She has fair skin tone, straight long light purple pink knee-length hair, and light green eyes. She is a childhood friend of Helia.

Red Fountain

Red Fountain is a school in Magix which trains warriors called the Specialists. Members of Red Fountain's staff include:

  • Saladin: The headmaster of Red Fountain and Helia's Uncle. He is an old, very powerful wizard. It is revealed in season 3 that he, Faragonda and Griffin helped defend Domino against the Ancestral Witches as part of the Company of Light along with Bloom's birth parents.
  • Codatorta is the vice-principal and the Head of Discipline at Red Fountain. Not much is known about him other than that he is very robust and active and that he was once a Templar of Roccaluce.
  • Athena is the pixie guardian of Redfountain's Codex who wears a Greek goddess dress. She is one of the four powerful pixies in the realm of Magix.[ citation needed ]

Red Fountain students include:

  • Bishop, a specialist with markings on his forehead and a purple ponytail.
  • Jared is a dark-haired specialist who had a crush on Musa in season two and was manipulated by Darcy to sabotage a test the Winx were taking. He and Musa end up as friends, but by the end of season two Jared is seen with a new love interest: a fairy named Alice.

Cloud Tower

Cloud Tower is the main school for witches in the Magic Dimension. Cloud Tower's staff includes:

  • Griffin is the Headmistress [lower-alpha 1] of Cloud Tower and a good friend of Faragonda. Griffin can seem strict but she cares for her students and will defend them if threatened. She once teamed up with Valtor to work for the Ancestral Witches when she was a young witch. She escaped and defended Domino alongside Faragonda and Saladin against the Ancestral Witches. Her Italian voice actress is Antonella Giannini  [ it ] and her Hollywood voice actress is Grey DeLisle. [23]
  • Editrude teaches hexes at Cloud Tower and is the sister of Zarathustra.
  • Zarathustra: teaches mayhem at Cloud Tower and is the sister of Editrude.
  • Discorda is the pixie guardian of Cloud Tower's Codex and hides in the heart of Cloud Tower. She is naughty, loves fashion and is a little mean. She wears a black and purple dress and is one of the four powerful pixies in the realm of Magix.

Students of Cloud Tower include:

  • Lucy is Mirta's only real friend at Cloud Tower. Lucy is Tall and pale, and has low self-esteem and desperately wants to befriend the Trix in the first season. Lucy is proud of being a witch and took Mirta's rejection of dark magic as a personal insult. Her Italian voice actress is Milvia Bonacini and her Hollywood voice actress is Jessica DiCicco.

Characters from the Realms

Magix

Magix is a realm located at the centre of the Magic Dimension and the planet where the three schools Alfea, Cloud Tower and Red Fountain are located.

Black-Mud Swamp
  • The Water Nymphs are magical beings who look like tiny little mermaids and live in underwater bubbles made of a material that they produce from the leaves of the Xylith plant.
    • Queen Algae is the queen of the Water Nymphs.
    • Lusiz is one of the Water Nymphs who once went to pick Xylith leaves but fell into a deep sleep because of the red willow. The Winx defeated the tree and saved Lusiz.
  • The Giant Turtle is a gigantic turtle who used to lay asleep in the Black-Mud Swamp because of the Red Willow's sleeping gas, due to which its shell was mistaken for an island and its head for a monster until Bloom and Tecna freed it by defeating the willow.
  • Red Willow: A magical plant that grew on the back of the giant turtle. The leader of the Red Willows emitted a gas that made all creatures around it sleep until it was defeated by Tecna and Bloom.
Pixie Village

A village in the Dark Forest where the pixies live in the series.

  • Ninfea is the protects Pixie Village in the Dark Forest Pixie village and the village's Codex. Ninfea is very kind and wears a green gown and has a green staff.
  • Jolly is the Pixie of Fortune-Telling and wears a joker-type outfit. She appears in a few episodes and uses a version of tarot cards to tell the future and her visions always come true, but some people don't believe her. Jolly is Livy's big sister.
  • Livy is the Pixie of Messages and surfs on folded messages. She has a habit of being forgetful, but what she lacks in memory, she makes up in heart. In the second season, Livy accidentally reveals the location of the Pixie Village to Icy and Darkar. Sometimes when Livy has to send a message, she gets so excited that she leaves without even knowing what the message is. Her folded message surf board can sense if someone needs to send a message. Livy is one of the few pixies shown to have a family, with Jolly as her sister.
  • Zing ihe Pixie of Bugs. Zing wears a fluffy scarf around her neck and is known for her comical imitations of numerous famous characters, such as Spider-Man, Doctor Octopus, Jujube, and Professor Lupin from Harry Potter. Zing is very hyper. She seems to be very fond of the Red Fountain boys, Brandon in particular, while they are very fond of her too.
  • Glim (also known as Blinky) is the Pixie of Fireflies and, like Piff, is still a baby. Glim has wings that look like orange fan-like bugs. When she is happy, her stomach will light up.

Lord Darkar's Fortress

Located between the surface of Magix and Downland. A cavernous area that is the location of Lord Darkar's palace, Shadowhaunt, and the home of the shadow creatures. The stone drains magic and power.

  • Keborg was a bat-like creature that serves Lord Darkar as a spy. Lord Darkar often transformed Kerborg into large monsters and sends him on important missions.
Downland
  • King Enervus and Queen Quoeda are Amentia's parents.
  • Princess Amentia is the princess of Downland is an excellent warrior who will fight to the finish. She is obsessed with perfection and tidiness and is ruthless in pursuit of her goals and impolite in manner. She tried to force Brandon into marrying her early during season 2 until Amore intervened and caused her to reciprocate Sponsus's feelings.
  • Sponsus was Princess Amentia's loyal servant. He is deeply in love with her and attempted to win her heart by bestowing gifts on her, but she did not return his affections until Amore helped him.
The Fortress of Light

Also known as Lightrock Monastery, it is a temple high above the clouds on a huge and rocky mountain, located above Lake Roccaluce in non-space. The fortress is unreachable for almost anyone except for advanced magicians who can travel through dimensions. After season one, the Trix are sent there for unleashing the Army of Darkness on Magix, but are broken out in the second season by Lord Darkar. At the end of season 3, they are captured by the Templars after working with Valtor and are sent to the Prison of Andros.

  • The Templars of Roccaluce are knight-monks who study Wu-Gong, an ancient martial art that makes them very highly qualified, magic-resistant warriors.
  • The Lord of the Templars is the leader of the templars and the one who defeated Lord Darkar and sent him in a 17-year-long slumber after the destruction of Domino.

Earth

  • Mike and Vanessa are Bloom's adoptive parents on Earth. Mike is a firefighter who and Vanessa is a kind-hearted florist who runs her own flower shop. Mike and Vanessa are respectively voiced by Roberto Certomà  [ it ] and Barbara De Bortoli  [ it ] in Italian; their Hollywood voice actors are James Patrick Stuart and April Stewart. [36]
  • Mitzi is Bloom's spoiled former neighbor, classmate, and rival. She made fun of Bloom when they went to the same school in Gardenia. She temporarily becomes a Dark Fairy after accepting an offer from the Wizards of the Black Circle in season 4. Mitzi's Italian voice actress is Monica Vulcano  [ it ] and her Hollywood voice actress is Daniella Monet.
  • Macy is Mitzi's little sister. Unlike her sister, Mitzi is a big fan of the Trix while Macy is a sweet person and befriends the Winx.
  • Jason Queen is a recording artist who discovers Musa's singing talent and decides to make her a pop star.
  • Andy was Bloom's ex-boyfriend from high school.
  • Queen Morgana and Klaus are Roxy's parents. Morgana, loosely based on Morgan le Fay from the Arthurian legend, is the former queen of the Earth fairies who led their revenge against the Black Circle for imprisoning them. [37] In the fourth season, she abdicates her throne to live with her husband and daughter in Gardenia. Klaus is a human from Earth who does not find out about Morgana's powers until later in the series. He owns the Frutti Music Bar where he and his daughter Roxy work. Morgana's Italian voice actresses are Alessandra Cassioli  [ it ] and Francesca Rinaldi. Klaus's Italian voice actor is Claudio Moneta. Morgana and Klaus's respective Hollywood voices are Mindy Sterling and Michael Donovan.
  • Eldora is a fairy godmother and the guardian of the Legendarium. In her youth, she was an Alfea student and, after many travels across the magical universe, became the guardian of the lost Library of Alexandria where she had guarded the Legendarium. On meeting Selina she found that the young girl had great magical potential and decided to become a fairy godmother. However Selina's demeanor changed because of the Legendarium and she chose to become a witch instead of a fairy, gladly choosing to work for her master and new mentor Acheron in return for great power and rule by his side. Eldora now lives in Gardenia and flowers are her passion
  • Lu Wei is the last dragon tamer of Earth. He lives in China, near the Great Wall of China.
Tir Nan Og

Tir Nan Og is the realm of the Earth fairies, located in the magic dimension. When the Wizards of the Black Circle captured the Earth fairies, they imprisoned them in their own kingdom of Tir Nan Og, where the terrestrial fairies remained until Roxy and the Winx freed them in season 4. Loosely based on Tír na nÓg from Irish folklore.

  • Queen Nebula is Morgana's second-in-command. She is one of the powerful terrestrial fairies who was trapped within the mystical White Circle. She used to be the fairy of peace but she turned into the fairy of war due to her intense hatred for humans and the Fairy Hunters. At the end of the fourth season, she lets go of her revenge and becomes the new queen of the Earth fairies. Her Italian voice actresses are Valentina Mari  [ it ] and Rachele Paolelli  [ it ], and her Hollywood voice actresses are Karen Strassman and Grey DeLisle.
  • Diana is the major fairy of nature and lives in the Amazon Forest with her followers, the Amazon fairies.
  • Aurora is the major Earth fairy of the North and lives in a floating ice palace called the Ice Tower. Her followers are the Arctic fairies.
  • Sibylla the major fairy of Justice and lives in a cave located in the Sibillini Mountains in Italy along with her followers, the Rustic fairies.

Domino

  • King Oritel and Queen Marion are the biological parents of Daphne and Bloom, as well as the rulers of Domino. Their planet was destroyed by the Ancestral Witches and they were trapped in a dark realm called the Circle of Obsidian. Bloom did not know their whereabouts for much of her life. Bloom eventually learns from the Ancestral Witches that they are alive in a place beyond the Magical Dimension's reach. In the first movie, Bloom frees Oritel and Marion after destroying the Obsidian dimension and reviving Domino, allowing the three to reunite. King Oritel's Italian voice actors are Luca Graziani and Marco Bassetti and his Hollywood voice actor is Josh Keaton. Queen Marion's Italian voice actress is Rachele Paolell  [ it ], and her Hollywood voice actresses are Larisa Oleynik and Grey DeLisle.
  • Lord Bartelby was the official scribe of King Oritel and wrote the Book of Fate for him. His spirit now resides in the book.

Eraklyon

  • King Erendor and Queen Samara are the parents of Sky and the rulers of Eraklyon. Before season 1, they paired their son up with Princess Diaspro as his girlfriend, but Sky disapproved of this match and fell in love with Bloom. Before the destruction of Domino, Erendor was a friend of Oritel until the Ancestral Witches forced him to betray his promise to Oritel to protect Domino.
  • Diaspro is a member of Eraklyon's nobility who was Sky's arranged girlfriend until he met Bloom. She has the powers of gems. She is a selfish and materialistic princess who has little regard for the well-being of others. In the third season, Diaspro tries to win back Sky's affection by allying with Valtor and having herself nominated as the King's liaison officer of Eraklyon, but she fails. In the sixth season, Diaspro allies with the Trix. Diaspro's Italian voice actresses are Alessia La Monica  [ it ] and Katia Sorrentino. Her Hollywood voice actresses are Ariana Grande [21] and Cassandra Morris.
  • Yoshinoya is powerful man who wants to take control of Eraklyon, and due to whom Sky and Brandon had to switch identities in Season 1. In Season 2, he kidnapped Diaspro but the Winx saved her.

Solaria

  • King Radius and Queen Luna are Stella's divorced parents. Radius possesses the powers of Solaria's Sun and his life force is fused with the second sun of Solaria. Luna has the powers of the moon and the light of Solaria. Luna's Italian voice actress is Ilaria Giorgino and Radius's Italian voice actor is Fabrizio Temperini  [ it ]. Radius and Luna's respective Hollywood voices are André Sogliuzzo and Megan Cavanaugh.
  • Countess Cassandra and her daughter Chimera are nobles from Solaria who are introduced in the third season. They team up with Valtor to gain control of Solaria. Cassandra is engaged to Stella's father Radius and casts a spell on him that forces him to do everything she says, including banishing Stella. Chimera uses her magic to turn Stella into a monster and replaces her as princess of Solaria. After Stella defeats them, King Radius calls off his wedding to Cassandra and sends them to the dungeon. Countess Cassandra and Chimera are respectively voiced by Francesca Draghetti and Raffaella Castelli, their voices in the Nickelodeon dub provided by Kath Soucie and Rachael MacFarlane.

Lynphea

  • Queen Rachel is the ruler of Lynphea and Krystal's mom.
  • Miele is Flora's younger sister whose powers are derived from plants. Miele helps the Winx when they visit Lynphea. Her name is Rose in the 4Kids dub. Her Italian voice actresses are Benedetta Gravina and Gaia Bolognesi  [ it ], and her Hollywood voice actress is Jessica DiCicco.
  • Alyssa and Rhodos are the parents of Flora and Miele.

Melody

  • King Garomius is the ruler of Melody and Galatea's father.
  • Ho-Boe is a musician and Musa's widower father. His wife Matlin was a singer who died when Musa was young. Ho-Boe can be over-protective of Musa because he is afraid he will lose her as well. He makes sporadic appearances throughout the series while Matlin appears in flashbacks and in a holograph that Musa carries. Ho-Boe's Italian voice actor is Fabrizio Temperini  [ it ]. He and Matlin's Hollywood voice actors are Jim Ward and Laura Bailey, respectively.
  • Diletta is a friend of Daphne and the Headmistress of the Golden Auditorium, a music school found in Melody.

Zenith

  • King Cryos is the ruler of Zenith.
  • Magnethia and Electronio are Tecna's parents. They are inventors with an interest in science. They live on Zenith and collect a range of technological devices. They disapprove of Timmy when they first meet him, but they accept him after he demonstrates his intelligence and proves his love for Tecna. Magnethia and Electronio are voiced by Ilaria Giorgino and Vittorio Guerrieri in Italian; their Hollywood voice actors are Jennifer Cody and Dee Bradley Baker.

Andros

  • King Teredor and Queen Niobe are the rulers of the lands of Andros and the parents of Aisha. King Teredor is also the brother of King Neptune.
  • King Neptune and Queen Ligea are the merpeople rulers of the seas of Andros, and the parents of Tressa, Nereus, Tritannus. Neptune is also the brother of Teredor, making him the uncle of Aisha.
  • Tressa is a mermaid princess and a cousin of Aisha. Her Hollywood voice actor is Laura Bailey.
  • Nereus is the crown prince of the seas of Andros, the twin brother of Tritannus, and a cousin of Aisha.
  • Anne was a childhood friend of Aisha who appeared in Aisha's flashbacks throughout Seasons 2 and 3.

Pyros

Pyros is an island populated by dragons.

  • Maia is an ascetic sorceress who lives on Pyros and an old friend of Faragonda who helped Bloom earn her Enchantix.
  • Buddy was Bloom's inner dragon, which manifested itself in the form of a baby dragon.

Hoggar

  • Hagen the blacksmith was a member of the Company of Light along with Marion, Oritel, Faragonda, Griffin and Saladin.

Lumenia

Lumenia, the star that lights Solaria, is home to a magical alien species called Lumens who are introduced in the eighth season and can generate magic stardust.

  • Queen Dorana is the queen of stars who acts as the ruler of Lumenia. Dorana is voiced by Daniela Abbruzzese.
  • Twinkly is the messenger of Lumenia. Twinkly is voiced by Giulia Tarquini.

The Golden Kingdom

The Golden Kingdom is a place both outside and inside time and space where the Water Stars, the opposing force of the Dragon Fire, are kept.

  • Arcadia is the first Fairy to have existed.
  • The Ancient Ones are the other inhabitants of the Golden Kingdom, and, along with Arcadia, they have been alive since the beginning of the Magic Dimension and are guardians of the Water Stars. and include:
    • a mermaid-like being
    • a centaur
    • an owl-like creature.

Infinite Ocean

  • Omnia is the supreme guardian of Sirenix who grants the power of Sirenix to fairies who have completed the Sirenix quest and she invites the Winx and selkies to enter the Infinite Ocean after they complete their quest. Her Hollywood vice actress is Nika Futterman.
  • The Guardian Selkies guard the three Pillars of the Infinite Ocean that support the whole Magic Dimension: the Pillar of Light, the Pillar of Control and the Pillar of Balance.

Legendarium World

  • The Doorway to the Worlds is a giant structure in the Legendarium world, which tells the Winx to find the Fantasy Emerald and Silver Spear in order to forge the key to lock the Legendarium. According to Eldora's research, it is considered to be the keeper of all knowledge.
  • Rumpelstiltskin is the most cunning, stubborn, and brilliant dwarf. He lives in the clearing of the Legendarium World's version of Alfea. He is also very tricky but follows the agreements he makes with others. Due to being exposed in Alfea, he had learned very powerful enchantments when he lived there. Based in part on Rumpelstiltskin from German folklore.
  • The Children of the Night are vampires who possess powers to control the minds of others and the power to steal any form of magic/basic energy. They were defeated by Stella when she used pure sunlight to eradicate them.
  • The Minotaur lives in the eponymous Labyrinth of the Minotaur in the Legendarium World, where Darcy, disguised as Ariadne from the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, led Stella to reclaim her crown of Solaria.
  • Frankenstein, held together by knots and bolts, rampaged in the city of planet Zenith and fell for Tecna, taking her into his home within the Legendarium world.
  • The Gloomy Wood Trolls had wrought endless terror and destruction until they were defeated by the pixies' and imprisoned underneath Pixie Village.

Other characters

  • The Ethereal Fairies are very powerful and ancient fairies who live out of time and space. They appeared in Season 4 when they bestowed the three Gifts of Destiny- those of Sophix, Lovix and the Black Gift- on the Winx.

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