His uncle told him he was framed for the murder of Rey Palpatine, but everyone knew a Sith would lie to save face. Ven never believed him about the Jedi having killed her, even after the battle between Bertan and Jedi master Sirik led to the death of Ven's own family. Ven let himself be taken under the wing of Jedi masters instead of his evil uncle... but that didn't last.
Ven's anger and grief ended up taking the life of his master, and he was forced to flee to his uncle, to the Sith lord Darth Bertan. But while he was training under the Sith, Ven hatched a plan. He would learn everything he could and flee again, but he was caught. in the battle, his uncle's tail was chopped off and Ven finally took the chance to leave the Sith and the Jedi.
He became known as the force killer, a violent barbarian who took out Jedi and Sith alike... but then he met the Dusks. A group that wasn't Sith, and wasn't Jedi, and he felt at home, at peace. Even among the Dusks, he is as violent as a Sith, but he is as moral as a Jedi.
ALL OF DAPHNE'S TRANSFORMATIONS. INCLUDING UPDATED NYMPHIX.
Previously Fairy of the Dragon Flame now Fairy of Embers. She doesn't have any transformations others than these because she was fast tracked into the nymphix path, and unlike the winx the majority of fairies don't pursue additional transformations past enchantix. (i think Daphne would be interested in Dreamix tho, so maybe I'll draw that eventually.
Her major color shifted after dying and being revived, which is shown in her winx and enchantix.
other lore and design notes below!
I changed her major color from orange/yellow to more of a teal/green because. she just doesn't look good in yellow I'm sorry I really tried but it wasn't working. Also little updates to her hair color, nothing huge tho. Daphne's primary motifs are a branching "Y" shape and a double oval/tear drop. She's a pants when possible girlie and a one set winger(yes her nymphix looks like it have multiple wings but they all merge into one stem on each side) . Her scars from her Sirenix being ripped out of her caused her winx/enchantix to change a little to cover them(mostly seen in the arms) due to insecurity. Her Dryadix/nymphix flower is a daffodil! because pun Daph-Daff, and Daffodils symbolize rebirth and new beginnings (also creativity, energy, resilience, forgiveness and vitality). Her Harpix wings aren't super specificly patterned, but she has darting wings common in small song and seed birds (robins, finches, brown birds etc.) the coloring is referential of a Shrike (also called a Butcher Bird), because Daphne was. incredibly dangerous and if she had sided with the ancestral probably would have been given a moniker similar to Butcher of Domino or Daphne the Slaughterer. (some people do call her these but its mostly among people who dislike Domino/The Royal Family.)
Lore! Daphne doesn't have a great sense of self, she was planned as a necessary successor to Marion/the dragon flame in a period as the ancestral witches were escalating their attacks and search for the dragon flame. Bloom was a back up baby in case both Daphne and Marion got dead and basically worked as intended haha. Daphne was also much more publicly involved in the kingdom than many of the other royals in winx (Stella, Aisha, Krystal and even Galatea to an extent all had rather sheltered upbringings) in a way Daphne is much more like Sky and Thoren in the since that none of them really had the space to develop their own personality outside of their familial duty.
Daphne's 1st winx and enchantixes are as direct a copy of her mom's Enchantix as you can get with transformations, right down to the more greenish tint of her major color. Growing up Marion used her fairy form liberally, so that, combined with being the next Dragon Flame holder left a deep impact on Daphne's subconscious. Daphne was also heavily influenced by Faragonda during her Alfea and Nymphix Quest years, but since she was older this isn't as deep an influence. After being revived, Daphne's years of defining herself as her connection to Bloom causes her major color to shift more blue in response to her trauma. Daphne is slowly starting to develop a sense of self outside of her titles/connections but it's unlikely her major color will shift again unless she has another major trauma.
(for the record the Winx do have trauma over the timeline I have laid out that would potentially cause their major colors to shift but I didn't do that for a couple reasons 1, their colors are iconic and make them easily recognizable as characters; 2, I'm a tired bitch. )
Hiya! I remember a little while back you mentioned that you merged Valtor and Darkar into one big bad entity, so I was wondering how that would work plot wise? How does Dark Bloom (or Ash Bloom, if I remember correctly. Genius idea by the way) come into play? Was she hit with Valtor's mark in the rewrite?
I'm sorry if you've answered all these already! I absolutely adore your take on these characters and the designs feel fresh but still true to the source material! Plus, your art style is adorable!! Thank you for making these posts, they've been a delight to read/look at :D
Ok first off can I kiss you
second, this is gonna be a long one so strap in
Like in the og, he's made out of the dragon flame remnants, and he was created by the ancestral witches to help get the rest of the flame for themselves.
after doing evil things, he's trapped underground in the omega dimension, which in our version is still deep below andros (hence why layla was able to get there in the first ep without any specialist tech).
however, he needs time to recover his strength, so he spends a lot of that time underground, though in downland rather than Omega. there's essentially layers, there's top andros, ocean Andros, downland, and then omega.
valtor expresses his power as the shadow phoenix, and he has a summonable phoenix form once he gets enough power. he can also do a paladin-kinda thing where he summons just the wings once he's at full strength.
he's the villain for both seasons 2 and 3, though in season 2 he manages to get enough power to escape the underground and be the sophisticated power eater he is in season 3.
now for ash bloom. essentially, she's an experiment for Valtor's mark, a test subject. this is why she's able to resist it with her own power and without any fairy dust in season 2 (though it does take some dramatic love declarations). she essentially acts more like a puppet, repeating exactly what Valtor would say had he been there himself.
Valtor's motivations for Ash Bloom also should make some more sense here. instead of the stupid thing with the codex being stronger than the flame, it, functionally, IS the dragon flame.
the flame was split into six parts and four of those parts are the codex pieces, the other two being Bloom and Valtor. Valtor needs bloom because his goal is to own the entirety of the flame, not just his own portion.
Lmk if you need a follow up or any clarification! Sorry that this was a lot
OH!!! And ofc, credit to @stormcloudquill for half of these ideas! They came up with ash bloom and some other stuff, dont wanna forget my best buddy :3