Characters / Paradoxus

Paradoxus focuses on the daughters of the Winx Club. Surprisingly for this kind of fanfiction, those who set the plot in motion with their actions are the Winx themselves, along with a couple of original characters. Accordingly, this characters page is organized following three criteria — either they are from Winx Club or World of Warcraft, or they are OCs. The Winx Club's daughters have their own separated header, though. Within each header, the characters are sorted depending on their relevance to the plot.

Warning: Spoilers unmarked.

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Original characters

Daughters of the Winx

General

An Improbably Female Cast comprised of Bloom and Sky's daughters (Altalune and Trisha), Stella and Brandon's daughter (Stacy), Daphne and Thoren's (Morrigan), Musa and Riven's (Harmony), Flora and Helia's (Gilliam), Tecna and Timmy's (Zoe), Aisha and Nex's (Niobe), and Roxy and Manuel's (Rosalie).

• Legacy Team: As Altalune rants in the fifth chapter, the Vergrdrassil sub-division was, in her opinion, a piss-poor attempt at invoking this with the daughters of the Winx; seeing that the girls have near identical magical affinities as their mothers. Most of them also fit in similar roles as their mothers —The Leader Bloom's eldest daughter Altalune is the commanding officer of the time-traveling team (although her other daughter is The Lancer, the role you'd expect Stella's kid to assume), both Tecna and her only daughter Zoe are the The Smart Girl, Gilliam shares The Heart attributes with her mother Flora, and Rosalie is as much the Tagalong Kid as her mother used to be. Contrary to Altalune's harsh judgment, they are not half bad at it, if only because they are divided into distinct three-woman units— tracking, intel-gathering, spying/stealth, and attack; which makes it a downplayed case.
• Patchwork Kids
  • Played straight with Gilliam (she has Flora's green eyes and Helia's skin tone and black hair), Niobe (she got Aisha's skin tone and Nex's blue hair and golden eyes), Harmony (she inherited Musa's East Asian features and Riven's purple eyes and magenta hair), and Rosalie (her eyes are purple like Roxy's and her hair is blonde like Manuel's).
  • But averted with the main girls — Altalune (she has only inherited Sky's blue eyes), Trisha (she's basically Dark Bloom with rounded pupils), Stacy (she's Stella but with slightly darker blonde hair), and Morrigan (she doesn't resemble either of her parents). And Zoe who has a secondary role and got Tecna's signature purplish-pink hair and hairstyle.
• Three Plus Two: The protagonist trio (Altalune, Trisha, and Stacy) plus Zoe and Gilliam traveled back to the past to prevent Bloom and Stella's deaths. They fit Five-Man Band roles.
  • Altalune as the Red Oni — she's extroverted, aggressive, and severely lacking in the planning department. Surprisingly, the main hue of her color palette is actually blue. Personality-wise, she matches her hot-tempered but charismatic mother (Bloom). And, like her parents, she's also the Leader of the time travelers (although because General Darko chose her as the squad captain).
  • Trisha as the Blue Oni — she's smart, deceptively Stoic, and hates being in the limelight. Like her sister, the main hue of her color palette is another irony since it's red. Barring her stubbornness, her role as the Lancer and subdued personality are very contrasting from that of her parents.
  • Stacy as the Cool Big Sis. She's the oldest of the quintet and acts more like a big sister towards the aloof Trisha than her actual sister has ever done. Her calm demeanor masks her anxiety-ridden disposition. This marks her as different from her parents, far more outgoing, fun-loving, and carefree whose role was to be the respective Lancers of their groups.
  • Gilliam as The Heart. She was specifically selected by General Darko to accompany the main trio to act as a buffer between the belligerent sisters. This points how much Gilliam takes after her parents who were also The Hearts of their respective groups. Unlike with them, you have to Beware the Nice Ones for she's not a bleeding-heart pacifist.
  • And Zoe as the Smart Girl in charge of the technomagic-related problems the team would encounter — a role she partially shares with Trisha. Partially because while Trisha was the one to develop the theoretical framework of time travel, it's Zoe who repairs the ship and hacks the system to get the team false IDs. Her role is identical to that of her parents. She has better social skills than them, though.

The Protagonist Trio

Trisha, Stacy, and Altalune.

• Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: Zigzagged and used for narrative purposes, mainly with Bloom's daughters.
  • Altalune is an Ice Person whose hair is a silvery, pale blond while her eyes are icy blue. Even her casual clothes complement this, however, when in combat she wears black armor. Her having ice magic instead of fire (which is what one would expect due to her mother being the Dragon's Flame fairy) symbolizes how she has decided to take an alternative route from her ancestors and to reject her fate as the next Dragon's Flame bearer. Hence, her Passing Of The Torch to her little sister.
  • Trisha is an interesting case of this trope. The explanation contains massive spoilers, so the reader may want to go read the fanfic first. Having said that, let's start.
    • Spoiler-free description: Trisha has fire magic with matching dark, red hair and golden eyes. However, much like her older sister, her clothing choices divert from the trope when in combat — a ragged cape and her brown Dark Ranger suit. She also prefers neutral and dark colors in her civilian attire.
    • Spoiler-loaded description: hasn't that description reminded you of Dark Bloom's appearance? Well, it is on purpose since her looks are an impressive foreshadowing of Trisha both truly having inherited the Dragon's Flame (whether she did it's a major plot point and key to her character development) and her later-in-the story status as a fallen/dark bearer just as Dark Bloom if transiently, was.
  • Downplayed with Stacy since the only feature of hers that reflects she wields light magic is her blonde hair. That's why, in her particular case, it's even more jarring seeing her with her dark combat clothes.
• Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Subverted. Stacy's hair is blonde, Trisha's is red, and Altalune's is… silvery-pale blonde? Guess black-haired Gilliam (Flora's daughter) will have to fill the gap — if only she was a Main Character too.
• Chromatic Arrangement: The protagonist trio's attires have plenty of black with some brown peppered here and there. As a result, they are distinguished by the most contrasting hues of their color palettes. For Trisha it's red (her hair), for Atalune, it's blue (her eyes), and for Stacy, it's yellow (her hair and eyes).
• Dark Action Girl: Trisha and Altalune. The narrative itself ponders about it early in the plot, which also foreshadows Trisha turning into a dark fairy out of anguish and pain.
  Gilliam frunció el ceño, las hermanas no parecían tener el sentido de moral y honor necesario, parecían dispuestas a cargarse todo lo que se less interpusiera en el camino. [...] ¿Acaso ya eran hadas oscuras? No, pero no estaban muy lejos de serlo. ^TranslationGilliam frowned, the sisters did not seem to possess the necessary sense of morality and honor, they seemed to be ready to kill anything that got in their way. [...] Were they dark fairies yet? No, but they weren't that far.
• Fighter, Mage, Thief: The protagonist trio plays this trope almost straight.
  • As a swordswoman and a very aggressive person in both combat and verbal spars, Altalune is the Fighter. Though she becomes more of a Magic Knight (mage + fighter) when she adds ice and/or runic magic to the mix.
  • Stacy wields poisoned daggers and is sneaky and The Speedster so, naturally, she's the Thief. Contrariwise to Altalune, when she throws magic to her combat style, she doesn't turn into a hybrid class — her light magic is what gives her her break-necking velocity in the first place.
  • Trisha would be the subversion because she doesn't play fair, is an archer, and is more of a Hunter type—hence, a second Thief. However, she is better described as a mix of thief and mage. Of two flavors even: the Nightblade that becomes one with the shadows when she favors stealth or the Mage Marksman that imbues her arrows with fire magic when she has to attack.
• Fire, Ice, Lightning: Subverted. It's actually ice (Altalune), fire (Trisha), and light (Stacy). No -ning here. Particularly because Zoe (Tecna's daughter) is more of a Techno Wizard rather than a fairy of electricity. Besides, she's not what you'd call a Main Character.
• Nice Mean And In Between: While Stacy doesn't go out of her way to be nice to people, she's respectful and polite — more importantly, compared to Altalune's sheer meanness and arrogance, Stacy is nice enough. Meanwhile, Trisha is not particularly polite (just straightforward) and spends her days with a silent, public poker face.
• Speed, Smarts and Strength: Respectively Stacy, Trisha, and Altalune. When it comes to fighting, Stacy is a Rogue type whose light magic grants her instant teleportation and speed that easily breaks the sound barrier. Trisha, on her part, is a Hunter type who relies on strategy rather than raw power. And Altalune, as a Warrior type, is the physically strongest of the trio.
• Weapon-Based Characterization:
  • Trisha has an externally composed personality, is one of Sylvana's Dark Rangers, and is the brains of the trio. As might be expected, she's an extremely skilled archer, making her an Aloof Archer. In an interesting turn, her weapon of choice also highlights that she never intended to be any kind of warrior and just wanted to spend her life researching topics of her interest. Much like her appearance, her bow being Thas'Dorah, which is Phoenix-themed, foreshadows that she ends up being a dark bearer of the Dragon's Flame.
  • Altalune is the closest thing Paradoxus, with its Black-and-Gray Morality has of a heroine. On top of that, she's prone to anger and violence, is as stubborn as her mother, and wears one hell of a cool, heavy, plate armor. Because Heroes Prefer Swords, does it come as any surprise that she wields Frostmourne?
  • Stacy is The Speedster in all her glory, doesn't like to stand out, is sometimes overridden by anxiety, and is a sneaky Rogue. Of course, she handles a pair of Poisoned daggers! The Kingslayers Sorrow and Anguish, to be specific.

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Trisha Arkadine Oðrsson

"Love? Love can't save me! Everything I love is dead, I killed them!"

—Trisha being edgy as always.

Bloom's younger daughter and the resident Cosmic Plaything. She might have been named after the very first fairy (Arcadia) but, boy, she's the unluckiest being in a world plagued with miserable people. She's also the Wild Card that allowed unknown-to-her, hidden machinations to succeed. So, yeah, there is a reason for her suffering.
She had a very happy childhood until the day she witnessed her mother's assassination. Her father became neglectful and, thus, didn't lift a finger when she was sent to a Training from Hell under the ruthless Sylvanas Windrunner. Next, she returned to a ravaged Domino and had to take morally gray actions (which traumatized her) to deter the Burning Legion's advance. Domino's denizens designated her the Replacement Goldfish for her mother and, thusly, harshly judged her for the aforementioned actions, even going as far as to try and mob her. To top it all, her own big sister (Altalune) blames her for their mother's demise. As a result, she's now a Broken Ace — aloof, poker-faced, and depressed as hell. She travels to the past along with her older sister, Stacy, Gilliam, and Zoe in an attempt to prevent Bloom and Stella's deaths.

Magical affinity: Fairy of the Dragon's Flame.
External-sourced magic/transformation: Bloomix.
Preferred Weapon: Thas'Dorah (bow).
Affiliation: Domino, Tyrannus Division.

• Beware the Quiet Ones: Trisha rarely speaks and when she does, she always goes straight to the point. However, she's can prove to be very deadly in combat and her intelligence makes her a Guile Hero whenever she can keep her chaotic emotions in check.
• Broken Ace: Trisha is pretty smart (in Flora and Tecna’s league even) but she’s mentally unwell.
• Death Seeker: This poor girl suffers from Survivor’s Guilt in addition to severe depression and PTSD due to having witnessed her mother’s death and nearly dying herself in the same incident. And that's not even counting the trauma amounted from then on which includes Training from Hell and being regarded as an unworthy heiress of her mother. Together, this has caused Trisha to hate herself so much her behavior plays this trope straight. She won't erase herself from existence but exposes herself to unnecessary risks, doesn't mind receiving life-threatening injuries, and has offered herself to participate in suicidal missions several times. Too much for someone who's barely 18.
• Iron Butt Monkey: Trisha can shrug off pretty nasty injuries and she has had them in spades. For instance, she once lost her left eye but her brain healed any damage it sustained.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: To herself in the fifteenth chapter. Her dark fairy side gave her one of these while in a nightmare at one of her lowest points — after she was forced to hear her younger self's dreams and tribulations and remembered the person she used to be. Which, as you can guess, only fueled her self-hatred and longing for her mother. This scene is rendered more heart-wrenching due to Trisha's anguished 'shut up!' cries interspersed and Dark Trisha's maniacal laughter.
• Replacement Goldfish: As Domino's crown princess and the daughter who physically resembles Bloom the most, Trisha is this for Domino's people. Alas, personality-wise, Trisha is very different from Bloom. She's still as stubborn as her mother, but trauma has taken a heavy toll on her. Besides, Domino's denizens thrive for a heroic, omnipotent figure (like Bloom was). Problem is, the Burning Legion is a more dangerous threat than even the Dark Phoenix's tar monsters and the villain would have outmatched even Bloom. Hence, it's impossible for young Trisha to fill in her mother's shoes and people are drowning her in unfair expectations.

Daphne Altalune Oðrsson

"Frostmourne is an ice runeblade, and I am a frost fairy, it's a match made in heaven!"

—Altalune celebrating getting a reforged Frostmourne.

One could describe Bloom's eldest daughter as a piece of explosive ice. An arrogant piece of explosive ice, that is. She doesn't have it in her to care for the world as a whole, not even those who are useful to further her goals. Those are mere tools and are treated in a cold-hearted, calculated way. Sure, she'd love to put an end to the conflict, but it's more about her being the heiress to Eraklyon's throne and, thus, inevitably tangled in the war. And, of course, the very personal reason her mother's death was the war instigator's fault. Despite all of that, she's a great leader and projects her self-confidence and charisma in an aura that traps nearly everyone. Except for her father, who is a shell of a man now, and her sister, who loves her but is aware of her flaws. Like those too-many-to-count times where Altalune's no-nonsense attitude and short-triggered temper got carried away in a pretty aggressive, violent fashion. Overall, Altalune is a Jerk with a Heart of Gold that loves her sister and Iladris deeply, is thoroughly loyal to them, protective of them, determined to get what she wants, and independent (the reason why she rejected the Dragon's Flame). Oh, and she also owns a terrifying, dangerous, and cute Frostsaber called Dar'Nush. She travels to the past along with her younger sister, Stacy, Gilliam, and Zoe in an attempt to prevent Bloom and Stella's deaths.

Magical affinity: Fairy of Frost.
External-sourced magic/transformation: Bloomix.
Preferred Weapon: Frostmourne (sword).
Affiliation: Eraklyon, Tyrannus Division.

• Aloof Big Sister: Altalune is definitely more charismatic and a better leader than Trisha and, though not evil, she blames Trisha for their mother's death. As a result, both of them hold an estranged relationship with lots of bones to pick. Subverted when it turns out is Trisha (the little sister) who pulls a Face–Heel Turn.
• Calling the Old Man Out: Altalune does this to Sky about his neglect and sudden demands that she marries someone to strengthen relationships with Eraklyon's nobility.
• Character Development: Altalune stops blaming her little sister for their mother’s death during their misadventure in the past. This is ironically cemented after having a near-death experience herself when she foolishly ran to try and beat Eudora. Here onwards, she wants to patch things with Trisha and save her from the darkness that has engulfed her.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: As a key part of her Character Development, Altalune acknowledges she was being unfair and a total bitch towards her little sister and changes her attitude towards her. They both share a heartwarming moment with Altalune comforting and showing affection to Trisha just before Altalune gently puts her to sleep and decides to stay in the past in a desperate attempt to make a better future for her little sister.
• Hypocrite: Altalune calls out Daphne on her manipulations despite her doing the same with her sister. By taunting her on some extremely delicate points (their mother's death and Trisha's "role" in it), Altalune attempts to mold her into the dragon queen Domino needs.
• What the Hell, Hero?: Altalune blames her little sister for their mother’s death. Said event, by the way, happened when they were eleven and ten years old respectively.

Stacy Altaïr Seren

"Priority means to put first things first, kinda like passing this shiny blade... on your throat!"

Stacy, taunting her opponent.

Stella's daughter and only child. She travels to the past along with Daphne Altalune, Trisha, Gilliam, and Zoe in an attempt to prevent Bloom and Stella's deaths.

Magical affinity: Fairy of the Sun and the Moon.
External-sourced magic/transformation: Sirenix.
Preferred weapons: The sister daggers Sorrow and Anguish.
Affiliation: Solaria, Tyrannus Division.

• Light 'em Up
• The Speedster

Morrigan Oðrsson

"Waking up with the sound of Eternal Blaze! Going to sleep with the wails of my regret!"

—Morrigan explaining her daily routine.

Daphne's daughter. Also goes by Blair Bergström and Alfdís Oathdir.

Magical affinity: Nymph of time-space and the Void.
External-sourced magic/transformation: Sirenix.
Preferred Weapon: A sword.
Affiliation: Domino, Tyrannus Division.

• Dark and Troubled Past: Her previous nymph incarnation's life was this and she remembers it. Fortunately, her current life has been very good so far (happy childhood, caring parents).
• Living Emotional Crutch: To Altalune.
• Otaku
• Power of the Void
• Time Master
• Walking Spoiler

Gilliam Eyten

"... Can you really believe it was a little, tiny flower's fault?"

—Gilliam right after wiping out a good chunk of the enemy side with her plant toxins.

Gilliam is Flora's daughter and follows her mother's ideals of pacifism, using her gifts accordingly. Well, mostly. As with the rest, war has hardened her so she will not hesitate to make good use of her magical powers if it helps to put an end to the conflict or if it's to protect her friends and family. Because Tecna and Flora are close coworkers at Centauri Labs, Gilliam is quite close to Tecna and her daughter Zoe. Over the years, she has acquired extensive knowledge about Plant Biology that has served her to develop dangerous toxins from pollen. Her preferred combat style is fast-paced, so she will either directly release the toxins in the environment or throw darts poisoned with the toxins. Her motivation to end the war is more optimistic — move to a cozy apartment in Magix, get three cats, and earn her way into Centauri not because of who her mother is, but by her own right. She travels to the past along with Daphne Altalune, Trisha, Stacy, and Zoe in an attempt to prevent Bloom and Stella's deaths.

Magical affinity: Fairy of Flowers.
External-sourced magic/transformation: Enchantix.
Preferred Weapon: None.
Affiliation: Linphea, Tyrannus Division.

• Beware the Nice Ones
• Green Thumb
• Heart Is an Awesome Power
• Nature Equals Plants: Specifically, flowers.
• Team Mom

Zoe Diem

"Look, I'm a technomancer, my time is priceless"

—Zoe trying to finish her newest project.

Zoe is Tecna's daughter and shares a specially close bond with Digit (her mother's Pixie) due to their shared magical affinities. The two of them can spend several hours decoding the intricacies of Nanotechnology. Like her parents, she's a genius kid so it comes to anybody's surprise it was her endeavors and knowledge the key for Tecna to finally design Portus and the INT systems that every soldier from the Tyrannus Division has installed in their brains. And, girl, does she love to brag about that fact. She travels to the past along with Daphne Altalune, Trisha, Stacy, and Gilliam in an attempt to prevent Bloom and Stella's deaths.

Magical affinity: Fairy of Nanotechnology.
External-sourced magic/transformation: Enchantix.
Preferred Weapon: None.
Affiliation: Zenith, Tyrannus Division.

• Dye or Die
• Hollywood Hacking
• Gadgeteer Genius
• Techno Wizard

Wa "Harmony" Saionji

"Knock, knock, who's dis? It's me, Mario! And this ain't my fucking limit!"

—Harmony ranting about her power limit.

Musa's daughter. As Melody is the Fantasy Counterpart Culture of Japan, her name would go like this: Saionji Wa. Harmony resents the fact she's reached her power ceiling as a fairy. Trisha won't share a spark of the Dragon's Flame with her because they are unfriendly acquaintances at best and the Fall of Solaria prevents her to complete the Quest for the Sirenix in its oceans; therefore respectively making the Bloomix and the Sirenix unattainable. Also, the Believix was a one-time transformation granted by Earth's magic. As a result, Harmony is stuck with the Enchantix, a powerful transformation, but very lacking when it comes to fighting the demonic Burning Legion.

Magical affinity: Fairy of Sound Waves.
External-sourced magic/transformation: Enchantix.
Preferred Weapon: None.
Affiliation: Melody, Tyrannus Division.

• Green-Eyed Monster
• Inferiority Superiority Complex
• Make Some Noise
• Meaningful Name: Her actual first name, Wa, is the Japanese word for Harmony. Fittingly for a fairy born on a planet with music magic and who has the power to control sound waves.
• Teen Idol: Besides her military career, she's a Melody Idol (a.k.a., Magix's version of a K-pop or J-pop idol) known as Hikari Aino.

Rosalie LeFay

"I just wanna be a caterpillar, eat a whole lot, go to sleep, and wake up beautiful!"

—Rose justifying her laziness.

Roxy's daughter and, like her mother, the youngest of the bunch — she's fourteen years old and is working on getting her Enchantix.

Magical affinity: Fairy of Animals.
External-sourced magic/transformation: Charmix.
Preferred weapons: None.
Affiliation: Tir Na Nog, Tyrannus Division.

• The Beastmaster
• Cheerful Child
• The Prankster
• Tag Along Kid

Niobe Nerein

"I am the sea! I am the ocean! No, I don't have scales or a tail!"

—Niobe, at some point. Probably.

Aisha's daughter.

Magical affinity: Fairy of Water.
External-sourced magic/transformation: Sirenix.
Preferred Weapon: None.
Affiliation: Andros, Tyrannus Division.

• Making a Splash

Others

Aen'da (Galadwen) Whisperwind

Despite being Tyrande and Malfurion's daughter, Aen'da looks like a breed between a Kaldorei and a Sin'dorei by virtue of being Elune's (the Kaldorei moon deity) Chosen One. Therefore her power is vast, although still not enough to eradicate the Burning Legion. With that in mind, she resolved to unify all the elves under one cause —not only the elves inhabiting Azeroth but elves across all possible dimensions and timelines. She believes if she can reunite each of the Elemental Aspects, she could create an elven front able to achieve what would be impossible otherwise. For that reason, she spends her days traveling and has created a new, independent realm: Alpheim. She's also taken the name Galadwen.

Interestingly enough, some witches and fairies have elf blood in them^note Whisperia, Domino, and Solaria's Royal Houses to be specific which is why Galadwen decides to include them in her unification plans. This sets the plot's events after she comes to meet first Sylvanas and then Bloom.

Magical affinity: None.
External-sourced magic/transformation: Druidic magic.
Preferred Weapon: Delune (bow).''
Affiliation: Alpheim, Elune, Darnassus.

• Beware the Silly Ones: Downplayed because Galadwen is only a goofball (and a deadpan snarker) when Sylvanas is around. Towards the rest of the characters, she's still cheerful but more serious. She's every bit of an interdimensional threat, though. So much, we are glad she's on the side of the good guys.
• Dimensional Traveler
• Druid
• Meaningful Rename: Aen'da Whisperwind changes her name to Galadwen (wood-maiden in Sindavi) when she's crowned Queen of Alpheim, a realm she created after uniting elves from all dimensions. The new appellation alludes to her "nature is sacred" beliefs as a Kaldorei.
• The Social Darwinist

Eudora Budarthil

Eudora is a peredhil, i.e., a breed between human and elf (indicated by her shorter ears). As Galadwen's Foil, she is also blessed by Elune and spends her days crossing dimensions and timelines. However, Eudora comes from a dimension different from Azeroth or Magic). She was about to join the Moon Priestesses when she witnessed the Void's disastrous impact on the world. Then she met Sargeras, got seduced by his ideals, turned into his number one fangirl (i.e., adopted Absurdism as her philosophy), and rose through the Burning Legion's ranks until she herself became a multi-dimensional menace. She genuinely believes if everyone unites under the Burning Legion's flag, then they'll be able to defeat the Void. If you don't join her by hook or crook, it will be by crook. There are no third options here. Especially if you belong to a young race — she'll assume you and your people are too naïve to acknowledge the Void as the real threat.

Magical affinity: None.
External-sourced magic/transformation: Fel.
Preferred Weapon: Unknown.
Affiliation: The Burning Legion.

• Black Magic
• Enlightened Antagonist: After having an amenable talk with Sargeras, Eudora believes she has cracked how the universe works and what's the best way to save it from the forces of the Void — by letting the Burning Legion invade and ravage anything that moves so it gets powerful enough to prevail against the forces of the Void.
• Evil Counterpart: To Galadwen.
• Faux Affably Evil: She presents herself as a Reasonable Authority Figure (the fact she took said authority by force notwithstanding) and the savior of the universe. In truth, Eudora is a rather maniacal, vengeful, and insane Demon Lady of the Burning Legion.
• Large Ham: She ranted about human imbecility (more like persistence, which she despises) to a UAV sent by the time travelers. A drone. And she did so as expressively and maniacally as if she were recording a video for her Tik Tok fans.
• Lord British Postulate: The main characters simply can't kill Eudora. They forcefully need the aid of aunty Daphne (the nymph), the revived Valykyria versions of Bloom and Stella, and Sylvanas Windrunner on steroids to do their dirty work. Justified seeing Eudora absorbed two timelines (effectively erasing them from existence) as of the time she first makes contact with the Magix Dimension.
• Mage Killer
• Motive Rant.
• Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Altalune can testify this — she only survived her encounter against Eudora because of a Nymph ex Machina. Vidia's squad, on the other hand, turned into a Red Shirt Army when they had the bad luck to meet Eudora while investigating Solaria's Royal Palace and searching for the king (Brandon).
• Plague Master: As Sargeras' latest lieutenant, Eudora is not only the Burning Legion's most powerful Demon Lady but also the new Lich Queen of the Scourge.
• Pragmatic Villainy: How she lures some of her followers.
• Villain Shoes: We occasionally get snippets of Eudora’s thoughts. For instance, when she's planning someone's demise or spouting her ideologies to the world to hear.
• Villain Team-Up: With the Trix.
• White Hair, Black Heart

Iladris Windrunner

Iladris' status as the princess of the Forsaken was a result of Sylvanas having an Out of Character moment and adopting her because her biological mother intended to sacrifice her to get to Kael'Thas. Or it may be because Sylvanas was given a new opportunity by Galadwen and hasn't died again for more than 200 years so, of course, she has time to raise a daughter. Although Iladris' blood is from the Sunstrider line and she's very alive, thank you very much. In elf terms, she's 60 years old but only entering her adolescence. Her skill set comprises the Dark Ranger abilities, a contract with the fire elementals, knowledge about the Void, and being a superb strategist. Iladris is also Daphne Altalune's Closet Key.

Magical affinity: None.
External-sourced magic/transformation: Void magic.
Preferred Weapon: Njorndar (bow).
Affiliation: The Forsaken, the Horde, Tyrannus Division.

• Closet Key: To Altalune. In fact, Iladris and Altalune are each other's Closet Keys.
• Happily Adopted: It's revealed by Galadwen's narration in chapter two that Sylvanas wished to create her own family before Arthas brutally killed her. So, when Sylvanas lays her eyes on the (Elven) Aspect of Fire's baby daughter, she immediately decides to adopt her—it helps that a bronze dragon just threatened to kill the (time) 'anomaly'. Little Iladris Windrunner is brought to the Undercity and lovingly raised by Sylvanas and her most trusted Dark Rangers. Bloom notes that Sylvanas' cold demeanor softens when she speaks with Iladris.
• Hearing Voices: Due to her Power of the Void.
• Power of the Void

The Vakdrak

The Vakdrak are the hird of the älvadraken (aka Trisha). They are roughly composed of fifty young adult women and have two leaders: Ady and Joan. On one hand, Ady descends from a family of personal bodyguards to the Dragon's Flame bearers. Like her ancestors, she was trained from a very early age and ingrained with a fanatical adoration for the bearer (to see her as a Messiah) because her only life path was to be a fire witch (to complement the fairy bearer and produce powerful spells in unison with her) who will protect the bearer with her life. On the other hand, Joan along with the rest of the Vakdrak are female orphans who lost everything due to the war. No family to care for them, no home to come back to, no food to feed themselves, no future besides illegal activities and early deaths, no nothing. The Vakdrak were picked by one of the nymphs because they had nothing else to lose (and that renders them unhinged dangerous) and desperately needed a purpose in life (therefore, easier to brainwash with fanatical adoration for the bearer). They shared the same Dark Ranger Training from Hell Trisha suffered and, like her, started it in their early teenage years. But, barring that grueling experience, the Vakdrak are well-fed, well-equipped, have a roof over their heads, and are not mistreated by Trisha. That's why they are fiercely loyal to their älvadraken. For the Vakdrak, Trisha's word is the law — they will follow her to the end of the world and sacrifice themselves if needed. It doesn't harm Trisha lets them vent some stress off in violent ways.

Magical affinity: None, except for Ady, who is a witch of Fire.
External-sourced magic/transformation: Shadow and fire magic.
Preferred Weaponry: Bows and daggers.
Affiliation: Domino, Trisha.

• A Commander Is You: Guerrilla/Ranged/Elitist. Fittingly for the bodyguards (and also fanatic worshippers) of the Dragon's Flame current bearer, they comprise 50 units at most, each one reaching levels of one-woman armies. They are heavily trained and don't fear relying on stealth, dirty tricks, and Hit-an-Run tactics to succeed. Add to that any Vakdrak is quite willing to die protecting the bearer. Some of them won't stop even if the current one has fallen. Why? Because all of them minus one are war orphans who have nothing else left to cling to.
• Elite Mooks.
• Men of Sherwood: As stated, their status as an elite corp ensures they aren't killed like flies whenever Trisha needs them to engage in combat. To boot. their marksmanship is lethal and even if most of their names are never mentioned, they have almost the same skillset as their mistress. True, some of them do die but it's the realistic tone of the narrative instead of any kind of ineptitude that it's at fault.
• Praetorian Guard: To Trisha, their älvadraken. They have accompanied the girl since little after her mother was assassinated (roughly 10 years old), training along with her in Azeroth under Sylvanas and her Dark Rangers' wing then following her in Domino's war campaign against the Burning Legion. The only time they don't bodyguard Trisha is when she travels to the past.
• Stealth Mook: Thanks to their training as Dark Rangers, one of their main abilities is that they can meld with the shadows. An ability they share with their boss.
• Tyke Bomb: They may be a non-villainous example, but that doesn't mean they are any less ruthless or that their actions aren't morally gray. Because being part of this elite guard is their new purpose in life plus they are well-treated outside battle, the Vakdrak are bombs that don't need to be defused. Furthermore, they are way more faithful and efficient long-term than most of the characters that fit this trope. One of them did opt-out, but it was more about clashing ideals rather than abuse.

Canonical characters:

Winx Club

General

• Action Mom: The six Winx women, Marion, Daphne, and Roxy.
• Demoted to Extra: With the exception of Daphne and Diaspro, most of the Winx Club's original cast plays lesser roles than in canon. The Winx women are no longer the protagonists and the Specialist only appear scarcely.
• Named by the Adaptation: In Winx Club, everyone has Only One Name. Here, everyone gets a surname, often borrowed from or flavored by some Real Life cultures to indicate which planet is the Fantasy Counterpart Culture of what. Aisha and her parents' is Nerein; Bloom, Daphne, and their parents' is Oðrsson; Flora, Miele, and their parents' is Eyten; Musa and her father's is Saionji; Roxy and Morgana's is LeFay; Stella and her father's is Seren; Tecna and her parents' is Diem; Bradon's is Nimek; Darko's is Laurent; and Sky and his parents' is Melnik.
• Posthumous Character: Despite being deceased Bloom and Stella hold great importance for the plot and are prominent in many flashbacks and chapters set in the past.
• Wise Serpent: King Oritel's snake "pet" is a shapeshifted Queen Marion, who has taken that form so she can build magical power and fly under the villain's radar until the biggest threat reveals itself. The complexity and length of the magic gathering show how level-headed, patient, and experienced she is in comparison to her offspring. Additionally, for those Locked Out of the Loop (pretty much anyone), she merely appears as a highly intelligent snake who can detect people's ill-will against King Oritel, thus acting like an unofficial political advisor.

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Queen Daphne Snotrðis Oðrsson

WARNING: Everything about this character is a spoiler, even her name. Thread carefully

This character has gone under some aliases, namely Snotra Bergström and Indís Oathdir, but her true identity is that of Daphne Oðrsson, the nymph. She spent about 20 years as a tormented, incorporeal spirit after witnessing her kingdom's fall in the hands of nightmarish foes. This part of her canon backstory is exploited in Paradoxus seeing it draws lots of parallels between her and Sylvanas Windrunner. This ultimately allows for the two of them kind of bonding then working jointly when their goals coalesce at the face of a common enemy (Eudora). Daphne is, at the same time, the most heroic and the most villainous character. All she's ever done is for the greater good's sake (as her nymph duties demand from her), but living in a Crapsack World has left her with no options other than to make her family believe she has died and hide behind different personas in order to manipulate (read use as tools without taking their feelings/consent into account) several people: her little sister, her little sister's daughters (causing these two too much trauma and pain), Magix's army (she founded the Tyrannus Division, after all), and at some point even the Winx themselves. The thing is, were not for that, Magix would have succumbed to Eudora's machinations long ago because not even Bloom and Stella, two of the most powerful fairies in Magix, ever stood a chance against Eudora. At least she had to sacrifice both a significant part of her reincarnation-type immortality and her happiness for the years she's got left. Talk about retribution.

Magical affinity: Nymph of the Dragon's Flame (formerly), the four elements.

External-sourced magic/transformation: Etherix.

Preferred weapons: None.

Affiliation: Domino, Tyrannus Division.

• Ascended Extra: She was a mere secondary character in Winx Club. In Paradoxus, she's the reason why Magix stands a chance against the Burning Legion's invasion.
• Faking the Dead: Sometime between the sisters' birth and Bloom and Stella's death. She did so in order to start laying out much-needed preparations for when the Burning Legion intruded Magix. Understandably, this caused grief to her parents and little sister. Her husband Thoren was spared the suffering because he accompanied her in this stunt.
• Law of Inverse Fertility: Subverted. Daphne and Thoren relentlessly but fruitlessly tried to conceive till the point of thinking Daphne was infertile due to her time as a bodiless spirit. They would have been right if not for time travel ripple effects which made it possible for Daphne to get pregnant, and so Morrigan was born.

Flora Eyten

Linphea's guardian fairy, keeper of a spark of the Dragon's Flame, and Chief Researcher at Centauri Labs.

Magical affinity: Fairy of Nature.

External-sourced magic/transformation: Etherix.

Preferred Weapon: None.

Affiliation: Linphea, Centauri Labs, Tyrannus Division.

• Beware the Nice Ones
• Good is Not Nice
• Secret Secret-Keeper: Flora has known the time traveler's identity and the fact they were going to go to the past since shortly after Bloom and Stella's deaths. Daphne and Galadwen put her in the loop to get her help and because she is the most level-headed Winx.

Bloom Oðrsson

Eralyon's queen by marriage, Domino's acting queen, and bearer of the Dragon's Flame. Well, until she died anyway.

Magical affinity: Fairy of the Dragon's Flame (formerly).
External-sourced magic/transformation: Etherix, Elven Aspect of Fire.
Preferred Weapon: A sword.
Affiliation: Domino, Eraklyon.

• Decoy Protagonist: The third and fourth chapters make it seem as if Bloom is The Protagonist or, at least, the first main character until her daughter Altalune takes over the role. Especially as Bloom is introduced investigating a string of attacks by the Burning Legion on Eraklyon; her magical bonding with Galadwen not helping matters either. Alas, it's her daughters whom the plot revolves around; in the fifth chapter, we go back to Altalune's P.O.V. and it's revealed that the main plot unravels from her and her sister's travel back in time.
• Made of Iron: Thanks to the Dragon’s Flame.

Stella Seren

Solaria's late queen and former keeper of a spark of the Dragon's Flame.

Magical affinity: Fairy of the Sun and the Moon (formerly).
External-sourced magic/transformation: Etherix, Elven Aspect of Light.
Preferred Weapon: Solaria's Ring-Scepter.
Affiliation: Solaria.

Diaspro Dankworth

The woman who managed to murder Bloom and Stella while still being a fairy in the basic transformation. Also, she would be the queen of Isis^note here renamed Gemsler if not for the fact her planet is utterly corrupted by Fel and her people are either dead or worse.

Magical affinity: Fairy of Gems.
External-sourced magic/transformation: Magic Winx.
Preferred Weapon: A sword.
Affiliation: Isis, the Burning Legion.

• Brainwashed and Crazy: Eudora's intel leads her to Diaspro, who once held a grudge against Queen Bloom and King Sky for the disastrous way their Love Triangle ended in canon. As the years passed, however, Diaspro matured and let go of her grievances, so she wouldn't be convinced by Eudora's promise of revenge. The Demon Lady ditches subtlety and brainwashes Diaspro into doing her bidding.
• Gemstone Assault
• Reforged into a Minion:
• Villain Forgot to Level Grind: Discussed. Canonically, she never got past the basic fairy transformation (aka Magic Winx), so the time travelers wonder about how the hell was Diaspro able to kill two of the most powerful fairies who had the top fairy transformation in this headcanon. So, instead of leveling up, Diaspro gets ahold of a Power Nullifier.

Tecna Diem

Zenith's guardian fairy, keeper of a spark of the Dragon's Flame, and Chief Researcher at Centauri Labs.

Magical affinity: Fairy of Technology.
External-sourced magic/transformation: Etherix.
Preferred weapons: None.
Affiliation: Zenith, Centauri Labs.

World of Warcraft

Sylvanas Windrunner

Sylvanas, in this fic, has retained virtually all of her canonical traits, especially her characteristic bitterness, ruthlessness, and pragmatism. However, a key diverging event distinguishes her from her Battle of Azeroth self — where she took the megalomaniacal route, set Teldrassil on fire, and made an enemy out of pretty much everyone. In Paradoxus, she's died as of Legion while attempting to seize the Val'kyrs' power (Genn Greymane is her murderer). Inevitably, she has gotten into the hellish Limbo again. Fortunately for her, Galadwen comes to her rescue, severs Sylvana's bond to the Jailer, and gives her a new chance under the condition that Sylvanas will join her cause. Some decades after, Galadwen rescues a baby Iladris from her crazy mother and Sylvanas adopts the baby. Years later, Sylvanas meets Bloom and forms an alliance with her that leads to sort of a friendship which is why Sylvanas takes the freshly orphaned Trisha under her wing and trains her as a Dark Ranger. Naturally, Sylvanas and her Forsaken are the greatest opposition still standing against Eudora.

Magical affinity: None.
External-sourced magic/transformation: Elven Aspect of Death.
Preferred Weapon: Rae'Shalare (bow).
Affiliation: The Forsaken, the Horde.

• First-Episode Resurrection: After her canonical assassination by Greymane, she's given the opportunity to return to the point before she was crowned Warchief by a mysterious time traveler (aka Galadwen) in exchange for her loyalty and trust. This happens in the first chapter.
• Mentor Archetype: To Trisha. And a pretty ruthless one at that.
• Open-Minded Parent: Sylvanas is not only perfectly fine with Iladris' studies of the Void but also seems to fully support her.
• Unstable Powered Woman: Averted. Galadwen cut her ties to the Jailer, thus preventing her canonical sliding down the slippery slope as she gained more power from said entity. Such a pity her pupil ended up as this trope.

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