Winx Club Rewrite - Solaria
Solaria is one of the major planets and political actors in the Magic Dimension known for having influence over the suns of solar system most of the major planets revolve around. Solaria is the closest to the three suns and receives the most direct light and heat from them with Zenith being the farthest away and only able to see one of the suns. Solaria has always been an influential planet with a distinct cultural identity that other planets are often confused by.
The planet is made up of two biomes referred to as the Sun Side and Moon Side. The Sun Side is warm, with long days and short nights, with Mediterranean climate on the coastal regions and breathtaking deserts with endless stars in the inland. On the Moon Side, nights are long and days are short, lending to a very cold climate most times of the year with beautiful northern lights hanging over the snowy mountains.
Solarian people can be split into two (or three) categories:Sun aligned or Moon aligned
Stella happens to be both but grew up on the sun side of the planet.
Those who are sun aligned need ample sunshine to thrive. They do the best during the day, are very prone to vitamin d deficiency, and become sickly if underground or indoors for too long. They have horrible night blindness and tend to turn gray if not able to get enough sunlight.
Moon aligned people do best in the moonlight and tend to grow tired if they’re in the direct sun all the time. Their vision is worse during the day, often causing moon aligned Solarians who are forced to function on day shifts (especially on the day side of the planet) to need glasses when they otherwise wouldn’t need them.
And for the unfortunate few who rarely if ever survive… shadow aligned.
Being shadow aligned is incompatible with Solarian life. These people are born with an intolerance for light and usually die shortly after birth.
There is a moon court and a sun court. These are separate governments that work in tandem. Part of what makes Stella so special is she is set to be the first Queen of the Sun and Moon since her ancestor, Marisol the Great. Marisol the Great established Solaria as a kingdom and built the capital of San Marisol where Stella grew up. She is revered as the first queen of Solaria and the only queen of both the sun and moon. Stella’s birth is a historic, almost mythic event because her parents being from both the sun and moon courts bringing a child meant to rule both is unprecedented.
All rulers on Solaria trace their lineage back to Marisol the Great and claim to be the offspring of the Sun and Moon themselves. Solarian religions doctrine claims people are the result of the Great Dragon lying with his two wives, the Sun and Moon, while the royals, who are ordained by the heavens, are the children of the Sun and Moon alone, who lie together in the absence of the Great Dragon.
Other nations like Domino and Eraklyon see this story as heretical and has led to some tension.
Solaria is a peculiar case. They are a monarchy, yes, with the philosophy that the rulers are descended from gods, but they are also balanced by a strong union presence. There’s a power woman called the Union Compliance Officer. It is her job to force the royals to comply with union regulations and personally fix any mistake that harms their citizens.
If Radius promotes a policy that would say, cut free lunches for school children, the UCO would come in, grab him by the hair, and force him to not only apologize but to go around personally buying and preparing lunch for the school kids he hurt.
Also, the Union Compliance Officer is Nova’s mom.
Solaria is one of the more free spirited realms. Very lax, with a culture that appreciates personal freedoms, the arts, and interchanging personal dynamics. Things are not strict in any sense. Solaria was the first of the planets to have no fault divorce, queer and polyamorous marriages, robust rights for workers and reproductive healthcare, and likely a type of universal basic income.
Polyamory is very common on Solaria, that’s why Stella feels comfortable flirting with other people in front of her boyfriend. It’s a cultural thing. Brandon is either highly adaptable or already on Stella’s wave length depending on what you prefer. Countess Cassandra was a part of the original polycule Luna and Radius were a part of, but when they split up Cassandra pursued a monogamous relationship with Radius, something Stella was deeply upset about because it led to Radius’ long term partner, Julio, moving out with Luna and Cassandra moving in her daughter, Chimera, who bullied Stella relentlessly at school and now, at home.
Solaria is considered one of the fashion centers of the magic dimension and exports a lot of jewelry, makeup, and clothing. Solarian clothing is made primarily of lunar tundra cotton, which grows in the mountains regions of the moon side of Solaria. It tends to be more expensive because Solarian laborers are actually paid livable wages. They are also renowned for their intricate mosaics and stained glass.
Most strikingly, Solarians are known for their elaborate death rituals and burials. Your average Solarian is buried within a large, family mausoleum. Mausoleums are shaped like pyramids and elaborately painted, containing up to ten generations of a given family at a time. For nobility, personal pyramids are built to accommodate the dead and their spouse, as well as any pets and young children. Stella’s grandmother was famously buried in a large pyramid with 50 mummified birds, 2 crocodiles, and a horse, alongside her three husbands and five wives and two children who died in infancy.
Solarians mummify their dead and often visit their deceased relatives within the mausoleums to give offerings and ask for guidance. Mummies are created by draining the body of fluids and covered the flesh in a solution made of solar red clay, various kinds of arcane salts, and intricate cotton wrappings. The body is then left to dry in a sun temple overseen by priests before being brought to its final resting place by the family. Death is not considered a definitive end, as most Solarians believe the commune with the dead regularly. It’s not unusual for Solarians to place table settings for the dead and send invitations to events to their deceased relatives, some even bring mummified remains to important functions such as weddings.
