Idora Markwood

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== Etymology ==
* Idora is of Greek origin and means "gift" or "gift of Isis". 
* Markwood comes from the German Markwald meaning "boundary woods" or combining "boundary" and "to rule".
== Personality ==
Famed for her chivalry, honor.
== Physical Appearance ==
Handsome. Lazy brown curls. Eyes of liquid gold.
== Biography ==
Warrior. The third daughter. She is close to her brother and her two older sisters.
== Skills & Abilities ==
Famed for her skill at arms with a sword and morningstar and in the joust.
Loras is a loyal member of his family and is close to his sister Margaery and his older brothers Willas and Garlan. His personal coat of arms is three golden roses on green, to reflect his status as a third son. The elaborate suits of armor he wears are not only engraved, but have enamel flowers in a variety of colors painted on them, or are encrusted with gemstones like sapphires, and he wears cloaks made of woven roses.
Loras's elder brothers Willas and Garlan have been omitted from the TV series (though they were initially included in the Tyrell family tree in the HBO Viewers' Guide) and thus, Loras is stated to be the sole male heir to Highgarden.
Loras ranks as one of the most skilled knights and warriors in Westeros, in the top tier alongside Jaime, the Mountain, and Barristan Selmy, although Clegane's prowess relies more on his brute strength than skill with a sword, while Barristan is self-admittedly not as young and quick as he used to be. In contrast, Loras is young and not quite as experienced as Jaime yet, though Jaime himself says that he thinks that one day Loras's skill might equal his own.
In the novels, the relationship between Loras and Renly is more subtly depicted than in the TV series, with only guarded references to the relationship in the interactions between other characters. When Stannis is told that Margaery came to Renly's bed a maiden, he remarks that in Renly's bed she'll die one. When Loras's name is brought up, someone says, "Oh, Renly's little rose" (referring to the sigil of House Tyrell). Loras is seen going into Renly's tent, but it is not explicitly stated that they are lovers. However, George R.R. Martin has later independently confirmed that they were involved in a relationship. Loras and Renly were in a relationship for many years, but were publicly hiding their homosexuality due to the social repercussions this would have with the dominant religion of Westeros, the Faith of the Seven. It isn't exactly clear how widely Renly's relationship with Loras was known about, or even to what extent their friends and family knew (Robert, Stannis, etc.) In the books, Littlefinger and Varys seem to know (due to their spy rings), and even Jaime makes an off-hand comment about it at one point. When directly asked how widely Renly's relationship with Loras was known about (citing that even Jaime knew), Martin's only response was "what do you think?"
Martin has pointed out in the behind-the-scenes featurettes for the TV series that as a youthful, attractive, and skilled tournament knight, Loras is essentially the "teen heartthrob" of Westeros that all the young noble ladies in the Seven Kingdoms swoon over, as it is not publicly known that he is a homosexual.
When Gregor Clegane is found to be terrorizing the Riverlands, Loras volunteers to lead the forces that Eddard Stark sends to bring him to justice. Eddard, believing him too young, says that Loras would be after vengeance, not justice (because Ser Gregor had tried to kill him at the Hand's Tournament), so he sends Beric Dondarrion instead. Varys tells Eddard that he should have sent Loras because he was so keen to go, and if you are going to make an enemy of the Lannisters, it would be wise to make a friend of the Tyrells.
When Renly declares himself king, he forms his own rival Kingsguard which he calls the "Rainbow Guard", enjoying the opportunity to play with the pageantry of forming a new knightly order. The number seven is holy in the Faith of the Seven, and rainbows are one of its symbols. This name change wasn't used in the TV series, where it is simply referred to as "Renly's Kingsguard". Each member of the Rainbow Guard represented a specific color (such as "Brienne the Blue" etc.), and wore armor and clothing that matched each color. Ser Loras was the Lord Commander of Renly's Rainbow Guard, and in this position he didn't represent a specific color like the other six members (therefore no one stood for indigo).
When Renly is murdered, Brienne does not kill Ser Robar Royce and Ser Emmon Cuy. When they come into the tent and confront Brienne, Emmon attacks her, but Catelyn swears to Robar that Brienne is innocent. Robar tells Catelyn to get Brienne away, and he holds off Emmon and some men at arms. When Loras arrives to find Renly dead, in his grief and rages he kills Emmon and Robar for their failure to protect Renly and allowing Brienne to escape. Later, he regrets doing this, as they were his friends, and he eventually realizes that Stannis, not Brienne, was responsible. In the series, it is Margaery who talks of blaming Brienne, but Loras, knowing how devoted Brienne was to Renly, says, "I don't believe that. YOU don't believe that."
Loras does not wear Renly's armor in the Battle of the Blackwater in the book. His brother Garlan does this, and later asks Joffrey to take Margaery as his queen (Margaery still being in the Reach). Seeing him in Renly's armor, many soldiers believed him to be Renly's ghost returned, and as they were once sworn to Renly, they changed sides in the midst of the battle. When Joffrey asks Loras what reward he desires for his part in the battle, Loras asks for a place on Joffrey's Kingsguard. This was primarily a calculated move so that Loras would always be on hand to protect Margaery from Joffrey. It also provided Loras with a convenient way to avoid marriage, something he had no taste for, given his orientation and his grief.
When Jaime and Brienne return to King's Landing, Loras and Meryn Trant encounter them at the entrance to the Red Keep. Loras accuses Brienne of Renly's death and is ready to fight her. He does not believe her story about Stannis's shadow. Jaime intervenes and demands Loras to stop. Loras does not comply. Jaime grabs him and says harshly, "Now sheathe your bloody sword, or I'll take it from you and shove it up some place even Renly never found." Jaime also warns Loras that Brienne is formidable, and were he to duel her, "it's like to be your corpse we carry out." Loras obeys grudgingly. Later, Jaime talks with Loras and makes him realize that Brienne is innocent. In the TV series, Brienne visits not Loras, but Margaery, who believes her but advises her to keep quiet.
When Jaime interviews Loras, the youth's arrogance and overconfidence makes him think "He's me. I am speaking to myself, as I was, all cocksure arrogance and empty chivalry. This is what it does to you, to be too good too young". Jaime does not find the resemblance flattering.
Loras, who was not involved in the conspiracy to murder Joffrey, is certain that Sansa is the murderer, claiming that "My sister was drinking from that chalice as well. Sansa Stark was the only person in the hall who had reason to want Margaery dead, as well as the king. By poisoning the wedding cup, she could hope to kill both of them. And why did she run afterward, unless she was guilty?" Apparently, the fact that his sister was in danger makes Loras suspect the wrong person, as he wrongly suspected Brienne of killing the man he loved.
In the books, Loras is left deeply mourning the loss of his great love Renly, and famously swears that he will never love again, saying "When the sun has set, no candle can replace it." Several critics, including Westeros.org, were upset that Loras has sex with Olyvar on the show in "Kissed by Fire", because it seemed rather sudden, as if Renly's death did not deeply impact him. Writer Bryan Cogman, however, subsequently did an interview with Westeros.org, and specifically addressed this concern: changes in adaptation meant that Loras had to have sex with Olyvar, to let it slip that he would marry Sansa, as part of the plot mechanics of the Lannister/Tyrell rivalry. However, Cogman explained, his earlier drafts of the episode actually included longer scenes which made it explicitly clear that Loras is not finished mourning Renly. Rather, Loras was very depressed and lonely, and in effect "drowning his sorrows" by engaging in casual sex in the hope that it would make him feel better, but it ultimately made Loras feel more emotionally distraught and reminded of how much he misses Renly. Cogman lamented that "as we get closer to production, a lot of trims have to be made, and this scene was one where I had to do that." He acknowledged that cutting the scene gave the unintended impression that Loras was moving past Renly, when he actually isn't.
Loras has never declared in the novels that Renly was a traitor; it is highly unlikely he would ever make such statement, even to save his life, given his deep feelings to Renly.
Loras being arrested by the Faith Militant and charged with buggery is an invention of the TV series. Though Cersei does conspire to get rid of Loras, to her surprise and delight, he gives her the opportunity; not long after Euron Greyjoy's coronation as King of the Iron Islands, the ironborn start attacking the coastline of the Reach. Margaery and Loras both urge Cersei to recall the Redwyne fleet, commanded by one of their father's vassals and already laying siege to Dragonstone, Stannis Baratheon's last stronghold in Westeros, as it is the only naval force capable of battling the Iron Fleet; when Cersei (who secretly gloats over the Tyrells' distress) makes it plain she won't do so until the castle is back in royal hands, Loras requests Cersei to give him command of the siege, vowing to take the castle within a fortnight. Cersei delightfully agrees, hoping Loras will get killed due his rash nature. Loras takes Dragonstone, but at great cost: due to his rashness, victory has been needlessly bloodthirsty (about 1,000 Lannister soldiers have been killed), and Loras has been fatally injured by quarrels, maces, and boiling oil. Cersei draws a sadistic pleasure from telling the overwhelmed Margaery about her brother.
== Physical Appearance ==
Fair or lightly tanned skin, light blue eyes or golden amber eyes, long light honey blonde hair that stops below her waist with bangs on one side. A bun secured with a braid. 17-year-old girl. Looks like Cameron Diaz.
=== Casual outfit ===
Corinne wears a dark red vest over a white long-sleeved blouse with frilled cut edges on the collar, hem, and sleeve cuffs. She has dark red pants and long brown boots that reach her knees. She is sometimes shown wearing a brown musketeer hat when she practices her skills.
=== Maid Uniform ===
She wears a pink knee-high jumper dress with a ruffled edge on the waistline over a white blouse with puffed sleeves going down her elbows with a pink band tied around the bottom. She has white tights and pink flats.
=== Masquerade Wear ===
Her gown was made by Viveca. She wears a bright pink floor-length gown with a bow-shaped band on the chest with a pink dot and small shoulder puffs. The skirt has three parts: Two parts of it were the covering, and the third part was the real skirt. She wears a hairpin and a tiara. Her hairstyle has changed to a high bun with a braided part of her hair secured with curls and pink shoes (boots).
=== Musketeer Outfit ===
Corinne wears a bright pink knee-high dress with a bow-shaped band on the chest with a pink dot and small shoulder puffs, white tights, and long pink boots similar to her brown ones. She had a pink cape on her back, and the hairpin disappeared. Her hair was changed back to a bun with a braided part of her hair secured it. In the finale scene, she had a deep blue cape with a golden symbol on her back, and she wears a deep blue musketeer hat, and her hair is in a high bun with a braided part of her hair secured with curls, and she no longer wears tights.
== Personality ==
Corinne is a brave, independent, and stubborn teenager who is an aspired musketeer. She isn’t like other girls of that time who stick to jobs that are normally offered to them. When things get tough, she gets tougher and never lets anyone bring her down. She’s attracted to romance, intelligence, and deep, dreamy eyes. And would like someone who understands and appreciates her. Doing musketeer training is her hobby, and Corinne possesses unbelievable talent. She follows her dreams though she is a maid because she can archive with her mindset into it no matter what others think about her. She always gets mad when she hears people say that girls can’t be musketeers, just like her hot-blooded father.
Crown Princess. Creative. Skilled artist. Sole heiress. Immature and selfish and bossy at times, she cares for her friends and sees herself as responsible for them as an elder sister figure. Keeper of the royal family ring.
== Appearance ==
=== Civilian ===
==== Winx Club ====
* For Season 1 and most of Season 2, Stella has two hair strands hanging in the front and she wears a bright green halter top, an orange skirt with a thin golden belt adorned with matching gold medals, green sandals with orange suns just above her toes and a lilac-colored headband.
* For Seasons 2 and 3, Stella wears a strapless seafoam-green dress with pink stripes and a matching pink belt with a sparkly star-shaped buckle off to her left, and pink shoes platform heels with ribbons that flow freely near her ankles. She also wears a pair of pink hoop earrings with a green star on each and her headband is now pink rather than lilac.
* For Season 4, Stella wears an orange strapless dress with spiky white frills along both hems and small circular patterns that range from being in green, yellow, gold or white. She also wears a purple belt with a green star off to her left just under her chest, as well as green high heels with white socks that have a purple dotted pattern on them similar to her dress. Her bangs are now parted off to the side rather than how they were styled prior where they covered her forehead.
* For Season 5, Stella's bangs are now swept to the left side and she has the same hair strands hanging in the front from Season 1. Her civilian outfit consists of a purple-and-orange layered dress (similar to Bloom and Flora's Enchantix dresses) that is fastened to her body by an orange necklace that ends in three gold stars, and knee high purple boots with orange ribbons wrapped over the half of her foot and around her ankles, ending in small bows just above her ankles. She also wears red star-shaped earrings and a purple headband with a lighter purple bow that rests on the right side of her head. Additionally, the purple sections of the dress (not counting the bow-like top) have zebra-print in some official stock art.
* For Season 6, Stella's bangs are parted similarly to how they were originally back in the first three seasons. She wears a dark pink blazer with grey trim over a pale pink dress shirt with a grey bow tied around her neck and three small buttons along each cuff, a slate blue layered skirt with small white heart decorating it and a grey belt with pink buckle fastening the skirt to her waist, pink leggings and grey high heels with small pink bows on the toes. She also wears a grey plaid headband.
* For Season 7, Stella's hair is now tied up into a ponytail that it is held that way with a big pink bow where it has dark blue stars on it with bangs swept to the right side. She wears a short-sleeved, plaid pink top with dark blue cuffs over a pale pink dress shirt with a dark blue tie that has a small star pin in the middle, a dark orange belt and matching skirt that both have dark blue sections with buttons in them, orange knee-high socks with a pink hem and pink platform shoes with dark blue soles and she also wears purple star earrings.
* For Season 8, Stella keeps her hair up in a ponytail with a blue bow (or purple in official artworks) and she has bangs swept to the right side while she has mid-back length hair strands hanging in the front. She wears a purple long-sleeved coat with a lighter purple stitchmark pattern over a strapless pale purple dress with a dark purple dotted pattern and white frills along the topmost hem, brown leggings, and purple knee-high boots; the topmost section of the boots being a brighter purple with white frills along both ends and a small medallion around her neck.
=== Fairy Forms ===
Holding true to her many fairy titles as well as her name, Stella's Fairy Forms maintain a theme of light; mainly that of stars. Orange stands out as the primary color of a majority of her forms, with purples and pinks acting as accents.
Her signature color varies depending on season from:
* Yellow-orange to bright orange (All seasons)
* Various shades of blue (Seasons 6-8) and pink (Seasons 6-8)
* Occasionally green (Season 4)
* Purple (seasons 5-8)
== Personality ==
Although Stella is usually a proud and self-centered girl, she also cares deeply about her friends and family, not just herself. She will stick to the people she loves and do anything to keep them safe. Stella is not always seen wearing a smile on her face, but she does crack jokes to cheer her friends up when they are sad. Essentially, Stella has a cheerful and optimistic personality.
Besides that, she is totally obsessed with fashion; which clothes look best on her, and which dresses match her face the best. Stella often gives fashion advice to people in Alfea, but this advice is often not taken well. She would rather flirt with Brandon than study and do work, which sometimes annoys the other girls. The most intuitive of all the members, Stella likes to match make but has often had problems with understanding why her friends do not always like getting set up.
However, despite her intuitions, Stella can be rather oblivious at times. She was sent to Alfea to become a stronger fairy, but this did not mean so much to her, though she did effectively become a fully accomplished fairy and a powerful one by fighting the first three season villains with the Winx. She uses her magic for anything, but she mostly wants to help her friends as deep inside she is a generous and helpful girl. Although she might disagree with her friends, Stella is very supportive and protective and will not hesitate to help them. She learns to accept that love and friendship are far more important than royalty, fashion, and shopping. Sometimes she hides her true personality because of her upbringing. In short, her cheerful exterior masks great sorrow.
== Trivia ==
* Stella is the first fairy to transform in the series.
* Stella was Miss Solaria for a record 12 consecutive turns.
* Stella is the only one of the Winx to have a speaking role in every episode thus far. (Bloom does not speak in "The Show Must Go On!")
* Stella's main voice actress for the 4Kids dub was credited using an alias that changed each season (Mary Stout, Su Meredith, and Grace Shepard, respectively). In fact, her voice sounds similar to actress Kim Cattrall from the Cinélume dub.
* According to a book titled "English with Winx," Stella's address and, subsequently, the location of the Royal Palace is 7 Rainbow Street.
* The hairband Stella wears in her Harmonix form is similar to the hat worn by Andrina, one of Ariel's sister from Disney film The Little Mermaid. Both also have blonde hair.
** Additionally, the ribbons that make up Stella's Harmonix sandals and, later, her Sirenix thighs, are of the same color as Andrina's mermaid tail.
** Harmonix is the first transformation where Stella does not wear her hair in pigtails. Instead, she wears her hair in a ponytail.
* Both Stella and Aisha are 17 at their first appearances, though, if Aisha had been present during the first season, she would have been 16 like the rest of the Winx, and Stella would remain as the oldest member.
* Stella's opposite is most likely Darcy as Stella is open and sociable whereas Darcy is more withdrawn and tends to keep to herself.
** Power-wise, Stella controls light which, according to Faragonda in "Win-x Together", specializes in sight and clarity to give others the ability to see the truth in front of them, whereas Darcy controls darkness and specializes in confusing and deceiving others until they are no longer able to see the truth in front of them.
* Stella is typically seen with Bloom and Flora more than any of the other girls.
* Stella and Bloom are also the only characters who remain relatively unchanged when comparing concept designs.
* Ironically, Stella is acrophobic (scared of heights), despite the fact that she typically flies around with ease in her various transformations.
** She also holds a fear and hatred of spiders which she shares with her bonded pixie, Amore.
* Stella's favorite hobbies are shopping, dressing up, and designing fashion.
** She also realizes her dream of becoming a fashion designer by Season 6.
** In World of Winx, her work as an up-and-coming fashion designer is treated more seriously than in Winx Club, where it is simply played for laughs.
* Over the course of the series, Stella has suffered several body mutations:
** In the Season 3 episode "Valtor's Mark", she was turned into a monster by Chimera.
** Later that same season in "The Crystal Labyrinth", her face is turned into a doodle after giving up her looks for the Water Stars.
** Although this is not a mutation, she is de-aged in the Season 5 episode "The Gem of Empathy." and the Season 7 episode "Baby Winx."
* Stella had three childhood designs:
** One in Season 2, where she wore glasses and looked like a typical nerd,
** Another in Season 3, where she was more formal.
*** This specific design of hers resembles that of Cindy Vortex from the Jimmy Neutron movie and shorts.
** And one during Season 5, where she looked like a somewhat ordinary 3-5 year old girl in her civilian outfit for that season. This also happened during Season 7.
* Stella's highlights in 3D transformations are in pink, but they are in purple in 2D. With the exception of being underwater, her hair is green with pink highlights in 2D and 3D.
* Throughout the animation, Stella’s eye color changes in hue; sometimes they are golden-brown, sometimes they are regular dark brown, and sometimes they are bright gold.
* In the episode "The Princess Ball", Stella tries on a dress that looks similar to the redesign of her Princess of Solaria dress in the Nickelodeon Specials.
* Stella's Nickelodeon voice actress, Amy Gross, also voices Caramel.
* Stella is the only member of the Winx that does not have a named Sirenix spell that is released from the leg.
* Stella is the fifth Winx member to be turned evil, as shown in "Queen for a Day" when she is hypnotized by Selina's Magic Mirror.
** The first was Bloom as shown in Season 2 when she is corrupted by Lord Darkar.
** The second was Roxy in "Nebula" when she was possessed by Nebula.
** The third was Tecna in "The Sirenix Book" when she was turned into a robot.
** The fourth was Musa in "Secret of the Ruby Reef" when she was turned into a monster by Tritannus.
* Stella's wings in her Sirenix transformation are turned upside down.
* Stella is the only fairy to wear boots in her Mythix form.
** Mythix is also the first transformation where all her hair is loose.
** If World of Winx is taken into consideration, Dreamix would be the second.
* In The Mystery of the Abyss, it is implied that Stella is a fan of Justin Bieber.
* Stella is very creative that all of her friends always ask her some tips and advice on how to match clothes and accessories.
* Stella's motto is: "Following fashion can be fun... but creating a unique style is even more fun!!!"
* Even though Stella has the same amount of comic-only love interests as Bloom and Aisha, both never graduate from being simple infatuations and are usually left unrequited on Stella's end.
** Although she and Joel might have fallen for each other, the two maintain more of a friendly relationship with the other until they stop hanging out all together.
** Stella's small crush on Paul also went completely unrequited as he was in love with her friend, Jessie.
* Stella is one of the characters in the show who has broken the fourth wall but, unlike the others, she has broken it more than once.
** At the very end of "The Gem of Empathy", she says "What did I say?" to the audience.
** In "Banana Day", she pushes aside a screen-sized image of herself when the Mega Lemur envisions her as his love interest.
** Other characters who have broken the fourth wall include Icy, Darcy, Ogron and, in World of Winx, Bloom.
* As revealed in "Mermaids on Earth" and "Fashion School Thrills", Stella's weakness is her fear of not being loved, being ridiculed, and being left alone or deserted.
** It seems as though Stella experiences a completely different childhood in World of Winx than she did in the main series.
* As mentioned in "Queen for a Day", Stella hates mazes.
* Along with Bloom, Stella is one of the two Winx members to have her signature color (and sometimes pink) in every one of her transformations.
** Onyrix is her first transformation in which she wears teal.
* Stella's Cinélume voice actor, Jennifer Seguin, also voices Jolly.
* Stella's DuArt voice actor, Jessica Paquet, also voices Rose Cinderella from Regal Academy, another show created by Rainbow.
** Coincidentally, Rose Cinderella bears some resemblance with Stella and they are both into fashion, especially shoes for Rose's case.
* Born August 18th. Her favorite color is Green. She likes pop music and comedies and chips and shopping and organizing pajama parties, giving fashion tips, and dressing very fashionably.. Her fiance is handsome and muscular and super sweet.