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Encantadia is a Filipino fantasy franchise produced and published by GMA Network. Currently, it consists of four television series that ran from 2005 to present and a single film. The first was shown in 2005 carrying the title alone and ended on the same year with total of 160 episodes. The second series title Etheria premiered on the same year and ended on 2006 with 50 episodes. Due to its significant success, the third series title Encantadia: Pag-ibig Hanggang Wakas premiered in 2006 consisting of 48 episodes. In 2016, 11 years after the original run, a reboot of the series premiered on the same network featuring new casts. In 2005, Encantadia had a crossover film with Mulawin entitled Mulawin: The Movie, which was produced by GMA Films as an entry to the 2005 Metro Manila Film Festival.
Encantadia is a term coined from the Filipino words "enkanto", "enkanta", "enkantada", or "enkantado" (which was in turn derived from the Spanish term encant(ad){o/a}) which means enchanted beings endowed with supernatural powers. The series was created by GMA Network, the same network that produced the fantasy-themed series Mulawin and Darna. It was directed by Mark Reyes and Gil Tejada, Jr., and written by Suzette Doctolero. Originally, the series was intended as GMA Films' entry to the 2004 Metro Manila Film Festival but they later decided to make Encantadia a daily fantasy soap opera due to its huge production and budget. Encantadia was Doctolero's first head writing project with the network in 2005, and also served as her training for writing a fantasy story for the first time.[6] According to her, it was inspired by the story of Maria Makiling, a diwata (fairy) in Philippine folklore, in four different persona. It was also inspired by different stories around the world combined into one.[6] The first three installment were consecutively shown from 2005 to 2006. In 2010, a second saga or fourth installment was scheduled to be produced by GMA Network, but it was not push through until Atty Gozon, CEO of GMA Network pushed it back for 2012, but was scrapped.[9] In 2015,the director, producer and the writer were given a go signal by the network to make the new Encantadia. In January 2016, it was announced that the fourth installment will be a reboot (often called as requel or retelling-sequel) of the old series.
Encantadia is an enchanted place in a different realm. All of the characters existing in this world are called Encantados. It was discovered and created thousand years ago by three supernatural beings, Arde, Emre and Ether who were referred to as bathala(Gods on the present times. The world they created was settled upon by low-class working individuals called "barbaro". Because of this, the three Bathala created four classes of individuals: the diwata's (fairies of Lireo Kingdom; mystical creatures of the Adamya Kingdom; the healers called sapiryans of the Sapiro Kingdom and the blacksmiths of the Hathoria Kingdom.[22] The four kingdoms promised allegiance and worship to Emre, which caused Arde and Ether's jealousy and hatred, resulting to a plan to assassinate him.[21][23] Emre discovered this plan and cursed both of them: Arde to become a dragon who was sent to guard valaak(hell) and Ether to turn into snake to forever remind her of being a traitor. With this, the encantados are divided between the gods resulting to factions.[23] Some encantados followed Ether and established the fifth Kingdom of Encantadia called, Etheria, which had later fallen due to the greed of their Queen Avria to conquer the whole Encantadia causing the rest to unite against their Kingdom.
The Kingdoms
- Sapiro – A kingdom in the north of Encantadia; protector of the gemstone of earth.
- Hathoria – A kingdom in the west of Encantadia; protector of the gemstone of fire.
- Lireo – A kingdom in the east of Encantadia and is home to the royal blood diwatas; protector of the gemstone of air.
- Adamya – A former Kingdom in the south of Encantadia; which was colonized by hathors, protector of the gemstone of water.
- Etheria – A fallen Kingdom at the center of Encantadia; home of the greedy Etherians.
Territories
- Askano – A territory in the northernmost part of Sapiro; home of the barbaros.
- Adjantao -A territory between Lireo and Sapiro; home of individuals called mandirigma(scavengers/warriors) who do not recognize the Queen of Lireo.
- Avila/Avalon – A territory between Hathoria and Sapiro; home of the winged creatures called Mulawin.
- Carcero – A sub-territory in the northernmost part of Lireo, bounded by Adjantao and Askano in the west. It serves as prison to lock-up Lireans who committed crimes. Guarded around by the bakunawa's (sea serpents).
- Ayleb – A sub-territory in the north of Lireo introduced in the 2016 series, which served as a refugee camp and hide-out to the escaped prisoners of Carcero including Adhara and Lilasari.
- Lupain ng mga Nymfas – A territory introduced in the 2016 series where Desshna, daughter of Hagorn was brought for safe keeping.
- Hera Sensa – A sub-territory in the Kingdom of Etheria. Home of the Etherian scholars and clairvoyants
- Hera Andal – Center of monarch in the Kingdom of Etheria, houses the throne of Queen Avria. Known for their dark sorcery and healing abilities
- Hera Aega – A sub-territory in the Kingdom of Etheria. Home of the Etherian warriors who wield magical bow and arrows.
- Hera Volo – A sub-territory in the Kingdom of Etheria. Home of the Etherians that can manipulate time and speed.
The Gems
- Fire Gem – The gem grants its owner the power to control fire, warmth and light. In this sense, the beholder can intensify sunlight and conjure fire. This gem has the ability of shapeshifting into another person. It can also create volcanic eruptions.
- Air Gem – The gem grants its owner the power to control the air, wind and coldness. In this sense, the beholder can change air currents, conjure oxygen in areas without it and transform into the air itself. It also grants the holder the ability to fly and shapeshift into wind. The gem can also be employed in detecting the presence of nearby beings by tracing the sound of their breaths.
- Water Gem – The gem grants its keeper the power to control water. It enhances its keeper's strength and enables the person to control biosonar, liquids and sea creatures. It also enables its keeper to summon rain and portray an image through water.
- Earth Gem – The gem grants its owner earth-based powers, enabling the person to control the earth, vegetation and nature. In this sense, the beholder can conjure earthquakes, communicate with plants and animals, shapeshift into any flora and fauna and heal herself. Without the presence of the gem of earth, plants would wilt, animals would die, and beings in Encantadia would weaken.
Encantadia uses a fictional language called Enchanta. It was created and conceptualized by Suzette Doctolero to make the viewers feel that the world of Encantados be somehow realistic and genuine. Doctolero created its vocabulary from many Indo-European languages with some influences of Philippine languages especially Tagalog. It can be traced from words like "corre", to love (from the root "cor" meaning heart) and "avoya", to travel (voyage). The language is also notable of being spoken as it sounds like its from some kind of European country because of the tone and the phonotactics. Most characters from the Encantadia saga know how to speak Enchanta, but it was Cassiopeia that had spoken the language most in the whole series, from the fact that she is the first diwata (fairy) of Lireo and ancestor of all the royal-blooded diwatas.
Characters
- Pirena (Sunshine Dizon ,Glaiza de Castro)
- Alena (Karylle, Gabbi Garcia)
- Amihan (Iza Calzado, Kylie Padilla)
- Danaya (Diana Zubiri , Valerie Concepcion, Sanya Lopez)
- Hagorn (Pen Medina, Ping Medina,
- John Arcilla) Juvila (Jopay Paguia)
- Mine-a (Dawn Zulueta, Marian Rivera)
- Muros (Carlo Gonzales)
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