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Queen Marion (also called Queen Mariam or Queen Miriam) is the queen of the realm of Domino. She is the wife of King Oritel, biological mother of Crown Princess Daphne and Princess Bloom, and mother-in-law to Prince Thoren as of the Season 6 finale. She was also the co-founder and prominent member of the former Company of Light.
Appearance
With a light skin tone, a tall and slender frame, long locks of curly red hair and bright green eyes, Marion bears a striking resemblance to her youngest daughter Bloom. Marion often wears her hair in a large updo adorned with a ring of pearls and a three-pointed crown as long curled tendrils cascade down the sides of her face, neck and back. She also wears light pink lipstick and faint green eyeshadow.
Her attire consists of a long bright green dress with paler green and pink accents. Large green and pink shoulder blades poke out from the sides as her green sleeves become large, puffy and lighter in color around her elbows. Their buffs are bound to her wrist by two pink jewels. The torso of the dress consists of a pink corset bodice with dark pinkish-purple patterns on the front, as the rest of the dress flows from there and past her feet, keeping them concealed. Marion also wears a small gold necklace with a large pinkish-purple gemstone to match the ones on her cuffs. Lastly, an elegant pale pink fur cape flows from behind her down to the ground as it curls inward. It also doubles as a boa of sorts as it splits off into two slimmer stands at the front the flow down to just above the queen's feet.
In The Secret of the Lost Kingdom, Marion is shown in a completely different dress entirely as her hair no longer remains held in an updo. Rather than her signature green, Marion wears a cerulean dress with lighter blue and purple accents, as well as metal shoulder blades and an armored corset. The dress itself is near identical to her usual one in shape and style.
During her youth as a warrior in the Company of Light, Marion wore her hair down, topping it all off with a large gold crown with a red gem at the front.
Her attire consisted of a bright green bodysuit and light pink armor adorned with other red gems like the one on her crown on the center of her chest, waist and the tips of her boots. Gold shoulder blades jut out from the pink armored torso-piece as gold fabric wraps around her waist like a belt bound by a red gem. Under it flows a large piece of the gold fabric that contains the pattern of a darker colored spear pointing down to a flame at the tip. Her boots are also adorned in gold patterns and each have a small silver or black gem placed at the center.
Personality
Not much is known about Marion's personality beyond the brief airtime she has had in both movies and her short (mostly cameo) appearances in the series. She looks to be a very calm and demure queen, who has a lot of love for her family and her kingdom.
Pre-Series
Sometime during her youth, Marion met Oritel. The two were presumably brought together by an arranged marriage, which is a long upheld tradition in the Domino Royal Family as revealed in the movie, Magical Adventure. The two presumably enjoyed a happy, love-filled marriage together, during which they bore two daughters: the eldest they named Daphne and the youngest, Bloom.
The Formation of the Company of Light.
During her reign as queen, the Ancestral Witches had uncovered the location of the Dragon's Flame on her realm. Aware of the destruction and death that the Witches often left in their wake, Marion established the Company of Light, a group of fearsome magical warriors, alongside her husband and king, Oritel. Those who joined the Company of Light alongside them were Hagen, Faragonda and Saladin. Griffin would later join their ranks after fleeing from her previous alliance with the Witches and their son, Valtor. Marion would go on to engage in countless battles against the Ancestral Witches with the Company of Light until their eventual raid on Domino after managing to foiling one of Oritel's plans to ensure the realm's safety.
As Marion and the Company of Light tried to fend off the Ancestral Witches, they were left to face off against Valtor as the Witches raided the royal palace. Daphne, her eldest daughter, teleported Bloom to Earth where the Witches would never find her or the Dragon's Flame, which she had already transferred over to her.
The Company of Light fought against the Ancestral Witches and their forces with all their might until they were successful in defeating them. Unfortunately, Marion could not celebrate their victory as both her daughters were presumably killed in the attack; Daphne was reduced to ta spirit without a body and Bloom was nowhere to be found.
Just as the Company of Light prepared to do away with the Witches for good by banishing them into the dark realm of Obsidian, Oritel was dragged into the portal with the Witches. Refusing to abandon the only family she now had left, Marion cast a spell to transfer her spirit inside the blade of her husband's sword. Additionally, the overwhelmingly negative energy pouring out from the Obsidian portal sucked in all the surviving inhabitants and froze the realm over.
Inside the realm of Obsidian itself, Marion remained dormant inside Oritel's sword as her husband and the rest of her people were petrified in black stone.
Series
Seasons
Shadowed images of Marion, Daphne and Oritel in Bloom's dream.
Marion is first seen in the episode "Professor Avalon's Secret" in a dream of Bloom's. In this dream, Bloom reaches out to silhouettes of Marion, Oritel and a young Daphne with the arms should have had as a baby. Suddenly, the royal family's crest comes into view as a melody is heard, which causes Bloom to wake up gasping.
The next morning, Bloom tells Professor Avalon about her dream, which he explains was about something that "touched her heart," and agrees to help Bloom discover more of her birth parents and origins when asked.
Later into the episode, Marion's name is shown alongside Oritel's on a crystal containing the Domino Royal Family Tree just about Daphne and Bloom.
In the fifth season, Oritel and Marion were seen for the first time, not counting flashbacks from the first three seasons. In "Test of Courage," she joins the rest of the Domino royal family in giving a celebration for the kingdom's return, and for Sky's bravery in helping to restore Domino in the first movie. It also becomes apparent in this episode, that Marion is an excellent swordswoman, and very agile and skilled in combat.
Oritel & Marion in Season 6.
Movies
After Bloom discovered who and where her parents were, she set out to save them. Bloom, along with Sky and their friends, saved them both. Soon after Domino was restored to its original splendor, Marion released herself from Oritel's sword, and the two reunited with their daughters.
In the end, Oritel promised Bloom that, although they were not there for the first part of her life, they promised to be there for the rest. Marion, finally having contact with Bloom, said that Bloom was a beautiful princess, her little girl, a precious daughter with a good heart and a strong will.
Comics
Winx Club
Marion is first mentioned rather vaguely in the beginning of Issue 97: The Dark Dimension by Bloom after she returns to Gardenia from Domino's royal palace.
Stella tries to ask Bloom how things went as she unpacks wishing to know every little detail of her visit, which prompts Bloom to ask if she would like her to start off with how she tripped over the red carpet or how she completely embarrassed herself in front of a crowd of major dignitaries by forgetting her speech. She then sinks down into her bed, claiming to be a catastrophe of a princess as she ended up doing the one thing she did not want to: disappoint her birth parents, and so Stella tries to bring her friend's spirits back up by assuring her that Oritel and Marion would still be proud of her no matter what she did. She even offers to give Bloom advice on how to behave like a princess should in all occasions until the pair are interrupted when Roxy enters the room to see if Bloom came back from her trip.
Marion and Oritel attending to their injured daughter.
Halfway into the issue, Marion makes her debut after Neruman's ambush on the Winx upon their arrival into the Dark Dimension. She appears very concerned for Bloom alongside Oritel when Bloom suddenly wakes up to find herself mysteriously back in her room at the Domino Royal Palace.
As she tries to make sense of everything, Marion and Oritel explain to Bloom that she had already defeated Neruman but was the only one of the Winx to escape the Dark Dimension successfully, as its portal closed just behind her and trapped the others within it. The Fortress of Light templars were also able to rescue Bloom, bringing her back to Domino, but the rest of the Winx continued to remain trapped in the Dark Dimension with no other way out.
Having heard enough, Bloom springs to her feet with the intent of returning to the Dark Dimension's portal to save her friends, but Marion and Oritel do not wish to lose their daughter a second time. Eventually, after Oritel snaps at Bloom, Marion chimes in, insisting that Bloom's friends are lost forever now and that the Winx Club no longer exists.
Marion and Oritel's imposters trying to prevent Bloom's escape.
Hearing all of this helps Bloom realize that the Marion and Oritel that stand before her are nothing more than imposters, as neither of them would say such horrible things, nor would they ever fear doing the right thing even if it came at a high cost. The two imposters then charge at Bloom, taking hold of her arms to prevent her from escaping. As Bloom struggles to break free, the two imposters reveal their true identities to be that of Neruman's shadows, and Bloom is able to beat them back with the help of her Believix energy and Flora's words.
World of Winx
#164: The Ice Land
Magical Abilities
Marion was defined as being incredibly powerful, even if it is unknown whether she is just a fairy like Bloom or if she had also been a Nymph of Magix like her daughter Daphne had been. She has never been shown with wings.
Marion could also have had the powers of the Dragon's Flame as it has never been revealed in the show who among Marion and Oritel used to be the Keeper of the Dragon Fire before Daphne although it is known that Oritel's sword obtained its power from the Dragon's Flame.
Marion has demonstrated her powers three times, when she transformed Bloom's outfit by magic into an appropriate horse riding one, when she was fighting in a vision of the story of the Company of Light when Bloom entered The Obsidian Circle and also during that vision when Marion used her magic to put herself in the sword of king Oritel.
Trivia
- The names Marion and Mariam are derived from Maria. Originally, the name Maria acted as the feminine counterpart to the Roman name Marius but, once Christianity had spread across the Roman Empire, it became the Latinised form of the name Miriam, the name of the Holy Mother Mary.
- The name Miriam is one of Hebrew origins with various meanings like rebellious, "strong waters," mistress, "exalted one," "wished-for child," "ruling one" and beautiful.
- One particular hypothesis is that the name originates from the Ancient Egyptian words myr (beloved) or mr (love), as the name the way the Ancient Hebrews had spelled the name Meritamen (or Merit-Amun), which means "beloved of the God Amun."
- Marion shares many similarities with Earth Fairy High Queen Morgana as the two were sealed in other realms while their homeworlds were destroyed around the same time. Later, their respective daughters free them from their imprisonments.
- Marion's Nickelodeon voice actress, Larisa Oleynik, also voices Icy.
- Currently, it is unknown as to whether Marion or Oritel was the one born into the Domino Royal Family.
- If Marion's supposed use of the Dragon's Flame turns out to be true, then that would make her the royal heir as the Flame had been entrusted to the royal family since the Great Dragon began its slumber and thus, has been passed down solely from heir to heir. On the other hand, Oritel requires the use of his sword containing a spark of the Flame to actively wields its power.
- One issue of the Winx Club Comic Series even implies that Daphne may have inherited her status as Guardian Nymph of Domino from Marion.
- However, many clues seem to point toward Oritel being the royal heir, from him being the only one who openly bears the royal family's crest to his title as king since, if Marion were the one born into the family, Oritel would never be addressed as king as it would imply that he holds authority over Marion. Additionally, he is the current Keeper of the Book of Fate, which is presumably a duty handed down from heir to heir upon rising to the throne.
- If Marion's supposed use of the Dragon's Flame turns out to be true, then that would make her the royal heir as the Flame had been entrusted to the royal family since the Great Dragon began its slumber and thus, has been passed down solely from heir to heir. On the other hand, Oritel requires the use of his sword containing a spark of the Flame to actively wields its power.
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