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Melody is the realm of music, for which many of the inhabitants are naturally inclined toward more than other people in the entire Magic Dimension.
Overview
Melody is full of mountains that are surrounded by forests with reddish leaf trees. There is an ocean near Musa's home, in which there exists the Ocean Gate linking Melody to Andros that is guarded by a Selkie named Sonna, as well as the Ruby Reef, which is filled with beautiful corals and a giant enchanted harp created from those corals that allow it to make beautiful music upon being played.
Royalty
The King of Melody appears to be a heavyset man and his clothing is similar to the traditional dress of Earth's Emperor of China, however his appearance differs in the comics. He is the father of Princess Galatea. He and his daughter are present the Sovereign's Council in the Domino Royal Palace during the events of Season 5.
The Queen of Melody appears in Issue 144: The Enchanted Melody during the Festival of Harmony on Melody.
![King Garomius[1] and Princess Galatea on the left.](/wiki/File:Galatea_with_her_father_at_Andros.png "Galatea with her father at Andros.png (3.4 MB)")
![King Garomius'[1] appearance in the comics.](/wiki/File:Garomius-I44-2.png "Garomius-I44-2.png (84 KB)")
Locations
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Series
Season 1
Melody debuts in "Cold Spell" when the Winx were having nightmares. While sleeping, Musa walks around Melody and the lake from season 5 can seen. A Chinese style song is playing. Musa sees her mother and then she disappears.
Season 2
Melody appears in "The Show Must Go On!", where Musa is seen visiting her mother's grave in the realm. She talks to her mother about her doubts, fears, concerns, sadness, and the conflict between her and her father Ho-Boe, who disagrees with Musa's dream to becoming a singer due to fear of potentially losing her like he lost his wife.
The two would eventually reach an understanding and they both visit Matlin's together, sharing a warm hug and looking at the sky, fondly remembering her.
Season 3
Melody is mentioned by Galatea, introducing herself as the Princess of Melody. It is then mentioned again during Valtor and the Trix's attack on Alfea, where Galatea is captured by the Trix and communicates with Musa through low frequency mental waves, in which the latter informs the Winx that this is method of emergency communication used on Melody.
Season 5
A giant coral harp in the ocean of Melody
Melody appears in "Secret of the Ruby Reef", where the Winx solve part of a riddle for the location of the Gem of Empathy. It reminds Musa of her past and time she spent with her mother. After she, Stella and Aisha used their Harmonix, Tritannus - who had forced himself through the Ocean Gate by absorbing the powers of Sonna, appeared and tried to turn Aisha into an monster, but Musa jumped in front of the ray and was turned into a monster instead.
Being chased by Musa through the ocean, Stella and Aisha hid in an cave and Lemmy got an idea of making Musa bond with Sonna to restore her to her original form. While Stella distracted Musa, Aisha got Sonna along with Lemmy.
Young Musa with her mother on Melody
Sonna and Musa met rather dramatically and suddenly but Musa got her original form back and Sonna got her powers back. After this, they traveled nearby to the Ruby Reef and Musa found the coral harp and played her mother's song.
Melody appears again in "The Singing Whales". After Musa told Riven how much she missed her mother and his sudden need to leave, Musa reveals that it is the Singing Whales Day and calls her father. Ho-Boe answers and he shows Musa the whales.
The singing whales are bewitched.
After Tritannus successfully takes the seal from the Pillar of Balance, imbalance began to displace itself amongst the magic dimension. Feeling abandoned from Icy and Tritannus, Darcy and Stormy stage their own evil deed - kidnapping the singing whales of Melody.
When the Winx enter the Infinite Ocean, the singing whales appear, bewitched by Darcy and Stormy, and are ordered to finish them off. As the Winx get ready to defend themselves against them, Musa reveals that the whales are vital to Melody's survival. Musa then sings her mother's song and relinquishes them from the Trix's spell and the whales return to Melody.
The Winx return later to Melody and Musa joins her father and pines for her mother, thinking of using her Sirenix wish to bring her back but decides not to. Musa and her friends then return home and the whales wave goodbye to her.
Season 6
When the Winx and Daphne receive an invitation to the Golden Auditorium from Diletta, Selina summons the Pandemonium Sprites to attack them. However, Musa and Tecna found a way to defeat them and earned their Bloomix.
Season 8
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Season 7
Books
In Fairy Insider, it says that "Ludwig van Boothaven" is a famous composer from Melody that composed the Number Five and Half symphony.
Trivia
- Melody was inspired by various East Asian cultures and its inhabitants have features similar to those of the inhabitants of East Asia on Earth.
- The clothing worn by king Garomius is based on the court robes of ancient Emperors of China. Musa's ball dress and the dress worn by Matlin's holographic projection in Season 1 are based on traditional Chinese clothing.
- The clothing and hairstyle of Matlin from Season 2 are based on traditional Japanese clothing, as is the clothing of Musa in her flashbacks of when she was a child in Season 5.
- Melody's architecture is very similar to traditional East Asian architecture.
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