Solimante is a character that exclusively appears within the Winx Club Comic Series. He makes his debut in Issue 7: The School for Witches as the owner of a bazaar in Magix City. He is later revealed to be an old friend of a retired composer named Sifelius in Issue 33.
Appearance
Solimante is a portly old man with a light skin tone, dark grey eyes and grey hair that is tied into a ponytail. He also has long mustache and beard that connects to his hair via his sideburns.
His civilian outfit is composed of a red cap, a bright yellow shirt and a green/turquoise coat and pants. Solimante shoes vary from red to gold and he can be seen wearing gold earrings in Issue 7.
Personality
Solimante does not like leaving his bazaar. He is shown to be very kind and considerate. Before meting Musa, he used to have prejudice against young people. Solimante also gets offended easily as he was shown arguing with Musa twice over his own actions and words.
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In "The School for Witches", The Trix rented Solimante's bazaar for a day or two in order to proceed with their plan on tricking Stella and opening a forbidden book.
Solimante's bazaar stays in the neighborhood closest to the Cloud Tower. After the Trix left behind the forbidden book because of their failed scheme, Solimante assume the Trix left it there as a present for him, and leaves the book on a shelf, envisaging to sell it for Professor Bittersmoke.
Musa was looking for an present for her father, but everything in Solimante's shop was too expensive. Solimante and Musa debates on younger people's consideration toward old people. Solimante finds Musa's words very honorable and comforting, and apologizes for unintentionally offending her. The old shopkeeper then suggests to Musa on going to see Sifelius.
After returning from Siefelius, Musa accuses Solimante of sending her there deliberately, to which he gets upset with her sudden accusation but ends up confessing.
Sifelius is Solimante's old friend. He was depressed, neglecting himself and his house, and he would not listen to anyone's advice after his wife's death. Solimante hopped that seeing a new face could help Siefelius. Musa says that she would love to help but would not know what to do, but Solimante reminds her that since she is studding to become a fairy, perhaps she might have learned just enough to do it.Trivia
- He is shown owning manifold bazaars in different issues.
- In Issue 7, Solimate refers to his bazaar as his home.