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Encantadia is a daily fantasy soap opera for primetime television (telefantasya). It was hailed as grandest, most ambitious, and utterly expensive production made for television to hit Philippine primetime. It's premier telecast dated May 2 2005 was broadcasted on GMA, The Kapuso Network

The series created by GMA Network and an assemblage of creative team featured comprehensive storytelling, magnificent visual effects, a wide array of detailed costumes, extensive set designs built on Philippine cinema's first ever sound stage and an ensemble cast of brilliant actors.

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Plot

Encantadia is a term coined from the Pilipino word encantada or encantado which means enchanted beings endowed with supernatural abilities.

In the show, Encantadia is a vast enchanted realm comprising of four divided kingdoms where different mythical entities thrive. These four kingdoms bear the four precious stones that holds the land's balance. The kingdom of Adamya, Sapiro, Lireo, and Hathoria. The tranquility and future of Encantadia rests on the four gemstones of water, earth, wind and fire; each being carefully kept by the bearers from each kingdom.

But when the Hathors, from the kingdom of Hathoria threatened to accumulate all the gems from the other bearers, hostility and war swept over the realm. It's a battle of three kingdoms against one.

One of the most significant beginnings of the tale is the entwined linkage of Encantadia to the mortal realm through the Asnamon Tree, a century-aged tree serving as the gateway to both world. The pilot episode established the account of one of the lead protagonists, Amihan. In here, she and her father Raquim lived a mortal existence. But she discovers her enchanted nature and her ability to control the wind. Soon she realized that her father is in fact a prince. And all of Encantadia is told to young Amihan.

Her fathers death to the hands of the gruesome Hathorian leader, Hagorn, triggered an early consciousness to fight. She is whisked away into Encantadia reuniting with her biological mother, Ynang Reyna and her enchanted sisters. Amihan is on a road to self-discovery and finding out her true heritage.

As time goes by, Amihan grows up and learns all about her people and the land of Encantadia. She learns how to speak the language and how to act like a Sang'gre (a diwata or fairy of royal blood). And she is seen as the most likely candidate for the throne of Lireo, which upsets her sister, Pirena, who is convinced that her mother is playing favorites and loves Amihan more than all her other children.

The four Sang'gres soon grow up. Amihan grows up mature and motherly. Pirena lets her anger and jealousy get the best of her and thus grows up bitter, cunning and deceitful. Alena grows up innocent, beautiful and demure as ever, and her beauty gets her quite a few suitors, including Ybarro/Ybrahim. Danaya grows up into a strong-willed, rebellious, albeit militaristic woman with a soft spot for nature.

The time came when it was time to change the queen. Minea, after having consulted her advisors, told her daughters to prepare for the test. Pirena later overheard Minea talking with Imao that she wish either of her three daughters, excempting Pirena, would become queen. She still told some about Pirena's "blood" (she still didn/t talk about it clearly and it even mystified wise Imao) and that she is sorry that Pirena won/t be able to fulfill her ambition but Pirena was already gone this time, angry and hurt with questions on her mind.

The test for the sister is to fight a cloaked warrior.The goal is to take the "key" the the warrior holds.The cloaked figure wear a white cloak with a brown face covering (the attire is, intriguingly, of a common Sapirian warrior) and wears a key as a pendant.Danaya went first and it was her battle that was most difficult (she even stepped on traps). Defeated, she went home sulking. Alena went next and also succumbed to defeat but she was just happy about it(to everyones puzzlement). Next went Amihan. When the enemy proved to be strong, Pirena joined in and together they fought it forcing it to retreat to the woods. In their pursual, Amihan fell of a cliff, Pirena then tried to save her but then remembering that it would ruin her every dream in live, she kicked Amihan's hand, letting her fall down. The cloaked warrior flew down rescuing the fairy. It was this moment that Amihan and saw the warriors face. It was her mother and she stated that she would know since her mothers love would always show through, despite of any sort of disguise. Now back on the cliff, both of them safe

By this time Pirena has joined the Hathorians and is plotting with them against Amihan. Since she sees the newborn Princess Lira as a major hindrance, she "kidnaps" the baby and tried to kill her, however she fails because the baby surrounded her self with a wind-like shield (one of Amihan's favorite techniques) and her dagger just won't hurt the baby so instead she sends her to the mortal realm through the Tree of Asnamon. She then replaces the real Princess Lira with her own child.

The real Lira is adopted by a poor couple and they name her "Milagros" (because once their hut catched fire but to everyones amazement the found the baby still safe even after the hut fell down). Because of a railroad accident that killed her foster father, Mila, as she is now known, not only grows up poor, but hated and abused by her foster mother, who blames the accident on Mila, and her spoiled-rotten daughter.

When she grows up she finds a job as a maid for a ricn family, headed by the overbearing, bitchy Carmen, and her son Anthony (whom Mila once met when they were kids and they ran away together for a while). And though Mila and Anthony reunite and strengthen their relationship, not as friends, but as lovers, Mila has to endure the torture her adoptive mother and mistress put her through, along with the taunting of her nemesis, spoiled, scheming Marge. There are also the problems of the manifestation of her powers, and a thought that haunts her everyday: the thought that she might have a screw loose, because she sees things that, though real, cannot be seen and are deemed fictitious by humans.

Meanwhile in Encantadia, Pirena goes on with her diabolical plans which affect both her family and all the diwatas in general. Some of these include:

- Disguising herself (because she has shapeshifting abilities) as Bathala (a Philippine mythical god) and showing herself (as Bathala) to Alena, urging her to give up her gem of water to "ease her pains" and to stop thinking about his lover (Alena thinks Ybarro is dead after a fight and is stricken with grief), causing Alena to temporarily lose her memory. She did this while Alena was contemplating of suicide and was emotionally unstable. She later disguised herself as a dead Alena whom her sisters grieved upon and burned on a funeral pyre while the real Alena was taken away by Bardano (this is the reason why she's not present in the funeral, though no one would be suspecting anyway for they are all sad).

- Disguising herself as Danaya and making an attempt on Amihan's life, which leads to the real Danaya's exile. At first Amihan won't believe but she later changed her mind. Pirena' plan would have been foiled when Akim told Amihan that it was possibly Pirena, remembering an event when someone, disguised as him, entered the treasury and stole the fire gem. However when they looked up Pirena in her room, they found her (whoever it was) peacefully sleeping.

- Lying to her daughter (now known as Lira) about Mila, whom Lira has befriended, making up lies that Mila is a remaining member of a cursed royal clan that is banished unto the mortal realm and would be a barrier to Lira's ascension to the throne. She then encouraged Lira to kill Mila but Lira failed to do this on the last minute because she loved her friend. When Anthony suddenly came in (Lira hid) she realized Mila was the girl that Anthony was talking about and felt that she should have really killed her. She later told Pirena that if she (Pirena) want to get rid of Mila, she have to use her own ends for she have no interest of seeing Mila again.

Now Danaya, who has been wrongfully banished from Lireo comes upon the Tree of Asnamon, and, seeing Lira open the portal, decides to follow. She lands in Carmen's backyard and first meets Mila, but is soon driven out by Carmen and her stooge. Because she is not familiar with the mortal world and its laws, she strikes people who anger her for whatever reason and thus gets into a couple of run-ins with the police. In the mortal world, she meets another diwata, Muyak (who has been gone for something like 18 years to watch over Mila). At first, Danaya doesn't recognize Muyak, but she soon remembers Muyak and they set off on a quest to find Mila.

A bullet wound, a trip to the hospital, and a failed attempt to convice Mila she is a diwata later, they decide to go back to Encantadia but realize that the portal is closed. They are stuck in the mortal world.

The story is still running its course, and this article will be added onto as the series progresses.

The Kingdoms

Adamya

Situated in the Southern tip, the Kingdom of Adamya is the home of the the little people. Small yet intelligent creatures called the Adamians. The kingdom is headed by its wise and faithful ruler Imaw, who is the keeper of the water gem.

Sapiro

On the North is the Kingdom of Sapiro. The land of great valiant and cunning warriors, the Sapirians. A vast kingdom under the rule of King Armeo and his queen who bears the future heir Prince Ybrahim. This is the kingdom where Prince Raquim, King Armeo's cousin and Amihan's father, hails. Armeo is the keeper of the earth gem.

Lireo

The land of the goddesses and fairies is the Kingdom of Lireo, bounded on the east. It's ruler is Minea or dearly called Ynang Reyna (Queen mother). She is the keeper of the wind gem and mother to the four elemental goddesses who will carry the magic that the four jewels bear.

Hathoria

On the western border is the Kingdom of Hathoria where the greedy, viscious and power-famished Hathors abound. It is home to orcs and dangerous beings, bounded by treacherous terrains and taverns. After the Hathorian King died, it's successor Hagorn took hold and embarked on what was to be the battle cry for Encantadia's chaotic era.