Alena (Encantadia)

Alena is a character and one of the protagonists of the Encantadia series, written by Suzette Doctolero. The Encantadia franchise, consisting of four series Encantadia (2005), Etheria (2005-06), Encantadia: Pag-ibig Hanggang Wakas (2006), and Encantadia (2016), is primarily focused on Alena's journey towards finding a true love and building a family. Alena is portrayed by actress Karylle on the first 3 series, and in the spin-off movie Mulawin: The Movie, while Gabbi Garcia portrayed the character in the 2016 series of the same name.
In Encantadia, Alena is the third daughter of Minea, the Queen of Lireo to a sapiryan named Enuo. Alena was known as the Keeper of the Gem of Water. Unlike her sister Pirena, she is not aspiring to become the Queen of Lireo, but rather find her true love and build a family, through Ybarro (Ybrrahim), the prince of Sapiro. She had two offspring, Kahlil and Armea. In the end, she ascended the throne of Sapiro and continued her reign until Etheria (2006). She was then succeeded by her daughter Armea in Encantadia: Pag-ibig Hanggang Wakas (2006).
Concept and creation
Encantadia is a spin-off of Mulawin. In Mulawin, a similar character named Linang (portrayed by Sheryl Cruz) was Encantadia's diwata of water and could be considered as the first version of the character. Linang however had a lovechild from a Mulawin named Mulagat.
The story unfolds in Lireo, the kingdom where Queen Mine-a lives with her daughters Amihan, Alena, Danaya, and Pirena. The four Sangg'res are tasked to be the new keepers of the brilyantes. Their skills in war and their powers as the royalty of the diwatas are believed to be the strength of Lireo. As long as the gemstones are kept properly, the balance of nature in Encantadia remains.
Background
Alena is the third of the four daughters of Mine-a and her first daughter with Enuo. She is known to have an everlasting beauty and powerful voice that can hypnotize anyone. She is the most romantic of the four Sang'gres and is not an aspirant of any throne in Encantadia.
Appearances
Encantadia (2005)
Alena never desired to be queen, because she knew what her mother had to sacrifice in the name of her duty for Lireo. Alena has captured the heart of a common warrior named Ybarro who happened to be the lost prince of Sapiro Kingdom. But their love story was not to be without an antagonist. That role easily fell in the hands of Hitano, one of Lireo's soldiers who abducted her after Pirena erased all her memories. Pirena tricked Alena by disguising as "Bathalang Emre" so she can obtain the water gem and instructed Hitano to take her sister away from Lireo. Pirena managed to convince Amihan and Danaya that their sister was already dead, a part of her plan to overthrow Amihan as the Queen of Lireo.
Etheria (2005-06)
A prophecy by Ether was established a long time ago that if the last keen of the diwatas was born, the fallen Kingdom of Etheria will rise again. When Cassandra, granddaughter of Amihan was born, the prophecy became true and the fallen Kingdom poses a threat to now peaceful Encantadia. Alena with her three sisters went back to the past to revert the prophecy by changing the history. Alena headed their fight against the four Herans of Etheria in which they gain victory with the help of the "Inang brilyante".
Encantadia: Pag-ibig Hanggang Wakas (2006)
Because of the defeat of the Etherians, Ether flew around her kingdom which was all destroyed to find the Four herans. She found them all and kept their spirits in a crystal ball and brought them to the future. The Crystal ball broke and their spirits became free. They practiced fighting and planned to steal the four gems so Etheria may once again rise back in glory. Alena fought against the Etherians once again to keep the gems in their territory. She had another offspring with King Ybrahim named Armea. After the fight between them and the Etherians, Alena was succeeded by her daughter Armea as the Queen of Sapiro and believed to have vanished with her other sisters.
Encantadia (2016)
The 2016 series is a reboot (often called as requel or retelling-sequel) to the 2005 fantasy series with the same name. It is the fourth series of the Encantadia franchise and is 11 years apart from the third one. Unlike in the 2005 show where Alena had a spear as her weapon, the 2016 Alena now carries a pilum (or javelin) named Agos and also the powerful Adhara's staff, named Lupig.<ref name="Rap" />

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