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Ophelia is a former first-year student at Starling Academy. She appears in Leona's Unlucky Mission, Vega and the Fashion Disaster, and Scarlet Discovers True Strength as a replacement for Scarlet. She appears in later books as a regular Starling. While she attended Starling Academy, Ophelia started out in a single dorm before becoming roommates with Leona after joining the Star Darlings.
Personality[]
Ophelia is described as "completely clueless" and "hopelessly unprepared" for her mission. She is timid, sweet, and very quiet, but has no wish-granting potential at all and doesn't know even the basics. Scarlet thinks of her as generic and easy to lose in a crowd.
Appearance[]
Ophelia has springy yellow-orange hair (light cerise in the web series) tied in pigtails, and many freckles. Her physical appearance is shown a bit in the sixth chapter of Cassie Comes Through, as there is an emoji of her in that chapter. Her wish pendant is a thick metal bracelet studded with yellow star shaped jewels.
Story[]
Scarlet Discovers True Strength[]
In Scarlet Discovers True Strength, Ophelia is chosen for a Wish Mission but fails to even find her Wisher. Scarlet helps her find her Wisher, Arden, and together they grant her wish to not be afraid of butterflies. It's then revealed that her and Scarlet's results were mixed, meaning she isn't a Star Darling after all--which Ophelia is very relieved to hear.
Cassie Comes Through[]
In Cassie Comes Through, Ophelia claims that she is an orphan and grew up in an orphanage. Cassie suspects her of the wrongdoing at the academy, thinking her being clueless to be an act, but when the girls go to her room they find Ophelia missing.
Astra's Mixed-Up Mission[]
Ophelia reveals the truth about how she had her stars set on going to Starling Academy but her grades weren't so stellar so she failed the entrance exam. However, she somehow managed to get an interview, which didn't go too well either and she was devastated. Then she got a holo-communication from the school saying that there was a spot open for a special student, an orphan. They couldn't find one, so Ophelia just needed to pretend she was an orphan if she wanted to go. She thought it was strange but just did as she was told.
Once she arrived at Starling Academy she got a message every morning from Lady Stella (who was really Rancora in disguise) that told her what to do: Act like a sad orphan, report back on everything the Star Darlings said and did, and make friends with Leona. After telling the girls the story, Ophelia apologized for lying to them and made a joke about how good of an actress she is, causing Scarlet to call her a "regular old Rancora."
Powers and Abilities[]
Starling Physiology[]
Being a Starling, Ophelia possesses all of the natural traits that the species has.
- Wish Energy Manipulation - Ophelia harnesses positive wish energy for most of her abilities, although she is often described as being very poor at using wish energy.
- Energy Blasts - As displayed in The Power of Twelve, wish energy can be used to fire streams, bursts, orbs, and waves of offensive power against opponents.
- Force Fields - Demonstrated in the above special, Sage can conjure shields as defense.
- Extended Lifespan - In Scarlet Discovers True Strength, it’s confirmed that Starlings can live for thousands of years, as Mira’s grandmother is over thousands of years old. Before that, in Leona's Unlucky Mission it was hinted that a few decades wasn’t too long in comparison to Starling lifespans. However, they do not have eternal youth, as Professor Elara Ursa is stated to be among one of the oldest wish granters and has clearly aged in a similar manner to a wishling elder.
- Disease Immunity - In Scarlet Discovers True Strength, it states that the wish energy surrounding Starlings keeps them from contracting illnesses.
- Superhuman Knowledge - In Leona's Unlucky Mission, Starlings are shown to be nigh-perfect at mathematics from birth. Astra's Mixed-Up Mission also implies that Starlings are the same way towards towards literature and similar subjects such as language and grammar.
Wish Mission Signature Powers[]
The Star Darlings each gain a power that is meant to assist with carrying out their wish missions. It is unknown if this is exclusive to them, or if they only work on Wishworld, as Adora uses hers to heal Vega in the The Power of Twelve.
- Unknown - It is unclear whether or not Ophelia possesses one. As both her and Scarlet never had to use a Wish Mission Signature Power in Scarlet Discovers True Strength, it seems unlikely that her powers will be revealed in the future
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Ophelia is based after the unofficial thirteenth zodiac sign, Ophiuchus.
- Ophiuchus is between Scorpio and Sagittarius in the night sky, hence why she temporarily replaces Scarlet specifically.
- Ophelia's name is of Greek origin and means benefit. Ophelia is also the name of a character in Shakespeare's Hamlet, who due to the titular character's actions becomes mad and drowns to death.