Episode 1

If you missed the pilot episode of “Etheria,” don’t panic, mga Kapuso. Here is what happened on Day One.

In the beginning Ybrahim told Cassandra the story of Encantadia based on the writings of Raquim.

The story goes back to when the Diwatas, the Sapiryans, the Adamyans, the Hathors and the Etherians lived in a magical land. Etheria was once known as the most powerful kingdom of Encantadia while the Diwatas were the weakest and were treated like slaves.

There were four tribes that lived in Etheria: the Hera Volo under Cilatus and his daughter Juvila, the Hera Sensa under Barkus and his children Andora and Animus, the Hera Aega under Asna’n and Odessa, and the Hera Andal under Avria and her daughter Mine-a.

Avria ruled the tribes and was their queen. But Avria’s husband, Memen, took a lovely Diwata, Ornia, as his partner. Shamed by the betrayal, Avria ordered her husband and Ornia to death. But the guards of Etheria failed to find the two.

Avria ordered the Diwatas killed, hoping that it would force the Diwatas to produce Menen. Menen and Ornia were hiding in Sapiro under the care of Asval who urged the two not to surrender to Avria.

Ornia got pregnant and gave birth to Cassiopea, who was prophesied to be the savior of the Diwatas. Avria, however, wanted her daughter, Mine-a, to be the ruler of Encantadia.

Mine-a disguised herself as a Diwata and looked for Cassiopea. But she had to pass through Raquim, the current prince of Sapiro.

The story continues tonight on Etheria, after Extra Challenge.