“I like to imagine that Ephedians are descended from a colony of fairies from the Magic Dimension (Winx Club) that evolved to have a different kind of magic system that worked with crystals found on Ephedia. Over time, their basic fairy forms lost their wings and became dependent on outside magic (Ephedian crystals) and Enchantix changed into Shanila (easier to attain and way more powerful, but harder to immediately access and possibly harder to use).”