District of the Stars: 5x5/Primordial

District of the Stars: Primordial, previously titled District of the Stars: 5x5 (usually shorted to DOTS: 5x5) is the prequel to DOTS: Danger Rally. DOTS: 5x5 focuses on the story of the original "Color Paladins" that eventually shape the timeline of DOTS: Danger Rally, and showing the backstory of the "DOTSverse". DOTS: 5x5 may make an appearance in DOTS: DR as a flashback episode arc, though both are developed as separate stories instead of 5x5 being just the backstory.

Symbol
The symbol for DOTS: 5x5 in Chrisis/the Manaverse is a heart with wings. This alludes to the heart symbol of the entire DOTSverse.

The heart represents the souls of the DOTSverse, which are in a heart shape. The addition of wings represent Iris and Rubra, the two main protagonists of 5x5, who both have wings.

A colored version of the symbol is shown as rainbow colored in a pic of Lazuli, the only true character in Chrisis.

Chris
DOTS: 5x5 is the one of the stories with two Chris variations, Azureus and Callaina. This is also the first non-male Chris variation, as Callaina does not have a set gender and identifies as genderfluid, using both she/her and he/him pronouns.

Both have a blue color scheme, supporting the Chris theme of having blue color schemes, though this is also due to their identities as the Blue and Cyan paladins respectively.

Callaina is also apart of the "squad" of Turquoises, which include DOTS: Danger Rally Turquoise and the canon-but-kinda-uncanon daughter of Cobalt and Rina.

Callaina and Azureus resemble a "left brain right brain", as Callaina is energetic, impulsive, and extroverted while Azureus is peaceful, calculated, and introverted.

Azureus is also infamous for sleeping all the time, as being a paladin does not require anything aside from the consumption of light (whether this be through devouring flowers or absorbing sunlight), thus making him available to sleep all day.

Description
The sort of “prequel” to DOTS: Danger Rally; In the beginnings of Juno, there was Prince Helios, Princess Selene, and the stars. As time goes on after a royal incident between day and night, Prince Helios and Princess Selene get into a fight, driving away the stars and cursing Juno’s skies to be starless, unless the stars ever return. As Helios and Selene argue about who truly drove their extended family and true rulers of the District of the Stars away, a war breaks out between the two of them. As their battles, arguing, and destruction continue throughout the split between the District of the Stars (now separated into the Solar Empire and the Lunar Terrain), Helios and Selene realize they’ve helped create 4 new, “starless” light deities, including 2 of which that create Juno’s ultimate heroes: the original paladins.

List of Characters
Rubra (Red Paladin)

Aurantiaco (Orange Paladin)

Auri (Yellow Paladin)

Viridis (Green Paladin)

Callaina (Cyan Paladin)

Azureus (Blue Paladin)

Violae (Violet Paladin)

Rosea (Magenta Paladin)

Iris Thaumantias

Selas Hyperion

Eris Erebus

Violetta

Arke Thaumantias

Helios Solaris

Selene Lunaris

Cynthia Lunaris

Pandia Lunaris

Asteria

Trivia

 * DOTS: 5x5 features the story on why it is called "District of the Stars" in regards to the DOTSverse. This is due to the war between the Lunar Terrain and Solar Empire, separating the country of the "District of the Stars". The District of the Stars itself is named after a location on Wizard101, Mana's favorite MMO.
 * The original premise of DOTS: 5x5 did not focus on the original paladins, and focused on the previous paladins prior to DOTS: Danger Rally. These paladins would've taken place in an industrial era where a previous version of Marengo Payne was a main villain yet main protagonist. Maren would be destroying magical trees and cause the unused idea of Stardust Valley, an apocalyptic version of the Celestial Kingdom. It would also feature a side plot including a rivalry between the Red Paladin and Blue Paladin. The idea was scrapped because it "felt too much like a war movie" and that the original paladins would be much more important to explore.


 * The unused Blue Paladin of the unused version of DOTS: 5x5 was rebranded and reused for Rivals of Prisma as Prince Zafiro Indigo.
 * While unintentional, the unused Blue Paladin's arc may have eventually become Diem Zephyrdust's, as both are royals with deep regret over their actions that were made for a logical/strategic reason rather than a morally good one.
 * The deities made of the Hyperion Blast have last names referring to their fathers in actual Greek mythology, with the exception of Selas' surname being a reference to his own actual inspiration. Mana felt that the name Hyperion didn't fit as an actual name for him, and instead his first name takes after Selene, coming from "selas" meaning "light".
 * Eris could also be considered named after her inspiration, as Mana wanted a goddess of darkness but felt Nyx was unfitting as the goddess of night (as well as being the name of another, more minor 5x5 character) and being left with Erebus, the true god of darkness.
 * Eris also goes by the names Erebus, Enyo, and Epsilon.
 * Iris and Arke's surname Thaumantias actually refers to the name's literal meaning rather than their father's actual domain. Thaumantias is said to mean "Wonderous One", with Iris having the name as a reference to her miracle of creating the Paladins, Juno's heroes. Due to being siblings, Arke simply shares her sister's surname.


 * The title "5x5" refers to the 10 paladins. The title is a mistake however, as Selas and Eris were meant to be paladins previously but was changed, making only 8 paladins in 5x5. A more accurate title would be 4x4, but Mana is too attached to the title of 5x5.
 * The new title is DOTS: Primordial in order to reference it being the origin story to DOTS: Danger Rally. However, due to the tagging systems on Mana's blogs, the title is still tagged as DOTS: 5x5 and characters tagged as 5x5 ____.