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'''Demigods''' were powerful spirit avatars that existed on [[Lorwyn-Shadowmoor|Shadowmoor]]. Tales of each Demigod make up the epic poem ''The Seer's Parables''.
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'''Demigod''' is a [[creature type]] introduced for [[Theros (plane)|Theros]] in ''[[Theros Beyond Death]]''.<ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/deaths-door-part-2-2020-01-06|At Death's Door, Part 2|[[Mark Rosewater]]|January 6, 2020}}</ref> Before that, a group of creatures that were also called demigods were featured in ''[[Shadowmoor]]'' and ''[[Eventide]]'', but were typed as [[Spirit]] [[Avatar]]s.  


==The Seer's Parables==
==Theros==
''The Seer's Parables'' was an epic poem written on the plane [[Lorwyn-Shadowmoor|Shadowmoor]]. The plot details a [[Kithkin|Kithkin ]]resident of Shadowmoor's visit to a Kithkin seer. The Kithkin asks the seer how the world will end, to which the seer replied ''"You are not ready for my answer.Perhaps there are other things,you wish to know?"''.
The Demigods of Theros are beings with partial or lesser divine status, such as a minor [[God|deity]], the offspring of a god and a mortal, or a mortal raised to divine rank.


The Kithkin proceeds to ask the seer several questions about her existence and of life on Shadowmoor. The seer answers each question. The Kithkin's questions and the seer's answer divide the poem into several sections, in each, a legend of one demigod.
The six known Demigods are:
*[[Anax]]
*[[Anikthea]]
*[[Callaphe]]
*[[Daxos]]
*[[Renata]]
*[[Tymaret]]


The sections of ''The Seer's Parable's'' and their respective Demigod are as follows:
==Ravnica==
[[Razia]], the [[parun]] of the [[Boros Legion]], was considered to be a demi-god. However, she was just a powerful [[Angel|archangel]].


'''Evolution''': <c>Overbeing of Myth</c>
==Shadowmoor==
The ''demigods'' of [[Lorwyn–Shadowmoor|Shadowmoor]] were powerful [[spirit]] [[avatar]]s. Tales of each Demigod made up the epic poem ''The Seer's Parables''.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/seers-parables-2008-08-05|The Seer's Parables|[[Rei Nakazawa]]|August 6, 2008}}</ref>


'''Destruction''': <c>Deus of Calamity</c>
===The Seer's Parables===
''The Seer's Parables'' was an epic poem written on the plane Shadowmoor. The plot details a [[Kithkin]] resident of Shadowmoor's visit to a Kithkin seer. The Kithkin asks the seer how the world will end, to which the seer replied ''"You are not ready for my answer. Perhaps there are other things, you wish to know?"''.


'''Bloodthirst''': <c>Demigod of Revenge</c>
The Kithkin proceeds to ask the seer several questions about her existence and of life on Shadowmoor. The seer answers each question. The Kithkin's questions and the seer's answer divide the poem into several sections, in each, a legend of one demigod.


'''Hope''': <c>Oversoul of Dusk</c>
The sections of ''The Seer's Parable's'' and their respective Demigod are as follows:
*'''Evolution''': <c>Overbeing of Myth</c>
*'''Destruction''': <c>Deus of Calamity</c>
*'''Bloodthirst''': <c>Demigod of Revenge</c>
*'''Hope''': <c>Oversoul of Dusk</c>
*'''Warfare''': <c>Nobilis of War</c>
*'''Discord''': <c>Dominus of Fealty</c>
*'''Claw''': <c>Deity of Scars</c>
*'''Dominion''': <c>Godhead of Awe</c>
*'''Decay''': <c>Ghastlord of Fugue</c>
*'''Omens''': <c>Divinity of Pride</c>


'''Warfare''': <c>Nobilis of War</c>
In the section ''Omens'', the Kithkin seer sheds her skin to reveal that she is not a Kithkin at all, and emerges as one of the Demigods, the Divinity of Pride and finally answers the Kithkin's original question, driving the Kithkin insane.
 
'''Discord''': <c>Dominus of Fealty</c>


'''Claw''': <c>Deity of Scars</c>
===Cards in ''Shadowmoor'' and ''Eventide''===
The Demigods are represented as cards in the [[Shadowmoor block]]. Each is a rare creature with the creature type Spirit Avatar. Each Demigod in ''[[Shadowmoor]]'' has a mana cost of {A/B}{A/B}{A/B}{A/B}{A/B} where A and B are allied colors. Each Demigod in [[Eventide]] has a cost of {C/D}{C/D}{C/D}{C/D}{C/D}, where C and D are enemy colors. Each Demigod has an Aura card associated with them in their respective colors.


'''Dominion''': <c>Godhead of Awe</c>
==Ulgrotha==
 
[[Eron]] is revered as a demigod by the [[goblin]]s.
'''Decay''': <c>Ghastlord of Fugue</c>
 
'''Omens''': <c>Divinity of Pride</c>
 
In the section ''Omens'', the Kithkin seer sheds her skin to reveal that she is not a Kithkin at all, and emerges as one of the Demigods, the Divinity of Pride and finally answers the Kithkin's original question, driving the Kithkin insane.


==Cards==
==Notes==
The Demigods are represented as cards in the [[Shadowmoor block]]. Each is a rare creature with the creature type Spirit Avatar. Each Demigod in [[Shadowmoor]] has a mana cost of {A/B}{A/B}{A/B}{A/B}{A/B} where A and B are allied colors. Each Demigod in [[Eventide]] has a cost of {C/D}{C/D}{C/D}{C/D}{C/D}, where C and D are enemy colors.
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Demigod
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type:"Demigod"

Demigod is a creature type introduced for Theros in Theros Beyond Death.[1] Before that, a group of creatures that were also called demigods were featured in Shadowmoor and Eventide, but were typed as Spirit Avatars.

Theros

The Demigods of Theros are beings with partial or lesser divine status, such as a minor deity, the offspring of a god and a mortal, or a mortal raised to divine rank.

The six known Demigods are:

Ravnica

Razia, the parun of the Boros Legion, was considered to be a demi-god. However, she was just a powerful archangel.

Shadowmoor

The demigods of Shadowmoor were powerful spirit avatars. Tales of each Demigod made up the epic poem The Seer's Parables.[2]

The Seer's Parables

The Seer's Parables was an epic poem written on the plane Shadowmoor. The plot details a Kithkin resident of Shadowmoor's visit to a Kithkin seer. The Kithkin asks the seer how the world will end, to which the seer replied "You are not ready for my answer. Perhaps there are other things, you wish to know?".

The Kithkin proceeds to ask the seer several questions about her existence and of life on Shadowmoor. The seer answers each question. The Kithkin's questions and the seer's answer divide the poem into several sections, in each, a legend of one demigod.

The sections of The Seer's Parable's and their respective Demigod are as follows:

In the section Omens, the Kithkin seer sheds her skin to reveal that she is not a Kithkin at all, and emerges as one of the Demigods, the Divinity of Pride and finally answers the Kithkin's original question, driving the Kithkin insane.

Cards in Shadowmoor and Eventide

The Demigods are represented as cards in the Shadowmoor block. Each is a rare creature with the creature type Spirit Avatar. Each Demigod in Shadowmoor has a mana cost of {A/B}{A/B}{A/B}{A/B}{A/B} where A and B are allied colors. Each Demigod in Eventide has a cost of {C/D}{C/D}{C/D}{C/D}{C/D}, where C and D are enemy colors. Each Demigod has an Aura card associated with them in their respective colors.

Ulgrotha

Eron is revered as a demigod by the goblins.

Notes

  1. Mark Rosewater (January 6, 2020). "At Death's Door, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. Rei Nakazawa (August 6, 2008). "The Seer's Parables". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.