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The | {{Infobox artifact | ||
|image=Godsend.jpg | |||
|origin=[[Theros (plane)|Theros]] | |||
|creator=[[Heliod]] | |||
|user=[[Elspeth]], [[Heliod]] | |||
|status=Destroyed, and reformed | |||
}}{{Otheruses}} | |||
The '''Godsend''' was the swordspear that was wielded by [[Elspeth Tirel]] on [[Theros (plane)|Theros]]. | |||
Once upon a time, when the [[ | ==History== | ||
Once upon a time, when the [[God]] [[Purphoros]] raised arms against Heliod, he crafted the '''Sword of Chaos''' which was capable of damaging the substance of [[Nyx]]. When Heliod and Purphoros clashed, it damaged the celestial resting place of [[Polukranos]], World Eater, and the [[hydra]] fell to Theros where it was sealed by [[Nylea]] and Heliod under the [[Theros (plane)#The Nessian Wilds|Nessian Forest]]. | |||
At the moment of the clash, Elspeth just | At the moment of the clash, Elspeth had just planeswalked to Theros for the first time. She saw the Sword of Chaos falling from the sky, grasped it, and planeswalked away. When she returned to Theros, ten years later, Heliod was angry at her at first. But when the god realized she might be the Champion of the Sun reborn he reforged the sword into the Godsend. Elspeth used her new weapon to defeat the awakened Polukranos. | ||
Journeying into [[Nyx]], Elspeth also defeated [[Xenagos]], stabbing him with Godsend. But as a "reward", Heliod told her that no champion should know more than her god, and because she knew and had seen places he didn't know, he stabbed her with the sword spear, which shattered afterward. Dying, Elspeth became confined to the Underworld of [[Erebos]]. A deathmask was forged for her, using the two jewels of Godsend. | |||
After she escaped from the Underworld and her ascension into an [[Angel|Archangel]], Elspeth conjured a facsimile of the Sword of Chaos, with a blade cloaked in crackling golden energy.<ref name="Divine">{{DailyRef|magic-story/episode-7-divine-intervention|''March of the Machine'' - Episode 7: Divine Intervention|[[K. Arsenault Rivera]]|March 23, 2023}}</ref> Though this new Godsend is implied to lack the god-killing power of the original, Elspeth favors it and considers it reliable, using it to channel her newfound angelic power. | |||
===Trivia=== | |||
*The weapon is a literal ''godsend'', as in it was sent by a god, but it's also a ''god's end''. | |||
==In-game references== | |||
{{In-game | |||
|cards= | |||
*<c>Godsend</c> | |||
|art= | |||
*<c>Archangel Elspeth</c> | |||
*<c>Elspeth's Smite</c> | |||
}} | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Theros: Godsend, Part I]] | *[[Jenna Helland]] (2014), "''[[Theros: Godsend, Part I]]''", [[Wizards of the Coast]] | ||
* [[Journey into Nyx: Godsend, Part II]] | *[[Jenna Helland]] (2014), "''[[Journey into Nyx: Godsend, Part II]]''", [[Wizards of the Coast]] | ||
==References== | |||
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Latest revision as of 12:21, 20 June 2024
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| Characteristics | |
| Origin | Theros |
| Creator | Heliod |
| User | Elspeth, Heliod |
| Status | Destroyed, and reformed |
- For other uses, see Godsend (disambiguation).
The Godsend was the swordspear that was wielded by Elspeth Tirel on Theros.
History
Once upon a time, when the God Purphoros raised arms against Heliod, he crafted the Sword of Chaos which was capable of damaging the substance of Nyx. When Heliod and Purphoros clashed, it damaged the celestial resting place of Polukranos, World Eater, and the hydra fell to Theros where it was sealed by Nylea and Heliod under the Nessian Forest.
At the moment of the clash, Elspeth had just planeswalked to Theros for the first time. She saw the Sword of Chaos falling from the sky, grasped it, and planeswalked away. When she returned to Theros, ten years later, Heliod was angry at her at first. But when the god realized she might be the Champion of the Sun reborn he reforged the sword into the Godsend. Elspeth used her new weapon to defeat the awakened Polukranos.
Journeying into Nyx, Elspeth also defeated Xenagos, stabbing him with Godsend. But as a "reward", Heliod told her that no champion should know more than her god, and because she knew and had seen places he didn't know, he stabbed her with the sword spear, which shattered afterward. Dying, Elspeth became confined to the Underworld of Erebos. A deathmask was forged for her, using the two jewels of Godsend.
After she escaped from the Underworld and her ascension into an Archangel, Elspeth conjured a facsimile of the Sword of Chaos, with a blade cloaked in crackling golden energy.[1] Though this new Godsend is implied to lack the god-killing power of the original, Elspeth favors it and considers it reliable, using it to channel her newfound angelic power.
Trivia
- The weapon is a literal godsend, as in it was sent by a god, but it's also a god's end.
In-game references
- Represented in:
- Depicted in:
See also
- Jenna Helland (2014), "Theros: Godsend, Part I", Wizards of the Coast
- Jenna Helland (2014), "Journey into Nyx: Godsend, Part II", Wizards of the Coast
References
- ↑ K. Arsenault Rivera (March 23, 2023). "March of the Machine - Episode 7: Divine Intervention". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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