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'''Elenda of Garrano''', also known as '''the first vampire''' and '''Saint Elenda''' is the legendary ancestor of the [[vampire]]s of the [[Legion of Dusk]] on [[Ixalan (plane)|Ixalan]].<ref name="Explore Ixalan">[https://magic.wizards.com/en/story/planes/ixalan Explore the Planes: Ixalan]</ref><ref name="The Race 1">{{NewRef|magic-story/race-part-1-2017-10-11|The Race, Part 1|[[R&D Narrative Team]]|October 11, 2017}}</ref>  
{{Infobox character
|image=Elendra.jpg
|birthplace=[[Ixalan]]
|lifetime= [[Mending Era]]
|race=[[Vampire]]
|colors={{mana|W}}<br>{{mana|B}} (formerly)
}}
'''Elenda of Garrano''', also known as '''the first vampire,''' the '''Dusk Rose''' or '''Black Rose''',<ref name="LCI Episode 5">{{DailyRef|magic-story/the-lost-caverns-of-ixalan-episode-5|''The Lost Caverns of Ixalan'' - Episode 5|[[Valerie Valdes]]|October 20, 2023}}</ref> and '''Saint Elenda the Venerable''' is the legendary ancestor of the [[vampire]]s of the [[Legion of Dusk]] on [[Ixalan (plane)|Ixalan]].<ref name="Explore Ixalan">[https://magic.wizards.com/en/story/planes/ixalan Explore the Planes: Ixalan]</ref><ref name="The Race 1">{{DailyRef|magic-story/race-part-1-2017-10-11|The Race, Part 1|[[R&D Narrative Team]]|October 11, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Questions">{{DailyRef|feature/ten-burning-questions-ixalan-story-2017-10-25|Ten Burning Questions from the Ixalan Story|[[Chas Andres]]|October 25, 2017}}</ref>  


She is described by [[Mavvren Fein]] as being nine feet tall with hair like a raven's wings and nails like lightning's edge.<ref name="The Race 1"/>
==Appearance and character==
Elenda has been described by [[Mavren Fein]] as being nine feet tall with hair like a raven's wings and nails like lightning's edge,<ref name="The Race 1"/> but in truth, she is of average height, with long curling locks and a youthful face that belies the deadly nature of her kind.<ref name="Glimpse Sun"/> She has a wisp of gray in her long dark hair, and a gentle spray of freckles across the bridge of her nose.<ref name="Pawns"/> She carries herself with the posture of royalty. Her eyes glow a soft, warm gold, and her voice is light and quiet. The thin light of a crown of beads appears to float behind the back of her head, the sign of a Venerable. She is left-handed.<ref name="Left">{{TwitterRef|jay13x|1754599335755391159|author=[[Jay Annelli]]|title=Elenda is shown wielding her sword in combat as a lefty|date=February 5, 2024}}</ref>


Elenda was born mortal, a warrior nun charged with her brothers and sisters of faith to guard the [[Immortal Sun]] in the mountains of [[Torrezon]]. The monastery was raided by [[List of secondary characters/Ixalan|Pedron the Wicked]] who killed most of its occupants. Elenda survived and ran outside to fight Pedron, but the Immortal Sun had been stolen from the fiend by a winged beast in the sky. The beast took the Immortal Sun to the west, and Elenda followed it.
Elenda has the magical ability to travel by vanishing into a dark slice in the air.<ref name="Glimpse Sun"/>


In the west, Elenda to dark magic and took on the burden of immortality until the Immortal Sun could be retrieved once again. She searched for centuries and returned to Torrezon to teach her Rite to the nobles so that they could take up the sacrifice and join her in her search. Mavvren Fein was one of her early converts. Long ago, he watched as she sailed back into the west. She has never bee seen since.<ref name="Explore Ixalan"/>
==History==
===Warrior nun===
Elenda was born mortal, a warrior nun charged with her brothers and sisters of faith to guard the [[Immortal Sun]] in the mountains of [[Torrezon]]. The monastery was raided by [[Pedron|Pedron the Wicked]] who killed most of its occupants. Elenda survived and ran outside to fight Pedron, but the Immortal Sun had been stolen from the fiend by a [[Azor|winged beast]] in the sky. The beast took the Immortal Sun to the west, and Elenda followed it.
 
===Vampire===
In the west, Elenda resorted to dark magic and took on the burden of immortality until the Immortal Sun could be retrieved once again.<ref name="Guide 2">{{DailyRef|feature/planeswalkers-guide-ixalan-part-2-2017-11-08|Planeswalker's Guide to Ixalan, Part 2|[[R&D Narrative Team]]|November 8, 2017}}</ref>  She searched for centuries and returned to Torrezon to teach her Rite to the nobles so that they could take up the sacrifice and join her in her search. Mavren Fein was one of her early converts. Long ago, he watched as she sailed back into the west. She had never been seen since.<ref name="Explore Ixalan"/>
 
===Return===
It turned out that Elenda had found the Immortal Sun at [[Orazca]], but the city had been deserted and was heavily protected. Awaiting the awakening of the city, she put herself in an enchanted sleep in a tomb of the [[List of gods and deities|bat-god]] [[Aclazotz]].<ref name="Glimpse Sun">{{DailyRef|magic-story/glimpse-far-side-sun-2018-01-17|Glimpse the Far Side of the Sun|[[R&D Narrative Team]]|January 17, 2018}}</ref> This event had been preserved as the tale of "The Bat of the East" in the [[Sun Empire]]. When [[Kumena]] awoke the city, Elenda reappeared as well. She first met the planeswalkers [[Angrath]] and [[Huatli]], and was appalled to hear that the [[Legion of Dusk]] had become cruel invaders in her absence. She had left the Church with the knowledge of the ritual to take on her burden, learn humility, and search for salvation for all. She decided to teach them what they had forgotten.<ref name="Glimpse Sun"/>
 
Elenda arrived in the <c>Sanctum of the Sun</c> to see the Immortal Sun vanish. [[Mavren Fein]] asked her aid to retrieve it again, but Elenda refused, telling the vampire that they were finally free from their ancient duty. An angry and confused [[Vona]] asked her why she had left them and denied them immortality. Elenda answered that immortality was not the purpose of her gift, but protection. Deference to forces greater than themselves and humility would lead them to salvation, not the Immortal Sun. She said that she had found the sun and decided to become its sentinel within the Golden City while awaiting the arrival of other members of her order. She asked to be brought to Queen [[Miralda]]. Vona denied her, but Mavren Fein punished her for speaking ill of the living saint. After reprimanding Vona, the three left.<ref name="tell story">{{DailyRef|archive/magic-story/who-tells-stories-2018-02-07|Who Tells the Stories|[[R&D Narrative Team]]|February 2, 2018}}</ref>
 
After returning to Torrezon, Elenda began preaching a message of humility  and restraint that some of her vampiric brethren, such as [[Vito]], refused to heed.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/lore-core-set-2021-cards-2020-06-08|The Lore of Core Set 2021 on the Cards|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|June 8, 2020}}</ref><ref name="LCI Episode 2">{{DailyRef|magic-story/the-lost-caverns-of-ixalan-episode-2|''The Lost Caverns of Ixalan'' - Episode 2|[[Valerie Valdes]]|October 20, 2023}}</ref>
 
Elenda fought alongside [[Azor]] in defense of Ixalan during [[New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse]].
 
===Lost Caverns of Ixalan===
A year after the Invasion, Saint Elenda and a cadre of soldiers travel to the continent of Ixalan where they meet with Huatli, her partner [[Saheeli Rai]] and [[Caztaca Huicintli]], aunt of the current child emperor of the Sun Empire, to negotiate an alliance.<ref name="Pawns">{{DailyRef|magic-story/the-lost-caverns-of-ixalan-pawns|''The Lost Caverns of Ixalan'' - Pawns|[[Miguel Lopez]]|October 20, 2023}}</ref>  The meeting is interrupted by Admiral [[Beckett Brass]] who demanded these powerful political figures of Ixalan support her efforts to secure a free country for the [[Brazen Coalition]].
 
==Story appearances==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Title !! Author !! Publishing date !! Set !! Setting (plane) !! Featuring
|-
| {{ArticleArchive|magic-story/race-part-1-2017-10-11|The Race, Part 1}} || [[Alison Luhrs]] & [[Gregg Luben]] || 2017-10-11 || ''[[Ixalan]]'' || [[Ixalan (plane)|Ixalan]] || [[Mavren Fein]], [[Mardia]], Manuel, [[Elenda]], [[Pedron]], [[Vona de Iedo]], [[Jace Beleren|Jace]], [[Vraska]], Edgar, [[Breeches]], [[Malcolm]], [[Huatli]], [[Inti]], [[Teyeuh]], [[Tishana]]
|-
| {{ArticleArchive|magic-story/glimpse-far-side-sun-2018-01-17|Glimpse the Far Side of the Sun}} || [[Alison Luhrs]] & [[Gregg Luben]]|| 2018-01-17 || ''[[Rivals of Ixalan]]'' || [[Ixalan (plane)|Ixalan]], [[Kaldheim (plane)|Kaldheim]] || [[Huatli]], [[Inti]], [[Angrath]], Elenda, [[Jace Beleren|Jace]], [[Vraska]], [[Zetalpa]], [[Azor]]
|-
| {{ArticleArchive|magic-story/who-tells-stories-2018-02-07|Who Tells the Stories}} || [[Alison Luhrs]] & [[Gregg Luben]]|| 2018-02-07 || ''[[Rivals of Ixalan]]'' || [[Ixalan (plane)|Ixalan]] || [[Huatli]], [[Tishana]], [[Vona de Iedo]], [[Angrath]], [[Mavren Fein]], [[Malcolm]], [[Breeches]], Elenda, [[Pedron]], [[Zacama]], [[Apatzec Intli III]], [[Inti]]
|-
| {{ArticleArchive|magic-story/rivals-ixalan-magic-story-alternate-endings-2018-02-21|Rivals of Ixalan Magic Story Alternate Endings}} || [[Nik Davidson]], [[Kelly Digges]], & [[Kimberly J. Kreines]] || 2018-02-21 || ''[[Rivals of Ixalan]]'' || [[Ixalan (plane)|Ixalan]] || [[Tishana]], [[Huatli]], [[Vona de Iedo]], [[Mavren Fein]], Elenda, [[Malcolm]], [[Breeches]]
|}
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Elenda DM.jpg|''[[Double Masters 2022]]'' [[Borderless]] Art
Elenda and Azor.jpg|''[[March of the Machine]]'' art with [[Azor]]
</gallery>


==In-game references==
==In-game references==
{{in-game
|cards=
*<c>Elenda and Azor</c>
*<c>Elenda, the Dusk Rose</c>
*<c>Saint Elenda</c>
|associated=
*<c>Dusk Rose Reliquary</c>
*<c>Elenda's Hierophant</c>
*<c>Tomb of the Dusk Rose</c>
*<c>Vanguard of the Rose</c>
*<c>Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose</c>
|flavor=
*<c>Hierophant's Chalice</c>
*<c>Hierophant's Chalice</c>
}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
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Latest revision as of 09:20, 14 June 2024

Elenda of Garrano
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Race Vampire
Birthplace Ixalan
Lifetime Mending Era
Colors
{W}
{B} (formerly)

Elenda of Garrano, also known as the first vampire, the Dusk Rose or Black Rose,[1] and Saint Elenda the Venerable is the legendary ancestor of the vampires of the Legion of Dusk on Ixalan.[2][3][4]

Appearance and character

Elenda has been described by Mavren Fein as being nine feet tall with hair like a raven's wings and nails like lightning's edge,[3] but in truth, she is of average height, with long curling locks and a youthful face that belies the deadly nature of her kind.[5] She has a wisp of gray in her long dark hair, and a gentle spray of freckles across the bridge of her nose.[6] She carries herself with the posture of royalty. Her eyes glow a soft, warm gold, and her voice is light and quiet. The thin light of a crown of beads appears to float behind the back of her head, the sign of a Venerable. She is left-handed.[7]

Elenda has the magical ability to travel by vanishing into a dark slice in the air.[5]

History

Warrior nun

Elenda was born mortal, a warrior nun charged with her brothers and sisters of faith to guard the Immortal Sun in the mountains of Torrezon. The monastery was raided by Pedron the Wicked who killed most of its occupants. Elenda survived and ran outside to fight Pedron, but the Immortal Sun had been stolen from the fiend by a winged beast in the sky. The beast took the Immortal Sun to the west, and Elenda followed it.

Vampire

In the west, Elenda resorted to dark magic and took on the burden of immortality until the Immortal Sun could be retrieved once again.[8] She searched for centuries and returned to Torrezon to teach her Rite to the nobles so that they could take up the sacrifice and join her in her search. Mavren Fein was one of her early converts. Long ago, he watched as she sailed back into the west. She had never been seen since.[2]

Return

It turned out that Elenda had found the Immortal Sun at Orazca, but the city had been deserted and was heavily protected. Awaiting the awakening of the city, she put herself in an enchanted sleep in a tomb of the bat-god Aclazotz.[5] This event had been preserved as the tale of "The Bat of the East" in the Sun Empire. When Kumena awoke the city, Elenda reappeared as well. She first met the planeswalkers Angrath and Huatli, and was appalled to hear that the Legion of Dusk had become cruel invaders in her absence. She had left the Church with the knowledge of the ritual to take on her burden, learn humility, and search for salvation for all. She decided to teach them what they had forgotten.[5]

Elenda arrived in the Sanctum of the Sun to see the Immortal Sun vanish. Mavren Fein asked her aid to retrieve it again, but Elenda refused, telling the vampire that they were finally free from their ancient duty. An angry and confused Vona asked her why she had left them and denied them immortality. Elenda answered that immortality was not the purpose of her gift, but protection. Deference to forces greater than themselves and humility would lead them to salvation, not the Immortal Sun. She said that she had found the sun and decided to become its sentinel within the Golden City while awaiting the arrival of other members of her order. She asked to be brought to Queen Miralda. Vona denied her, but Mavren Fein punished her for speaking ill of the living saint. After reprimanding Vona, the three left.[9]

After returning to Torrezon, Elenda began preaching a message of humility and restraint that some of her vampiric brethren, such as Vito, refused to heed.[10][11]

Elenda fought alongside Azor in defense of Ixalan during New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse.

Lost Caverns of Ixalan

A year after the Invasion, Saint Elenda and a cadre of soldiers travel to the continent of Ixalan where they meet with Huatli, her partner Saheeli Rai and Caztaca Huicintli, aunt of the current child emperor of the Sun Empire, to negotiate an alliance.[6] The meeting is interrupted by Admiral Beckett Brass who demanded these powerful political figures of Ixalan support her efforts to secure a free country for the Brazen Coalition.

Story appearances

Title Author Publishing date Set Setting (plane) Featuring
The Race, Part 1 Alison Luhrs & Gregg Luben 2017-10-11 Ixalan Ixalan Mavren Fein, Mardia, Manuel, Elenda, Pedron, Vona de Iedo, Jace, Vraska, Edgar, Breeches, Malcolm, Huatli, Inti, Teyeuh, Tishana
Glimpse the Far Side of the Sun Alison Luhrs & Gregg Luben 2018-01-17 Rivals of Ixalan Ixalan, Kaldheim Huatli, Inti, Angrath, Elenda, Jace, Vraska, Zetalpa, Azor
Who Tells the Stories Alison Luhrs & Gregg Luben 2018-02-07 Rivals of Ixalan Ixalan Huatli, Tishana, Vona de Iedo, Angrath, Mavren Fein, Malcolm, Breeches, Elenda, Pedron, Zacama, Apatzec Intli III, Inti
Rivals of Ixalan Magic Story Alternate Endings Nik Davidson, Kelly Digges, & Kimberly J. Kreines 2018-02-21 Rivals of Ixalan Ixalan Tishana, Huatli, Vona de Iedo, Mavren Fein, Elenda, Malcolm, Breeches

Gallery

In-game references

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References

  1. ↑ Valerie Valdes (October 20, 2023). "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan - Episode 5". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. ↑ a b Explore the Planes: Ixalan
  3. ↑ a b R&D Narrative Team (October 11, 2017). "The Race, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. ↑ Chas Andres (October 25, 2017). "Ten Burning Questions from the Ixalan Story". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  5. ↑ a b c d R&D Narrative Team (January 17, 2018). "Glimpse the Far Side of the Sun". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  6. ↑ a b Miguel Lopez (October 20, 2023). "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan - Pawns". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  7. ↑ Jay Annelli (February 5, 2024). "Elenda is shown wielding her sword in combat as a lefty". Twitter.
  8. ↑ R&D Narrative Team (November 8, 2017). "Planeswalker's Guide to Ixalan, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  9. ↑ R&D Narrative Team (February 2, 2018). "Who Tells the Stories". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  10. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (June 8, 2020). "The Lore of Core Set 2021 on the Cards". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  11. ↑ Valerie Valdes (October 20, 2023). "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan - Episode 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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