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{{about|the immortal goblin of ''Weatherlight'' fame|the goblin featured in a rhyme and battle cry|List of secondary characters/Dominaria}}
{{Infobox character
{{Infobox character
|image=Squee2.jpg
|image=Squee2.jpg
|name=Squee
|name=Squee
|birthplace=[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]]
|colors={{mana|R}}
|lifetime=Born 4195 AR - present
|birthplace=[[Kher Ridges]], [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]]
|lifetime=~4185 AR<ref name="Tempest">[https://web.archive.org/web/20200116160550/http://archive.wizards.com/magic/expert/tempest/Tempest_Characters.html Tempest Characters (archived)]</ref><ref group="note">The Tempest Characters page notes Squee was 10 when he joined the crew of the [[Skyship Weatherlight]]. As he is already serving on the crew in Part Two of Born to Greatness in 4195, he must have been born by 4185 AR.</ref> - present
|race=[[Goblin]]
|race=[[Goblin]]
|sources=''[[Rath and Storm]]'', ''[[Mercadian Masques (book)|Mercadian Masques]]'', ''[[Invasion (book)|Invasion]]'', ''[[Planeshift (book)|Planeshift]]'', ''[[Apocalypse (book)|Apocalypse]]''
|sources=[[Rath and Storm]], [[Mercadian Masques (novel)|Mercadian Masques]], [[Invasion (novel)|Invasion]], [[Planeshift (novel)|Planeshift]], [[Apocalypse (novel)|Apocalypse]]
}}
}}
'''Squee''' is a formerly immortal [[goblin]] from [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]]. He was a cabin-hand on the ''[[Skyship Weatherlight]]'' and the king of a goblin clan for a time.<ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/weatherlight-report-2007-12-03|Weather(light) Report|[[Mark Rosewater]]|December 03, 2007}}</ref>
==Description==
Squee is known for his foul cooking, love of eating bugs, and manner of speaking. He is illiterate.<ref>{{DailyRef|behind-canvas-terese-nielsen-2002-04-24|Behind the Canvas: Terese Nielsen|Toby Wachter|April 24, 2002}}</ref>


'''Squee''' was a [[goblin]] cabin-hand on the ''[[Skyship Weatherlight]]''.<ref>{{NewRef|making-magic/weatherlight-report-2007-12-03|Weather(light) Report|[[Mark Rosewater]]|December 03, 2007}}</ref> He is known for his foul cooking, love of eating bugs, and manner of speaking. 
==History==
==History==
A genius, among [[Dominarian]] goblins at least, Squee was loyal to the crew and managed to save their lives on several occasions, taking a particularly important role during their time on [[Mercadia]] when, as a goblin, he was perceived to be one of the elite [[Goblins#Kyren|Kyren]]s and thus became an elite himself.<ref>{{NewRef|squees-regalia-2007-07-23|Squee's Regalia|[[Magic Arcana]]|July 23, 2007}}</ref> During the [[Phyrexian Invasion]], Squee was captured by the Phyrexians, and granted immortality, so that he might be killed repeatedly by [[Ertai]] and [[Crovax]]. This backfired, and allowed Squee to accidentally kill Ertai. His immortality outlasted the war and he has survived to the present. He can now rightly claim to be the oldest, and possibly the wisest, goblin of Dominaria.<ref name="DOM Legends 5">{{TumblrRef|author=[[Wizards of the Coast]]|URL=http://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/173103982396/legends-from-dominarias-past-each-with-a-new|title=Legends from Dominaria’s past|tumblr-title=Magic: The Gathering Tumblr|date=April 20, 2018}}</ref>
Because goblins on Dominaria are named by the mother while birthing, ''Squee'' is a quite common name. The name indicates that the birth was quite difficult.<ref>Venters, Pete. (1997). "Dominian FAQ". ''The Duelist''. Issue 21.</ref> When he was only ten years old, Squee saved Captain [[Sisay]] from his tribe and was exiled in response, leading him to request to join the ''Weatherlight'''s crew as a cabin boy.<ref name="Tempest"/>
 
A genius - among [[Dominarian]] goblins at least - Squee was loyal to the crew and managed to save their lives on several occasions, taking a particularly important role during their time on [[Mercadia]] when, as a goblin, he was perceived to be one of the elite [[Goblin#Kyren|Kyren]]s and thus became an elite himself.<ref>{{DailyRef|squees-regalia-2007-07-23|Squee's Regalia|[[Magic Arcana]]|July 23, 2007}}</ref> At some point, the {{card|Squee's Toy|title=Salvation Sphere}} found its way to him, protecting the purity of his soul. During the [[Phyrexian Invasion]], Squee was captured by the Phyrexians, and granted immortality by [[Yawgmoth]], so that he might be killed repeatedly by [[Ertai]] and [[Crovax]]. This backfired and allowed Squee to accidentally kill Ertai. His immortality outlasted the war and he survived centuries longer. He can now rightly claim to be the oldest, and possibly the wisest, goblin of Dominaria.<ref name="DOM Legends 5">{{EzTumblr|http://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/173103982396/legends-from-dominarias-past-each-with-a-new|title=Legends from Dominaria’s past|April 20, 2018}}</ref>
 
===Dominaria United===
About a century before 4562, Squee became the king of a goblin clan, winning a trial by combat by tiring his opponent to death, a tactic he had developed while pit-fighting.<ref name="DMU Legends">{{DailyRef|feature/legends-youll-find-dominaria-united-2022-09-01|The Legends You'll Find in Dominaria United|[[Roy Graham]]|September 1, 2022}}</ref> Although he ushered in a new age of peace and progress, his clan was slowly infiltrated by [[Ertai]]'s sleeper agents, and Squee was captured by [[Ertai]] and fully [[Compleation|Compleated]]. However, Squee's body blew up the mountain and squished himself, destroying the Phyrexian cell in the process. Finding himself in a changed extradimensional space, Squee learned from [[Salvation]] that his soul had been removed from his body by the compleation process, and only by virtue of the body destroying itself did he have a chance to return. He was given a choice between dying permanently or returning to immortality, but chose a third option instead: being revived again, but only once more, becoming a mortal goblin again.<ref name="Salvation">{{DailyRef|magic-story/death-and-salvation-2022-08-16|Death and Salvation|[[Dan Sheehan]]|August 16, 2022}}</ref>
 
Squee fought alongside [[Slimefoot]] in defense of Dominaria during [[New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse]].<ref name="Learning 2">{{DailyRef|making-magic/march-of-the-machine-learning-part-2|March of the Machine Learning, Part 2|[[Mark Rosewater]]|Apr 3, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{card|Squee, the Immortal|Multiverse Legends|MUL}}</ref>
 
==Planes visited==
Though not a planeswalker, Squee traveled through the Multiverse as a crewmember of the ''[[Skyship Weatherlight]]''.
*[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]]
*[[Mercadia]]
 
==Trivia==
*During ''[[Weatherlight]]'' design and development, [[Jennifer Clarke-Wilkes]] was put in charge of establishing Squee's mannerisms and style of speech.<ref name="Sails">[[Jennifer Clarke-Wilkes]]]] (August 1997). "The Set of Sails". ''[[The Duelist]]'' #18, p.60-63</ref>
*In the [[Multiverse#Un-iverse|Un-iverse]], Squee is a casino hand rather than a cabin hand.<ref><c>Goblin Bookie</c></ref>
*Although <c>Squee, Goblin Nabob</c>, Squee's original card, has a resurrection mechanic, it was released before Squee attained immortality in the storyline, representing his uncanny ability to get out of trouble. He was given immortality later as a reference to his card.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Squee MTGA avatar DMU.png|[[Magic: The Gathering Arena]] avatar.
</gallery>
 
==Story appearances==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Title !! Author !! Publishing date !! Set !! Setting (plane) !! Featuring
|-
|{{ArticleArchive|magic-story/death-and-salvation-2022-08-16|Death and Salvation}} || [[Dan Sheehan]] || 2022-08-16 || ''[[Dominaria United]]'' || [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] || Squee, [[Bulp]], [[Rarp]], [[Spurna]], [[Ertai]], [[Salvation]]
|}


==In-game references==
==In-game references==
'''Represented in''':
{{In-game
|cards=
*<c>Squee, Dubious Monarch</c>
*<c>Squee, Goblin Nabob</c>
*<c>Squee, Goblin Nabob</c>
*<c>Squee, the Immortal</c>
*<c>Squee, the Immortal</c>
*<c>Squee</c>  
*<c>Squee</c>  
*<c>Squee, Goblin Nabob Avatar</c>  
*<c>Squee, Goblin Nabob Avatar</c>
 
*<c>Slimefoot and Squee</c>
'''Depicted in''':
|associated=
*{{cardlink|Call of the Wild|Weatherlight}}
*<c>General's Regalia</c>
*[[Extra Pulled|Squee Triumphant]]
*<c>Squee's Embrace</c>
*<c>Squee's Revenge</c>
*<c>Squee's Toy</c>
|art=
*{{card|Call of the Wild|Weatherlight}}
*<c>Crumbling Sanctuary</c>
*<c>Crumbling Sanctuary</c>
*{{cardlink|Fact or Fiction|Invasion}}
*{{card|Fact or Fiction|Invasion}}
*<c>Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero</c>
*<c>Goblin Game</c>
*<c>Goblin Game</c>
*<c>Hidden Retreat</c>
*<c>Hidden Retreat</c>
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*<c>Phyrexian Tyranny</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Tyranny</c>
*<c>Recycle</c>
*<c>Recycle</c>
*<c>Side to Side</c> (''[[Unhinged]]'')<ref>{{NewRef|making-magic/get-it-unhinged-edition-part-2-2017-08-21|Get It? ''Unhinged'' Edition, Part 2|[[Mark Rosewater]]|August 21, 2017}}</ref>  
*<c>Side to Side</c> (''[[Unhinged]]'')<ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/get-it-unhinged-edition-part-2-2017-08-21|Get It? ''Unhinged'' Edition, Part 2|[[Mark Rosewater]]|August 21, 2017}}</ref>  
*<c>Sisay's Ingenuity</c>
*<c>Sisay's Ingenuity</c>
*{{cardlink|Snuff Out|Mercadian Masques}}
*{{card|Sisay, Weatherlight Captain|Secret Lair|SLD|#=9999}}
*<c>Squee's Embrace</c>
*{{card|Snuff Out|Mercadian Masques}}
*<c>Squee's Revenge</c>
*<c>Squee's Toy</c>
*<c>Tahngarth's Glare</c>
*<c>Tahngarth's Glare</c>
 
|flavor=
'''Associated cards''':
*<c>Aggressive Sabotage</c>
*<c>General's Regalia</c>
 
'''Quoted or referred to''':
*<c>Aluren</c>
*<c>Aluren</c>
*<c>Avizoa</c>
*<c>Avizoa</c>
*<c>Battlefly Swarm</c>
*<c>Bayou Dragonfly</c>
*<c>Bayou Dragonfly</c>
*{{cardlink|Bloodrock Cyclops|Weatherlight}}
*{{card|Bloodrock Cyclops|Weatherlight}}
*{{cardlink|Cinder Wall|Weatherlight}}
*{{card|Cinder Wall|Weatherlight}}
*{{cardlink|Deadly Insect|Mercadian Masques}}
*{{card|Deadly Insect|Mercadian Masques}}
*{{cardlink|Dense Foliage|Weatherlight}}
*{{card|Dense Foliage|Weatherlight}}
*<c>Firefly</c>
*<c>Firefly</c>
*<c>Firestorm</c>
*<c>Firestorm</c>
*<c>Fool's Tome</c>
*<c>Fool's Tome</c>
*<c>Frog Tongue</c>
*<c>Frog Tongue</c>
*{{card|Gemhide Sliver|Commander Masters}}
*<c>Goblin Bookie</c>
*<c>Goblin Grenadiers</c>
*<c>Goblin Grenadiers</c>
*<c>Horned Cheetah</c>
*<c>Horned Cheetah</c>
*{{cardlink|Horned Troll|Mercadian Masques}}
*{{card|Horned Troll|Mercadian Masques}}
*{{cardlink|Horseshoe Crab|Tenth Edition}}
*{{card|Horseshoe Crab|Tenth Edition}}
*<c>Kyren Flamewright</c>
*<c>Lowland Giant</c>
*<c>Lowland Giant</c>
*<c>Manakin</c>
*{{card|Manakin|Tempest}}
*<c>Medicine Bag</c>
*<c>Medicine Bag</c>
*{{cardlink|Phantom Wings|Weatherlight}}
*{{card|Phantom Wings|Weatherlight}}
*<c>Phyrexian Battleflies</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Battleflies</c>
*<c>Pincher Beetles</c>
*<c>Pincher Beetles</c>
*<c>Robber Fly</c>
*<c>Robber Fly</c>
*<c>Tainted Well</c>
*<c>Tainted Well</c>
*{{cardlink|Time Warp|Tempest}}
*{{card|Time Warp|Tempest}}
*<c>Zap</c>
*<c>Zap</c>
}}


==Notes==
<references group="note"/>
==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


{{The Weatherlight Saga|Weatherlight Crew}}
{{Weatherlight Saga|Weatherlight Crew}}
 
[[Category:Goblins]]
[[Category:Goblins]]
[[Category:Dominaria characters]]

Latest revision as of 05:27, 10 June 2024

This page is about the immortal goblin of Weatherlight fame. For the goblin featured in a rhyme and battle cry, see List of secondary characters/Dominaria.
Squee
[[File:{{#setmainimage:Squee2.jpg}}|250px]]
Details
Race Goblin
Birthplace Kher Ridges, Dominaria
Lifetime ~4185 AR[1][note 1] - present
Colors
{R}
Sources
Rath and Storm, Mercadian Masques, Invasion, Planeshift, Apocalypse

Squee is a formerly immortal goblin from Dominaria. He was a cabin-hand on the Skyship Weatherlight and the king of a goblin clan for a time.[2]

Description

Squee is known for his foul cooking, love of eating bugs, and manner of speaking. He is illiterate.[3]

History

Because goblins on Dominaria are named by the mother while birthing, Squee is a quite common name. The name indicates that the birth was quite difficult.[4] When he was only ten years old, Squee saved Captain Sisay from his tribe and was exiled in response, leading him to request to join the Weatherlight's crew as a cabin boy.[1]

A genius - among Dominarian goblins at least - Squee was loyal to the crew and managed to save their lives on several occasions, taking a particularly important role during their time on Mercadia when, as a goblin, he was perceived to be one of the elite Kyrens and thus became an elite himself.[5] At some point, the Salvation Sphere found its way to him, protecting the purity of his soul. During the Phyrexian Invasion, Squee was captured by the Phyrexians, and granted immortality by Yawgmoth, so that he might be killed repeatedly by Ertai and Crovax. This backfired and allowed Squee to accidentally kill Ertai. His immortality outlasted the war and he survived centuries longer. He can now rightly claim to be the oldest, and possibly the wisest, goblin of Dominaria.[6]

Dominaria United

About a century before 4562, Squee became the king of a goblin clan, winning a trial by combat by tiring his opponent to death, a tactic he had developed while pit-fighting.[7] Although he ushered in a new age of peace and progress, his clan was slowly infiltrated by Ertai's sleeper agents, and Squee was captured by Ertai and fully Compleated. However, Squee's body blew up the mountain and squished himself, destroying the Phyrexian cell in the process. Finding himself in a changed extradimensional space, Squee learned from Salvation that his soul had been removed from his body by the compleation process, and only by virtue of the body destroying itself did he have a chance to return. He was given a choice between dying permanently or returning to immortality, but chose a third option instead: being revived again, but only once more, becoming a mortal goblin again.[8]

Squee fought alongside Slimefoot in defense of Dominaria during New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse.[9][10]

Planes visited

Though not a planeswalker, Squee traveled through the Multiverse as a crewmember of the Skyship Weatherlight.

Trivia

  • During Weatherlight design and development, Jennifer Clarke-Wilkes was put in charge of establishing Squee's mannerisms and style of speech.[11]
  • In the Un-iverse, Squee is a casino hand rather than a cabin hand.[12]
  • Although Squee, Goblin Nabob, Squee's original card, has a resurrection mechanic, it was released before Squee attained immortality in the storyline, representing his uncanny ability to get out of trouble. He was given immortality later as a reference to his card.

Gallery

Story appearances

Title Author Publishing date Set Setting (plane) Featuring
Death and Salvation Dan Sheehan 2022-08-16 Dominaria United Dominaria Squee, Bulp, Rarp, Spurna, Ertai, Salvation

In-game references

Represented in:
Associated cards:
Depicted in:
Quoted or referred to:

Notes

  1. ↑ The Tempest Characters page notes Squee was 10 when he joined the crew of the Skyship Weatherlight. As he is already serving on the crew in Part Two of Born to Greatness in 4195, he must have been born by 4185 AR.

References

  1. ↑ a b Tempest Characters (archived)
  2. ↑ Mark Rosewater (December 03, 2007). "Weather(light) Report". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. ↑ Toby Wachter (April 24, 2002). "Behind the Canvas: Terese Nielsen". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. ↑ Venters, Pete. (1997). "Dominian FAQ". The Duelist. Issue 21.
  5. ↑ Magic Arcana (July 23, 2007). "Squee's Regalia". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  6. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (April 20, 2018). "Legends from Dominaria’s past". The Official Magic: The Gathering Tumblr. Tumblr.
  7. ↑ Roy Graham (September 1, 2022). "The Legends You'll Find in Dominaria United". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  8. ↑ Dan Sheehan (August 16, 2022). "Death and Salvation". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  9. ↑ Mark Rosewater (Apr 3, 2023). "March of the Machine Learning, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  10. ↑ Squee, the Immortal (Multiverse Legends)
  11. ↑ Jennifer Clarke-Wilkes]] (August 1997). "The Set of Sails". The Duelist #18, p.60-63
  12. ↑ Goblin Bookie
  13. ↑ Mark Rosewater (August 21, 2017). "Get It? Unhinged Edition, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
Story publications
Blocks and Sets
Weatherlight crew
Nine Titans
Other characters
See also
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