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'''Massacre Girl''' is an anonymous [[Cult of Rakdos|Rakdos]] spiker gang leader and [[assassin]] from [[Ravnica]] who leaves a trail of terror and murder wherever she goes.<ref>{{DailyRef|card-preview/massacre-girl-2019-04-05|Massacre Girl|[[Katie Allison]]|April 5, 2019}}</ref>
'''Massacre Girl''' is an anonymous [[Cult of Rakdos|Rakdos]] spiker gang leader and [[assassin]] from [[Ravnica]] who leaves a trail of terror and murder wherever she goes.<ref name="Massacre">{{DailyRef|card-preview/massacre-girl-2019-04-05|Massacre Girl|[[Katie Allison]]|April 5, 2019}}</ref><ref name="MKM Legends">{{DailyRef|feature/the-legends-and-characters-of-murders-at-karlov-manor|The Legends (and characters) of Murders at Karlov Manor|[[Emily Teng]]|February 6, 2024}}</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
Massacre Girl is a strange, sinewy woman who looks somewhat like an ugly doll, starved to skeletal form, with a fake painted smile.<ref>{{DailyRef|uncharted-realms/praise-worldsoul-part-2-2012-10-01|In Praise of the Worldsoul, Part 2|[[Jenna Helland]]|October 3, 2012}}</ref>
Massacre Girl is a strange, sinewy woman who looks somewhat like an ugly doll, starved to skeletal form, with a painted red smile.<ref name="Worldsoul2">{{DailyRef|uncharted-realms/praise-worldsoul-part-2-2012-10-01|In Praise of the Worldsoul, Part 2|[[Jenna Helland]]|October 3, 2012}}</ref> She wears red and black and carries a knife in each hand.<ref name="Chains"/> She occasionally poisons her knives with a blood thinner to increase the spectacle of her victim's arterial spray.


She's a lunatic contract killer who has eluded capture by threatening the lives of officials who attempt to investigate or detain her. She once killed one [[Azorius]] arrestor for coin and a second just for fun. Once, the father of one of her victims tried to kill her in vengeance. When he failed, she slaughtered the male line of the family and blinded the women.<ref>{{DailyRef|uncharted-realms/praise-worldsoul-part-3-2012-10-08|In Praise of the Worldsoul, Part 3|[[Jenna Helland]]|October 10, 2012}}</ref>
She's a lunatic contract killer who has eluded capture by threatening the lives of officials who attempt to investigate or detain her.<ref name="Worldsoul3">{{DailyRef|uncharted-realms/praise-worldsoul-part-3-2012-10-08|In Praise of the Worldsoul, Part 3|[[Jenna Helland]]|October 10, 2012}}</ref>


Massacre Girl is number 1 on the Azorius Ten Most Wanted. Her entry reads:<ref name="Most Wanted">{{DailyRef|uncharted-realms/azorius-ten-most-wanted-2012-10-29|The Azorius Ten Most Wanted|[[Jenna Helland]]|October 29, 2012}}</ref>
As a notable assassin, she was familiar with other assassins operating in the city, including [[Etrata]].<ref name="Chains">{{DailyRef|magic-story/episode-5-chains-of-expectation|''Murders at Karlov Manor'' - Episode 5: Chains of Expectation|[[Seanan McGuire]]|January 11, 2024}}</ref>


'''Guild Alignment:''' Rakdos
==History==
Years before 10,075 [[ZC]], Massacre Girl killed an [[Azorius]] arrestor for coin and a second just for fun.<ref name="Worldsoul3"/> Once, the father of one of her victims tried to kill her in vengeance. When he failed, she slaughtered the male line of the family and blinded the women.


'''Profile:''' As a tool of the demon Rakdos, Massacre Girl leaves a trail of terror and murder wherever she goes. She's a contract killer who has eluded capture by threatening the lives of officials who attempt to investigate or detain her. She's notorious for inciting chaos and riots but whether this is out of personal ambition or at the behest of a client is unknown. The suspect is directly linked with forty-seven murders and suspected in the massacre of Selesnya missionaries in the Rubblebelt. The suspect has been classified as "untouchable" in the past, although that status is now up for redefinition in closed meetings of the Senate. Recently, all of her records were either stolen or destroyed in a fire at the South Records Hall.
In 10,075 ZC, she was hired to destroy a [[Selesnya]]n vernadi in the Rubblebelt and kill its followers, including the elf [[Cecilee]].<ref name="Worldsoul2"/> Cecilee's brother, the Wolf Rider [[Ruzi]], convinced the [[Gruul]] Zhur-Taa clan led by [[Nikya]] to join his crusade of vengeance.<ref name="Worldsoul3"/> Ruzi later broke into the Azorius South Records Hall and escaped with documents relating to Massacre Girl, before setting the building alight.<ref name="Most Wanted"/>


'''Most Recent Offense:''' All of them.
She was subsequently ranked number 1 on the Azorius Ten Most Wanted. Her entry read:<ref name="Most Wanted">{{DailyRef|feature/azorius-ten-most-wanted-2012-10-29|The Azorius Ten Most Wanted|[[Jenna Helland]]|October 29, 2012}}</ref>
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'''Profile:''' As a tool of the demon Rakdos, Massacre Girl leaves a trail of terror and murder wherever she goes. She's a contract killer who has eluded capture by threatening the lives of officials who attempt to investigate or detain her. She's notorious for inciting chaos and riots but whether this is out of personal ambition or at the client's behest is unknown. The suspect is directly linked with forty-seven murders and is suspected in the massacre of Selesnya missionaries in the Rubblebelt. The suspect has been classified as "untouchable" in the past, although that status is now up for redefinition in closed meetings of the Senate. Her records were recently stolen or destroyed in a fire at the South Records Hall.
 
'''Most Recent Offense:''' All of them.}}
 
After the massacre of [[Cecilee]]'s vernadi, [[Nikya]] of the Old Ways declared war on the Rakdos raiding party. As Massacre Girl's forces roamed the Rubblebelt, Nikya's Zhur-Taa warriors fell upon them. Massacre Girl brought her bloodwitch and [[demon]]s to bear on the Gruul war party, but a learned [[Izzet]] spell cast by the Gruul [[shaman]] [[Kal]] decimated Massacre Girl's forces, killing the bloodwitch and almost all her demons, spikers, flailers and warriors. Massacre Girl herself survived the battle and retreated from the Rubblebelt following this incident.<ref>{{ArticleArchive|feature/gruul-ingenuity-2012-12-21|Gruul Ingenuity}}</ref>
 
===War of the Spark===
It is unknown what occurred between Massacre Girl and Ruzi after the fire, as she was still alive at the time of the [[War of the Spark/Event|War of the Spark]].<ref name="Massacre"/> During the War, she became a minor celebrity amongst the Rakdos.<ref name="MKM Legends"/>
 
===Phyrexian invasion and its aftermath===
During the [[New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse|Phyrexian invasion]], Massacre Girl gained a small but dedicated fanbase that sought to mimic her gleeful killing sprees {{-}} something that annoyed her to no end, as she hated people imitating her style.<ref name="MKM Legends"/> Attempts to dissuade her followers by murdering a few of them only led to increased popularity.
 
===Murders at Karlov Manor===
After the murder of [[Zegana]], Massacre Girl was hired by [[Judith]] to kill the [[detective]] [[Alquist Proft]], to send a message to the [[Ravnican Agency of Magicological Investigations]] not to interfere in guild business.<ref name="Chains"/><ref>Flavor text of {{card|Slice from the Shadows|Murders at Karlov Manor|MKM|#103}}</ref> She was surprised and managed to injure him, but stopped when she realized he was working with Etrata, whom Massacre Girl respected. Later, she was brainwashed by the true killer and sent to kill [[Aurelia]], killing ten guards and only regaining consciousness after she lost a fight with the [[Boros Legion|Boros]] [[guildmaster]].<ref name="Explosions">{{DailyRef|magic-story/episode-6-explosions-of-genius|''Murders at Karlov Manor'' - Episode 6: Explosions of Genius|[[Seanan McGuire]]|January 12, 2024}}</ref>
 
Massacre Girl was held in Boros custody for the remainder of the investigation, but released during a meeting at [[Vitu-Ghazi]] where it was revealed that Oba, one of the dryads of [[Trostani]], was the true mastermind of the crimes.<ref name="Beauty">{{DailyRef|magic-story/episode-9-beauty-in-destruction|Episode 9: Beauty in Destruction|[[Seanan McGuire]]|January 17, 2024}}</ref> She escaped the subsequent fight along with Judith. However, it had been revealed during the meeting that Judith had been intentionally weakening her guild in a ploy to seize power. As a result, Massacre Girl attacked Judith with a knife.


==Story appearances==
==Story appearances==
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! Title !! Author !! Publishing date !! Set !! Setting (plane) !! Featuring
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| {{ArticleArchive|serious-fun/praise-worldsoul-part-2-2012-10-03|In Praise of the Worldsoul, Part 2}} || [[Jenna Helland]] || 2012-10-03 || ''[[Return to Ravnica]]'' || [[Ravnica]] || [[Selesnya Conclave]], [[Gruul Clans]], [[Cult of Rakdos]], Massacre Girl
| {{ArticleArchive|serious-fun/praise-worldsoul-part-2-2012-10-03|In Praise of the Worldsoul, Part 2}} || [[Jenna Helland]] || 2012-10-03 || ''[[Return to Ravnica]]'' || [[Ravnica]] || [[Cecilee]], Zi, [[Ruzi|Ruzi and Kuma]], Massacre Girl
|-
|-
| {{ArticleArchive|serious-fun/praise-worldsoul-part-3-2012-10-10|In Praise of the Worldsoul, Part 3}} || [[Jenna Helland]] || 2012-10-10 || ''[[Return to Ravnica]]'' || [[Ravnica]] || [[Selesnya Conclave]], [[Gruul Clans]], [[Cult of Rakdos]], Massacre Girl, [[Nikya]]
| {{ArticleArchive|serious-fun/praise-worldsoul-part-3-2012-10-10|In Praise of the Worldsoul, Part 3}} || [[Jenna Helland]] || 2012-10-10 || ''[[Return to Ravnica]]'' || [[Ravnica]] || [[Ruzi|Ruzi and Kuma]], Zi, Massacre Girl, [[Nikya]]
|-
|-
| {{ArticleArchive|serious-fun/azorius-ten-most-wanted-2012-10-31|The Azorius Ten Most Wanted}} || [[Jenna Helland]] || 2012-10-31 || ''[[Return to Ravnica]]'' || [[Ravnica]] || [[Azorius Senate]]
| {{ArticleArchive|feature/azorius-ten-most-wanted-2012-10-29|The Azorius Ten Most Wanted}} || [[Jenna Helland]] || 2012-10-31 || ''[[Return to Ravnica]]'' || [[Ravnica]] || [[Ritjit]], [[Ruzi|Ruzi and Kuma]], [[Senka]], [[Bori Andon]], [[Krenko]], [[Lazav|Mr. Taz]], [[The Cozen]], [[Damir]], [[Vraska]], Massacre Girl
|-
| {{ArticleArchive|feature/gruul-ingenuity-2012-12-21|Gruul Ingenuity}} || [[Adam Lee]] || 2013-01-02 || ''[[Gatecrash]]'' || [[Ravnica]] || [[Kal]], [[Durri]], [[Nikya]], [[Janik]], Massacre Girl
|-
|{{ArticleArchive|magic-story/episode-5-chains-of-expectation|Episode 5: Chains of Expectation}}||[[Seanan McGuire]]||2024-01-11||''[[Murders at Karlov Manor]]''||[[Ravnica]]||[[Alquist Proft]], [[Etrata]], Massacre Girl, [[Kaya Cassir]], [[Kellan]], [[Tolsimir Wolfblood]], [[Tolsimir Wolfblood|Voja]], [[Trostani]]
|-
|{{ArticleArchive|magic-story/episode-6-explosions-of-genius|Episode 6: Explosions of Genius}}||[[Seanan McGuire]]||2024-01-12||''[[Murders at Karlov Manor]]''||[[Ravnica]]||[[Alquist Proft]], [[Etrata]], [[Kylox]], [[Kaya Cassir]], [[Kellan]], [[Ezrim]], [[Agrus Kos]], [[Aurelia]], Massacre Girl, [[Krenko]]
|-
|{{ArticleArchive|magic-story/episode-8-gods-of-chaos|Episode 8: Gods of Chaos}}||[[Seanan McGuire]]||2024-01-16||''[[Murders at Karlov Manor]]''||[[Ravnica]]||[[Judith]], [[Kaya Cassir]], [[Ezrim]], [[Yarus]], [[Krenko]], Massacre Girl, [[Vannifar]], [[Aurelia]], [[Alquist Proft]], [[Etrata]], [[Lavinia]], [[Trostani]], [[Tolsimir Wolfblood]], [[Ral Zarek]], [[Izoni]]
|-
|{{ArticleArchive|magic-story/episode-9-beauty-in-destruction|Episode 9: Beauty in Destruction}}||[[Seanan McGuire]]||2024-01-17||''[[Murders at Karlov Manor]]''||[[Ravnica]]||[[Ezrim]], [[Kaya Cassir]], [[Tolsimir Wolfblood]], [[Alquist Proft]], [[Trostani]], [[Judith]], [[Krenko]], [[Izoni]], [[Aurelia]], [[Lavinia]], [[Vannifar]], [[Etrata]], [[Ral Zarek]], Massacre Girl, [[Yarus]], [[Kellan]]
|}
|}
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Massacre_Girl.png|Massacre Girl during the [[War of the Spark/Event|War of the Spark]].
File:Massacre Girl SL.jpg|[[Secret Lair]] art
File:Deviant Glee.jpg|As depicted on <c>Deviant Glee</c>
File:MKMKeyArt3.jpg|Key art for ''[[Murders at Karlov Manor]]'' featuring [[Kylox]], [[Aurelia]], Massacre Girl, [[Alquist Proft]], [[Judith]], and [[Krenko]].
File:MKMKeyArt4.jpg|Key art for ''Murders at Karlov Manor'' featuring Judith, Krenko, Aurelia, [[Tolsimir]], [[Voja]], Proft, [[Etrata]], and Massacre Girl.
</gallery>


==In-game references==
==In-game references==
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*[[Unknown Event/2024 list of event cards#Amsterdam|The Zassacre Zirl]]<ref name="JacobPool">{{TwitterRef|MerfolkSov|1807172298207633701|title=Posting all the unknown cards I got today.|author=Jacob Gresh|date=June 30, 2024}}</ref>
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Massacre Girl
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Massacre Girl is an anonymous Rakdos spiker gang leader and assassin from Ravnica who leaves a trail of terror and murder wherever she goes.[1][2]

Description

Massacre Girl is a strange, sinewy woman who looks somewhat like an ugly doll, starved to skeletal form, with a painted red smile.[3] She wears red and black and carries a knife in each hand.[4] She occasionally poisons her knives with a blood thinner to increase the spectacle of her victim's arterial spray.

She's a lunatic contract killer who has eluded capture by threatening the lives of officials who attempt to investigate or detain her.[5]

As a notable assassin, she was familiar with other assassins operating in the city, including Etrata.[4]

History

Years before 10,075 ZC, Massacre Girl killed an Azorius arrestor for coin and a second just for fun.[5] Once, the father of one of her victims tried to kill her in vengeance. When he failed, she slaughtered the male line of the family and blinded the women.

In 10,075 ZC, she was hired to destroy a Selesnyan vernadi in the Rubblebelt and kill its followers, including the elf Cecilee.[3] Cecilee's brother, the Wolf Rider Ruzi, convinced the Gruul Zhur-Taa clan led by Nikya to join his crusade of vengeance.[5] Ruzi later broke into the Azorius South Records Hall and escaped with documents relating to Massacre Girl, before setting the building alight.[6]

She was subsequently ranked number 1 on the Azorius Ten Most Wanted. Her entry read:[6]

Guild Alignment: Rakdos

Profile: As a tool of the demon Rakdos, Massacre Girl leaves a trail of terror and murder wherever she goes. She's a contract killer who has eluded capture by threatening the lives of officials who attempt to investigate or detain her. She's notorious for inciting chaos and riots but whether this is out of personal ambition or at the client's behest is unknown. The suspect is directly linked with forty-seven murders and is suspected in the massacre of Selesnya missionaries in the Rubblebelt. The suspect has been classified as "untouchable" in the past, although that status is now up for redefinition in closed meetings of the Senate. Her records were recently stolen or destroyed in a fire at the South Records Hall.

Most Recent Offense: All of them.

After the massacre of Cecilee's vernadi, Nikya of the Old Ways declared war on the Rakdos raiding party. As Massacre Girl's forces roamed the Rubblebelt, Nikya's Zhur-Taa warriors fell upon them. Massacre Girl brought her bloodwitch and demons to bear on the Gruul war party, but a learned Izzet spell cast by the Gruul shaman Kal decimated Massacre Girl's forces, killing the bloodwitch and almost all her demons, spikers, flailers and warriors. Massacre Girl herself survived the battle and retreated from the Rubblebelt following this incident.[7]

War of the Spark

It is unknown what occurred between Massacre Girl and Ruzi after the fire, as she was still alive at the time of the War of the Spark.[1] During the War, she became a minor celebrity amongst the Rakdos.[2]

Phyrexian invasion and its aftermath

During the Phyrexian invasion, Massacre Girl gained a small but dedicated fanbase that sought to mimic her gleeful killing sprees — something that annoyed her to no end, as she hated people imitating her style.[2] Attempts to dissuade her followers by murdering a few of them only led to increased popularity.

Murders at Karlov Manor

After the murder of Zegana, Massacre Girl was hired by Judith to kill the detective Alquist Proft, to send a message to the Ravnican Agency of Magicological Investigations not to interfere in guild business.[4][8] She was surprised and managed to injure him, but stopped when she realized he was working with Etrata, whom Massacre Girl respected. Later, she was brainwashed by the true killer and sent to kill Aurelia, killing ten guards and only regaining consciousness after she lost a fight with the Boros guildmaster.[9]

Massacre Girl was held in Boros custody for the remainder of the investigation, but released during a meeting at Vitu-Ghazi where it was revealed that Oba, one of the dryads of Trostani, was the true mastermind of the crimes.[10] She escaped the subsequent fight along with Judith. However, it had been revealed during the meeting that Judith had been intentionally weakening her guild in a ploy to seize power. As a result, Massacre Girl attacked Judith with a knife.

Story appearances

Title Author Publishing date Set Setting (plane) Featuring
In Praise of the Worldsoul, Part 2 Jenna Helland 2012-10-03 Return to Ravnica Ravnica Cecilee, Zi, Ruzi and Kuma, Massacre Girl
In Praise of the Worldsoul, Part 3 Jenna Helland 2012-10-10 Return to Ravnica Ravnica Ruzi and Kuma, Zi, Massacre Girl, Nikya
The Azorius Ten Most Wanted Jenna Helland 2012-10-31 Return to Ravnica Ravnica Ritjit, Ruzi and Kuma, Senka, Bori Andon, Krenko, Mr. Taz, The Cozen, Damir, Vraska, Massacre Girl
Gruul Ingenuity Adam Lee 2013-01-02 Gatecrash Ravnica Kal, Durri, Nikya, Janik, Massacre Girl
Episode 5: Chains of Expectation Seanan McGuire 2024-01-11 Murders at Karlov Manor Ravnica Alquist Proft, Etrata, Massacre Girl, Kaya Cassir, Kellan, Tolsimir Wolfblood, Voja, Trostani
Episode 6: Explosions of Genius Seanan McGuire 2024-01-12 Murders at Karlov Manor Ravnica Alquist Proft, Etrata, Kylox, Kaya Cassir, Kellan, Ezrim, Agrus Kos, Aurelia, Massacre Girl, Krenko
Episode 8: Gods of Chaos Seanan McGuire 2024-01-16 Murders at Karlov Manor Ravnica Judith, Kaya Cassir, Ezrim, Yarus, Krenko, Massacre Girl, Vannifar, Aurelia, Alquist Proft, Etrata, Lavinia, Trostani, Tolsimir Wolfblood, Ral Zarek, Izoni
Episode 9: Beauty in Destruction Seanan McGuire 2024-01-17 Murders at Karlov Manor Ravnica Ezrim, Kaya Cassir, Tolsimir Wolfblood, Alquist Proft, Trostani, Judith, Krenko, Izoni, Aurelia, Lavinia, Vannifar, Etrata, Ral Zarek, Massacre Girl, Yarus, Kellan

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References

  1. ↑ a b Katie Allison (April 5, 2019). "Massacre Girl". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. ↑ a b c Emily Teng (February 6, 2024). "The Legends (and characters) of Murders at Karlov Manor". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. ↑ a b Jenna Helland (October 3, 2012). "In Praise of the Worldsoul, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. ↑ a b c Seanan McGuire (January 11, 2024). "Murders at Karlov Manor - Episode 5: Chains of Expectation". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  5. ↑ a b c Jenna Helland (October 10, 2012). "In Praise of the Worldsoul, Part 3". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  6. ↑ a b c Jenna Helland (October 29, 2012). "The Azorius Ten Most Wanted". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  7. ↑ Gruul Ingenuity
  8. ↑ Flavor text of Slice from the Shadows (Murders at Karlov Manor)
  9. ↑ Seanan McGuire (January 12, 2024). "Murders at Karlov Manor - Episode 6: Explosions of Genius". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  10. ↑ Seanan McGuire (January 17, 2024). "Episode 9: Beauty in Destruction". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  11. ↑ Jacob Gresh (June 30, 2024). "Posting all the unknown cards I got today.". Twitter.
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