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'''Igniting''' (also "'''triggering'''", "'''flaring'''" or "'''ascension'''") refers to the '''spark's ignition''', that is the process by which a sapient creature activates their latent [[spark]] and thus becomes a [[planeswalker]]. | |||
== First planeswalk == | ==Ascension== | ||
In Pre-[[Revisionist]] stories, planeswalkers were often sorcerers who somehow acquired the incredibly vast amount of mana<ref name=":0" /> required to perform the ritualistic sorcery of one's own ascension. Slaying a powerful planeswalker was one common way to acquire the necessary mana. | |||
==Sparking== | |||
Following the Mending, ascension was no longer a viable option for becoming a planeswalker, making it impossible for most wizards to become planeswalkers. A very small fraction of wizards possess the qualities needed for a natural spark. These wizards are known as embers.<ref name="Visual Guide">[[Jay Annelli]] (2022). ''[[Magic: The Gathering - The Visual Guide]]'', [[Wikipedia:DK (publisher)|DK]]. ISBN-13 978-0744061055.</ref> Usually, its ignition is triggered by a powerful, emotionally-affecting, perspective-altering life event.<ref>{{EzTumblr|http://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/125905844029/is-it-possible-for-a-planeswalkers-spark-to|title=Spark Ignition|August 4, 2015}}</ref> Ignitions are often caused by near-death experiences, though it is possible for an ember to undergo such an experience {{-}} even dying {{-}} without igniting their spark.<ref>{{EzTumblr|https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/114907263224/why-didnt-narsets-spark-ignite-when-she-was|title=A latent planeswalker spark isn’t a guaranteed Get Out of Death Free card|March 28, 2015}}</ref> | |||
==First planeswalk== | |||
As an effect of the ignition, the newly-ignited planeswalker [[planeswalk|planeswalks away]] for their first time: they are pulled to the [[Blind Eternities]] and then come back appearing to a random [[plane]], and afterwards realizing their new traveling powers. | As an effect of the ignition, the newly-ignited planeswalker [[planeswalk|planeswalks away]] for their first time: they are pulled to the [[Blind Eternities]] and then come back appearing to a random [[plane]], and afterwards realizing their new traveling powers. | ||
List of all | List of all explained ignitions: | ||
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! Ignited on | ! Ignited on | ||
! Planeswalked to | ! Planeswalked to | ||
! Date | |||
! Ignition's cause | ! Ignition's cause | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Ajani]] | |[[Ajani Goldmane]] | ||
|[[Naya]] | |[[Naya]] | ||
|[[Jund]] | |[[Jund]] | ||
|Realizing the death of his brother | |4556 [[Dating systems|AR]] | ||
|Realizing the death of [[Jazal Goldmane|his brother]]. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Arlinn Kord]] | |||
|[[Innistrad (plane)|Innistrad]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|Between c. 4528 and c. 4543 | |||
|Realizing she transformed into a [[werewolf]] and had killed an [[angel]];<ref>[http://magic.wizards.com/en/story/planeswalkers/arlinn-kord Arlinn Kord]</ref> or after killing her childhood friend [[List of secondary characters/Innistrad|Luciana]] in werewolf form.<ref>{{DailyRef|magic-story/episode-1-witch-woods-2021-09-02|Episode 1: The Witch of the Woods|[[K. Arsenault Rivera]]|September 02, 2021}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
|[[Basri Ket]] | |||
|[[Amonkhet (plane)|Amonkhet]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|Between c. 4550 and 4560 | |||
|Elation at winning [[Oketra]]'s [[Trials of the Five Gods|Trial of Solidarity]]. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Bo Levar]] | |||
|[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|63 | |||
|Being caught in the [[Sylex Blast]].<ref name="Apocalypse"/> | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[ | |[[Calix]] | ||
|[[ | |[[Theros (plane)|Theros]] | ||
| | |Unknown | ||
| | |c. 4561 | ||
|Frustration about his inability to fulfill his purpose of following [[Elspeth Tirel]]. | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Chandra]] | |[[Chandra Nalaar]] | ||
|[[Kaladesh]] | |[[Kaladesh (plane)|Kaladesh]] | ||
|[[Regatha]] | |[[Regatha]] | ||
|Striking against her executioner with pyromancy | |c. 4548<ref name="Fire Logic">{{DailyRef|uncharted-realms/chandras-origin-fire-logic-2015-06-10|Chandra’s Origin: Fire Logic|[[Doug Beyer]]| June 10, 2015 }}</ref> | ||
|Striking against [[Dhiren Baral|her executioner]] with pyromancy. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Dack Fayden]] | |||
|[[Fiora]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|Between c. 4537 and c. 4550 | |||
|Witnessing his friend being killed by rival mages. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Dakkon Blackblade]] | |||
|[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|Between c. -2000 and c. -200 | |||
|After [[Geyadrone Dihada]] stole his soul using the [[Blackblade]]. | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Daretti]] | |[[Daretti]] | ||
|[[Fiora]] | |[[Fiora]] | ||
| | |Unknown | ||
|Being crippled by the explosion of one of his constructs | | | ||
|Being crippled by the explosion of one of his constructs. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Davriel Cane]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|Unknown | |||
|Between c. 4511 and c. 4556 | |||
|Pulling a Worldsoul entity from the mind of a dying man into his own mind. | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Domri]] | |[[Domri Rade]] | ||
|[[Ravnica]] | |[[Ravnica]] | ||
|[[Naya]] | |[[Naya]] | ||
|Being buried alive as part of a [[Gruul]] ritual | |4558 | ||
|Being buried alive as part of a [[Gruul]] ritual. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Dovin Baan]] | |||
|[[Kaladesh (plane)|Kaladesh]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|Between 4500 and 4560 | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|[[Elspeth Tirel]] | |||
|[[Capenna]] | |||
|[[Theros (plane)|Theros]] | |||
|c. 4546 | |||
|Fleeing from the [[Phyrexia]]ns.<ref name="The Dark">{{WebRef|url=https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/the-brothers-war-chapter-4-the-dark|title=The Brother's War - Chapter 4: The Dark|author=[[Seanan McGuire]]|date=October 26, 2022|publisher=Magicthegathering.com}}</ref> | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[ | |[[Eskil]] | ||
| | |[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | ||
| | |Unknown | ||
| | |Between -2,500 and -440 | ||
|Splashed by the blood of the corrupted angel [[Trine]]. | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Gideon]] | |[[Faralyn]] | ||
|[[Theros]] | |[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | ||
|[[Shandalar]] | |||
|2934 | |||
|Cast the ascension spell using mana harvested from [[Chromium Rhuell]].<ref>Gomez, Jeff. (1995). "The Shard". ''[[Ice Age (comic)|Ice Age on the World of Magic: The Gathering]].'' Armada.</ref> | |||
|- | |||
|[[Freyalise]] | |||
|[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|c. 2434 | |||
|Being mortally wounded by [[Jason Carthalion]]. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Garth One-Eye]] | |||
|[[Kuthuman]]'s realm | |||
|Unknown | |||
|4069 | |||
|Cast the ascension spell using the mana harvested from slaying [[Kuthuman]].<ref name=":0">Forstchen, William R. (1994). [[Arena (novel)|''Arena'']]. Harper Prism.</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|feature/returning-legends-modern-horizons-2-2021-06-10|The Returning Legends of ''Modern Horizons 2''|[[Ethan Fleischer]]|June 10, 2021}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
|[[Garruk]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|[[Shandalar]]<ref name="Baseball">{{WebRef|url=https://secretlair.wizards.com/us/product/865798/magic-the-baseballing|title=Magic: The Baseballing|author=Scalefast Inc.|date=August 28, 2023|publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]] [[Secret Lair]]}}</ref> | |||
|Between c. 4537 and 4556 | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|[[Gideon Jura]] | |||
|[[Theros (plane)|Theros]] | |||
|[[Bant]] | |[[Bant]] | ||
|Realizing the death of his irregulars through his own hubris | |c. 4547<ref>{{DailyRef|uncharted-realms/gideons-origin-kytheon-iora-akros-2015-07-01|Gideon’s Origin: Kytheon Iora of Akros|[[Ari Levitch]]|July 1, 2015}}</ref><ref>''[[Magic Duels]]: Origins''</ref> | ||
|Realizing the death of his irregulars through his own hubris. | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Huatli]] | |[[Huatli]] | ||
|[[Ixalan]] | |[[Ixalan (plane)|Ixalan]] | ||
|[[Kaladesh]] (uncompleted) | |[[Kaladesh (plane)|Kaladesh]] (uncompleted) | ||
|Under furious attack by [[Angrath]] | |4560 | ||
|Under furious attack by [[Angrath]]. | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Jace]] | |[[Jace Beleren]] | ||
|[[Vryn]] | |[[Vryn]] | ||
|[[Ravnica]] | |[[Ravnica]] | ||
|Accidental planeswalk after being memory wiped | |c. 4548<ref>{{DailyRef|uncharted-realms/jaces-origin-absent-minds-2015-06-24|Jace’s Origin: Absent Minds|[[Kelly Digges]]|June 24, 2015}}</ref> | ||
|Accidental planeswalk after being memory wiped. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Jared Carthalion]] | |||
|[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|3980 | |||
|Being crushed by crumbling monoliths while confronting [[Ravidel]]. | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Jaya]] | |[[Jaya Ballard]] | ||
|[[Dominaria]] | |[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | ||
|Elsewhere on [[Dominaria]] | |Elsewhere on [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | ||
| | |2954 | ||
|Being hit by [[Jodah's mirror]]. | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Jeska]] | |[[Jeska]] | ||
|[[Dominaria]] | |[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | ||
| | |Unknown | ||
|Being split from [[Karona]] with the [[Mirari]] | |4306 | ||
|Being split from [[Karona]] with the [[Mirari]]. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Kaito Shizuki]] | |||
|[[Kamigawa]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|c. 4552 | |||
|The [[kami]] [[Himoto]] ignited Kaito's spark after they find they have a common goal in finding the [[The Wanderer|Emperor of Kamgiawa]] in the Multiverse. | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Karn]] (1st time) | |[[Karn]] (1st time) | ||
|[[Dominaria]] | |[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | ||
| | |[[Mercadia]]<ref name="Apocalypse">[[J. Robert King]]. (2001.) ''[[Apocalypse (novel)|Apocalypse]]'', Wizards of the Coast. ISBN-13 0-7869-1880-2.</ref> | ||
|Acquiring [[Urza]]'s spark | |4205 | ||
|Acquiring [[Urza]]'s spark. | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Karn]] (2nd time) | |[[Karn]] (2nd time) | ||
|[[New Phyrexia]] | |[[New Phyrexia (plane)|New Phyrexia]] | ||
| | |Unknown | ||
|Acquiring [[Venser]]'s spark | |4557 | ||
|Acquiring [[Venser]]'s spark. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Kaya Cassir]] | |||
|[[Tolvada]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|Between c. 4530 and 4560 | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Kiora]] | |[[Kiora]] | ||
|[[Zendikar]] | |[[Zendikar (plane)|Zendikar]] | ||
| | |Unknown | ||
|Being swallowed by a big sea serpent | |Between c. 4539 and 4559 | ||
|Being swallowed by a big sea [[serpent]]. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Koth of the Hammer]] | |||
|[[Mirrodin]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|Between 4500 and 4557 | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|[[Kuthuman]] | |||
|[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|4049 | |||
|Cast the ascension spell using mana tributes from the Fighting Houses of Kush.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
|- | |||
|[[Liliana Vess]] | |||
|[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | |||
|[[Innistrad (plane)|Innistrad]] | |||
|Between c. 4300 and c. 4400 | |||
|Turning to black mana to restrain her undead brother [[Josu]]. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Lukka]] | |||
|[[Ikoria]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|c. 4561 | |||
|Overextending the power of the [[Ozolith]] | |||
|- | |||
|[[Masrath]] | |||
|[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|c. 4500 | |||
|An innate sense of the [[Multiverse]] following the [[Great Mending|Mending]]. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Mu Yanling]] | |||
|[[Shenmeng]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|Between 4500 and 4560 | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[ | |[[Nahiri]] | ||
|[[ | |[[Zendikar (plane)|Zendikar]] | ||
|[[Innistrad]] | |[[Innistrad (plane)|Innistrad]] | ||
| | |Before -1400 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Narset]] | |[[Narset]] | ||
|[[Tarkir]] | |[[Tarkir]] | ||
|Pulled back to Tarkir | |Pulled back to Tarkir | ||
|Learning the truth about Tarkir's past | |Between 4500 and 4559 | ||
|Learning the truth about Tarkir's past. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Nicol Bolas]] | |||
|[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | |||
|[[Meditation Plane]] | |||
|Between c. -20,000 and c. -15,500 | |||
|Rage and envy against [[Ugin]]. | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[ | |[[Niko Aris]] | ||
|[[ | |[[Theros (plane)|Theros]] | ||
|[[ | |[[Bretagard]], [[Kaldheim (plane)|Kaldheim]] | ||
| | |c. 4561 | ||
|During a battle against an agent of [[Klothys]]. | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Nixilis]] | |[[Nissa Revane]] | ||
|[[Zendikar (plane)|Zendikar]] | |||
|[[Lorwyn–Shadowmoor#Lorwyn|Lorwyn]] | |||
|4520<ref>{{DailyRef|magic-story/homesick-2016-08-29|Homesick|[[Chris L'Etoile]]|August 29, 2016}}</ref> | |||
|Witnessing [[Emrakul]]'s sealed presence. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Ob Nixilis]] (1st time) | |||
|A plane of eternal war | |A plane of eternal war | ||
| | |Unknown | ||
|Realizing the futility of life and mono-planar ambitions | |2559 or earlier | ||
|Realizing the futility of life and mono-planar ambitions. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Ob Nixilis]] (2nd time) | |||
|[[Zendikar (plane)|Zendikar]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|4559 | |||
|Siphoning the power of the [[Hedron|hedrons]] into himself. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Oko]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|Unknown | |||
| | |||
|Tortured by magical procedures designed to suppress his powers. | |||
|- | |||
|- | |||
|[[Quintorius Kand]] | |||
|[[Arcavios]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|4562 | |||
|Taking the [[Invocation of the Founders]] into himself to save the plane and school during [[New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse]]. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Ral Zarek]] | |||
|[[Ravnica]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|Between 4500 and 4558 | |||
|Being stabbed and finding out his lover was betraying him. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Ravidel]] | |||
|[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|2934 | |||
|Being resurrected from death by [[Kristina of the Woods]]. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Rowan Kenrith|Rowan]] and [[Will Kenrith]] | |||
|[[Eldraine]] | |||
|Possibly [[Kylem]]<ref name=":Class">{{DailyRef|magic-story/episode-1-class-session-2021-03-25|Episode 1: Class Is in Session|[[Adana Washington]]|March 25, 2021}}</ref> | |||
|c. 4561 | |||
|Learning the truth about their birth mother. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Saheeli Rai]] | |||
|[[Kaladesh (plane)|Kaladesh]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|Between 4500 and 4560 | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|[[Samut]] | |||
|[[Amonkhet (plane)|Amonkhet]] | |||
|[[Theros (plane)|Theros]] | |||
|4560 | |||
|Experiencing euphoria and joy after being thanked by [[Hazoret]]. | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Sarkhan Vol]] | |[[Sarkhan Vol]] | ||
|[[Tarkir]] | |[[Tarkir]] | ||
| | |Unknown | ||
|Channeling the spirit of an ancient dragon | |c. 4554 | ||
|Channeling the spirit of an ancient dragon. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Sifa Grent]] | |||
|[[Grixis]] | |||
| Unknown | |||
|Between 4500 and 4559 | |||
|Tortured by [[Malfegor]]. | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[ | |[[Sorin Markov]] | ||
|[[ | |[[Innistrad (plane)|Innistrad]] | ||
| | | Unknown | ||
| | |<nowiki>-2442 or earlier</nowiki> | ||
|Becoming a vampire. | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[ | |[[Tacenda Verlasen]] | ||
|[[Innistrad (plane)|Innistrad]] | |[[Innistrad (plane)|Innistrad]] | ||
| | |Unknown | ||
| | |4559 | ||
|Defeating her sister [[Willia]], and absorbing [[the Bog Entity]].<ref name="Children">[[Brandon Sanderson]] (2018). "''[[Children of the Nameless]]''". [[Wizards of the Coast]].</ref> | |||
|- | |||
|[[Tamiyo]] | |||
|[[Kamigawa]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|Between 4500 and 4559 | |||
|Discovering a book from another plane.<ref name="Chicago Preview Panel">{{YouTubeRef|CzU5u3WUlM8|The Preview Panel - MagicCon Chicago|channel=[[Magic: The Gathering]]|date=February 23 2024}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
|[[Taysir of Rabiah|Taysir]] | |||
|[[Rabiah]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|Before -20 | |||
|Uniting his five selves. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Teferi Akosa]] (1st time) | |||
|[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | |||
||Unknown | |||
|Between 3360 and c. 3650 | |||
|An experiment with [[time]] and [[phasing]] gone wrong. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Teferi Akosa]] (2nd time) | |||
|[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | |||
||Unknown | |||
|4560 | |||
|Restored by a [[Powerstone]] made by [[Jhoira]]. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Tessebik]] | |||
|[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|c. 4500 | |||
|An innate sense of the [[Multiverse]] following the [[Great Mending|Mending]]. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Teyo Verada]] | |||
|[[Gobakhan]] | |||
|[[Ravnica]] | |||
|4560 | |||
|Being buried alive. | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Tezzeret]] | |[[Tezzeret]] | ||
|[[Esper]] | |[[Esper]] | ||
|[[Grixis]] | |[[Grixis]] | ||
|Being attacked by guards after learning that the [[Codex Etherium]] was empty | |Between 4500 and c. 4545 | ||
|Being attacked by guards after learning that the [[Codex Etherium]] was empty. | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Tibalt]] | |[[Tibalt]] | ||
|[[Innistrad (plane)|Innistrad]] | |[[Innistrad (plane)|Innistrad]] | ||
|Unknown | |||
| | |||
|Feeling all the pain he had inflicted on others in his life. | |||
|- | |||
|[[The Traveler]] (non-[[List of storyline sources|canon]]) | |||
|Unknown | |||
|[[Meditation Plane]] | |||
|c. 4560 | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|[[Tyvar Kell]] | |||
|[[Kaldheim (plane)|Kaldheim]] | |||
|Possibly [[Zendikar (plane)|Zendikar]]<ref>{{DailyRef|magic-story/episode-2-awaken-trolls-2021-01-13|Kaldheim Episode 2: Awaken the Trolls|[[Roy Graham]]|January 13, 2021}}</ref> | |||
| | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Ugin]] | |[[Ugin]] | ||
|[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | |[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | ||
|[[ | |[[Meditation Plane]] | ||
|Between c. -25,000 and c. -19,000 | |||
|Realizing his [[Nicol Bolas|twin brother]] doesn't love him and is trying to manipulate him. | |Realizing his [[Nicol Bolas|twin brother]] doesn't love him and is trying to manipulate him. | ||
|- | |- | ||
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|[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | |[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | ||
|Unknown | |Unknown | ||
|Enduring the [[Sylex Blast]] and being resurrected through the [[Mightstone|Might]] | |63 | ||
|Enduring the [[Sylex Blast]] and being resurrected by Glacian's spark through the [[Mightstone|Might]] and [[Weakstone]]. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Venser]] | |||
|[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] (alternate timeline) | |||
|[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | |||
|4500 AR | |||
|With Teferi and Jhoira's help, returning to their timeline. | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Vivien Reid]] | |[[Vivien Reid]] | ||
|[[Skalla]] | |[[Skalla]] | ||
|Unknown | |Unknown | ||
|Seeing her world destroyed by [[Nicol Bolas]] | |Between 4500 and 4560 | ||
|Seeing her world destroyed by [[Nicol Bolas]]. | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Vraska]] | |[[Vraska]] | ||
|[[Ravnica]] | |[[Ravnica]] | ||
|A dark tomb with no way out | |A swamp on a dark plane. A tomb with no way out. | ||
| | |c. 4540 | ||
|Being severely beaten by [[Azorius]] prison guards. | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Vronos]] | |[[Vronos]] | ||
|[[Innistrad (plane)|Innistrad]] | |[[Innistrad (plane)|Innistrad]] | ||
|[[Esper]] | |[[Esper]] | ||
| | |Between 4500 and 4556 | ||
|Having his face scarred by [[werewolves]]. | |||
|- | |||
|[[The Wanderer]] | |||
|[[Kamigawa]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|c. 4551 | |||
|After [[Tezzeret]] tried to control the [[kami]] [[Kyodai]] using a prototype Reality Chip. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Wrenn]] | |||
|Unknown | |||
|Unknown | |||
|4561 or earlier | |||
|Threatened by a forest fire. | |||
|} | |} | ||
Latest revision as of 17:19, 24 June 2024
Igniting (also "triggering", "flaring" or "ascension") refers to the spark's ignition, that is the process by which a sapient creature activates their latent spark and thus becomes a planeswalker.
Ascension
In Pre-Revisionist stories, planeswalkers were often sorcerers who somehow acquired the incredibly vast amount of mana[1] required to perform the ritualistic sorcery of one's own ascension. Slaying a powerful planeswalker was one common way to acquire the necessary mana.
Sparking
Following the Mending, ascension was no longer a viable option for becoming a planeswalker, making it impossible for most wizards to become planeswalkers. A very small fraction of wizards possess the qualities needed for a natural spark. These wizards are known as embers.[2] Usually, its ignition is triggered by a powerful, emotionally-affecting, perspective-altering life event.[3] Ignitions are often caused by near-death experiences, though it is possible for an ember to undergo such an experience — even dying — without igniting their spark.[4]
First planeswalk
As an effect of the ignition, the newly-ignited planeswalker planeswalks away for their first time: they are pulled to the Blind Eternities and then come back appearing to a random plane, and afterwards realizing their new traveling powers.
List of all explained ignitions:
Planeswalker | Ignited on | Planeswalked to | Date | Ignition's cause |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ajani Goldmane | Naya | Jund | 4556 AR | Realizing the death of his brother. |
Arlinn Kord | Innistrad | Unknown | Between c. 4528 and c. 4543 | Realizing she transformed into a werewolf and had killed an angel;[5] or after killing her childhood friend Luciana in werewolf form.[6] |
Basri Ket | Amonkhet | Unknown | Between c. 4550 and 4560 | Elation at winning Oketra's Trial of Solidarity. |
Bo Levar | Dominaria | Unknown | 63 | Being caught in the Sylex Blast.[7] |
Calix | Theros | Unknown | c. 4561 | Frustration about his inability to fulfill his purpose of following Elspeth Tirel. |
Chandra Nalaar | Kaladesh | Regatha | c. 4548[8] | Striking against her executioner with pyromancy. |
Dack Fayden | Fiora | Unknown | Between c. 4537 and c. 4550 | Witnessing his friend being killed by rival mages. |
Dakkon Blackblade | Dominaria | Unknown | Between c. -2000 and c. -200 | After Geyadrone Dihada stole his soul using the Blackblade. |
Daretti | Fiora | Unknown | Being crippled by the explosion of one of his constructs. | |
Davriel Cane | Unknown | Unknown | Between c. 4511 and c. 4556 | Pulling a Worldsoul entity from the mind of a dying man into his own mind. |
Domri Rade | Ravnica | Naya | 4558 | Being buried alive as part of a Gruul ritual. |
Dovin Baan | Kaladesh | Unknown | Between 4500 and 4560 | |
Elspeth Tirel | Capenna | Theros | c. 4546 | Fleeing from the Phyrexians.[9] |
Eskil | Dominaria | Unknown | Between -2,500 and -440 | Splashed by the blood of the corrupted angel Trine. |
Faralyn | Dominaria | Shandalar | 2934 | Cast the ascension spell using mana harvested from Chromium Rhuell.[10] |
Freyalise | Dominaria | Unknown | c. 2434 | Being mortally wounded by Jason Carthalion. |
Garth One-Eye | Kuthuman's realm | Unknown | 4069 | Cast the ascension spell using the mana harvested from slaying Kuthuman.[1][11] |
Garruk | Unknown | Shandalar[12] | Between c. 4537 and 4556 | |
Gideon Jura | Theros | Bant | c. 4547[13][14] | Realizing the death of his irregulars through his own hubris. |
Huatli | Ixalan | Kaladesh (uncompleted) | 4560 | Under furious attack by Angrath. |
Jace Beleren | Vryn | Ravnica | c. 4548[15] | Accidental planeswalk after being memory wiped. |
Jared Carthalion | Dominaria | Unknown | 3980 | Being crushed by crumbling monoliths while confronting Ravidel. |
Jaya Ballard | Dominaria | Elsewhere on Dominaria | 2954 | Being hit by Jodah's mirror. |
Jeska | Dominaria | Unknown | 4306 | Being split from Karona with the Mirari. |
Kaito Shizuki | Kamigawa | Unknown | c. 4552 | The kami Himoto ignited Kaito's spark after they find they have a common goal in finding the Emperor of Kamgiawa in the Multiverse. |
Karn (1st time) | Dominaria | Mercadia[7] | 4205 | Acquiring Urza's spark. |
Karn (2nd time) | New Phyrexia | Unknown | 4557 | Acquiring Venser's spark. |
Kaya Cassir | Tolvada | Unknown | Between c. 4530 and 4560 | |
Kiora | Zendikar | Unknown | Between c. 4539 and 4559 | Being swallowed by a big sea serpent. |
Koth of the Hammer | Mirrodin | Unknown | Between 4500 and 4557 | |
Kuthuman | Dominaria | Unknown | 4049 | Cast the ascension spell using mana tributes from the Fighting Houses of Kush.[1] |
Liliana Vess | Dominaria | Innistrad | Between c. 4300 and c. 4400 | Turning to black mana to restrain her undead brother Josu. |
Lukka | Ikoria | Unknown | c. 4561 | Overextending the power of the Ozolith |
Masrath | Dominaria | Unknown | c. 4500 | An innate sense of the Multiverse following the Mending. |
Mu Yanling | Shenmeng | Unknown | Between 4500 and 4560 | |
Nahiri | Zendikar | Innistrad | Before -1400 | |
Narset | Tarkir | Pulled back to Tarkir | Between 4500 and 4559 | Learning the truth about Tarkir's past. |
Nicol Bolas | Dominaria | Meditation Plane | Between c. -20,000 and c. -15,500 | Rage and envy against Ugin. |
Niko Aris | Theros | Bretagard, Kaldheim | c. 4561 | During a battle against an agent of Klothys. |
Nissa Revane | Zendikar | Lorwyn | 4520[16] | Witnessing Emrakul's sealed presence. |
Ob Nixilis (1st time) | A plane of eternal war | Unknown | 2559 or earlier | Realizing the futility of life and mono-planar ambitions. |
Ob Nixilis (2nd time) | Zendikar | Unknown | 4559 | Siphoning the power of the hedrons into himself. |
Oko | Unknown | Unknown | Tortured by magical procedures designed to suppress his powers. | |
Quintorius Kand | Arcavios | Unknown | 4562 | Taking the Invocation of the Founders into himself to save the plane and school during New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse. |
Ral Zarek | Ravnica | Unknown | Between 4500 and 4558 | Being stabbed and finding out his lover was betraying him. |
Ravidel | Dominaria | Unknown | 2934 | Being resurrected from death by Kristina of the Woods. |
Rowan and Will Kenrith | Eldraine | Possibly Kylem[17] | c. 4561 | Learning the truth about their birth mother. |
Saheeli Rai | Kaladesh | Unknown | Between 4500 and 4560 | |
Samut | Amonkhet | Theros | 4560 | Experiencing euphoria and joy after being thanked by Hazoret. |
Sarkhan Vol | Tarkir | Unknown | c. 4554 | Channeling the spirit of an ancient dragon. |
Sifa Grent | Grixis | Unknown | Between 4500 and 4559 | Tortured by Malfegor. |
Sorin Markov | Innistrad | Unknown | -2442 or earlier | Becoming a vampire. |
Tacenda Verlasen | Innistrad | Unknown | 4559 | Defeating her sister Willia, and absorbing the Bog Entity.[18] |
Tamiyo | Kamigawa | Unknown | Between 4500 and 4559 | Discovering a book from another plane.[19] |
Taysir | Rabiah | Unknown | Before -20 | Uniting his five selves. |
Teferi Akosa (1st time) | Dominaria | Unknown | Between 3360 and c. 3650 | An experiment with time and phasing gone wrong. |
Teferi Akosa (2nd time) | Dominaria | Unknown | 4560 | Restored by a Powerstone made by Jhoira. |
Tessebik | Dominaria | Unknown | c. 4500 | An innate sense of the Multiverse following the Mending. |
Teyo Verada | Gobakhan | Ravnica | 4560 | Being buried alive. |
Tezzeret | Esper | Grixis | Between 4500 and c. 4545 | Being attacked by guards after learning that the Codex Etherium was empty. |
Tibalt | Innistrad | Unknown | Feeling all the pain he had inflicted on others in his life. | |
The Traveler (non-canon) | Unknown | Meditation Plane | c. 4560 | |
Tyvar Kell | Kaldheim | Possibly Zendikar[20] | ||
Ugin | Dominaria | Meditation Plane | Between c. -25,000 and c. -19,000 | Realizing his twin brother doesn't love him and is trying to manipulate him. |
Urza | Dominaria | Unknown | 63 | Enduring the Sylex Blast and being resurrected by Glacian's spark through the Might and Weakstone. |
Venser | Dominaria (alternate timeline) | Dominaria | 4500 AR | With Teferi and Jhoira's help, returning to their timeline. |
Vivien Reid | Skalla | Unknown | Between 4500 and 4560 | Seeing her world destroyed by Nicol Bolas. |
Vraska | Ravnica | A swamp on a dark plane. A tomb with no way out. | c. 4540 | Being severely beaten by Azorius prison guards. |
Vronos | Innistrad | Esper | Between 4500 and 4556 | Having his face scarred by werewolves. |
The Wanderer | Kamigawa | Unknown | c. 4551 | After Tezzeret tried to control the kami Kyodai using a prototype Reality Chip. |
Wrenn | Unknown | Unknown | 4561 or earlier | Threatened by a forest fire. |
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