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|name=Rafwyn "Raff" Capashen
|name=Rafwyn "Raff" Capashen
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|birthplace=[[Benalia]], [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]]
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|lifetime=[[Mending Era]]
|race=[[Human]]
|race=[[Human]]
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|parents=[[Aron Capashen]]
|relatives=[[Danitha Capashen]] (sister)<br>[[Clan Capashen]]
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'''Rafwyn "Raff" Capashen''' is a distant relative of Captain [[Gerrard Capashen]]. He became the ship's mage of [[Jhoira]]'s [[Weatherlight crew|crew]] on the rebuild [[Skyship Weatherlight|Skyship ''Weatherlight'']].  
'''Rafwyn "Raff" Capashen''' is a distant relative of Captain [[Gerrard Capashen]]. He became the ship's mage of [[Jhoira]]'s [[Weatherlight crew|crew]] on the rebuilt [[Skyship Weatherlight|Skyship ''Weatherlight'']].  


Raff is a young [[wizard|illusionist]] who studied at the [[Tolarian Academy]]. He offered to join the ''Weatherlight'' after his older sister [[Danitha Capashen]] refused.<ref>{{NewRef|magic-story/return-dominaria-episode-3-2018-03-28|Return to Dominaria: Episode 3|[[Martha Wells]]|March 28, 2018}}</ref>  
==Description==
Rafwyn is a young [[wizard|illusionist]] with unruly brown hair who has studied at the [[Tolarian Academy]]. He is the son of [[Aron Capashen]], who was the head of the highest house of [[Benalia]], and the younger brother of [[Danitha Capashen]]. Despite his [[noble]] [[Clan Capashen|heritage]], he prefers to go by the name of "Raff".<ref>[https://twitter.com/wizards_magic/status/979100831957110785 Magic: the Gathering Twitter]</ref>  


Rafwyn is son of [[Aron Capashen]], who is the head of the highest house of [[Benalia]]. Despite his noble heritage he prefers to go by the name of "Raff".<ref>[https://twitter.com/wizards_magic/status/979100831957110785 Magic: the Gathering Twitter]</ref>
Raff is a gifted illusionist.<ref name="DMU Legends"/>
==History==
Fully aware of the weight of his ancestor [[Gerrard Capashen|Gerrard]]'s Legacy, Raff had chosen to prove himself worthy of the Capashen name by mastering the study of magic at the [[Tolarian Academy]]. Though he was still only 13 and a junior, second-level student at the academy at [[Tolaria West]], he was also a skilled navigator and caught [[Jhoira]]'s attention. He loved flying on the [[Skyship Weatherlight|Skyship ''Weatherlight'']] more than devoting time to his studies, and he secretly dreamed of honoring Gerrard's legacy by crewing the skyship with as much daring and panache as his ancestor did.<ref name="Dominaria art book">[[James Wyatt]] (2018), ''[[The Art of Magic: The Gathering - Dominaria]]''. [[VIZ Media]].</ref>
 
Raff offered to join the ''Weatherlight'' after his sister Danitha refused that position.<ref>{{DailyRef|magic-story/return-dominaria-episode-3-2018-03-28|Return to Dominaria: Episode 3|[[Martha Wells]]|March 28, 2018}}</ref>
 
===Dominaria United===
In the two years since joining the crew, Raff has grown into the role of ship's mage, shedding his youthful boasting — but not his sense of humor. During the [[New Phyrexia (plane)|New Phyrexian]] invasion of [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]], he has helped his crew smuggle valuable information and supplies across Phyrexian-controlled territory.<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>
 
Raff healed [[Teferi]] of a grave wound inflicted during a [[Phyrexian]] attack in the watchtower of [[New Argive]].<ref name="Brutal">{{DailyRef|magic-story/episode-4-brutal-blow-2022-08-15|Episode 4: A Brutal Blow|[[Langley Hyde]]|August 15, 2022}}</ref> Raff, alongside [[Shanna Sisay]] and [[Tiana]], helped to free [[Braids]] before their abandonment of the ''Weatherlight'' to its Phyrexian corruption.<ref name="Shards">{{DailyRef|magic-story/shards-nightmares-2022-08-17|Shards of Nightmares|[[Phoebe Barton]]|August 17, 2022}}</ref>
 
Raff fought 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|Raff, Weatherlight Stalwart|Multiverse Legends|MUL}}</ref>
 
==Story appearances==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Title !! Author !! Publishing date !! Set !! Setting (plane) !! Featuring
|-
| {{ArticleArchive|magic-story/return-dominaria-episode-3-2018-03-28|Return to Dominaria: Episode 3}} || [[Martha Wells]] || 2018-03-28 || ''[[Dominaria]]'' || [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] || [[Jhoira]], [[Ziva]], [[Tiana]], [[Hadi]], [[Tien]], [[Shanna Sisay]], [[Belzenlok]], [[Danitha Capashen]], Raff Capashen, [[Arvad]], [[Ajani Goldmane|Ajani]]
|-
| {{ArticleArchive|magic-story/return-dominaria-episode-5-2018-04-11|Return to Dominaria: Episode 5}} || [[Martha Wells]] || 2018-04-11 || ''[[Dominaria]]'' || [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] || [[Ajani Goldmane|Ajani]], [[Jhoira]], [[Hadi]], [[Tien]], [[Gideon Jura|Gideon]], [[Liliana Vess|Liliana]], [[Lyra Dawnbringer]], [[Rael]], [[Thiago]], [[Shanna Sisay]], Raff Capashen, [[Tiana]], [[Arvad]], [[Jodah]], [[Naban]], [[Thom]], Arongi
|-
| {{ArticleArchive|magic-story/return-dominaria-episode-6-2018-04-18|Return to Dominaria: Episode 6}} || [[Martha Wells]] || 2018-04-18 || ''[[Dominaria]]'' || [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] || [[Teferi Akosa|Teferi]], [[Niambi]], [[Gideon Jura|Gideon]], [[Jhoira]], Raff Capashen, [[Liliana Vess|Liliana]], [[Shanna Sisay]], [[Tiana]], [[Arvad]]
|-
| {{ArticleArchive|magic-story/return-dominaria-episode-9-2018-05-09|Return to Dominaria: Episode 9}} || [[Martha Wells]] || 2018-05-09 || ''[[Dominaria]]'' || [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] || [[Chandra Nalaar|Chandra]], [[Jaya Ballard|Jaya]], [[Karn]], [[Multani]], [[Teferi Akosa|Teferi]], [[Gideon Jura|Gideon]], [[Liliana Vess|Liliana]], [[Jhoira]], [[Tiana]], [[Shanna Sisay]], [[Arvad]], Raff Capashen, [[Jace Beleren|Jace]]
|-
| {{ArticleArchive|magic-story/return-dominaria-episode-10-2018-05-16|Return to Dominaria: Episode 10}} || [[Martha Wells]] || 2018-05-16 || ''[[Dominaria]]'' || [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] || [[Slimefoot]], [[Karn]], [[Arvad]], [[Tiana]], [[Shanna Sisay]], Raff Capashen, [[Jhoira]],  [[Liliana Vess|Liliana]], [[Gideon Jura|Gideon]], [[Teferi Akosa|Teferi]], [[Jaya Ballard|Jaya]], [[Chandra Nalaar|Chandra]]
|-
| {{ArticleArchive|magic-story/return-dominaria-episode-11-2018-05-23|Return to Dominaria: Episode 11}} || [[Martha Wells]] || 2018-05-23 || ''[[Dominaria]]'' || [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] || [[Gideon Jura|Gideon]], [[Liliana Vess|Liliana]], [[Jhoira]], [[Teferi Akosa|Teferi]],  [[Sayrah]], [[Slimefoot]], [[Arvad]], [[Tiana]], Yxarit, Iyrgth, Syl-Stalker, [[Chandra Nalaar|Chandra]], Raff Capashen, [[Shanna Sisay]], [[Jaya Ballard|Jaya]], [[Karn]], [[Yargle]], [[Whisper]], [[Belzenlok]]
|-
| {{ArticleArchive|magic-story/return-dominaria-episode-12-2018-05-30|Return to Dominaria: Episode 12}} || [[Martha Wells]] || 2018-05-30 || ''[[Dominaria]]'' || [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]], [[Ravnica]] || [[Liliana Vess|Liliana]], [[Yargle]], [[Shanna Sisay]], [[Arvad]], Raff Capashen, [[Jhoira]], [[Jaya Ballard|Jaya]], [[Tiana]], [[Gideon Jura|Gideon]], [[Chandra Nalaar|Chandra]], [[Radha]], [[Slimefoot]], Yxarit, [[Muldrotha]], [[Belzenlok]], [[Whisper]], [[Teferi]], [[Karn]], [[Urgoros]], [[Nicol Bolas]], [[Jace Beleren|Jace]]
|-
|{{ArticleArchive|magic-story/episode-4-brutal-blow-2022-08-15|Episode 4: A Brutal Blow}} || [[Langley Hyde]] || 2022-08-15 || ''[[Dominaria United]]'' || [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] || [[Karn]], [[Jaya Ballard]], [[Jodah]], [[Teferi]], [[Shanna Sisay]], [[Arvad]], Raff Capashen, [[Slimefoot]], [[Tiana]], [[Ajani Goldmane]], [[Danitha Capashen]], [[Meria]], [[Aron Capashen]], [[Ertai]], [[Darigaaz]], [[Jhoira]], [[Radha]]
|-
|{{ArticleArchive|magic-story/shards-nightmares-2022-08-17|Shards of Nightmares}} || [[Phoebe Barton]] || 2022-08-17 || ''[[Dominaria United]]'' || [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] || [[Shanna Sisay]], [[Tiana]], Raff Capashen, [[Slimefoot]], [[Arvad]], [[Braids]]
|}


==In-game references==
==In-game references==
'''Represented in''':
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* <c>Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage</c>
* <c>Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage</c>
* <c>Raff, Weatherlight Stalwart</c>
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* {{card|Jhoira, Ageless Innovator||DMU|#=342}}
}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 06:22, 17 June 2024

Rafwyn "Raff" Capashen
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Details
Race Human
Birthplace Benalia, Dominaria
Lifetime Mending Era
Parents Aron Capashen
Relatives Danitha Capashen (sister)
Clan Capashen
Colors
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Rafwyn "Raff" Capashen is a distant relative of Captain Gerrard Capashen. He became the ship's mage of Jhoira's crew on the rebuilt Skyship Weatherlight.

Description

Rafwyn is a young illusionist with unruly brown hair who has studied at the Tolarian Academy. He is the son of Aron Capashen, who was the head of the highest house of Benalia, and the younger brother of Danitha Capashen. Despite his noble heritage, he prefers to go by the name of "Raff".[1]

Raff is a gifted illusionist.[2]

History

Fully aware of the weight of his ancestor Gerrard's Legacy, Raff had chosen to prove himself worthy of the Capashen name by mastering the study of magic at the Tolarian Academy. Though he was still only 13 and a junior, second-level student at the academy at Tolaria West, he was also a skilled navigator and caught Jhoira's attention. He loved flying on the Skyship Weatherlight more than devoting time to his studies, and he secretly dreamed of honoring Gerrard's legacy by crewing the skyship with as much daring and panache as his ancestor did.[3]

Raff offered to join the Weatherlight after his sister Danitha refused that position.[4]

Dominaria United

In the two years since joining the crew, Raff has grown into the role of ship's mage, shedding his youthful boasting — but not his sense of humor. During the New Phyrexian invasion of Dominaria, he has helped his crew smuggle valuable information and supplies across Phyrexian-controlled territory.[2]

Raff healed Teferi of a grave wound inflicted during a Phyrexian attack in the watchtower of New Argive.[5] Raff, alongside Shanna Sisay and Tiana, helped to free Braids before their abandonment of the Weatherlight to its Phyrexian corruption.[6]

Raff fought in defense of Dominaria during New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse.[7][8]

Story appearances

Title Author Publishing date Set Setting (plane) Featuring
Return to Dominaria: Episode 3 Martha Wells 2018-03-28 Dominaria Dominaria Jhoira, Ziva, Tiana, Hadi, Tien, Shanna Sisay, Belzenlok, Danitha Capashen, Raff Capashen, Arvad, Ajani
Return to Dominaria: Episode 5 Martha Wells 2018-04-11 Dominaria Dominaria Ajani, Jhoira, Hadi, Tien, Gideon, Liliana, Lyra Dawnbringer, Rael, Thiago, Shanna Sisay, Raff Capashen, Tiana, Arvad, Jodah, Naban, Thom, Arongi
Return to Dominaria: Episode 6 Martha Wells 2018-04-18 Dominaria Dominaria Teferi, Niambi, Gideon, Jhoira, Raff Capashen, Liliana, Shanna Sisay, Tiana, Arvad
Return to Dominaria: Episode 9 Martha Wells 2018-05-09 Dominaria Dominaria Chandra, Jaya, Karn, Multani, Teferi, Gideon, Liliana, Jhoira, Tiana, Shanna Sisay, Arvad, Raff Capashen, Jace
Return to Dominaria: Episode 10 Martha Wells 2018-05-16 Dominaria Dominaria Slimefoot, Karn, Arvad, Tiana, Shanna Sisay, Raff Capashen, Jhoira, Liliana, Gideon, Teferi, Jaya, Chandra
Return to Dominaria: Episode 11 Martha Wells 2018-05-23 Dominaria Dominaria Gideon, Liliana, Jhoira, Teferi, Sayrah, Slimefoot, Arvad, Tiana, Yxarit, Iyrgth, Syl-Stalker, Chandra, Raff Capashen, Shanna Sisay, Jaya, Karn, Yargle, Whisper, Belzenlok
Return to Dominaria: Episode 12 Martha Wells 2018-05-30 Dominaria Dominaria, Ravnica Liliana, Yargle, Shanna Sisay, Arvad, Raff Capashen, Jhoira, Jaya, Tiana, Gideon, Chandra, Radha, Slimefoot, Yxarit, Muldrotha, Belzenlok, Whisper, Teferi, Karn, Urgoros, Nicol Bolas, Jace
Episode 4: A Brutal Blow Langley Hyde 2022-08-15 Dominaria United Dominaria Karn, Jaya Ballard, Jodah, Teferi, Shanna Sisay, Arvad, Raff Capashen, Slimefoot, Tiana, Ajani Goldmane, Danitha Capashen, Meria, Aron Capashen, Ertai, Darigaaz, Jhoira, Radha
Shards of Nightmares Phoebe Barton 2022-08-17 Dominaria United Dominaria Shanna Sisay, Tiana, Raff Capashen, Slimefoot, Arvad, Braids

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