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'''Dina''' is a [[dryad]] mage-student at the [[Witherbloom]] College of [[Strixhaven]] University on [[Arcavios]].<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/magic-the-gathering-strixhaven-reveal-dina-of-witherbloom-college/1100-6489226/|title=Magic: The Gathering Strixhaven Reveal: Dina Of Witherbloom College|author=Mat Elfring|date=March 24, 2021|publisher=Gamespot.com}}</ref> | '''Dina''' is a [[dryad]] mage-student at the [[Witherbloom]] College of [[Strixhaven]] University on [[Arcavios]].<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/magic-the-gathering-strixhaven-reveal-dina-of-witherbloom-college/1100-6489226/|title=Magic: The Gathering Strixhaven Reveal: Dina Of Witherbloom College|author=Mat Elfring|date=March 24, 2021|publisher=Gamespot.com}}</ref> | ||
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Dina has a wicked sense of humor that more than often edges on the darker side. She doesn’t worry or watch what she says and speaks the thoughts in her mind as they come, never giving a moment to consider whether she might be out of place with her words. Even though she is quick-witted and confident, she is attentive, making her an excellent tutor to other students. However, her teaching methods can sometimes be a little out there, like Dina herself. | Dina has a wicked sense of humor that more than often edges on the darker side. She doesn’t worry or watch what she says and speaks the thoughts in her mind as they come, never giving a moment to consider whether she might be out of place with her words. Even though she is quick-witted and confident, she is attentive, making her an excellent tutor to other students. However, her teaching methods can sometimes be a little out there, like Dina herself. | ||
She spends her time at [[Arcavios#Known locations|Sedgemoor]], the [[swamp]]y marshlands on the college campus. She wears clothing mainly colored black, green, and brown, as fitting for a dryad. She relies on her professors for guidance, as Dina has no family. She usually carries a [[salamander]]-like [[pest]] with her and uses its essence to channel her magic. | She spends her time at [[Arcavios#Known locations|Sedgemoor]], the [[swamp]]y marshlands on the college campus. She wears clothing mainly colored black, green, and brown, as fitting for a dryad. She relies on her professors for guidance, as Dina has no family. She usually carries a [[salamander]]-like [[pest]] with her and uses its essence to channel her magic.<ref name="Legends of Strixhaven">{{DailyRef|feature/legends-strixhaven-2021-04-13|The Legends of Strixhaven| [[Fox Allison]], [[Doug Beyer]] and [[Ari Zirulnik]] |April 13, 2021}}</ref> | ||
=== | ==History== | ||
===Youth=== | |||
When she was young, the ''Brittleblight'' had come for Dina's glade.<ref name="Chains"/> The inhabitants began to fall prey to subtle yet persistent melancholy. Over years, its grip quietly tightened, stealing dreams and replacing them with despair. As minds were overtaken by misery, bodies followed. Animals lay down and never rose again. Dryads grew fragile and decayed into husks. Despite the efforts of scholars across Arcavios, no one knew the genesis of the disease or how it found its way into a habitat. Dean [[Lisette]] was one such scholar, and it was she who had arrived at Dina's glade to rescue her before the sickness could take a permanent hold on her. But even Lisette's formidable expertise couldn't save the glade itself. | When she was young, the ''Brittleblight'' had come for Dina's glade.<ref name="Chains"/> The inhabitants began to fall prey to subtle yet persistent melancholy. Over years, its grip quietly tightened, stealing dreams and replacing them with despair. As minds were overtaken by misery, bodies followed. Animals lay down and never rose again. Dryads grew fragile and decayed into husks. Despite the efforts of scholars across Arcavios, no one knew the genesis of the disease or how it found its way into a habitat. Dean [[Lisette]] was one such scholar, and it was she who had arrived at Dina's glade to rescue her before the sickness could take a permanent hold on her. But even Lisette's formidable expertise couldn't save the glade itself. | ||
As an advanced student of [[Strixhaven]], Dina wished to revive the glade and started to research a forbidden resurrection spell. She found out that she needed the exotic [[Liliana Vess#Early life|root of the Esis tree]] as one of her ingredients.<ref name="Chains">{{DailyRef|magic-story/chains-bind-2021-04-09|The Chains That Bind|[[Reinhardt Suarez]]|April 9, 2021}}</ref> Realizing that the Esis tree was not native to Arcavios, Dina shifted her research to arcane rituals that theoretically could enable [[planeswalker|travel from one plane to another]] — from Arcavios to [[Dominaria (plane)|a place where Esis groves were plentiful]]. Without fail, these spells were almost impossible to understand, far above her ability to craft | ===Student=== | ||
As an advanced student of [[Strixhaven]], Dina wished to revive the glade and started to research a forbidden resurrection spell. She found out that she needed the exotic [[Liliana Vess#Early life|root of the Esis tree]] as one of her ingredients.<ref name="Chains">{{DailyRef|magic-story/chains-bind-2021-04-09|The Chains That Bind|[[Reinhardt Suarez]]|April 9, 2021}}</ref> Realizing that the Esis tree was not native to Arcavios, Dina shifted her research to arcane rituals that theoretically could enable [[planeswalker|travel from one plane to another]] — from Arcavios to [[Dominaria (plane)|a place where Esis groves were plentiful]]. Without fail, these spells were almost impossible to understand, far above her ability to craft and promised painful fates worse than death. Her search had stalled until she found a specimen in the potions classroom of [[Professor Onyx]]. | |||
Proceeding with her experiment, Dina was drawing on the energy of a family of [[pest]]s when a wayward bolt of [[Silverquill]] ink magic corrupted the process.<ref name="Chains"/> It was thrown by [[Killian Lu]], who was angry at being unfairly sentenced to [[Witherbloom#College Locations|Detention Bog]] by his father. The unwanted result of this coincidence was a colossal living swamp creature with a dark heart that started to destroy all living things and took | Proceeding with her experiment, Dina was drawing on the energy of a family of [[pest]]s when a wayward bolt of [[Silverquill]] ink magic corrupted the process.<ref name="Chains"/> It was thrown by [[Killian Lu]], who was angry at being unfairly sentenced to [[Witherbloom#College Locations|Detention Bog]] by his father. The unwanted result of this coincidence was a colossal living swamp creature with a dark heart that started to destroy all living things and took off for [[Strixhaven]] as it was being lured by its magic energy. Working together, Killian and Dina managed to defeat the monster, but the Silverquill student was fatally injured. Sacrificing the last remains of the resurrection spell in her blood, and the hope of resurrecting her glade, Dina cured her newfound friend. | ||
===Phyrexian invasion=== | |||
When [[New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse]] started, the Phyrexians quickly burned through the defenses of Strixhaven. [[Liliana Vess|Professor Vess]] tasked a small group of surviving students - [[Rootha Squallheart]], [[Quintorius Kand]], [[Zimone Wola]], Dina and [[Killian Lu]] - to search for the [[Invocation of the Founders]] in the Biblioplex. The group found it and with a representative from each school they could activate it, but the [[compleation|compleated]] [[Nassari]] distracted Rootha enough that Quint could only try to make up her contribution with raw magic and lifeforce. The result was not entirely successful, and in the process, Quint's spark ignited and he planeswalked away.<ref name="Radiant">{{DailyRef|magic-story/a-radiant-heart|''March of the Machine'' - A Radiant Heart|[[Evelyn Teng]]|March 20, 2023}}</ref> Though the invocation managed to repel the main wave of attackers, the students were wounded and Quint was missing. | |||
Though Zimone and Dina had been friends before, they'd never collaborated on a cross-college project. Under pressure of certain death, they blended their magics together and found to their delight that the intersection of [[Quandrix]] mathematics and Witherbloom biology led to new interdisciplinary magics never before seen. Using mathematical theorems, Zimone enhances Dina's plant growths, allowing the two of them to deal exponentially more damage than they otherwise would have apart.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/the-legendary-team-ups-of-march-of-the-machine|The Legendary Team-Ups of March of the Machine|[[Emily Teng]]|April 13, 2023}}</ref> | |||
==Trivia== | |||
*Dina appears in the trailer for [[Strixhaven: School of Mages]].<ref>{{YouTubeRef|si8G0pR7zSI|Welcome to Strixhaven!|channel=Magic: The Gathering|date=March 26, 2021}}</ref> | |||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:DinaTrailer.png|Dina in the Strixhaven trailer. | |||
File:MOMKeyArt3.jpg|''[[March of the Machine]]'' key art. | |||
File:Dina MTGA avatar STX.png|[[Magic: The Gathering Arena]] avatar. | |||
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==Story appearances== | ==Story appearances== | ||
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! Title !! Author !! Publishing date !! Set !! Setting (plane) !! Featuring | ! Title !! Author !! Publishing date !! Set !! Setting (plane) !! Featuring | ||
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| {{ArticleArchive|magic-story/chains-bind-2021-04-09|The Chains That Bind}} || [[Reinhardt Suarez]] || 2021-03-31 || ''[[Strixhaven: School of Mages]]'' || [[Arcavios]] || Dina, [[Killian Lu]], [[Liliana Vess]] | | {{ArticleArchive|magic-story/chains-bind-2021-04-09|The Chains That Bind}} || [[Reinhardt Suarez]] || 2021-03-31 || ''[[Strixhaven: School of Mages]]'' || [[Arcavios]] || Dina, Maraff, [[Tivash]], [[Willowdusk]], [[Lisette]], [[Valentin]], [[Embrose Lu]], [[Killian Lu]], [[Liliana Vess|Liliana]], [[Ana]] | ||
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| {{ArticleArchive|magic-story/silent-voice-calls-2021-04-30|A Silent Voice Calls}} || [[Marcus Terrell Smith]] || 2021-04-30 || ''[[Strixhaven: School of Mages]]'' || [[Arcavios]] || [[Killian Lu]], Razineth, [[Embrose Lu]], Doco, Fannessa Fjyorne, [[Shaile Talonrook]], [[Quintorius Kand]], Dobarius Egolt, Dina, Vickus | |||
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|{{ArticleArchive|magic-story/a-radiant-heart|Arcavios: A Radiant Heart}}||[[Evelyn Teng]]||2023-03-20||''[[March of the Machine]]''||[[Arcavios]]||[[Quintorius Kand]], [[Rootha Squallheart]], Dina, [[Zimone Wola]], [[Killian Lu]], [[Shaile Talonrook]], [[Embrose Lu]], [[Nassari]], [[Liliana Vess]] | |||
|} | |} | ||
==In-game references== | ==In-game references== | ||
{{in-game | {{in-game | ||
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*{{card|Dina, Soul Steeper||STX}} | *{{card|Dina, Soul Steeper||STX}} | ||
*<c>Zimone and Dina</c> | |||
|art= | |art= | ||
*<c>Deadly Brew</c> | *<c>Deadly Brew</c> | ||
*<c>Hunt for Specimens</c> | *<c>Hunt for Specimens</c> | ||
*<c>Infuse with Vitality</c> | *<c>Infuse with Vitality</c> | ||
*<c>Invasion of Arcavios</c> | |||
*<c>Invocation of the Founders</c> | |||
|flavor= | |flavor= | ||
*{{card|Natural Order|Mystical Archive|STA}} | *{{card|Natural Order|Mystical Archive|STA}} | ||
*<c>Unwilling Ingredient</c> | *<c>Unwilling Ingredient</c> | ||
*{{card|Undergrowth Stadium|Commander Masters|CMM|#=666}} | |||
*{{card|Wither and Bloom}} | |||
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{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
{{Arcavios| | {{Arcavios|students|Strixhaven=y}} | ||
[[Category:Dryads]] | [[Category:Dryads]] | ||
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Dina is a dryad mage-student at the Witherbloom College of Strixhaven University on Arcavios.[1]
Description
Dina has a wicked sense of humor that more than often edges on the darker side. She doesn’t worry or watch what she says and speaks the thoughts in her mind as they come, never giving a moment to consider whether she might be out of place with her words. Even though she is quick-witted and confident, she is attentive, making her an excellent tutor to other students. However, her teaching methods can sometimes be a little out there, like Dina herself.
She spends her time at Sedgemoor, the swampy marshlands on the college campus. She wears clothing mainly colored black, green, and brown, as fitting for a dryad. She relies on her professors for guidance, as Dina has no family. She usually carries a salamander-like pest with her and uses its essence to channel her magic.[2]
History
Youth
When she was young, the Brittleblight had come for Dina's glade.[3] The inhabitants began to fall prey to subtle yet persistent melancholy. Over years, its grip quietly tightened, stealing dreams and replacing them with despair. As minds were overtaken by misery, bodies followed. Animals lay down and never rose again. Dryads grew fragile and decayed into husks. Despite the efforts of scholars across Arcavios, no one knew the genesis of the disease or how it found its way into a habitat. Dean Lisette was one such scholar, and it was she who had arrived at Dina's glade to rescue her before the sickness could take a permanent hold on her. But even Lisette's formidable expertise couldn't save the glade itself.
Student
As an advanced student of Strixhaven, Dina wished to revive the glade and started to research a forbidden resurrection spell. She found out that she needed the exotic root of the Esis tree as one of her ingredients.[3] Realizing that the Esis tree was not native to Arcavios, Dina shifted her research to arcane rituals that theoretically could enable travel from one plane to another — from Arcavios to a place where Esis groves were plentiful. Without fail, these spells were almost impossible to understand, far above her ability to craft and promised painful fates worse than death. Her search had stalled until she found a specimen in the potions classroom of Professor Onyx.
Proceeding with her experiment, Dina was drawing on the energy of a family of pests when a wayward bolt of Silverquill ink magic corrupted the process.[3] It was thrown by Killian Lu, who was angry at being unfairly sentenced to Detention Bog by his father. The unwanted result of this coincidence was a colossal living swamp creature with a dark heart that started to destroy all living things and took off for Strixhaven as it was being lured by its magic energy. Working together, Killian and Dina managed to defeat the monster, but the Silverquill student was fatally injured. Sacrificing the last remains of the resurrection spell in her blood, and the hope of resurrecting her glade, Dina cured her newfound friend.
Phyrexian invasion
When New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse started, the Phyrexians quickly burned through the defenses of Strixhaven. Professor Vess tasked a small group of surviving students - Rootha Squallheart, Quintorius Kand, Zimone Wola, Dina and Killian Lu - to search for the Invocation of the Founders in the Biblioplex. The group found it and with a representative from each school they could activate it, but the compleated Nassari distracted Rootha enough that Quint could only try to make up her contribution with raw magic and lifeforce. The result was not entirely successful, and in the process, Quint's spark ignited and he planeswalked away.[4] Though the invocation managed to repel the main wave of attackers, the students were wounded and Quint was missing.
Though Zimone and Dina had been friends before, they'd never collaborated on a cross-college project. Under pressure of certain death, they blended their magics together and found to their delight that the intersection of Quandrix mathematics and Witherbloom biology led to new interdisciplinary magics never before seen. Using mathematical theorems, Zimone enhances Dina's plant growths, allowing the two of them to deal exponentially more damage than they otherwise would have apart.[5]
Trivia
- Dina appears in the trailer for Strixhaven: School of Mages.[6]
Gallery
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Dina in the Strixhaven trailer.
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March of the Machine key art.
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Magic: The Gathering Arena avatar.
Story appearances
| Title | Author | Publishing date | Set | Setting (plane) | Featuring |
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| The Chains That Bind | Reinhardt Suarez | 2021-03-31 | Strixhaven: School of Mages | Arcavios | Dina, Maraff, Tivash, Willowdusk, Lisette, Valentin, Embrose Lu, Killian Lu, Liliana, Ana |
| A Silent Voice Calls | Marcus Terrell Smith | 2021-04-30 | Strixhaven: School of Mages | Arcavios | Killian Lu, Razineth, Embrose Lu, Doco, Fannessa Fjyorne, Shaile Talonrook, Quintorius Kand, Dobarius Egolt, Dina, Vickus |
| Arcavios: A Radiant Heart | Evelyn Teng | 2023-03-20 | March of the Machine | Arcavios | Quintorius Kand, Rootha Squallheart, Dina, Zimone Wola, Killian Lu, Shaile Talonrook, Embrose Lu, Nassari, Liliana Vess |
In-game references
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References
- ↑ Mat Elfring (March 24, 2021). "Magic: The Gathering Strixhaven Reveal: Dina Of Witherbloom College". Gamespot.com.
- ↑ Fox Allison, Doug Beyer and Ari Zirulnik (April 13, 2021). "The Legends of Strixhaven". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c Reinhardt Suarez (April 9, 2021). "The Chains That Bind". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Evelyn Teng (March 20, 2023). "March of the Machine - A Radiant Heart". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Emily Teng (April 13, 2023). "The Legendary Team-Ups of March of the Machine". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Welcome to Strixhaven! (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (March 26, 2021).
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