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{{Infobox character
|image=
|image=Kayla bin-Kroog 2.jpg
|name=Kayla bin-Kroog
|name=Kayla bin-Kroog
|birthplace=[[Yotia]], [[Terisiare]], [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]]
|birthplace=[[Kroog]], [[Yotia]], [[Terisiare]], [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]]
|lifetime=Born c. 3 AR
|lifetime=Born c. 3 AR
|race=[[Human]]
|race=[[Human]]
|sources=''[[The Brothers' War (book)|The Brothers' War]]'', ''[[The Gathering Dark]]''
|sources=[[The Brothers' War]], [[The Gathering Dark]]
|spouse=[[Urza]]
|children=[[Harbin]]
|colors={{mana|RW}}
|relatives=[[Jarsyl]] (grandson)<br> [[Jodah]] (descendant)
}}
}}
'''Kayla bin-Kroog''' was wife of [[Urza]] during the [[Brothers' War]]. Initially her father had offered her in marriage to the man strong enough to move a great statue. All contestants failed, but [[Urza]]'s automaton succeeded, and the king was convinced to allow him to marry her, convinced that a artificer so talented could be a valuable ally.
'''Kayla bin-Kroog''' was a [[noble|princess]] of [[Yotia]] and the wife of [[Urza]] during the [[Brothers' War]] on [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]].<ref name="Brothers">[[Jeff Grubb]] (1998). ''[[The Brothers' War (novel)|The Brothers' War]]''. Wizards of the Coast.</ref> Afterward, she became the Lady of Penregon and the last Queen of Argive.<ref name="The End"/><ref name="The Beginning"/> She was the daughter of the Warlord of [[Kroog]], and the mother of [[Harbin]].
 
==History==
===Life with Urza===
Initially, her father had offered her marriage to a man strong enough to move a great statue. All contestants failed, but [[Urza]]'s automaton succeeded, and the king was convinced to allow him to marry her, convinced that an artificer so talented could be a valuable ally.<ref name="Brothers"/>


At the time Urza was not interested in Kayla, but in the [[Thran Tome]] that was stored in the royal vaults.
At the time Urza was not interested in Kayla, but in the [[Thran Tome]] that was stored in the royal vaults.


In time, Urza had access to a personal workshop, and assistants where he created the [[ornithopter]]s, and <c>Yotian Soldier</c>s that characterized the kingdoms army.
In time, Urza had access to a personal workshop and assistants. In this workshop, he created the [[ornithopter]]s and <c>Yotian Soldier</c>s that characterized the kingdom's army.
 
At first, Urza mostly ignored her. However, after her father's death, the couple grew closer when Kayla realized that Urza felt guilt over his father-in-law's death, and Urza, in turn, came to realize how he had come to love his wife when [[Tawnos]], his favored student, helped him understand that he was fearful of Kayla's reaction. During the next few days, Urza and his wife were neither seen nor heard from save for an explanatory letter left for Tawnos, their mutual friend. When Mishra later visited Kroog to negotiate a peace settlement he convinced Kayla to steal Urza's power stone and sleep with him. This was likely out of jealousy and Mishra's need to possess what his brother had. This event left her son Harbin's parentage in doubt, although all constantly proclaimed that Harbin was indeed Urza's, not Mishra's son. Kayla was pregnant with Harbin when she fled Mishra's Siege of Kroog.<ref name="The End"/>
 
===Penregon===
After the War, Kayla took reign of the damaged city of [[Penregon]].<ref name="The End">{{DailyRef|news/magic-story/the-brothers-war-episode-1-the-end|The Brothers' War - Episode 1: The End|[[Miguel Lopez]]|October 20, 2022}}</ref> Here she was visited by Tawnos, who told her of Urza's ascension. With the help of [[Tawnos]] and his civil [[artifact creature|automatons]], Kayla tried to rebuild the city. The use of the very machines that had been used in the War angered the nascent [[Church of Tal]], which attacked and nearly destroyed the city in 69 [[AR]].<ref name="The Beginning">{{DailyRef|news/magic-story/the-brothers-war-episode-2-the-beginning|The Brothers' War - Episode 2: The Beginning|[[Miguel Lopez]]|October 20, 2022}}</ref>
 
Though the Talites were defeated within and without the city, the repentant Tawnos destroyed Urza's archives and left the city. This ended the age of artifice in Penregon.<ref name="The Beginning"/> Only ten years later, Kayla ordered the city's inhabitants to move west beyond the [[Great Desert (Terisiare)|Great Desert]] to avoid the encroaching cold.<ref name="The Beginning"/>
 
In her grief, Kayla discovered that she could use magic, and studied [[Hurkyl]]'s teachings to develop her abilities. She was one of the last to leave Penregon, in early 79 AR.<ref name="The Beginning"/> Marching west with the city's remaining refugees, Kayla stopped in New Yotia until the summer, eventually parting ways with her grandson and continuing further west.
 
As Kayla traveled west, she heard stories of the last flying man who soared the western skies. He was a hero, the people said. He'd died in the cataclysm, they said and was reborn as the wind's herald. Believing the man may be her lost son, Harbin, Kayla resolved to cross the continent to learn the truth.<ref name="The Beginning"/>
 
===Writings===
Kayla was the author of the epic poem ''[[List of in-multiverse works#AntiquitiesWar|The Antiquities War]]'', one of the few primary sources about the period that survived its aftermath.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://pokeinthe.io/stories/magic/battlemage/the-antiquities-war/|title=The Antiquities War|author=April King|date=March 29, 2018|publisher=Pokeinthe.io}}</ref> She completed the original version around 80 AR.<ref name="The Beginning"/>
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Kayla bin-Kroog.png|Kayla bin-kroog as depicted in the ''[[Antiquities War]]'' comic.
File:Kaylas Reconstruction.jpg|Along with [[Tawnos]], Kayla begins to rebuild her war-torn kingdom.
</gallery>
 
==Story appearances==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Title !! Author !! Publishing date !! Set !! Setting (plane) !! Featuring
|-
|{{ArticleArchive|magic-story/the-brothers-war-episode-1-the-end|The Brothers' War - Episode 1: The End}} || [[Miguel Lopez]] || 2022-10-20 || ''[[The Brothers' War]]'' || [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] || Kayla bin-Kroog, [[Tawnos]], [[Myrel]], [[Raddic]]
|-
|{{ArticleArchive|magic-story/the-brothers-war-episode-2-the-beginning|The Brothers' War - Episode 2: The Beginning}} || [[Miguel Lopez]] || 2022-10-20 || ''[[The Brothers' War]]'' || [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] || [[Tawnos]], Kayla bin-Kroog, [[Myrel]], [[Jarsyl]], [[Kaya]], [[Teferi]]
|}
 
==In-game references==
{{in-game
|cards=
*<c>Queen Kayla bin-Kroog</c>
|associated=
*<c>Kayla's Command</c>
*<c>Kayla's Kindling</c>
*<c>Kayla's Music Box</c>
*{{card|Kayla's Reconstruction||BRO}}
*<c>Urza's Saga</c><ref>{{YouTubeRef|bOarfmx_TiQ|The Secrets of Urza's Saga! |channel[[Good Morning Magic!]]|date=May 10, 2021}}</ref>
|art=
*<c>Machine over Matter</c>
*<c>Urza's Command</c>
|flavor=
*{{card|Elsewhere Flask||BRR|#=78}}
*<c>Penregon Besieged</c>{{ref|AlchemyFlavor|†}}
*<c>Yotian Medic</c>
}}
:{{note|AlchemyFlavor|†}} Scryfall does not record flavor text for digital cards. See [[Alchemy: The Brothers' War/Flavor text]]


At first Urza mostly ignored her, however after her father's death the couple grew closer when Kayla realized that Urza felt guilt over his father-in-law's death and Urza in turn came to realize how he had come to love his wife, when [[Tawnos]] his favored student helped him understand that he was fearful of Kayla's reaction. During the next few days Urza and his wife were neither seen or heard from save an explanatory letter left for Tawnos, their mutual friend. When Mishra later visited Kroog in an effort to negotiate a peace settlement he convinced Kayla to steal Urza's power stone and to sleep with him, (all out of his jealously and need to possess what his brother had) leaving her son [[Harbin]]'s parentage in doubt, although all constantly proclaimed that Harbin was indeed Urza's not Mishra's son. After the war, she wrote the epic poem ''The Antiquity Wars'', one of the few primary sources about the period that survived its aftermath.
==References==
{{Reflist}}


[[Category:Humans]]
[[Category:Humans]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Nobles]]
[[Category:Weatherlight Saga]]
{{Dominaria|characters}}
[[Category:Deceased]]

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Kayla bin-Kroog
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Details
Race Human
Birthplace Kroog, Yotia, Terisiare, Dominaria
Lifetime Born c. 3 AR
Spouse Urza
Children Harbin
Relatives Jarsyl (grandson)
Jodah (descendant)
Colors
{R}{W}
Sources
The Brothers' War, The Gathering Dark

Kayla bin-Kroog was a princess of Yotia and the wife of Urza during the Brothers' War on Dominaria.[1] Afterward, she became the Lady of Penregon and the last Queen of Argive.[2][3] She was the daughter of the Warlord of Kroog, and the mother of Harbin.

History

Life with Urza

Initially, her father had offered her marriage to a man strong enough to move a great statue. All contestants failed, but Urza's automaton succeeded, and the king was convinced to allow him to marry her, convinced that an artificer so talented could be a valuable ally.[1]

At the time Urza was not interested in Kayla, but in the Thran Tome that was stored in the royal vaults.

In time, Urza had access to a personal workshop and assistants. In this workshop, he created the ornithopters and Yotian Soldiers that characterized the kingdom's army.

At first, Urza mostly ignored her. However, after her father's death, the couple grew closer when Kayla realized that Urza felt guilt over his father-in-law's death, and Urza, in turn, came to realize how he had come to love his wife when Tawnos, his favored student, helped him understand that he was fearful of Kayla's reaction. During the next few days, Urza and his wife were neither seen nor heard from save for an explanatory letter left for Tawnos, their mutual friend. When Mishra later visited Kroog to negotiate a peace settlement he convinced Kayla to steal Urza's power stone and sleep with him. This was likely out of jealousy and Mishra's need to possess what his brother had. This event left her son Harbin's parentage in doubt, although all constantly proclaimed that Harbin was indeed Urza's, not Mishra's son. Kayla was pregnant with Harbin when she fled Mishra's Siege of Kroog.[2]

Penregon

After the War, Kayla took reign of the damaged city of Penregon.[2] Here she was visited by Tawnos, who told her of Urza's ascension. With the help of Tawnos and his civil automatons, Kayla tried to rebuild the city. The use of the very machines that had been used in the War angered the nascent Church of Tal, which attacked and nearly destroyed the city in 69 AR.[3]

Though the Talites were defeated within and without the city, the repentant Tawnos destroyed Urza's archives and left the city. This ended the age of artifice in Penregon.[3] Only ten years later, Kayla ordered the city's inhabitants to move west beyond the Great Desert to avoid the encroaching cold.[3]

In her grief, Kayla discovered that she could use magic, and studied Hurkyl's teachings to develop her abilities. She was one of the last to leave Penregon, in early 79 AR.[3] Marching west with the city's remaining refugees, Kayla stopped in New Yotia until the summer, eventually parting ways with her grandson and continuing further west.

As Kayla traveled west, she heard stories of the last flying man who soared the western skies. He was a hero, the people said. He'd died in the cataclysm, they said and was reborn as the wind's herald. Believing the man may be her lost son, Harbin, Kayla resolved to cross the continent to learn the truth.[3]

Writings

Kayla was the author of the epic poem The Antiquities War, one of the few primary sources about the period that survived its aftermath.[4] She completed the original version around 80 AR.[3]

Gallery

  • Kayla bin-kroog as depicted in the Antiquities War comic.

    Kayla bin-kroog as depicted in the Antiquities War comic.

  • Along with Tawnos, Kayla begins to rebuild her war-torn kingdom.

    Along with Tawnos, Kayla begins to rebuild her war-torn kingdom.

Story appearances

Title Author Publishing date Set Setting (plane) Featuring
The Brothers' War - Episode 1: The End Miguel Lopez 2022-10-20 The Brothers' War Dominaria Kayla bin-Kroog, Tawnos, Myrel, Raddic
The Brothers' War - Episode 2: The Beginning Miguel Lopez 2022-10-20 The Brothers' War Dominaria Tawnos, Kayla bin-Kroog, Myrel, Jarsyl, Kaya, Teferi

In-game references

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Quoted or referred to:
^† Scryfall does not record flavor text for digital cards. See Alchemy: The Brothers' War/Flavor text

References

  1. ↑ a b Jeff Grubb (1998). The Brothers' War. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. ↑ a b c Miguel Lopez (October 20, 2022). "The Brothers' War - Episode 1: The End". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Miguel Lopez (October 20, 2022). "The Brothers' War - Episode 2: The Beginning". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. ↑ April King (March 29, 2018). "The Antiquities War". Pokeinthe.io.
  5. ↑ The Secrets of Urza's Saga! (Video). YouTube (May 10, 2021).
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