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===Crimson Vow===
===Crimson Vow===
After the beginning of the [[The Travails]], [[Henrika Domnathi]] hadn't felt bound by the pact that [[Olivia Voldaren]] had made with the humans. For [[Ormendahl]], she tried to raise an army of unholy [[cathar]]s and subverted into a [[vampire]].<ref name="Blessing">{{DailyRef|magic-story/blessing-blood-2021-11-05|The Blessing of Blood|[[Marcus Terrell Smith]]|November 5, 2021}}</ref> He found the struggle to keep his humanity intact while being a monster increasingly difficult.
After the beginning of the [[The Travails]], [[Henrika Domnathi]] hadn't felt bound by the pact that [[Olivia Voldaren]] had made with the humans. For [[Ormendahl]], she tried to raise an army of unholy [[cathar]]s and subverted into a [[vampire]].<ref name="Blessing">{{DailyRef|magic-story/blessing-blood-2021-11-05|The Blessing of Blood|[[Marcus Terrell Smith]]|November 5, 2021}}</ref> While battling Henrika's followers alongside Thalia, they were bested and forced to witness a ritual that would bring Ormendahl to the material plane once more. However, he interrupted the ritual by throwing himself before a blade meant for his ally, saving her but dooming himself. His weakened form was then bitten by Henrika, whom found his blood to be like holy water, her immeidate spawn boiling inside out and exploding. During the confusion Thalia wounded the vampire, and Odric forced her to fly. Confused and terrified by his new form, he looked to Thalia, and found he was unlike the others of his ilk. The moon did not harm him, instead if brought him peace, and his enchanted sword still shone brightly in his hand. although the angel of its blessing was dead. He found the struggle to keep his humanity intact while being a monster increasingly difficult.


==Story appearances==
==Story appearances==

Revision as of 19:53, 5 November 2021

Odric
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Race Human (former), Vampire
Birthplace Innistrad
Lifetime Mending Era

Sir Odric is a master tactician who lives on the plane of Innistrad. He lost a son to a werewolf[1] and was turned into a vampire by Henrika Domnathi.[2]

History

Church commander

Odric was the commander of the Gavony Riders and a recipient of the Moonsilver Accommodation.[1] Odric is a battlefield man, better suited to combat maneuvers than negotiating the politics of the Avacynian Church.

One of his duties as a Church commander was chasing and capturing the mad scientist Ludevic's Abomination, which had been spotted near Estwald. After the events of the Avacyn restoration that involved the breaking of the Helvault and the Siege of Thraben, he ordered his lieutenant Grete to triple the escort of the transport detachment of the prisoner Gisa Cecani to Thraben.[1]

Meeting Garruk

While investigating the death of the mayor's son in Torbach, supposedly by a werewolf, he found the planeswalker Garruk, cursed and weakened. Odric, Grete, and their men captured Garruk, but while Odric was determined to kill the planeswalker, Grete begged for Garruk's life in Avacyn's name. Odric then drugged the planeswalker, tied him up, and moved him to Thraben where the Church of Avacyn would decide his fate.[1]

Lunarch Marshall

After Lunarch Mikaeus died during the siege of Thraben, and his successor was killed in the early days of Avacyn's madness, a Lunarch Council was established, made up of senior bishops of the church with a few Cathar leaders in advisory positions. As Marshall, Odric showed tremendous initiative in organizing the Lunarch Council to deal with Avacyn's madness. He earned a seat on the council as a representative of the Cathars, without an actual vote on council matters.[3][4][5]

Rebel

After the Lunarch Council was exposed to be controlled by the Skirsdag, Odric and Grete fled the Church and joined Thalia as part of the Order of Saint Traft.[5] While Thalia and Grete went to war, Odric remained behind, his spirit broken by his forced betrayal.[6]

Crimson Vow

After the beginning of the The Travails, Henrika Domnathi hadn't felt bound by the pact that Olivia Voldaren had made with the humans. For Ormendahl, she tried to raise an army of unholy cathars and subverted into a vampire.[2] While battling Henrika's followers alongside Thalia, they were bested and forced to witness a ritual that would bring Ormendahl to the material plane once more. However, he interrupted the ritual by throwing himself before a blade meant for his ally, saving her but dooming himself. His weakened form was then bitten by Henrika, whom found his blood to be like holy water, her immeidate spawn boiling inside out and exploding. During the confusion Thalia wounded the vampire, and Odric forced her to fly. Confused and terrified by his new form, he looked to Thalia, and found he was unlike the others of his ilk. The moon did not harm him, instead if brought him peace, and his enchanted sword still shone brightly in his hand. although the angel of its blessing was dead. He found the struggle to keep his humanity intact while being a monster increasingly difficult.

Story appearances

Title Author Publishing date Set Setting (plane) Featuring
Odric, Master Tactitian Jenna Helland 2012-06-27 Magic 2013 Innistrad Odric, Garruk Wildspeaker
Games Alison Luhrs 2016-04-27 Shadows over Innistrad Innistrad Geralf Cecani, Grete, Gisa Cecani, Ludevic of Ulm, Odric
The Lunarch Inquisition James Wyatt 2016-05-04 Shadows over Innistrad Innistrad Thalia, Odric, Grete, Jerren, Dougan, Haral, Traft
The Blessing of Blood Marcus Terrell Smith 2021-11-05 Innistrad: Crimson Vow Innistrad Odric, Henrika Domnathi, Thalia, Ormendahl

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References

  1. a b c d Jenna Helland (June 27, 2012). "Odric, Master Tactician". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. a b Marcus Terrell Smith (November 5, 2021). "The Blessing of Blood". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. Meghan Wolff (March 15, 2016). "Odric, Lunarch Marshal". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. Alison Luhrs (April 27, 2016). "Games". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  5. a b James Wyatt (May 4, 2016). "The Lunarch Inquisition". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  6. James Wyatt (July 13, 2016). "Saint Traft and the Flight of Nightmares". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.