Izoni

Izoni
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Details
Race	Devkarin Elf
Birthplace	Ravnica
Lifetime	Mending Era

Izoni is an elven champion of the Golgari Swarm on Ravnica.

Description

Izoni is an elf woman with dark skin. Her face is painted with a white spider's head-mask and she wears leather topped with tatters that emulates spiderwebs. She carries a barbed spear. She is immune to poisons, natural and unnatural drugs, and possibly even phyresis. She is known for her ability to control insects and spiders, and she is never encountered without the company of one or more swarms of insects crawling over and around her. When she walks, she appears to glide over the ground.

History

Izoni became Matka of the Devkarin after the suspicious death of her predecessor, Zdenia.

During the War of the Spark, Izoni was present in the Golgari meeting with Kaya's group as one of the members who could take over Golgari's leadership; when Vraska showed up and reclaimed her leadership, Izoni was the most begrudging to accept her authority.

Feeling threatened by Izoni's lust for power, Vraska tricked the Devkarin huntmaster Myczil Savod Zunich and the shaman Cevraya into thinking that Izoni had tried to kill Myczil with poisonous spiders. Both Myzcil and Cevraya consequently accepted the protection of Vraska.

Murders at Karlov Manor

After New Phyrexia's invasion of Ravnica resulted in the deaths of many Golgari and the shifting of the undercity, Izoni was well aware that her guild was in an especially precarious position. As a result, she didn't attend Teysa Karlov's party the next year and was not present for the murder of Zegana. She used her spiders to monitor the investigation as it progressed, and was eventually paid a visit by the detective Alquist Proft, who wanted her to analyze a chemical he believed was related to the case. She concluded that it was derived from a living thing, but not something that was native to Ravnica. Proft realized that their conversation was being spied on, and ran after the suspect, but was knocked out by an unseen force. After he returned to consciousness, he thanked Izoni for her help and left.

Story appearances

Title	Author	Publishing date	Set	Setting (plane)	Featuring
War of the Spark: Ravnica—Desperate Operatives	Greg Weisman	2019-05-29	War of the Spark	Ravnica	Rat, Kaya, Teyo Verada, Nissa Revane, Emmara Tandris, Trostani, Borborygmos, Ral Zarek, Storrev, Izoni, Varolz, Vraska, Ajani Goldmane, Mu Yanling, Jiang Yanggu, Mowu, Huatli
Episode 7: Rot Before Recovery	Seanan McGuire	2024-01-11	Murders at Karlov Manor	Ravnica	Kellan, Kaya Cassir, Anzrag, Ezrim, Agrus Kos, Etrata, Alquist Proft, Izoni, Rakdos, Judith, Aurelia, Delney

Gallery

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  Izoni

In-game references

Represented in:

• Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
• Izoni, Center of the Web

Depicted in:

• Find

Quoted or referred to:

• Bartizan Bats (Guilds of Ravnica)
• Burglar Rat
• Golgari Guildgate (Guilds of Ravnica, #249)
• Undercity Scavenger

Trivia

• Izoni is immune to all types of poisons and diseases. Seanan McGuire has speculated that this could be the reason why she survived the Phyrexian Invasion when most Golgari did not, as she could be immune to phyresis, akin to Melira.