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<c>Grixis</c> is one of five [[shard]]s of [[Alara]]. It is primarily [[black]]-aligned, with [[blue]] and [[red]] as secondary [[color]]s.Due to the predominance of undeath, it is possible to find unliving versions of [[Bant]]'s [[Cats#leotau|leotaus]] and [[Jund]]'s [[viashino]]s in Grixis.
Before Grixis split off from the mega-plane of Alara, things were different. White and green mana still flourished there. The land was called Vithia, a white-aligned empire of humans and other races, a land proud of its dynasty of wise and honorable monarchs.


<c>Grixis</c> is one of five [[shard]]s of [[Alara]]. It is primarily [[black]]-aligned, with [[blue]] and [[red]] as secondary [[color]]s. Grixis features a vast wasteland dominated by [[demon]]s, [[horror]]s, [[necromancer]]s and other forms of [[undead]], leaving the few alive, and sometimes [[mutant|mutated]], inhabitants ([[human]]s, [[ogre]]s, and [[Birds#Kathari|kathari]], among others) running for their lives on a daily basis. Due to the predominance of undeath, it is possible to find unliving versions of [[Bant]]'s [[Cats#leotau|leotaus]] and [[Jund]]'s [[viashino]]s in Grixis.
==Geography==
Grixis features a vast wasteland known as the [[Dregscape]] which is dominated by [[demon]]s, [[horror]]s, [[necromancer]]s and other forms of [[undead]]. The few living humans take shelter in hidden cities known as [[hermitage]]s while the [[mutant|mutated]] [[ogre]]s, known as incurables, dwell high in the mountains. The [[Birds#Kathari|kathari]] occupy the islands out to sea.  


Before Grixis split off from the mega-plane of Alara, things were different. White and green mana still flourished there. The land was called Vithia, a white-aligned empire of humans and other races, a land proud of its dynasty of wise and honorable monarchs.
===Notable Locations===
* Boneheaps, the dumping grounds of the Kathari.
* Dregscape, a swamp of decaying corpses.
* Droning Isles, the massive hives of [[banewasps]].
* Kederekt, a necropolis of undead-afflicted, half-sunken manor houses near a greasy sea.
* Sedraxis, once the shining capital of Vithia, now the greatest necropolis on the plane.
* Torchlight, the greatest hermitage of living beings.
* Unx, a necropolis most well known for the massive [[dragon]] skeleton that circles the city. It was once a grand stadium.


===Notable Locations===
==Notable inhabitants==
*Kederekt, a necropolis of undead-afflicted, half-sunken manor houses near a greasy sea
* [[Eliza of the Keep]]
*Sedraxis, once a shining capital of Vithia, now the greatest necropolis on the plane
* [[Malfegor]]
*Unx, yet another necropolis
* [[Nefarox]], overlord of Grixis
===Notable inhabitants===
* [[Sedris]], the Vithian traitor king
* [[Sedris]], the Vithian traitor king
* [[Nefarox]], overlord of Grixis
* [[Thraximundar]]
* <c>Lich Lord of Unx</c>
* <c>Archdemon of Unx</c>
====Trivia====


==Trivia==
* ''Grixis'' is the ancient vithian word for traitor.
* ''Grixis'' is the ancient vithian word for traitor.


Revision as of 18:07, 8 June 2012

Grixis, art by Nils Hamm

Grixis is one of five shards of Alara. It is primarily black-aligned, with blue and red as secondary colors.Due to the predominance of undeath, it is possible to find unliving versions of Bant's leotaus and Jund's viashinos in Grixis. Before Grixis split off from the mega-plane of Alara, things were different. White and green mana still flourished there. The land was called Vithia, a white-aligned empire of humans and other races, a land proud of its dynasty of wise and honorable monarchs.

Geography

Grixis features a vast wasteland known as the Dregscape which is dominated by demons, horrors, necromancers and other forms of undead. The few living humans take shelter in hidden cities known as hermitages while the mutated ogres, known as incurables, dwell high in the mountains. The kathari occupy the islands out to sea.

Notable Locations

  • Boneheaps, the dumping grounds of the Kathari.
  • Dregscape, a swamp of decaying corpses.
  • Droning Isles, the massive hives of banewasps.
  • Kederekt, a necropolis of undead-afflicted, half-sunken manor houses near a greasy sea.
  • Sedraxis, once the shining capital of Vithia, now the greatest necropolis on the plane.
  • Torchlight, the greatest hermitage of living beings.
  • Unx, a necropolis most well known for the massive dragon skeleton that circles the city. It was once a grand stadium.

Notable inhabitants

Trivia

  • Grixis is the ancient vithian word for traitor.

External links

Alara block
Alara storyline
Publications
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