Arlinn Kord

Arlinn Kord
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Race	Werewolf Human Planeswalker
Birthplace	Avabruck, Kessig, Innistrad
Lifetime	~4514 AR
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Arlinn Kord is a tormented werewolf planeswalker from the Kessig province of the plane of Innistrad. She is the protector of the Ulvenwald.

Appearance and characteristics

Arlinn is a powerful mage, approximately 45 years old. She wears a single large scratched leather pauldron on her shoulder, which carries over into her wolf form. She has long red hair that is tied into a long ponytail, the tip of which is white.

In her wolf form, she has a charcoal gray coat that gets progressively darker toward the ridge of her back until the fur of the ridge is jet black. Her eyes glow bright orange. Her pack mate Patience usually carries a leather pack with her clothes.

Arlinn Kord is primarily green-aligned, but secondary in red mana.

History

Werewolf form

Origin

Arlinn was a teenager from Avabruck when the howls of the Mondronen werewolf pack summoned her into the forest and she completed her First Hunt. She always fought against the change and used Avacynian charms, prayers, and fasting to ward it off as much as possible. She even studied magic in the Church of Avacyn, while successfully hiding her curse from her teachers and mentors. The same day that she became an Archmage of Goldnight she and her peers were confronted by a horde of devils at Havengul. While fighting, she couldn't contain the change any longer and she killed devils and several hierarchs alike before her spark ignited and she found herself rampaging through the woods of another plane.

To her horror, she regained her senses in the morning—but not her human form. For better or worse, the experience of retaining her human mind in wolf form gave her a new appreciation for the wild spirit that shared her body. The only way she could return to her human form was to planeswalk back to Innistrad, but now she finds that she can control the transformation, in both directions, with relative ease. And though she is still horrified by the slaughter she wrought in the church, she is embracing the power she wields in wolf form as a natural complement to her magic.

Arlinn, Voice of the Pack

Above all else, Arlinn was desperate to ensure the survival of her kind. She had come to think of herself as part of the pack. And in a world where Avacyn either had cursemuted or killed hundreds of werewolves, and where the angel's church had launched a new inquisition more terrifying than anything they've done before, Arlinn feared that the lycanthropes of Innistrad could meet a very real and permanent end very soon.

For a while she paired up with the werewolf Tovolar, but they split up long ago. He found his pack, and she found hers.

Fighting evil

After the death of Avacyn she reunited with the mages and cathars of Goldnight to fight evil together.

Later, she was seen helping Thalia and her cathars during the Battle of Thraben against Emrakul's hordes.

War of the Spark

Arlinn was lured to Ravnica by the Interplanar Beacon, and immediately became trapped there due to Bolas's use of the Immortal Sun. Alongside many other planeswalkers and Ravnicans, she fought against the Eternals of Bolas' Dreadhorde.

During the invasion, the trapped planeswalkers (including Arlinn) got together with Ravnican leaders to strategize. She was one of the few planeswalkers who chose to remain on Ravnica after Chandra disabled the Immortal Sun, helping the Gatewatch in their fight against Bolas.

Midnight Hunt

Due to the presence of Emrakul (sealed) on Moon of Innistrad, the plane has been undergoing changes in its cycle of night and day. With the length of the nights getting longer and longer, Arlinn is concerned for the safety of the humans in Innistrad. After hunting with her pack of dire wolves ( Redtooth, Streak, Patience, and Boulder) she sets out to find Katilda, the leader of the Dawnhart Coven.

Tovolar contacts Arlinn to join him and other werewolves in a massive human hunt in Kessig. Upon seeing the "army" gathered by Tovolar and listening to her proposal, she refuses and tries to attack him, but the wolves of her pack come between her and Tovolar. Arlinn says goodbye to his wolves, who are now with Tovolar's pack, and returns to Katilda, who agrees to help the warlock find the the Moonsilver Key. Arlinn goes to Ravnica to ask The Gatewatch for help in finding the Moonsilver Key. She finds and explains Innistrad's situation to Teferi, Kaya and Chandra. The three planeswalkers agree to help Arlin and head to Innistrad. Together with the cathar Adeline they decide to go to Thraben to investigate.

Planeswalkers met

• Angrath
• Davriel Cane
• Gideon Jura
• Nissa Revane
• Teferi
• The Wanderer

Planes visited

• Innistrad
• Ravnica

Gallery

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  When she was young (and before she became a werewolf) Arlinn was a member of the Church of Avacyn.

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  Arlinn, the Moon's Fury by Anna Steinbauer.

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  In Innistrad Arlinn leads a pack of wolves.

• Unlike other werewolves on Innistrad, Arlinn is able to maintain her human consciousness in her wolf form.

  Unlike other werewolves on Innistrad, Arlinn is able to maintain her human consciousness in her wolf form.

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  Arlinn asks Teferi for help in investigating the Moonsilver Key.

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  Arlinn duels Tovolar to protect the Harvesttide festival participants.

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  After confronting Tovolar, Arlinn's wolves leave her. Now they follow Tovolar.

Story appearances

Title	Author	Publishing date	Set	Setting (plane)	Featuring
The Archmage of Goldnight	Kimberly J. Kreines	2016-06-08	Shadows over Innistrad	Innistrad	Arlinn Kord
War of the Spark: Ravnica—Ashes	Greg Weisman	2019-06-12	War of the Spark	Ravnica	Rat, Gideon Jura, Tomik Vrona, Lavinia, Ral Zarek, Jace Beleren, Chandra Nalaar, Teferi, Ajani Goldmane, Nissa Revane, Jaya Ballard, Karn, Kaya, Teyo Verada, Isperia, Dack Fayden, Saheeli Rai, Hekara, Vraska, Nicol Bolas, Borborygmos, Samut, Vorel, Sorin Markov, Nahiri, Arlinn Kord, Feather, Liliana Vess, Oketra, Rakdos, Bontu, Niv-Mizzet, Angrath, The Wanderer, Mu Yanling, Jiang Yanggu, Mowu, Vivien Reid, Aurelia, Exava, Lazav
Episode 1: The Witch of the Woods	K. Arsenault Rivera	2021-09-02	Innistrad: Midnight Hunt	Innistrad	Klaus, Arlinn Kord, Agatha, Redtooth, Boulder, Streak, Patience, Katilda, Tovolar
Episode 2: The Motives of the Wolf	K. Arsenault Rivera	2021-09-08	Innistrad: Midnight Hunt	Innistrad, Ravnica	Arlinn Kord, Tovolar, Redtooth, Boulder, Streak, Patience, Katilda, Teferi, Chandra Nalaar, Kaya, Adeline

In-game references

Represented in:

• Arlinn Kord // Arlinn, Embraced by the Moon
• Arlinn, the Pack's Hope // Arlinn, the Moon's Fury
• Arlinn, Voice of the Pack

Associated cards:

• Arlinn's Wolf

Depicted in:

• Defend the Celestus
• Duel for Dominance
• Secrets of the Key

Quoted or referred to:

• Thraben Exorcism
• Wolf of Devil's Breach