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==Description==
==Description==
Urza's Tower was well hidden in a mist-shrouded vale in the [[Kher Ridges]] somewhere to the west or southwest 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>  
Urza's Tower was well hidden in a mist-shrouded vale in the [[Kher Ridges]] somewhere to the west or southwest 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>


Legend had it that Urza built this tower to be his workshop away from the horrors of the Brothers' War, and it showed in the care he'd poured into its golden accents, its ornate carvings, its assembly armatures — the kind of care he'd never been able to extend to the people in his life.<ref name="Stronghold"/> Stone and metal were meticulously fitted together with no seams or cracks as if the tower had been willed into existence rather than put together by hands.  
Legend had it that Urza built this tower to be his workshop away from the horrors of the Brothers' War, and it showed in the care he'd poured into its golden accents, its ornate carvings, its assembly armatures — the kind of care he'd never been able to extend to the people in his life.<ref name="Stronghold"/> Stone and metal were meticulously fitted together with no seams or cracks as if the tower had been willed into existence rather than put together by hands.
 
The tower is surrounded by a narrow greenbelt ring of trees. Closer to the tower, a small copse of mitab vines was planted and maintained by [[Wrenn]]'s magic.<ref name="Stronghold"/>


===History===
===History===
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After the War, the tower became known as the '''Iron Tower''' and the '''White Tower'''. The rising [[Church of Tal]] mounted a [[crusade]] to destroy it.<ref name="The End"/><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>
After the War, the tower became known as the '''Iron Tower''' and the '''White Tower'''. The rising [[Church of Tal]] mounted a [[crusade]] to destroy it.<ref name="The End"/><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>


The attack must have failed because four thousand years later the edifice remained standing.<ref name="Stronghold">{{DailyRef|magic-story/the-brothers-war-chapter-1-stronghold|The Brothers' War - Chapter 1: Stronghold|[[Reinhardt Suarez]]|October 21, 2022}}</ref> When visited by [[Teferi]], [[Saheeli]] and [[Kaya]], the tower itself was in pristine shape, if desolate. The mystery of the tower was how it had evaded ransacking through the centuries. There were no signs of raiders establishing camps, no evidence of opportunistic wizards setting up their laboratories.
The attack must have failed because four thousand years later the edifice remained standing.<ref name="Stronghold">{{DailyRef|magic-story/the-brothers-war-chapter-1-stronghold|The Brothers' War - Chapter 1: Stronghold|[[Reinhardt Suarez]]|October 21, 2022}}</ref> When visited by [[Teferi]], [[Saheeli]] and [[Kaya]], the tower itself was in pristine shape, if desolate. The mystery of the tower was how it had evaded ransacking through the centuries.


The three planeswalkers and [[Jodah]] installed and activated [[Saheeli]]'s [[Temporal Anchor]] in the hall of the tower.<ref name="Whisper">{{DailyRef|magic-story/episode-5-whisper-wind-2022-08-18|A Whisper in the Wind|[[Langley Hyde]]|August 18, 2022}}</ref> They also assembled other planeswalkers to help their cause: [[Wrenn]], [[Elspeth]] and [[Vivien Reid]].<ref name="Stronghold"/>
The three planeswalkers and [[Jodah]] installed and activated [[Saheeli]]'s [[Temporal Anchor]] in the eastern wing of the tower, where Urza had previously housed his grand showroom.<ref name="Whisper">{{DailyRef|magic-story/episode-5-whisper-wind-2022-08-18|A Whisper in the Wind|[[Langley Hyde]]|August 18, 2022}}</ref>


==In-game references==
==In-game references==

Revision as of 13:50, 16 November 2022

Urza's Tower
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Information
Plane Dominaria
Part of Kher Ridges, Terisiare
Status Still standing

This page is about the Terisiaran location. For the card types, see Urza's and Tower.

Urza's Tower was Urza's stronghold in eastern Terisiare during the Brothers' War of Dominaria.[1]

Description

Urza's Tower was well hidden in a mist-shrouded vale in the Kher Ridges somewhere to the west or southwest of Penregon.[2]

Legend had it that Urza built this tower to be his workshop away from the horrors of the Brothers' War, and it showed in the care he'd poured into its golden accents, its ornate carvings, its assembly armatures — the kind of care he'd never been able to extend to the people in his life.[3] Stone and metal were meticulously fitted together with no seams or cracks as if the tower had been willed into existence rather than put together by hands.

The tower is surrounded by a narrow greenbelt ring of trees. Closer to the tower, a small copse of mitab vines was planted and maintained by Wrenn's magic.[3]

History

Here, Urza engineered mechanical constructs to fight his bitter struggle against his brother Mishra.

After the War, the tower became known as the Iron Tower and the White Tower. The rising Church of Tal mounted a crusade to destroy it.[2][4]

The attack must have failed because four thousand years later the edifice remained standing.[3] When visited by Teferi, Saheeli and Kaya, the tower itself was in pristine shape, if desolate. The mystery of the tower was how it had evaded ransacking through the centuries.

The three planeswalkers and Jodah installed and activated Saheeli's Temporal Anchor in the eastern wing of the tower, where Urza had previously housed his grand showroom.[5]

In-game references

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References

  1. Jeff Grubb (1998). The Brothers' War. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. a b Miguel Lopez (October 20, 2022). "The Brothers' War - Episode 1: The End". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. a b c Reinhardt Suarez (October 21, 2022). "The Brothers' War - Chapter 1: Stronghold". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. Miguel Lopez (October 20, 2022). "The Brothers' War - Episode 2: The Beginning". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  5. Langley Hyde (August 18, 2022). "A Whisper in the Wind". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.