Tawnos

Tawnos
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Details
Race	Human
Birthplace	Jorilin, Yotia, Terisiare, Dominaria
Lifetime	~5 AR - 80 AR
Sources
The Brothers' War

Tawnos was Urza's apprentice during the Brothers' War on Dominaria, and a gifted artificer in his own right. Despite serving on opposite sides of the war, he developed a romantic interest in Ashnod, and earned the nickname "Duck" from her. After the war, they founded a school of magic and artifice near Ronom Lake, where he was known as Headmaster Duck.

History

Tawnos had been clever in his youth, a toymaker of exceptional skill, and a wunderkind engineer.

He became an apprentice to Urza once the latter managed to drag him away from his work at the Yotian laboratory by presenting him with a self-made snake toy. Many of Tawnos's creations inspired some of Urza's later designs, like the falcon engines and Urza's armor. Tawnos as an artificer was notable for having his creations inspired by living creatures and using nature's inventions to improve the efficiency of his artifacts. Tawnos was also a trusted friend to Yotia's queen, Kayla bin-Kroog throughout many years preceding and succeeding the fall of Kroog. Tawnos also helped raise Harbin while Urza was away.

He accompanied Urza to Argoth, and survived the Sylex Blast sealed in his coffin, essentially a stasis pod, which he had build to imprison Mishra in after the war. He remained there for 5 years until he was released by the ascended Urza. He returned to Kayla and related to her the events of the war's final battle.

Tawnos started working for Kayla in the winter of 69 AR and helped her to defend Penregon against the Church of Tal later that year. After seeing his creations turned once more to warfare, he burned his library of notes on artifice and disappeared from the city. By 80 AR, he had reconnected with Ashnod and founded a school of magic and artifice with her along the banks of Ronom Lake.

Creations

Among notable Tawnos creations were a wand that protects small mechanical creatures from detection, a coffin (originally designed to trap Mishra indefinitely, rather than kill him), Clay Statue soldiers designed to fight against Ashnod's Transmogrants and a multitude of mechanical devices used and improved by Urza during the Brothers' War.

Story appearances

Title	Author	Publishing date	Set	Setting (plane)	Featuring
The Brothers' War - Episode 1: The End	Miguel Lopez	2022-10-20	The Brothers' War	Dominaria	Kayla bin-Kroog, Tawnos, Myrel, Raddic
The Brothers' War - Episode 2: The Beginning	Miguel Lopez	2022-10-20	The Brothers' War	Dominaria	Tawnos, Kayla bin-Kroog, Myrel, Jarsyl, Kaya, Teferi
The Brothers' War - Episode 3: Sword One	Miguel Lopez	2022-10-21	The Brothers' War	Dominaria	Llora, Sanwell, Rica, Tawnos, Carlo, Aiman, Death
The Brothers' War - Episode 5: As Cruel, As Necessary	Miguel Lopez, Jeff Grubb	2022-10-26	The Brothers' War	Dominaria	Teferi Akosa, Kaya, Saheeli Rai, Urza, Tawnos

In-game references

Represented in:

• Tawnos (Vanguard)
• Tawnos, Solemn Survivor
• Tawnos, the Toymaker
• Tawnos, Urza's Apprentice

Associated cards:

• Candelabra of Tawnos
• Tawnos's Coffin
• Tawnos's Tinkering
• Tawnos's Wand
• Tawnos's Weaponry
• The Stasis Coffin

Depicted in:

• Ashnod's Intervention
• Fateful Handoff
• Kayla's Reconstruction

Quoted or referred to:

• Ankh of Mishra (Fifth Edition)
• Ashnod's Altar (Eternal Masters)
• Burnished Hart
• Clay Revenant
• Clay Statue
• Foundry Inspector
• Goblin Firebomb
• Jouneyer's Kite
• Magus of the Candelabra
• Mantis Engine (Urza's Destiny)
• Sculpting Steel
• Swiftgear Drake
• The Stasis Coffin
• Triskelion (Antiquities)
• Urza's Armor (Urza's Saga)

Trivia

• "Tawnos" is an anagram of "Watson", the famous assistant of Sherlock Holmes.
• Over his three card representations, Tawnos has been associated with every color of mana
  • Tawnos, Urza's Apprentice costs
  • Tawnos, the Toymaker costs (adding Green)
  • Tawnos, Solemn Survivor has an identity of (adding White and Black.)