Jodah

Jodah was a powerful archmage during Dominaria's Dark Age and Ice Age, who was present for many of the important historical events on Terisiare during the periods.

Jodah was very influential during the Ice age in developing and researching the aspects of color magic on dominaria. He was also a major contributor to the returning of the Shard to the rest of the multiverse.

The Early Years

Jodah was born several generations after the Sylex Blast that ended the brother's war between Urza and Mishra. He was born into a wealthy family that in fact a direct blood relation of Urza and Mishra themselves. This wealthy family resided as farm land owners in Giva Province, previously Argive, and had many notable names such as Jarsyl. After the argothian blast and because the ever shortening summers and therefor the overfarming the land the wealth of Jodah's family began to decline. The family finally abandoned their estate and wealth when Jodah was just a young man.

Shortly after Jodah took up an apprenticeship with a small-time mage by the name of Voska who had promised Jodah's mother that he would take care of him. This red mage instructed Jodah in his first spell casting skills. Voska also gave Jodah a magical mirror which became very influential later in Jodah's history. During a brief skirmish and the use of magic (which was illegal at that time dictated by the laws of the Book of Tal) by Voska, Vaska and Jodah were both apprehended by the Church of Tal.

Jodah and Voska were shortly taken to the city of Alsoor where Jodah and Voska were charged with the use of magic and interrogated by the Church of Tal under the judgment of Primata Delphine. Jodah and Voska were torturously interrorgated by Primata Delphine into informing her that Voska was instructing Jodah in how to use magic. Jodah then released a spell that momentarily blinded Primata Delphine and the guards detaining Voska and Jodah which allowed them to escape. During the escape, in an attempt to avoid the Church of Tal, Voksa ordered Jodah to flee to the city of Alsoor and seek refuse in the next closest city of Ghed where he would meet him shortly. Voska also informed Jodah that if he failed to meet him then he should seek out a certain secret society of wizards that would become much more important further on in the story of Jodah.

Shortly after splitting up with Voska and in an attempt to escape from the city of Alsoor, Jodah found that the city was heavily guarded and was nearly apprehended. In an attempt to avoid guard patrols Jodah hid in an ally way and it was here that he made his first true contact with the Rag Man. The unspeaking Rag Man that Jodah encountered pointed in the direction of fish shop that was preparing to ship out empty fish barrels to the port city of Ghed. These barrels allowed unfettered transportation out of the city of Alsoor.

Once Jodah reached the city of Ghed he awaited the return of Voska, but Voska did not return. The city of Ghed was then struck by disease called the spotted Plague.