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.[1] She is the protector of the Ulvenwald.
Appearance and characteristics
Arlinn is the daughter of a smith. She 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.[2] 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.[2] Her pack mate Patience usually carried a leather pack with her clothes.[3]
Arlinn Kord is primarily green-aligned, but secondary in red mana.
History
Origin
Arlinn was a teenager from Avabruck when the howls of Tovolar's Mondronen werewolf pack summoned her into the forest and she completed her First Hunt.[4] For a while she stayed with the pack, but they split up long ago. Thereafter, 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, several hierarchs and an angel alike before her spark ignited and she found herself rampaging through the woods of another plane.[retcon 1]
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.
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.[5] 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.
Fighting evil
After the death of Avacyn she reunited with the mages and cathars of Goldnight to fight evil together.[6]
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.[7]
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.[3] 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 invites Arlinn to join him and other werewolves in a massive human hunt in Kessig. Upon seeing the "army" gathered by Tovolar and listening to his proposal, she refuses and tries to attack him, but the wolves of her pack come between her and Tovolar. Arlinn says goodbye to her wolves, who are now with Tovolar's pack, returns to Katilda and 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 them and explains Innistrad's situation to Teferi, Kaya, and Chandra. The three planeswalkers agree to help Arlinn and head to Innistrad. Together with the cathar Adeline they decide to go to Thraben to investigate.[4]
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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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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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Notes
- ↑ In the "Motives of the Wolf" it is implied that the event happened differently, after she killed her friend Luciana in her room.
References
- ↑ Arlinn Kord
- ↑ a b Chris Gleeson (October 18, 2017). "The Art of Winona Nelson". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b K. Arsenault Rivera (September 02, 2021). "Episode 1: The Witch of the Woods". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c d K. Arsenault Rivera (September 8, 2021). "Episode 2: The Motives of the Wolf". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Kimberly J. Kreines (March 2, 2016). "Under the Silver Moon". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Kimberly J. Kreines (June 8, 2016). "The Archmage of Goldnight". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b Greg Weisman (April 2019). "War of the Spark: Ravnica". Del Rey.
- ↑ K. Arsenault Rivera (September 15, 2021). "Episode 3: The Fall of the House of Betzold". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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