Zhalfir

Zhalfir was a more than five thousand year old militaristic kingdom on Dominaria. It was located along the western plains, forests, and coasts of Jamuraa.

History

Long ruled by the royal family from its capital Ki’pamu, Zhalfir benefited from its magical strength. The Zhalfirins pioneered the five colors of mana on Dominaria and, unlike the rest of the plane, escaped the ravages of the Sylex Blast, the Ice Age, and the Flood Ages. Zhalfir possessed a large standing army but was constantly the site of internal squabbling by its contentious and powerful noble class. For many years, Zhalfir was the home of the great mages Teferi and Jolrael.

Geography

Locations in Zhalfir:

• Buleusi Coast
• Kenlo
• Kiingal
• Ki'pamu
• Mtenda plains
• Tefemburu
• Ufunguo
• Unyaro Plains
• Uuserk Marshes, which contain the tomb-city Aku.

The Fate of Zhalfir

Zhalfir has been phased out alongside the rest of northwestern Jamuraa ever since the Phyrexian Invasion when the planeswalker Teferi wanted to spare it from the horrors of the Invasion. When Teferi reappeared on Dominaria four hundred years after, he found it being torn apart by temporal fissures and rifts.

In order to prevent the plane's destruction, he had to find a way of closing the temporal rifts created by cataclysmic events in the past. Two major rifts were created by his phasing of Zhalfir and Shiv. He managed to close the Shivan rift, for a price of sacrificing his planeswalkerhood, but by precise timing, Shiv was phased back despite the rift's disappearance.

The Zhalfirin rift suffered different fate. Jeska, manipulated by Leshrac, using Radha as a mana lens, forcefully closed the Zhalfirin rift without consulting the details with Teferi. Without precise timing of phasing back and closing the rift, the phased lands of Zhalfir probably were lost forever, cast into oblivion, although Teferi said that he could probably save it if he was still a planeswalker. The legacy of the Zhalfirin culture partially lives within the nation of Femeref.