Rabiah
| Rabiah | |
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| First seen | Arabian Nights |
| Last seen | Arabian Nights |
| Planeswalkers | Taysir |
| Rabiah Scale | 10by definition, see Rabiah scale |
| Status | Unknown |
Rabiah is a collection of one thousand and one originally identical planes, all refracted off of the original Rabiah during the Thousandfold Refraction. It is for this reason that Rabiah is known as "the Infinite". Over the centuries, these planes have since developed independently of each other. However, there are some general features that are consistent across almost all variations of Rabiah.
Generral features
Rabiah is a desert world. Where Rabiah's plane touches another, the sere environment often begins to "infect" its neighbor. However, that rarely worries Rabiah's inhabitants, since they are hardy desert dwellers. Planar links in Rabiah often appear in the form of giant desert twisters. Such dust storms violently propel any who venture too near them into the particular plane the gates link to. One plane often linked to Rabiah is Wildfire.
Although most Rabian cultures are patriarchal and Arabic in feel, the vast range of Rabiahs also includes matriarchy. Furthermore, one plane, known as Dark Rabiah, has been taken over by sinister forces and is as evil a place as even Phyrexia.[1]
Rabiah was the setting for the Arabian Nights expansion, and was based upon the One Thousand and One Nights collection of stories.
Known denizens of Rabiah
A variety of characters are connected to the multiverse of Rabiah:
Notable locations
- Baghdad (Bazaar of Baghdad)
- Bassorah (Bazaar of Bassorah, Mosque Quarter of Bassorah)
- City of Brass
- Crags of Jaruq (Castle of El-Hajjâj)
- Crags of Sana'a (Nailah's Keep)
- Fa'adiyah
- Karun Desert
- Sea of Sand [2]
Rabiah scale
Mark Rosewater stated that Rabiah will likely never be revisited in a Standard-legal set, due to the fact that it is not Wizard's own intellectual property.[3] Continued prompting on this subject led him to create the Rabiah Scale, as a planar equivalent of the Storm Scale, on which Rabiah holds the highest (least likely) rank by definition.[4][5]
Trivia
- Outside of its plane card, Rabiah is only referred to by name in the flavor text of Sorceress Queen and Suleiman's Legacy. Although Sorceress Queen was printed in Arabian Nights, only its Fifth Edition reprint has flavor text.
References
- ↑ Encyclopedia Dominia - Rabiah (archived).
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- ↑ Error on call to {{WebRef}}: Parameters url and title must be specifiedMark Rosewater (November 26, 2016). "". Tumblr.
- ↑ Error on call to {{WebRef}}: Parameters url and title must be specifiedMark Rosewater (November 26, 2016). "". Tumblr.
- ↑ Error on call to {{WebRef}}: Parameters url and title must be specifiedMark Rosewater (November 29, 2016). "". Tumblr.