Serra

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Serra
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Details
Race Human planeswalker
Birthplace Unknown
Lifetime Birth unknown, died ~3780 AR
Sources
'Planeswalker, Homelands comic, Scourge'

Serra was a human female planeswalker, born on an undisclosed plane. She is famous for the creation of the Serra Angels.

History

First visit to Dominaria

Thousands of years ago, the planeswalker first visited Dominaria and created her first angels.[1]

Sheoltun

The Temple of Serra at Epityr. Art by Christine Choi.

The Church of Serra can be traced back to the days of the Sheoltun Empire, Benalia's forerunner. Here, she was revered as a goddess and a temple was built in her honor in Epityr.[2] The enormous statue that is part of the temple depicts her with wings.

Serra's Realm

She created her own heavenly plane, Serra's Realm, formed primarily with white mana and populated by her angels and human worshippers. Her worldview, beliefs and wisdom are chronicled in the Song of All.[3]

Serra's personal realm came to an end when Urza appeared, wounded from an attack by Phyrexians. He spent years there recovering and left the plane in peace. However the Phyrexians attacked shortly thereafter, having tracked Urza to her realm, killing many of Serra's subjects. Worse still, the black mana essence of the Phyrexians tainted Serra's Realm so badly that Serra herself could no longer stand to stay there. She abandoned it woefully, taking those who would come with her and entrusting the archangel Radiant as its caretaker in her absence.

Ulgrotha

Serra in the Homelands

She wandered the planes for some time afterward, eventually meeting and falling in love with another planeswalker named Feroz. They lived together on the plane of Ulgrotha for some time, protected from the rest of the multiverse by Feroz's Ban, and protecting the people of Ulgrotha from Baron Sengir and his vampires. That is, until Feroz himself was accidentally killed before her eyes.

Sursi

Serra, heartbroken, fled Ulgrotha to Sursi on Dominaria and hid among some wandering refugees (possibly from her own plane).[2] Serra joined Feroz in death soon after when she was surprised by a thief who was a disguised planeswalker. Though she could have healed herself easily, her will to live had been shattered and she wasted away. She used her last strength to sanctify the land around Sursi.[1][2] Her death inspired Brother Angus, the man who had saved her from the thief, to build the Cathedral of Serra around her tomb.

Notes

  • Some scholars and fans have concluded that Serra was a human named after a goddess of the same name that used to be worshipped on multiple planes. According to Ethan Fleischer and Kelly Digges that is not true. All references to the goddess Serra are references to the planeswalker Serra who was simply mistaken for a goddess.[2]
  • In J. Robert King's novel Scourge it is stated that Serra and her realm had been returned to existence after the destruction of the skyship Weatherlight released the captured plane, which had served as a power source for the skyship. This is now contradicted by the later story, where Tiana found the powerstone containing the realm still inside the wreckage.[4]
  • In Scourge, Serra appeared after the false goddess Karona ended up in her realm, telling Karona and her companions that they could not stay there. After explaining their plight, the angelic figure only mused on the fact that Karona reminded her of another being named Urza, who had unintentionally caused great damage to the multiverse in his efforts to protect Dominaria against the Phyrexians. Serra's only advice was to remind Karona that she was Dominaria’s magic and Dominaria was her true home. Though Serra's death is prerevisionist, the continuity of the novel Scourge is dubious in many respects, leaving Serra's status questionable.

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In-game references

Serra. Art by Matthew Wilson.

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References

  1. ↑ a b James Wyatt (2018), The Art of Magic: The Gathering - Dominaria. VIZ Media.
  2. ↑ a b c d The Magic Story Podcast: The Church of Serra
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