Tamiyo
Tamiyo is a white, green and blue-aligned Soratami planeswalker from Kamigawa.
Character
Tamiyo is a truth-seeker. She aims to understand and seeks truth and records that truth for all time. She is reluctant to interfere. [1]
When the field scholar's spark ignited, the secrets the Multiverse offered were a greater dream than any she had ever had. Each plane seemed to be an unexplored trove of knowledge to be brought back to the great scroll-towers of Oboro. For Tamiyo, every plane holds a mystery that makes it unique, and she spends a great deal of time studying whatever she can. However, in the end she always returns to her loved family and her husband Genku in Otawara. [1]
Family and Story-Circle
Tamiyo and Genku have several children: among others their son Hiroku, daughter Rumiyo and their adopted nezumi son Nashi. Tamiyo's parents are still alive and she has at least one brother or sister. [2]
Tamiyo has founded a small, informal story-circle that exchanges stories about what happens in the Multiverse. Members of Tamiyo's Story-Circle include fellow planeswalkers Narset, Elspeth and Ajani Goldmane.
History
Innistrad
On Innistrad she found the mystery of the great silver moon that hung in the sky. Tamiyo observed Innistrad for many cycles, using her powers as a Planeswalker to gain insight into the forces the moon exerted on the world below. She watched with rapt attention how the moon affected the werewolves and vampires on Innistrad, and she wrote extensive notes on the ebb and flow of violent frenzies in relation to the moon's influence. Her curiosity eventually led her to the door of the famed Nephalian astronomancer Jenrik. Tamiyo spent months in his moonstone tower poring over countless charts, adding her own observations to his collection about the odd power the moon holds over the denizens and populace of this plane.
When Avacyn was freed from the Helvault Tamiyo excitedly began writing theories about the angel's influence on the land, its creatures, and the moon. The nature of the Helvault, the creation of the wolfir, the reappearance of the gryffs, and the origins of the newly empowered holy wards have been filling her scrolls with further questions.
Meeting with other planeswalkers
In the months after the opening of the Helvault, Tamiyo returned for a short visit home with her family. During that time, Ajani Goldmane visited her from Theros where he had witnessed Elspeth's death. She allowed him to stay until he was ready to move on.[2]
Shadows over Innistrad
After Avacyn went mad through Nahiri's machinations, Tamiyo started to investigate this new phenomenon. Again she only wanted to understand and didn't want to destroy Avacyn, because the angel warded the entire plane against unknown evils. However, Jace Beleren persuaded her to face Avacyn together. [1] When they confronted Avacyn, they almost lost their fight. In the end, Sorin Markov showed up and destroyed his creation himself. [3] After the last protection of Innistrad had vanished, Jace and Tamiyo witnessed the arrival of the third Eldrazi titan, Emrakul. Jace immediately went to fetch the Gatewatch. [4]
Joining forces with the Gatewatch, Tamiyo was the one who deduced that Emrakul could not be defeated like the other titans, but had to be sealed. Pointing to the moon as the origin of the Helvault, she combined forces with Jace and Nissa to seal Emrakul. While the spell seemed to fail at first, Tamiyo took out one of her iron-clad scrolls and the spell succeeded to seal the titan. Afterwards, Gideon approached her and offered her a place in the Gatewatch, but Tamiyo declined, seemingly shaken by the experience.
Later, she and Jace met in an abandoned chapel. She revealed that Emrakul had possessed her and that the spell of the scroll had not been of her design, but of Emrakul. She left afterwards, leaving Jace to ponder what Emrakul's plan was.[5]
Tamiyo's stories
Tamiyo travels through the multiverse collecting stories. She uses these stories for as catalyst for her magic.[1]
- He Who Frightens the Sun - A story about greed. Origin: Kamigawa
- Original - From the creation of the autonomous Myr. Origin: Mirrodin
- Winter's Howl - About a woman losing her husband to the cold. Origin: An ancient world - Possible Domniaria during the ice age
Among these stories three are kept in iron bands. She promised to never open them again. One of these stories describes the destruction of Serra's Realm. One of these stories was later warped by Emrakul to allow her to be sealed in Innistrad's Moon.
In-game references
Represented in:
Depicted in:
- Anguished Unmaking (full art)[6]
- Avacyn's Judgment
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- Imprisoned in the Moon
- Lunar Force
Associated cards:
Quoted or referred to:
- Epiphany at the Drownyard
- Lunar Mystic
- Pore Over the Pages
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- from Tamiyo's Journal
- All six Clue tokens from Shadows over Innistrad
- Engulf the Shore
- Turn Aside
References
External links
Gallery
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Tamiyo's original look was more scholarly, but changed to exemplify the explorer in her personality.
