Odric
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Vampire Formerly Human |
| Birthplace | Innistrad |
| Lifetime | Mending Era |
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 (Human) (Vampire) | |
Sir Odric is a master tactician who lives on the plane of Innistrad. He lost a son to a werewolf[1] and he was turned into a vampire by Henrika Domnathi.[2][3]
History
Church commander
Odric was the commander of the Gavony Riders and a recipient of the Moonsilver Accommodation.[1] Odric is a battlefield man, better suited to combat maneuvers than negotiating the politics of the Avacynian Church.
One of his duties as a Church commander was chasing and capturing the mad scientist Ludevic's Abomination, which had been spotted near Estwald. After the events of the Avacyn restoration that involved the breaking of the Helvault and the Siege of Thraben, he ordered his lieutenant Grete to triple the escort of the transport detachment of the prisoner Gisa Cecani to Thraben.[1]
Meeting Garruk Wildspeaker
While investigating the death of the mayor's son in Torbach, supposedly by a werewolf, he found the planeswalker Garruk Wildspeaker, cursed and weakened. Odric, Grete, and their men captured Garruk, but while Odric was determined to kill the planeswalker, Grete begged for Garruk's life in Avacyn's name. Odric then drugged the planeswalker, tied him up, and moved him to Thraben where the Church of Avacyn would decide his fate.[1]
Lunarch Marshal
After Lunarch Mikaeus died during the Siege of Thraben, and his successor was killed in the early days of Avacyn's madness, the Lunarch Council was established, made up of senior bishops of the church with a few Cathar leaders in advisory positions. As Marshal, Odric showed tremendous initiative in organizing the Lunarch Council to deal with Avacyn's madness. He earned a seat on the council as a representative of the Cathars, without an actual vote on council matters.[4][5][6]
Rebel
After the Lunarch Council was exposed to be controlled by the Skirsdag, Odric and Grete fled the Church and joined Thalia as part of the Order of Saint Traft.[6] While Thalia and Grete went to war, Odric remained behind, his spirit broken by his forced betrayal.[7]
Crimson Vow
After the beginning of the The Travails, Henrika Domnathi hadn't felt bound by the pact that Olivia Voldaren had made with the humans. For Ormendahl, she tried to raise an army of unholy cathars and subverted them into vampires.[2] While battling Henrika's followers alongside Thalia, they were bested and forced to witness a ritual that would bring Ormendahl to the material plane once more. However, he interrupted the ritual by throwing himself before a blade meant for his ally, saving her but dooming himself. His weakened form was then bitten by Henrika, who found his blood to be like holy water, her immediate spawn boiling inside out and exploding. During the confusion, Thalia wounded the vampire, and Odric forced her to flee. Confused and terrified by his new form, he looked to Thalia and found he was unlike the others of his ilk. The moon did not harm him, instead, it brought him peace, and his enchanted sword still shone brightly in his hand, although the angel of its blessing was dead. Ironically, his transformation had restored his shaken faith.[8]
Story appearances
| Title | Author | Publishing date | Set | Setting (plane) | Featuring |
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| Odric, Master Tactitian | Jenna Helland | 2012-06-27 | Magic 2013 | Innistrad | Odric, Garruk Wildspeaker |
| Games | Alison Luhrs | 2016-04-27 | Shadows over Innistrad | Innistrad | Ludevic, Geralf Cecani, Odric, Grete, Gisa Cecani, Nahiri, Liliana Vess |
| Lunarch Inquisition | James Wyatt | 2016-05-04 | Shadows over Innistrad | Innistrad | Thalia, Odric, Manfried Ulmach, Grete, Jerren, Ormendahl, Quilion, Carlin, Dougan, Marta, Haral, Traft |
| Saint Traft and Flight of Nightmares | James Wyatt | 2016-07-13 | Eldritch Moon | Innistrad | Thalia, Grete, Halmig, Odric, Seeta, Rem Karolus, Jedda, Dennias, Mathan, Traft, Olivia Voldaren, Brisela, Sigarda, Emrakul |
| The Blessing of Blood | Marcus Terrell Smith | 2021-11-05 | Innistrad: Crimson Vow | Innistrad | Odric, Henrika Domnathi, Thalia, Ormendahl |
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Gallery
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A Crusader of Odric from Magic: Legends.
References
- ↑ a b c d Jenna Helland (June 27, 2012). "Odric, Master Tactician". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b Marcus Terrell Smith (November 5, 2021). "The Blessing of Blood". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Doug Beyer, Ari Zirulnik and Grace Fong (November 12, 2021). "The Legends of Innistrad: Crimson Vow". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Meghan Wolff (March 15, 2016). "Odric, Lunarch Marshal". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Alison Luhrs (April 27, 2016). "Games". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b James Wyatt (May 4, 2016). "The Lunarch Inquisition". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ James Wyatt (July 13, 2016). "Saint Traft and the Flight of Nightmares". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Jay Annelli (2022). Magic: The Gathering - The Visual Guide, DK. ISBN-13 978-0744061055.