Nahiri
Nahiri, 'The Lithomancer' was one of The Three — a group of planeswalkers that included Sorin Markov and Ugin — that decided to rid the Multiverse of the terrible Eldrazi. Being a lithomancer, she has special power over stones.
History
The Three decided to force the Eldrazi into physical form and trap them on a plane, sacrificing that plane for the well-being of the Multiverse. [1] They searched for a plane with lush ecosystems and uniquely dynamic mana—a powerful lure for the Eldrazi's insatiable hunger. They found Zendikar. Sorin Markov lured the Eldrazi to the plane, directing their hunger to that unique mana, Ugin used his invisible breath to combat the Eldrazi and his colorless magic to bind them to the plane, and Nahiri constructed a massive network of stone hedrons, whose power would form the bars of a planewide prison, forever preventing the Eldrazi from leaving. Ugin arranged the hedrons to direct leylines of energy, which were not to be disrupted.
The planeswalkers concentrated the power of their imprisonment spell in a secret location deep inside Zendikar's mountains of Akoum: a subterranean chamber called the Eye of Ugin. To make sure that the imprisonment would not be broken, The Three planeswalkers sealed the chamber with a mystical lock: the Eye of Ugin could only be reactivated by the presence of three planeswalker sparks—and the colorless, invisible breath of Ugin, the spirit dragon himself.
The planeswalkers' trap worked. Emrakul, Ulamog, and Kozilek manifested in physical form on Zendikar, became confined by the magic of the network of hedrons, and thanks to the magic of the imprisonment spell, sank into harmless dormancy. Their mission complete, the planeswalkers disbanded and left the plane.
The wild mana of Zendikar lured other beings to the plane as well, and Nahiri took it upon herself to protect Zendikar from those who would cause it harm. Of those, the most infamous was the interplanar conqueror Ob Nixilis, but before he could do much damage, Nahiri intervened and bound his power with that of a hedron.[2]
6000 years later [3] the Eldrazi broke free. In reaction, Sorin tried to reassemble The Three but was unable to find Nahiri. He found Ugin dead on Tarkir.
Identity
Nahiri's actual name was unknown until the Uncharted Realms story "The Lithomancer".[4] It's confirmed by both Mark Rosewater and Doug Beyer to be the Lithomancer responsible for sealing the Eldrazi with Sorin and Ugin.[5][6]
In the Uncharted Realms story "Sorin's Revelation" [7], Nahiri is mentioned in reference to Ugin, Sorin, and the Eldrazi.[8] In the story "Dreams of the Damned", it's revealed that Nahiri, skilled in binding magic, was the one who bound a hedron in Ob Nixilis.
Trivia
Her identity was finally unveiled in the Commander 2014 supplemental set.
In Game References
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References
- ↑ Doug Beyer (March 29, 2010). "The Eldrazi Arisen". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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