Szadek

Szadek
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Details
Race	Spirit, formerly Vampire
Birthplace	Ravnica
Lifetime	Unknown
Sources
Ravnica, Dissension

Szadek was the parun (founder) of House Dimir, the blue-black aligned guild of Ravnica. The last of an ancient race of psychic vampires, he resided in the shadows for ten millennia in an effort to eventually seize control of the entire city. This plan had him eventually attack the Decamillennial ceremony and, with the aid of his lupul and Savra, he almost destroyed the Guildpact. In the end, he was arrested by Agrus Kos, which annulled the guildpact in itself since the pact had guaranteed the secrecy of House Dimir.

Death and reappearance

Augustin IV, finding Szadek in the Azorius' prisons, killed him and enslaved his ghost. He then sent Szadek to Parhelion to kill the Boros angels and their guildmaster, Razia. Later, Kos threw a grounder containing Szadek's spirit. Szadek broke out of the container and killed Augustin by removing his soul. Szadek plotted to destroy Ravnica using his newfound powers to control the spirits of the dead. It was also revealed that he had taken over the Agyrem district, which had fused with the rest of Ravnica. Kos, now a ghost himself, was appointed as his warden to make sure that he did not escape.

The overlay of Agyrem remained on Ravnica until the Mending, when the the Ravnican ghost-world anomaly was dissolved, and the trapped spirits were able to pass on to the aether.

Even after the Agyrem vanished, Lazav, the new guildmaster of House Dimir, claims to have contacted Szadek's spirit and used that knowledge to reestablish the guild.

In-game references

Represented in:

• Szadek, Lord of Secrets

Depicted in

• Thespian's Stage (by an actor)

Quoted or referred to:

• Cerulean Sphinx
• Glimpse the Unthinkable
• Infiltrator's Magemark
• Seal of Doom (Dissension)
• Shadow of Doubt
• Wit's End (Dissension)