Beledros Witherbloom
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| Race | Elder Dragon |
| Birthplace | Arcavios |
| Lifetime | Dawning Age |
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Beledros Witherbloom is one of the five elder dragons from Arcavios that founded Strixhaven.[1] The Witherbloom College is named in her honor.[2][3] She is a master of the forces of life and death.[4]
Description
Beledros is a black dragon with black feathered wings and eerie, bright eyes.
She makes her home in a nest, a broad patch of foliage pressed flat into the earth.[3] The lair is surrounded by dark-leaved trees leaning over the divot in the earth like jurors. The scent of decay mingles with fresh earth. Beledros has a formidable collection of arcane writings tucked away. Glowing spheres of various sizes lay tucked into massive root structures, protecting their contents from the humid air.
History
At the birth of the plane, as the mana of two planes overlapped in conflicting ways, many forms of life adapted to the new structure, and many new forms of life were spawned.[5] Five particularly powerful vortices of overlapping mana became luminous spheres, from which were hatched five dragons. These dragons have become emblems of the magic of the plane, living symbols of the clashing forces of the five dichotomies.
The Founder Dragons were the first to master the magic of the five opposing combinations.[5] When the humanoid races arose, the dragons were at first angered that mortals would try to harness the wild forces of magic, but they came to realize that only through disciplined study would magic be in safe hands. So, centuries ago, the dragons founded an institution devoted to the study of the five mana dichotomies, and that institution is now known as Strixhaven. The five colleges were based around the magic mastered by each of those dragons.
Story appearances
| Title | Author | Publishing date | Set | Setting (plane) | Featuring |
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| Episode 2: Lessons | Adana Washington | 2021-03-31 | Strixhaven: School of Mages | Arcavios | Tavver, Extus Narr, Liliana, Lukka, Mila, Beledros Witherbloom, Tavia, Gladefell, Valentin, Lisette, Rowan |
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References
- ↑ Strixhaven: School of Mages Campus Tour (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (March 25, 2021).
- ↑ D&D Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
- ↑ a b Adana Washington (March 31, 2021). "Episode 2: Lessons". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Jay Annelli (2022). Magic: The Gathering - The Visual Guide, DK. ISBN-13 978-0744061055.
- ↑ a b Doug Beyer and Ari Zirulnik (April 01, 2021). "Planeswalker's Guide to Strixhaven". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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