Bruenna
| Bruenna | |
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| Lady Bruenna | |
 Serum Visions | |
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| Species | Human |
| Job | Wizard |
| Birth, Life & Death | |
| Birthplace | Medev, Quicksilver Sea, Mirrodin |
| Lifetime | Rift Era, c. 4400 AR |
| Family | |
| Parents | Donal |
| Sources | |
| The Moons of Mirrodin, The Darksteel Eye, The Fifth Dawn | |
Bruenna was the leader of the Neurok humans of Medev on the plane of Mirrodin.[1][2]
Description
Bruenna was a young human woman. She had long curly blonde hair, and her face was pensive. The young woman wore dark clothing similar to that of other neurok, but her robes were dyed blue, and strands of gold ran through the woven leather, so the dress glittered in the light of the blue moon.[3] She could draw and use both blue and black mana.[4]
History
Raised in the small Neurok village of Medev, Bruenna came of age under the shadow of Vedalken supremacy. Her father Donal was murdered by Vedalken researchers led by Lord Pontifex, and that loss shaped her into a sharp-minded leader, protective of her people and mistrustful of the Synod that ruled much of the blue-aligned regions of the plane.
Bruenna first crossed paths with Glissa, Slobad the goblin artificer, and Bosh the golem when they needed help reaching the Pool of Knowledge at the heart of Lumengrid. Though initially wary, she agreed to assist them, motivated by the opportunity to undermine the Vedalken. When they were attacked by an elemental and monstrous sea creatures on their way through the Quicksilver Sea, Bruenna proved herself resourceful and courageous. She was later captured with Glissa by Lord Pontifex — the very Vedalken who had killed her father. Though momentarily overpowered, she helped orchestrate their escape and survived a confrontation with the Synod member Janus, who had been working to usurp the mad overseer of the world, Memnarch.
Her role grew as the conflict escalated. After the Fifth Dawn, when a green sun erupted in Mirrodin’s core, mutating the land and its creatures, Bruenna's village was overrun by Memnarch’s levelers — colossal machines bent on domination. She barely escaped alive, but Medev and all its inhabitants were lost. She warned the last free peoples of the coming annihilation and rose to directly oppose both Memnarch and his Vedalken minions. During this period, Bruenna joined forces with Glissa again, as well as Glissa’s estranged sister Lyese, to unite the diverse races of Mirrodin in a final stand against Memnarch. Bruenna was instrumental in bridging alliances between elves, leonin, goblins, and others.
In her darkest hour, she ventured into the Mephidross alone, seeking the undead lord Geth as a potential ally. There she was captured by Yert, a deranged vampire working for Memnarch, and hooked into a stasis machine. Her rescue came at great cost — when Glissa freed her, she triggered the trap, and was locked in stunned stasis for five years, until Bruenna could devise a way to free her. In that time, Memnarch had nearly conquered the surface, and the last strongholds of freedom were on the verge of collapse. Bruenna lost a hand during the war with Memnarch and replaced it with a vedalken prosthesis with 3 extra fingers and an extra thumb. Yet she had survived, escaped captivity, and regained enough of her strength to recover Glissa from suspended animation, rejoining the final struggle for Mirrodin.
Bruenna was there when the last bastions fell and the world burned. She fought beside Lyese and the goblin Dwugget in the final siege of Krark-Home. Though they were separated from Glissa and Slobad, their actions bought the time needed for Memnarch to be defeated. At the end of the conflict, as all life on Mirrodin was extinguished in a magical backlash, the souls of the dead were absorbed into the artificial web Memnarch had constructed to steal Glissa’s spark. Bruenna, like everyone else on the plane, died instantly. However, those souls were recovered when Slobad relinquished his fresh spark, triggering the Vanishing.
Bruenna’s essence was restored to another world, alongside Lyese, Raksha, Ushanti, and Dwugget, without memory of her past life. There, she helped build the city of Lume and negotiate a peace treaty, unknowingly continuing the work she had fought for on Mirrodin — unity, freedom, and survival. Her legacy, though buried by time and memory, is etched into the rebirth of a broken world.[5]
Story appearances
| Title | Author | Publishing date | Set | Setting (plane) | Featuring |
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| The Moons of Mirrodin | Will McDermott | September 2003 | Mirrodin | Mirrodin | Memnarch, Karn, Jeska, Glissa, Kane, Lyese, Brynn, Chunth, Janus, Slobad, Krark (mentioned), Raksha Golden Cub, Rishan, Ushanti, Dakan, Bosh, Yert, Geth, Strang, Steel Mother, Dwugget, Bruenna, Xauvrer, Riley, Jerryl, Daven, Pontifex, Donal, Iapetus |
| The Darksteel Eye | Jess Lebow | December 2003 | Darksteel | Mirrodin | Memnarch, Malil, Glissa, Slobad, Bosh, Bruenna, Pontifex, Marek, Drooge, Tyrell, Sodador, Orland, Al-Hayat, Geth, Yert (mentioned), Kaldra |
| The Fifth Dawn | Cory Herndon | May 2004 | Fifth Dawn | Mirrodin | Yert, Glissa, Slobad, Banryk, Yulyn, Lyese, Bruenna, Orland, Lendano, Ghonthas, Malil, Raksha Golden Cub, Shonahn, Ushanti (mentioned), Jethrar, Dakan (mentioned), Yshkar, Memnarch, Alderok, Vektro, Geth, Ellasha, Darlosh, Tahk, Maneless One, Dwugget, Zelosh, Karn |
In-game references
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References
- ↑ Will McDermott. (2003.) The Moons of Mirrodin, Wizards of the Coast. ISBN-13 0-7869-2995-2.
- ↑ Jess Lebow. (2004.) The Darksteel Eye, Wizards of the Coast. ISBN-13 0-7869-3140-X.
- ↑ Will McDermott (2003) - The Moons of Mirrodin, Wizards of the Coast. ISBN-13 0-7869-2995-2.
- ↑ Jess Lebow. (2004.) The Darksteel Eye, Wizards of the Coast. ISBN-13 0-7869-3140-X.
- ↑ Cory J. Herndon. (2004.) The Fifth Dawn, Wizards of the Coast. ISBN-13 0-7869-3205-8.
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