Chaney
| Chaney | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Colors |
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| Species |
Shade Formerly Human |
| Job | Druid |
| Birth, Life & Death | |
| Birthplace | Unknown |
| Lifetime | War with Phyrexia |
Chaney was an archdruid in Aerona on Dominaria.
Description
When Greensleeves and Gull met Chaney, she was ancient, perhaps centuries old.[1] Her skin was pale and almost translucent, with blue veins visible beneath. She had suffered a stroke, leaving half her face palsied and one of her arms all but useless. She drooled from the side of her mouth that was nerveless. Her hair was long, yellow-white and brittle, but by the shape of her face, both Gull and Greensleeves noted that Chaney had likely been a beauty in her youth.[2] She wore only a white wool robe, preferring to go barefoot.
After her death, Chaney returned as a shade which shone with youth and beauty. She was slim, with a heart-shaped face and long hair the color of autumn leaves. She wore a simple white woolen dress, and walked barefoot, and she glowed with an inner light.[3]
History
By her own accord, Chaney had been able to planeswalk in her youth, but hadn't done so in many years.[1] She eventually stopped carrying a grimoire of spells, using memory and songs to cast spells. She still possessed powerful magic, able to heal Greensleeves' broken ankle and Gull's old knee wound.
In late 4073 AR, Greensleeves met Chaney in northern Aerona.[1] Chaney taught Greensleeves how to harness mana, and about planeswalking. During her training, Greensleeves found that time in Chaney's house passed differently. Despite training for around five years, only days passed. When Gull and the rest of the army found her only days after she left, Greensleeves had become several years older, aging from a thin and small 17-year-old to a full-bloomed woman in her 20s. She had also become a much more skilled wizard and druid. Although she had staved off death for many years, Chaney's mortality finally caught up with her. In her dying moment, her life force was absorbed by Greensleeves.[2]
Three years later, Chaney returned as a shade, urging Greensleeves to make the "final sacrifice". After Greensleeves dons the Stone Brain and finds out that its ultimate secret is buried somewhere in the ruins of the College of Lat-Nam, Chaney's shade passed on to the afterlife.[3]
On Chaney's spark
There is no direct evidence to support Chaney's claim to being a planeswalker. She may have exaggerated or lied about this to increase her esteem, possibly sensing Greensleeves's planeswalker spark. She is never seen to be planeswalking, and she also calls teleportation and planeswalking the same thing. Additionally, she dies of old age, something a planeswalkers at that time were immune to. However, she may have lost her planeswalker spark earlier in life and become mortal again, leading to her senescence and eventual death. This would also explain why she had not planeswalked in many years.
Story appearances
References
- ↑ a b c Clayton Emery (January 27, 1995). "Chapter 7". Shattered Chains, HarperPrism. ISBN-13 978-0061054198.
- ↑ a b Clayton Emery (1995). Magic: The Gathering - Shattered Chains. Harper Prism.
- ↑ a b Clayton Emery (1995). Magic: The Gathering - Final Sacrifice. Harper Prism.
