Corondor
| Corondor | |
|---|---|
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| Information | |
| Plane | Dominaria |
| Status | Unknown |
| Formerly part of | Iron Kingdom |
| Card art | art:"Corondor" |
Corondor (/kɔːrəndɔːr/ KOR-ən-dor[1]) is a large island (or small continent) on Dominaria just north of Jamuraa, bordered by the Golthonor Sea.[2] Many of the stories in the Armada comics took place on Corondor. It was the setting of the Planeswalker War.
Description
A tremendous mountain chain called The Spine runs down the center of Corondor and roughly divides it into three named lands: Stonehaven to the west, Casindral to the south, and Golthonor to the east. In the north lie the Northern Ice Wastes. It lies two thousand miles north of Jamuraa and a few thousand miles to the east of the Domains.[3]
History
The ancient kingdom of Corondor was called the Iron Kingdom.
The planeswalker Ravidel used an artifact known as the Mox Beacon to lure other planeswalkers to Corondor. He trapped them and forced them to battle until they were weak enough to be killed individually, in an event known as the Planeswalker War. There were six planeswalkers: three Conquerors - Leshrac, Tevesh Szat and Geyadrone Dihada (who wanted to take over Corondor for themselves) - and three Defenders - Jared Carthalion, Kristina of the Woods and Sandruu, who defended the land from the Conquerors. In the wake of that war, Corondor has fallen on hard times for centuries.[3] Corondor was also the birthplace of the family of Carth, and was plagued by Geyadrone Dihada in the time before the Brothers' War on Terisiare. It was the location of the Battle of Aster Fall, the birthplace of Jared Carthalion, and also the homeland of the wizard Mangara.
Around the time of New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse, the island fell back under the control of Geyadrone Dihada, who hoped to lure Jared Carthalion into a conflict that could bring Dakkon Blackblade into her grasp.[4]
Locations on Corondor
- Casindral[5]
- Battle Rising
- Casindral Cape
- Casindral Isle
- Kristina's Woods
- Shikar [6]
- The White Woods [7]
- Battle Rising
- Golthonor[5]
- Balthesa - ancient city-state, where Xarl was from[9]
- Boite - ancient duchy, where the planeswalker Eskil was from.[9]
- Coldraith's Keep[10]
- Corundis - eastern island connected to the mainland by the Primor Bridge[11]
- The Darkling Plains [9]
- The Dueling Chasm of Golthonor
[11] - The Great Salt Marsh [11]
- Golthonor Torrent [10]
- Khone - a swamp, home to House Khone[12][6]
- Khone Keep - the citadel of the Lord of House Khone[13]
- Valley of Sacrifice - Ancient proving grounds for the Numbered Ones[6]
- Khone Keep
- Sulgh - southwestern salt marsh bordering Shikar and Casindral.[6]
- Golthonor Torrent
- Minorad - the tallest and northernmost mountain on Corondor[5]
- Mouth of the Damned - an ancient volcano[9]
- The Northern Wilds
- Primor Bridge - the bridge connecting Corundis to the island.[11]
- Telemar City - a coastal city built upon the bridge.[12]
- Telemar City
- The Sand Seas [11]
- The Spine
- Trovash [14]
- The Wolf's Hackle - a land of swamps[13][9]
- Northern Ice Wastes
- Stonehaven - the land on western coast of Corondor[15]
- Ephren - plains north of Arathoxia[15]
- Castle Melmereth - a ruined castle on the plains[15]
- Castle Melmereth
- Krysalthus - a forest[15]
- Lighthouse Island - an island off the coast
- Nyx - a swamp
- Plains of Urlan - the northern plains[16]
- Hamath - a ziggurat city on the plains[16]
- Ziggurat of Hamath - the most prominent structure of the city[16]
- Hall of Stars - where the city's ruling body presides[16]
- Ziggurat of Hamath - the most prominent structure of the city[16]
- Hamath
- The Stonehaven Plains - the southern heartlands
- The Ten Summits - mountain range between Ephren and Urlan[15]
- The Tenamis River - a river featuring a delta[15]
- Thetia - ancient city-state, where Xarl's wife Eska was from.[9]
- The Urlan Wild - the northern part of Stonehaven, an arctic wildland
- Ephren
- The Unholy Citadel - Geyadrone Dihada's mobile fortress[6]
Surrounding waters
- The Western Sea - dividing Corondor from the Burning Isles
- The Golthonor Sea - east of Corondor, leaving toward Verdenth
Maps of Corondor
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Map from The Shadow Mage #4 (1995) -
@Wizards of the Coast, Inc. All Rights Reserved. (1996) -
Corondor map from the Magic: The Gathering - BattleMage game. (1997) -
Battle map from the Magic: The Gathering - BattleMage game. (1997) -
From the Dominaria world map
In-game references
- Associated cards:
References
- ↑ The Vorthos Cast (August 29, 2022). "217 - Interview with Jeff Gomez, Architect of Early Magic Lore". Soundcloud.
- ↑ Martha Wells (March 21, 2018). "Return to Dominaria, Episode 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b Pete Venters, Kij Johnson, and Scott Hungerford (April 1997). "Dominian Chronicles". The Duelist #16, p.63-65
- ↑ Jay Annelli (2022). Magic: The Gathering - The Visual Guide, DK. ISBN-13 978-0744061055.
- ↑ a b c Volume 2: Desolate Angel. The Shadow Mage. (1995) Armada.
- ↑ a b c d e Jerry Prosser, Rags Morales, and Barbara Kaalberg (June 1996) Dakkon Blackblade. Armada.
- ↑ Volume 3: War Child. The Shadow Mage. (1995) Armada.
- ↑ a b Jeff Gomez (1995) - Wayfarer, volume 2: Forces of Nature, Armada.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Nancy Collins (1996), Fallen Angel, Armada
- ↑ a b c d Hilary Bader (1995) - Nightmare: Vanishing Lands, Armada.
- ↑ a b c d e Jeff Gomez (1995) - The Shadow Mage, volume 4: First Duel, Armada.
- ↑ a b Jeff Gomez (1995) - Wayfarer, volume 4: Lovers & Comrades, Armada.
- ↑ a b Jeff Gomez (1995) - Wayfarer, volume 5: Dark Eminence, Armada.
- ↑ Jeff Gomez (1995) - Wayfarer, volume 3: Patterns in Chaos, Armada.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Jeff Gomez (1995) - The Shadow Mage, volume 1: The Aster Fall, Armada.
- ↑ a b c d Jeff Gomez (1995) - Wayfarer, volume 1: A Need for Monsters, Armada.