Cylia

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Cylia
The Witness
Information
Species	Elf
Job	Shaman
Birth, Life & Death
Birthplace	Naya, Alara
Lifetime	Before the Mending Era
Death	Long before 4556 AR
Sources
A Planeswalker's Guide to Alara

Cylia, called "the Witness," was a female elven shaman of Alara. She was the youngest daughter of an elven shaman.

History

During the Sundering, a young Cylia climbed to the top of the mountain armed with a vial of poison and a small dagger carved from a thorn and begged Progenitus not to destroy the plane. Displeased with her, the worldsoul blinded the young elf. With blood from her mutilated eyes dripping into the vial, Cylia dipped the dagger into the vial and flung her weapon into the being's heart. The poison revealed Progenitus's true nature: a five-headed hydra avatar, and all life was saved on Alara, though it had already separated into the Shards.

Because her blood had mixed with the poison and entered the god-Hydra's body, Cylia gained a connection with Progenitus and the ability to sense magic. These two traits are passed on to all successive leaders of the elves of Naya. These seers are called the "Anima", the most recent of whom was Mayael. In her honor, the elves of Naya refer to themselves as the Descendants of Cylia, or the Cylian elves.

Story appearances

Title	Author	Publishing date	Set	Setting (plane)	Featuring
The Soul of the World	Jenna Helland	January 21, 2009	Conflux	Naya, Alara	Progenitus, Mayael, Cylia
Alara Unbroken	Doug Beyer	May 2009	Shards of Alara, Conflux, Alara Reborn	Alara	Nicol Bolas, Malfegor, Ajani Goldmane, Gwafa Hazid, Ghedi, Hadadir, Rakka Mar, Kresh, Rafiq, Asha (mentioned), Tholka, Tenoch, Mubin, Aarsil, Zaliki, Sarkhan Vol, Malactoth, Jazal Goldmane, Chimamatl, Karrthus, Marisi, Progenitus (mentioned), Elspeth Tirel, Mardis, Mayael, Cylia (mentioned), Iama, Morsath Levac, Haim, Tomlain, Welly, Salay Levac, Vali, Clairan, Hargrove, Malunis, Sedris (mentioned), Caladessa (mentioned), Kaeda, Sinzo, Drimma, Hollin, Sasha, Banat, Ruki, Wanath

In-game references

Associated cards:

• Cylian Elf
• Cylian Sunsinger

Referred to:

• Druid of the Anima
• Elvish Visionary
• Knotvine Paladin
• Mayael the Anima
• Paleoloth
• Sacellum Godspeaker
• Sigiled Behemoth
• Where Ancients Tread