Destruction of White Ridge

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Destruction of White Ridge
Event Information
Era	War with Phyrexia
Date	4073 AR
Location	White Ridge, Whispering Woods, Aerona, the Domains, Dominaria
Characters	Angelwing, Badger, Beebalm, Bittersweet, Bluebell, Brown Bear, Bryony, Catclaw, Chipmunk, Cowslip, Cub, Dacian, Egg Sucker, Feverfew, Gorman, Greensleeves, Gray Shoat, Gull, Hedgehog, Helki, Holleb, Liko, Lion, Otter, Poppyseed, Rainfall, Seal, Snowblossom, Sparrow Hawk, Toad, Towser, Wolftooth
Outcome	Complete destruction and abandonment of White Ridge Many deaths, including Bittersweet, Brown Bear, Cowslip, Gorman, Lion, Otter, and Rainfall. Gull and Greensleeves recruited into Towser's entourage Sparrow Hawk is separated from the rest of the villagers
Storyline sources	Whispering Woods
Timeline
Time of Troubles Destruction of White Ridge Mangara's Harmony

The Destruction of White Ridge was an event that happened in the Whispering Woods in 4073 AR.

Description

White Ridge, a quiet village on the border of the Whispering Woods, was reduced to ruins when a wizards' duel erupted nearby. The destruction came without warning — magic tore through homes, fire consumed the fields, and the earth itself shook under the force of clashing spells. A falling star had been seen in the sky the night before, a bad omen that proved true as the village's elders and children perished in the chaos.

The survivors, grief-stricken and afraid, saw no future in the ashes of their home. With no choice but to move on, they gathered what little remained and left to seek a new beginning elsewhere. Only the freshly orphaned Gull, a woodcutter, and his sister Greensleeves, who could not speak but only chatter like an animal, refused to leave. Their younger brother, Sparrow Hawk, had vanished in the destruction, and Gull was unwilling to abandon the place where his family had been lost.

In the wreckage of White Ridge, Gull discovered three strange beings — a pair of centaurs, Helki and Holleb, and the Two-Headed Giant Liko — who had been summoned to fight in the duel. Believing them to be little more than mercenaries, he treated them harshly, but they revealed that wizards controlled them with mind magic, forcing them into battle against their will.

Soon after, Towser, one of the wizards from the duel, arrived. He claimed he had taken no part in White Ridge’s destruction and offered Gull a place in his service, as his previous freight master, Gorman, had died in the battle. Weary, lost, and unknowingly influenced by Towser’s magic, Gull accepted. As a gesture of goodwill, Towser released the centaurs and Liko from their bindings, sending them back to their homelands.

With White Ridge in ruins, Gull left the only home he had ever known. The village’s destruction had set him on a path he did not yet understand — one that would lead him far from the Whispering Woods and into a struggle far greater than himself.