Galina
| Galina | |
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| Empress Galina III | |
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| Species | Merfolk |
| Job | Empress |
| Birth, Life & Death | |
| Birthplace | Vodalia, Dominaria |
| Lifetime | The Dark Age-War with Phyrexia |
| Death | 4205 AR |
Empress Galina III ("Her Serene Highness") was the ruler of the Vodalian merfolk empire in the Voda Sea near Sarpadia (Dominaria).
Description
Galina was left-handed.[1]
History
When the homarids invaded their territory, Marshall Karel Volnikov led the Vodalian army against them. The merfolk initially succeeded but were later overwhelmed by the homarids' capacity to breed and flourish in the cooling waters. Without medical supplies and no stored food source, Vodalia was abandoned, and many of its subjects followed Galina through a magic portal created by the mage Akoroun. They were to be transported to distant Etlan Shiis, the only colony likely to have escaped the Homarids. What they didn't expect was to arrive three thousand years in the future. After the initial shock, Galina's army defeated the local merfolk kingdom, and reformed the empire as New Vodalia.[2][3] (archived)
The Founding of New Vodalia would start a period of expansion of Galina's power for a millennia, and she still reigned during the Phyrexian Invasion of Dominaria. Her thousand-year reign ended when she was killed by Yawgmoth's death cloud.[4]
Story appearances
| Title | Author | Publishing date | Set | Setting (plane) | Featuring |
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| Fallen Empires | Denise Weir | Fall 1994 | Fallen Empires | Dominaria | Ornder, Kolevi, Danhelm, Sarya Haasendel, Margaret Ellsworth, Henry Joseph, Karel Volnikov, Galina, Oliver Farrel, Thurzen Klathe, Ivra Jursdotter |
| Return of the Empress | Richard Thames Rowan | 1998 | Fallen Empires | Dominaria | Galina, Karel Volnikov, Akoroun |
| Dominian FAQ part 8 | Pete Venters | June 1998 | Homelands, Mirage, Legends | Ulgrotha, Dominaria | Sengir, Taysir, Daria, Feroz, Kaervek, Johan, Dakkon Blackblade, Jedit Ojanen, Galina |
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References
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (April 1, 2022). "Secret Lair Knows its Left From its Other Left". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Fallen Empires (Fall 1994). The Duelist, 8-11
- ↑ Encyclopedia Dominia “Return of the Empress" by Richard Thames Rowan
- ↑ James Wyatt (2018), The Art of Magic: The Gathering - Dominaria. VIZ Media.