Hanweir
| Hanweir | |
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| Species | Eldrazi Ooze Town |
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| Birthplace | Videns Parish, Nearheath, Gavony, Innistrad |
| Lifetime | Mending Era |
Hanweir was once a thriving agricultural village in Videns Parish, Gavony, known for its fertile fields and bustling market, but it was ultimately consumed and transformed into a single monstrous Eldrazi ooze under the influence of Emrakul. The entire town and its inhabitants fused into a writhing, protoplasmic mass that spread across the land, leaving only a giant hole where it once stood.
Description
Hanweir was the largest town in the Nearheath parish of Videns, and the agricultural center of Gavony on the plane of Innistrad. It once boasted a bustling open-air market where crops and livestock from across Gavony were bought and sold, and trappers from Kessig brought their wares as well.
Hanweir was ruled by a nine-member council that governed the city by majority vote. Around the time of the city's mutation, its membership included:
- Head Councilman Reade
- Councilwoman Blackwell
- Councilwoman Larssen
- Councilman Carl Murray
- Councilwoman Seikes
History
Amid rising tensions in Videns Parish during Avacyn's madness, The Hanweir Chronicle's editor-in-chief Oliver Hayfield documented the village's descent into paranoia.[1] To assert greater autonomy, the village declared independence from both Videns Parish and Gavony province, styling itself as a new province named Hanweir. The town bell, Richard the Ringer, rang constantly until a new one was commissioned, and new walls were constructed without a gate, barring entrance and exit alike.
The moon shone bright and full above the barren fields of Videns Parish. Hanweir had once been the breadbasket of Gavony, but its fields were black and blighted, with bare vines oozing pus-like sap, and fruit trees that had uprooted themselves and wandered into the night, mirroring the madness engulfing the world. Soldiers paced along the town's great palisade, uneasily gripping spears and checking mighty crossbows, standing united against the horror of a world gone mad.[2]
As Emrakul's influence took hold on Innistrad, women in Hanweir began giving birth only to twins, and the Hanweir Chronicle ceased using bylines to name its writers. The town council instituted mandatory communal meals at the church and decreed that no one who entered the village could leave.[3]
Then the transformation occurred: flesh melted and twisted as the doomed citizens of Hanweir—soldiers, peasants, shopkeepers, and elders alike—screamed in agony and fused body and soul into a single protoplasmic mass. Stone, wood, thatch, and roof—the buildings, streets, plazas, and wells—melted and melded with the living flesh and spirits. Twisting tentacles writhed from this viscous globule of living ooze, with skulls, bones, weapons, and stones suspended within its horrific amalgam. Acting as one unthinking entity driven by hunger, the ooze spread over the barren fields and wasted vineyards, surging randomly across Videns Parish and absorbing reclusive farmers and their homes into its mass. As one, every part of Hanweir became a single incomprehensible entity, a living expression of the world's madness.[2]
This creature has not been seen since the Travails, and the town's ultimate fate is unknown.[3] Where the town used to be, there is only a giant hole left in the ground.
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References
- ↑ Alison Luhrs (May 31, 2016). "Hanweir Chronicle Recap". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2020-05-31.
- ↑ a b James Wyatt 2016, "The Art of Magic: The Gathering - Innistrad".
- ↑ a b Jay Annelli. (2022) Magic: The Gathering - The Visual Guide, Wizards of the Coast. ISBN-13 978-0744061055.