Imprisonment of the Eldrazi
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Binding of the Eldrazi Sealing of the Eldrazi | |||||
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| Era | Time of Legends | ||||
| Date | c. -1400 AR | ||||
| Location | Eye of Ugin, Teeth of Akoum, Akoum, Zendikar | ||||
| Storyline Sources | The Lithomancer[1], Magic: The Gathering - The Visual Guide[2], The Eldrazi Arisen[3], Gods and Monsters[4] | ||||
| Affiliations | The Three vs the Eldrazi | ||||
| Characters | Sorin Markov, Ugin, Nahiri, Emrakul, Kozilek, Ulamog | ||||
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The Imprisonment of the Eldrazi was an event that occurred in ancient Zendikar.
History
After they discovered the threat of the Eldrazi 40 years prior, Ugin, Nahiri, and Sorin Markov prepared thoroughly to trap them on Nahiri's home plane of Zendikar. They devised a plan to trap the Eldrazi by creating a complex network of leylines, hedrons and nodes of mana. Nahiri was the one to build this intricate structure. She worked relentlessly, pulling and shaping hedrons from the living stone of Zendikar, while Ugin inscribed them with draconic runes to hold them in place. These hedrons, scattered across Zendikar, acted as both a lure and a trap, drawing the Eldrazi with their pulsing magical energy.[1]
As the Eldrazi slowly approached Zendikar, Nahiri warned the inhabitants of her plane — merfolk, kor, humans, elves, and even the surrakar — of the impending threat. The angels patrolled the skies, ever watchful. When the Titans arrived, it was a sight beyond comprehension. Ulamog, Kozilek, and the towering Emrakul descended upon Zendikar, their monstrous forms dwarfing everything in their path.[1]
Ugin, Sorin, and Nahiri fought valiantly. Ugin unleashed his ghostfire, Sorin drained the Eldrazi's strength, and Zendikar's people battled the Titans' spawn, while the Eldrazi moved toward the heart of the trap — the Eye of Ugin. In a final act of power, the three Planeswalkers converged at the Eye, combining their magic to activate the hedron network. Every hedron on Zendikar shifted into place, sealing the Titans in a prison of mana and stone. The earth itself began to swallow the Eldrazi, encasing them and leaving them petrified, slowly sinking into the mountains themselves as Zendikar, though scarred, stood victorious. As the three Planeswalkers locked the chamber with a spell only three planeswalkers together could break, they knew that Zendikar would heal, and its people would adapt to life in the shadows of the hedrons.[1]
It would be roughly 6000 years until the Release of the Eldrazi, and in those millennia, the Multiverse knew peace from these dreadful beings.
References
- ↑ a b c d Kelly Digges (October 29, 2014). "The Lithomancer". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Jay Annelli (2022). Magic: The Gathering - The Visual Guide, DK. ISBN-13 978-0744061055.
- ↑ Doug Beyer (March 29, 2010). "The Eldrazi Arisen". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2021-02-21.
- ↑ Doug Beyer (March 17, 2010). "Gods and Monsters". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2021-04-29.