Jasmine Boreal
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| Race | Human |
| Birthplace | Western Jamuraa, Dominaria |
| Lifetime | War with Phyrexia, c. 3334 AR |
Jasmine Boreal was a legendary human druid. She was, for a short time, a member of the Robaran Circle of Seven of Adira Strongheart in Jamuraa, four centuries after the Ice Age.
Description
Jasmine Boreal had red-blonde curls and wore linen and wool leggings, earrings of polished bone, and a wide leather belt hung with pouches and charms. Even if Jasmine usually used magical objects for casting her spells, like ointments, dried leaves, and other trinkets, and preferred to practice magic outdoors, she remained able to cast spells even without them and several miles underground. Her reliance on magical crystals led Hazezon Tamar to start using "Jewels of Jasmine!" as a curse, even though those same crystals saved the lives of the Robarans numerous times.[1]
History
Jasmine Boreal joined the Robarans and Johan's War some months later after the defeat of Johan's army at the gates of Palmyra. During their brief stay with the Robarans, she demonstrated attraction to Heath, the half-elf, half-Radjan Spirit scout of the group. They eventually became lovers during their ship voyage in Buzzard's Bay.
Jasmine hailed from a clan that lived somewhere beyond the Buzzard's Bay port and knew something about the pinelands of Arboria. When the Seveners reached the forest, it was Jasmine who recounted how the land was once inhabited by pinefolks, who later disappeared for decades before returning. Jasmine also shared that some pixies also lived in the forest.
Amongst her major contributions to the Seveners' cause, was the rejuvenation spell she cast on the mast of a Corsair ship, which caused the long-dead tree trunk to sprout new roots, destroying the boat in the process, and the Earthquake cast in the dungeons of Shauku's castle, which temporarily disabled the vampire, permitting the Robarans' escape.
After the ordeal, however, the druid recognized how she preferred the woodlands to pirate life and decided to quit the Robarans Mercenaries to remain with the pinefolks of Arboria, learning from their shaman.[1]
Despite her role as a champion of purity and good, there are few others in the history of Dominaria who left such a trail of death and destruction in their wake as Jasmine Boreal.[2] The details of this widespread carnage caused by Jasmine Boreal are unknown, but likely happened after her time with the Robarans. Given the large-scale destructive actions of other Dominarians like Yawgmoth, Urza, Mishra, Nicol Bolas, Karona, Sivitri Scarzam, Trine, and Geyadrone Dihada to name a few, this death and destruction caused by Jasmine must have been terrible indeed.
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Story appearances
Trivia
- Even though in the lore she is a druid, her original card did not have the creature class. However, the Legends Retold version does.
In-game reference
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References
- ↑ a b Clayton Emery (2001). Magic: The Gathering - Jedit.
- ↑ Magic: The Gathering 1997 Calendar: 365 Days in Dominia
- ↑ Ethan Fleischer (August 23, 2022). "I led the design process for the box toppers". Twitter.