Kristina of the Woods
| Kristina of the Woods | |
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| Details | |
| Race | Human planeswalker |
| Birthplace | Corondor, Dominaria |
| Lifetime | The Time of Legends-War with Phyrexia |
| Born | Before 0 AR |
| Died | 4205 AR |
| Children | Justina Carthalion |
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| Sources | |
| Ice Age, Wayfarer, Invasion, Planeshift | |
Kristina of the Woods was a planeswalker native to Corondor on Dominaria, whose planeswalker's spark manifested after the creation of the Shard of the Twelve Worlds.
Description
Though ancient, Kristina had the appearane of a young woman with freckles and light blue eyes. She always wore green dresses, though their style changed through the years. For millennia, her hair was a blue-gray color, but at the onset of the Planeswalkers' War, it suddenly switched to an auburn color, perhaps in memory of the deceased Liana of Minorad.
By the time of the Phyrexian Invasion, Kristina was described as having deeply tanned skin and long brown hair done up with beads. She had the angular intensity of a mage and the presence of an oracle. Her voice was mellifluous and low and she had a wise and mysterious countenance.[1][2]
History
It is said that Kristina was born during the Time of Legends.[3]Shortly before the Ice Age she met and fell in love with Taysir. They were trapped in the Shard of the Twelve Worlds after its formation, so they journeyed the planes of the Shard helping various peoples, until the Summit of the Null Moon. At the Summit, Kristina forged an agreement known as the "Treaty of the Shard," before it was broken by Faralyn, Tevesh Szat, and Leshrac[4][5] There, they defeated Leshrac and resurrected Ravidel.[6]
After attending the World Spell, Taysir gave her a Reflecting Mirror as a proposal gift, but she refused. Kristina left Taysir to explore the multiverse, rather than use her power to get him back into Rabiah as he wanted. During her travels, she again fell in love, this time with the minotaur planeswalker Sandruu. An enraged Taysir found out and banished Sandruu to a plane from which it would take a millennium to return, thereby ensuring that he and Kristina would not reconcile.
Kristina attended The Gathering of Minorad shortly after the World Spell, which turned out to be a disaster when Ravidel appeared and threatened them with the Golgothian Sylex. Kristina stayed in Dominaria and saved Jared Carthalion from punishment in Hamath by Visionary Kadesha in the year 1281 by the Reckoning of the Sages of Minorad. She taught him how to use his magic and later became his lover just after his sixteenth birthday. When she saw Ravidel battle, Liana, at Minorad, she helped Jared find the two long-daggers that would destroy the Golgothian Sylex. She was wounded in battle against Ravidel at the Dueling Chasm of Golthonor but was saved by Jared when he ascended and became a planeswalker after the activation of the Mox Beacon. A year and a half later, they had a daughter together, and named her Justina Carthalion.[7] Together, Kristina and Jared fought in the Planeswalker War, and both survived, though Jared was not seen again until the Second Phyrexian Invasion of Dominaria.
Death
During the Phyrexian Invasion, Kristina became one of the Nine Titans as a replacement for the insane planeswalker Parcher. Her relationship with Taysir and his ward Daria made it clear that the two were again on friendly, but in no way romantic, terms. She was "accidentally" killed on Phyrexia by Tevesh Szat before he betrayed the Nine Titans in earnest.
Trivia
- Kristina was a co-creation of Jeff Gomez and John Tynes, who named her after Tynes's then-girlfriend.[8]
Story appearances
Planeswalkers met
Planes visited
In-game references
- Depicted in:
References
- ↑ J. Robert King (2000) Invasion, Wizards of the Coast. ISBN-13 978-0786914388.
- ↑ J. Robert King. (2001.) Planeshift, Wizards of the Coast. ISBN-13 0-7869-1802-0.
- ↑ D. G. Chichester (1996) - Homelands
- ↑ Jeff Gomez (1995). "'Wayfarer". Armada.
- ↑ The Story of the Battlemage Ravidel (archived). Acclaim Entertainment.
- ↑ Jeff Gómez & Jeofrey Vita (1995), "Ice Age on the World of Magic: The Gathering. Volume 3. The Shard". Armada
- ↑ Prelude to War
- ↑ The Vorthos Cast (August 29, 2022). "217 - Interview with Jeff Gomez, Architect of Early Magic Lore". Soundcloud.
