Fiora
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| Information | |
| First seen | Magic: The Gathering (comic) |
| Last seen | March of the Machine |
| Planeswalkers | Dack Fayden, Daretti |
| Rabiah Scale | 7[1] |
| Status | Recovering from New Phyrexia's invasion |
| Demonym | Fioran |
Fiora is the birth plane of the planeswalkers Dack Fayden and Daretti. It was first seen in the IDW comic The Spell Thief , and later featured in the Conspiracy sets.[2][3] Fiora strongly resembles a Renaissance-era city with Italian-style architecture, predominantly with domed roofs.[4]
Description
Fiora is home to countless intrigues and plots. A plane of vast natural beauty, its powerful city-states are divided by vast wilderness and treacherous seas.[5] The high lords of the High City of Paliano vie for supremacy.[6] Move is met with countermove, and trust with betrayal, all under the auspices of the monarch of the moment.[7] Those who sit in the legislative seats of the High City control the vote, and the laws issued from Paliano mystically bind the populace. Murder, manslaughter, and violence have never been outlawed — in fact, they are tools utilized by politicians and nobility regularly.[8] Outside of Paliano, the populace lives in smaller towns run by the local government equally rife with corruption and back-alley dealings. The expansive wilderness of Fiora remains unexplored.
History
Once a minor lord in Paliano's legislature, Brago eventually rose to become king of the High City.[5] Artifact creatures were once a part of every household in Paliano, performing menial tasks.[9][10] However, cogwork was eliminated from the streets of Paliano after a bid for power by Muzzio. Brago, and his Custodi advisors closed down the Academy, happy that those who stood against them were absent or dead.[11][12] After Brago was made immortal by his advisors, his ally Selvala of Alberon killed him, freeing him from his body but inadvertently releasing him as a spirit to rule eternally.
Unhappy with this outcome, the noblewoman Marchesa d'Amati hired the ghost assassin Kaya Cassir to finally put Brago to rest.[5] Infuriated at the plot, Brago's former guard captain Adriana Vallore fomented a rebellion against the new queen's reign. At the same time, the Fioran goblin planeswalker Daretti instigated the goblin riots, causing chaos across the city.
Fiora was a target in New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse, but Queen Marchesa refused all who trespassed.[13]
After the emergence of the Omenpaths, cookware from Fiora was being peddled in Thunder Junction.
Locations
- The High City of Paliano, the capital city-state, is raised on an enormous platform. Cogwork elevators and a massive staircase allow ascent to the city from the Lowlands.[5]
- The Santuo District, a neighborhood with luxurious estates
- The Lowlands, the Lower City of Paliano. They spread for miles around the High City.[5]
- Talon, a neighboring town
- Drakeston (or Drakestown[15]), a ghost town. It was Dack Fayden's hometown until it was wiped out by Sifa Grent using the Ancient Fang while Dack was away on Alkabah.
- Kinnesta, a neighboring empire
- Trest, an elven port city-state and the primary rival of Paliano.[5]
Notable citizens
- Adriana, the former captain of the guard
- Brago, King Eternal, the assassinated king
- Dack Fayden, a human planeswalker
- Daretti, a goblin planeswalker
- Edric, elven spymaster of Trest
- Grenzo, a goblin dungeon warden
- Kaya, a human planeswalker
- Leovold, elven ambassador of Trest
- Livio, an oathsworn knight
- Marchesa, the Black Rose, the successor to Brago
- Muzzio, a visionary architect
- Selvala, an elven explorer
- Sydri, a dangerous rogue artificer
Planeswalkers
Native
Visitors
Non-planeswalker visitors
Inhabitants
Sapient races
- Angels
- Avatars
- Demons
- Elves
- Giants
- Goblins
- Homunculi
- Humans
- Mutants
- Ogres
- Shapeshifters
- Spirits
- Zombies
Others
- Artifact Constructs
- Birds
- Cats
- Chimeras
- Crabs
- Dinosaurs
- Dogs
- Dragons
- Elementals
- Elephants
- Gargoyles
- Horses
- Hydras
- Illusions
- Lizards
- Oozes
- Rats
- Wolves
In-game references
- Represented in:
- Associated cards:
- Referred to:
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (April 4, 2021). "Where is Flora on the Storm Scale?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Matt Forbeck. (2012.) The Spell Thief, IDW Publishing.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (August 18, 2018). "Can I get some trivia on my favorite plane Fiora?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (April 10, 2023). "Choosing Your Battles, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Jay Annelli (2022). Magic: The Gathering - The Visual Guide, DK. ISBN-13 978-0744061055.
- ↑ Matt Knicl (May 21, 2014). "The Black Rose". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Nik Davidson (May 14, 2014). "Betrayal". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Kelly Digges (August 3, 2016). "Laid to Rest". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Matt Knicl (May 28, 2014). "Like Cogwork". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Shawn Main (June 04, 2014). "Blood Will Have Blood". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Alison Luhrs (August 10, 2016). "Tyrants". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Shawn Main and Mel Li (August 17, 2016). "Bloody Instructions". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ March of the Machine - Card Previews, Battle Card Type, New Mechanics (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (March 30, 2023).
- ↑ a b c d Greg Weisman (November 2019). "War of the Spark: Forsaken". Del Rey.
- ↑ Drakestown Forgotten