The Dragons of Magic

The Dragons of Magic
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Publishing Information
Author(s)	J. Robert King (ed.)
First printing	August 1, 2001
ISBN-13	978-0786918720
Preceded By The Myths of Magic Followed By The Secrets of Magic

The Dragons of Magic is a Magic: The Gathering anthology of stories published in August 2001. It was edited by J. Robert King.

Blurb

What beasts rule our dreams?

Ancient Primevals enslaved our ancestors, and modern dragon engines enslave us. Plains dragons defend humans, and undead dragons destroy them. And all dragons hold mysteries deep within.

Uncover the secrets of the dragons of Dominaria.

List of stories

• Dragon Lord, by Vance Moore
  • Eagyn, a white dragon, works for the Order of Otaria. As the plains are under threat of invasion by the "Northern Barbarians" he decides to fight them head on rather than risk the lives of more soldiers. He saves a little girl called Pianna, and manages to kill the barbarian leader (called a Kidring) but perishes while doing so.

• Dragon of Jamuraa, A. L. Lassieur
  • The wizard Majalina is aiding Zhalfir in a war against Femeref. It turns out that the powerful dragon that he has summoned, is in fact the creation of an ancient wizard known as Gazali who his plans of his own.

• Hero of the People, Jess Lebow
  • Rokin is sacrificed to the village's dragon lords during the reign of the Primeval. He is kept as a slave until the Primevals fall, allowing him and his fellow slaves to overthrow their masters.

• Dragon's Paw, by Edward Bolme
  • Urza summons a dragon to act as a model for the artifact creature he wants to build to defend Tolaria. The dragon doesn't want to be dispelled, and tricks Urza.

• Of Protectors & Pride, by Steven E. Schend
  • Urza sends one of his students to steal an egg of an aquatic dragon and kills the baby within to get the material he needs to create the Metathran. The dragon mother makes a deal with Urza: once the Metathran are done he will send a squadron of them to defend the merfolk that the bay was meant to protect.

• Familiar, by Denise R. Graham
  • The white dragon Jarod is raised by a druid. He battles a merfolk wizard and finally returns to the wild dragons.

• Deathwings, by Paul B. Thompson
  • The old Benalian mariner Phys is shipwrecked on an island, where a lost tribe of Thran are plagued by dragons every 88 years.

• The Fog, by Tim Ryan
  • Agrippa the Wayfinder, is marooned on an island filled with sea dragons. He larns to manipulate the dragons with fire, and then escapes with the treasure found on the island.

• Dreamwings, by Tom Dupree
  • The shapeshifting dragon Strnak flees an attack on Yavimaya and ends up in Llanowar. He helps the elves and Multani to fight another dragon.

• The Blood of a Dragon, by Edo van Belkom
  • The Nakayan lich Daedalus zombifies a number of Vintaran of green dragons. His plans to gain ultimate power turn awry.

• Because of a Twig . . ., by Brian M. Thomsen
  • A small twig dragon called Snap saves the Shivan oasis of Cometia.

• Keldon Staredown, by Scott McGough
  • Keldon Warlord Astor battles the blue dragon Skoras with the help of a group of outcasts.