Wasitora
| Wasitora | |
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| Eagle Tiger | |
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| Species | Nekoru |
| Birth, Life & Death | |
| Birthplace | Jamuraa, Dominaria |
| Lifetime | War with Phyrexia c. 3607 AR |
| Family | |
| Children | Six kittens, Peribet, Shindoya, Hayokai, Kubiho, Tsukikage and Maigoyume. |
| Sources | |
| Assassin's Blade, Emperor's Fist, Champion's Trial, Time Spiral, The Monsters of Magic | |
Wasitora was the queen of the nekoru cat-dragons on Dominaria.[1] She was one of only three nekoru who had natural green-mana healing abilities. Her name means "Eagle Tiger."
Description
Wasitora was a nekoru, a winged cat-dragon with thick, luxurious fur. She was over sixty paces long, but faster than a hummingbird. On the ground, in flight, or battle, Wasitora's blinding speed was all but unmatched. She had a vicious, sharp-toothed smile, and huge yellow eyes with vertical pupil slits. The huge creature had hinged jaws and massive clawed paws with needle-like claws.[2]
History
Wasitora was one of the wild nekoru, sent into the jungles of northwestern Jamuraa by her mother at an early age, thus quickly learning to use her skills. She was never introduced to the nekoru culture and didn't even know if others like her existed. When she was twenty, a group of cat-dragons gathered in her domain for the annual mating ritual, Wasitora defeated all females of the group, claiming the title of queen for herself.[3]
After mating with Mayonako, the alpha male of the group, Wasitora decided to travel to Madara — chosen because she liked the fish that came from that nation — to start a new lineage of nekoru: wild, ferocious, and not as obsessed with ritual and civilization as the others she had met at the gathering.[3]
Wasitora settled down near the village of Sekana at the onset of the Madara-Edemi War. The villagers didn't like paying tributes of fish constantly, so they called in Tetsuo Umezawa, the imperial champion. The cat-dragon and the champion fought, but their duel was interrupted by an Elder Land Wurm. Wasitora helped to defeat the monster and Tetsuo decided that she didn't have to be killed to free Sekana; he appointed her deputy of the imperial champion office and defender of the port city, paid in fish.[4]
After giving birth to six kittens, including one named Moonshadow, of which only five survived — Wasitora decided to help Tetsuo again. The champion later renounced his ties to the empire and swore an oath of vengeance against the Emperor and his regent. Wasitora took her kittens to Umezawa Manor and defended it against the kentsu, teaching her young how to hunt at the same time.[2]
Her kittens were Peribet, Shindoya, Hayokai, Kubiho, Tsukikage and Maigoyume.
Wasitora's memory remained at the time of the Mending on Dominaria, as her descendants came to control the entirety of the former Madaran Empire.
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References
- ↑ Commander (2017 Edition) — Commanders. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on May 29, 2022. Retrieved on August 14, 2017.
- ↑ a b Scott McGough (2003) - Emperor's Fist, Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b Scott McGough, J. Robert King, ed. (2003.) "Who is Queen?", The Monsters of Magic, Wizards of the Coast. ISBN-13 0-7869-2983-9.
- ↑ Scott McGough (2002) - Assassin's Blade, Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Gavin Verhey (August 8, 2017). "Dragons, Dragons, and . . . Cat Dragons". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2018-02-04.
- ↑ Paul Scott Canavan (June 15, 2020). "Nine Lives dropped!". Twitter.