MTG Salvation

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–– The Nation of Steel ––

Urza has consolidated his power around the eastern coast in the lands that were formally Korlos, Argive and Yotia. The crimson viens of the Kher ridges are rich in iron ore and Urza has been hard at work in the years since the Phyrexian incursion building machinations from the resources available to him. The notion of the coalition is far behind him, and the nation of Steel and it’s safety and security is solely within his purview and discretion. From the ashes of the Incursion, Urza witnessed something he had never expected, his brother Mishra, picking himself up, and starting his own nation to oppose Urza. There is only one goal remaining in Urza’s mind, and he will stop at nothing until Mishra’s empire is topped and he alone stands on Terisiare’s pinnacle.

–– The Mishran Dynasty ––


Though completed by Yawgmoth, Mishra’s true nature has not been revealed to anyone. As Yawgmoth’s last remaining sleeper agent, he wiped all of their interactions from Mishra’s mind, and set him back on Terisiare at the end of the incursion. With his entire world in flames at the end of the phyrexian Incursion, Mishra could feel the power vacuum that it left beyind and quickly usurped Malpiri’s forces and launched an ambush on the Quadir’s forces ending the reign of Zegon and taking over the entirety of Terisiare’s interior. Conquest was Mishra’s M.O. but he had only a single thought coursing through his mind: ending Urza. Though he has always resented Urza, Mishra couldn’t understand why now he was so driven to achieve this goal, as though that act was the only way he could ever truly feel compleat. Mishra didn’t care about his empire or the people around him. The only thing in his sight was Urza’s head, and Mishra was ready to relieve his brother of that burden on his shoulders.

–– The Major Accomplices ––

Ashnod – Ashnod has suffered enough betrayals by her allies, and turns her back on Mishra, phyrexia and Gix. In her final act, she steals the sylex from Mishra and hands it off to Tawnos. Mishra had no idea of the power he was wielding, and though Ashnod also had no idea of just what the sylex was capable of, she figured it was best off in Urza’s hands, not Mishra’s. Unfortunately for Dominaria, Ashnod’s calculation understated just how potent the Sylex was, and how depraved both brothers had become.

Feldon Walliman – The third path has failed. The flames of war have engulfed every corner of Terisiare and Loran was dead. Despite being too frail to fight with his fists any longer, Feldon’s rage would not be quelled, as he made his own tools of war. If the brother’s would leave nothing but ashes in their drive for conquest, Feldon vowed to beat them to the punch.

Harbin – Urza’s son was a teenager by the time the Brother’s War had heated up. Thought the son of one of the most powerful figures in Terisiare, Urza paid him almost no heed. Harbin had been almost exclusively raised by his mother Kayla. Harbin had inherited Urza’s mastery of technology and his mother’s penchant for rebellion. Flying machines had turned into fierce tools of war, and there was no greater piliot in the Nation of Steel. Harbin lead many of the NoS sorties, much to his mother’s chagrin and without Urza’s knowledge. Maybe had Urza understood just what jeopardy his actions were putting his son into he would have reconsidered his stance on the war.

Kayla Bin-Kroog, Urza’s wife and supreme lady of the Nation of Steel, Urza had relegated Kayla years ago, and though she holds title over his nation, the two of them are rarely in the same room together. Kayla had found meaning in her life by chronicling the events of Terisiare in detail. Where it not for Kayla, details of the events leading up to the Brother’s War, and the aftermath afterwards would have been scarce. Thanks to her efforts, a clear picture of this destructive moment in Dominaria’s history remains intact.

Mishra Erdeli – The man Mishra once was, is dead. Cold and calculating, somewhere inside of Mishra's phyrexian sleeper programing a ghost still haunts those commands. Fueled by rage, the flame of what Mishra was is not yet fully extinguished, and his every action usurps Yawgmoth’s will as he fights to do the only thing that Mishra knows: to end his brother once and for all.

Multani – Argoth’s avatar had tried to keep out of the humans and elves affairs, but the rise of such substantial threats to Argoth forced Multani’s hand. The very life of the island was hanging by a thread, and without intervention Multani know there wouldn’t be an Argoth left to fight for.

Tawnos Revella – Design having a son of his own, Urza brought up Tawnos to be one of his most trusted advisors, but Tawnos is disgusted by Urza's war, and wants nothing but to escape it all. Witnessing the untold destruction the war is having on Terisiare, Tawnos has formed an odd relationship with Mishra’s own right hand, Ashnod. Trading prisoner positions as they are captured one after the other by opposing forces, Tawnos and Ashnod form a tenuous bond, wishing only for the Brother’s War’s end. Witnessing the full brunt of the war’s destruction, Tawnos retreats within rather than rallying to stop the fighting. Hiding inside of his statsis apparatus, Tawnos is the only survivor of the Sylex blast.

Tyrus Venalli – Tyrus is Urza’s strongest battle commander, leading legions of mobilized replicants into battle against the frenzy of Mishra’s war machines and Fallaji Warriors.

Urza Erdeli – Urza never demonstrated empathy well, but if he every had any, it was gone now. Urza wielded a nation like it was an object. The people of Terisiare and their needs were of no concern to him now. He had the power to raze entire cities to the ground and the only thought that was ever running through his mind was ending his brother and finally being free of Mishra.

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–– The Terisian Coalition ––

The nature of Terisiare was changed irrevocably with the emergence of the Phyrexian horde. The irony being, that had they not shown up, Urza may have been locked in perpetual land battles, never escalating past leading a nation. But once it became clear how dangerous a threat the Phyrexians posed, Korlos and Argoth had no choice but to unite under a single banner to maintain the strength to oppose the Phyrexians.
At the time, no leader was more charismatic than Urza, and boy who had once been an unknown orphan, now leads an empire. All of the lands of the Eastern and south approach were under his command, uniting under the banner of the Terisian Coalition. This was no longer just a fight for conquest, or resources. It was a fight for their very lives.

–– The Phyrexian Horde ––


Gix was dead. But a new machine had taken his place to lead the mass of machines and men that had gathered under the Malpiri banner. Returned from Phyrexia itself, Misha was not the man who had entered that hell. With renewed purpose, Mishra used his skill along with knowledge implanted by Yawgmoth to create an even larger planar portal than the one in the Cave of Korlis. With massive killing machines at his back, Mishra sweaped through the Zegon desert and laid to waste the Fallaji that would not bow to him. The swamps and glaciers of the north, and vast Zegon desert under his command, Mishra quickly took control of the other half of the continent that the Coalition forces hadn't already secured.

–– The Major Accomplices ––

Ashnod Karimotha – It takes a lot for someone so evil to have a change of heart, but bearing witness to Mishra's completion, Ashnod saw Phyrexia's true horror laid bare at last. It wasn't just the loss of individuality, but the death of passion as well was too much for Ashnod. She may not have had any ethics to her name, but she loved her work, and was never willing to give up that sensation to anyone. The Coalition would never tolerate the work she was desperate to complete, but as the war with the Phyrexian horde deadlocked, Ashnod knew she was going to have to make a play to create a clear winner, she just didn't know which side she was going to choose.

Barl – Barl's journey neither started nor ended where he ever would have suspected. The first wave of Phyrexians hit everywhere across Terisiare all at once. It was an ambush no one was expecting and had many casualites on the side of the Coalition. Barl was just one of those victims. Completed by the Phrexians, he was released back on Argoth to sow discord and destabilize the island from within. It's because of Barl that the Phyrexians gained not only a foothold on Argoth, but learned of it's immeasurable wealth to their cause.

Feldon Walliman – The Third Path had failed. Full scale war had erupted all across Terisiare and no amount of good will or intervention was going to stop that. Consigned to this fate, Feldon took it upon himself to enter the fray and make his mark on the world war. If he couldn't stop technology, then he would use it to his own ends.

Hurkyl Tribecca – Hurkyl had been abroad in Terisiare when the Phyrexian Incursion took place. She had left Drafna on Lat-Nam assuming he would be safest there, but unfortunately the Phyrexians had found their way to every corner of Terisiare. Drafna, already weak, was killed in the attack on the citadel. Hurkyl never forgave herself for not being there for Drafna. Her grief was too great to keep a clear head, and had she not met another unexpected traveler, who was going through a similar experience she might not have outlived her pain.

Loran – When the Phyrexian Incursion took place, there were many who fell victim to their ambush. Loran wasn't just killed in the attack, she was completed and his mission in the Third Path subverted. Loran was returned to spread the gospel of Phyrexia and bend the holdouts against technology to Yawgmoth's will.

Kayla Bin-Kroog – Just when Kayla thought that she had been relegated to obscurity, the Phyrexian Incursion happened and everything changed. With his brother back in the picture, Urza became completely occupied with his theatre of war. The police state that Yotia once was all but vanished, and in that vacuum, Kayla rose up to protect the people of the Terisian Coalition that couldn't protect themselves.

Mishra Erdeli – The man Mishra once was, is dead. The machine this Mishra now is, is a focused instrument of Urza's undoing. Having killed Gix, and coopting the whole of the Malpiri and Zegon forces, Mishra leads the Phyrexian Horde towards a single goal of destroying Urza and all of the coalition forces that rally behind him. Cold and calculating, somewhere inside of Mishra's programing a ghost still haunts those commands, fueled by rage, the flame of what Mishra was is not yet fully extinguished.

Tawnos Revella – Tawnos, Disgusted by Urza's war, wants nothing but to break away, but has nowhere to go. His beautiful creations that were once so pure to him, are now instruments of destruction that Urza wields so indiscriminately.

Verdansk Treeck – The world had changed so rapidly, Verdansk couldn't even recognize if the world he was trying to avenge was even still out there. Traveling the world to fight anyone dumb enough to stand against him. Verdansk met an unexpected ally in Hurkyl. Two lost souls looking to pick a fight with who ever they could, the two of them became one of the most famous vigilante duos in all of Terisiare. They didn't care who the opposed, Phyrexian or Coalition alike as long they got the fight they were looking for.

Yawgmoth – With Gix's demise at his newest creation's hand, Yawgmoth is finally ready to pull the trigger on his return to Terisiare. With Mishra leading the Phyrexian forces, Yawgmoth is confident that nothing can stand in his way of total conquest.

Urza Erdeli – It was hard to say just what fueled Urza's drive against Mishra, but it was deep, and it was a driving path of determination. Urza could have made the Coaltion's fight about defeating the Phyrexians, and about the survival of Terisiare's way of life, but he didn't waist time sugar coating his cold truth. This fight was about rivalry, and it was about defeating Mishra. Urza had the power stranglehold over the coalition and ironically, Mishra was the only one left on Terisiare that could even oppose him. In what would be Urza's darkest period, it was overtaken by his singular passion to be better than his brother, and acted without compassion or empathy for all the people of Terisiare he was dragging into that fight.

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Almaaz – The swamps and forests of Almaaz have deep memory. It's entirely possible that the druids and shaman of Almaaz have memories from the time of the Thran, but if they do, they ensure that those thoughts never leave their borders. In fact very few things leave their borders, including marauding Fallaji warbands that travel too deep into the woods. The people of Almaaz have a very different understanding and approach to life and death compared to most.

Argive – The nation of Argive ruled by a triumvirate of clerics and nobles was the first to see the value in the metal contraptions that were being discovered in the ruins of the Zegon desert. They began sending out expeditions to study these ruins and bring back artifacts for further study and use. It was slow going, and the technology seemed out of reach for most the researchers, but with the discovery of powerstones, suddenly a new world of possibility opened up to Argive. It was the first nation to truly lean on technology and modernize in the industrial revolution. Seeking to broaden its horizons and capture more resources, Argive began an expansion campaign that resulted in the invasion of Korlis and the Kher mountains.

Argoth – A lush jungle paradise that sits off the southern coast straddling Korlis and Yotia, it suddenly finds itself threatened by explorers and machines alike that have started appearing from the mainland. Rallying around a messianic leader the denizens of the Argoth are determined to keep their home wild and untamed.
Fallaji Empire – The fallaji empire isn't a place per say, but rather the confederation of bands of nomads with similar cultural approaches. Their empire expands most of the Zegon wastes, taking over any space that they realistically can. Where the Fallaji survive, the fallaji thrive. They are constantly seeking expansion but Yotia's disciplined border regiments keep them at bay. At the top of the Fallaji tribes is the Quadir. A leader of fear and power, the Quadir is about the only thing that every really keeps the fallaji in line.

Kher Keep – The numerous clans of the Kher mountains rally around their castle stronghold atop the kher mountains. The clans value strength and freedom above all else. They aren't afraid to raid villages to take what the want. While they don't bow to kings or rulers alike, they value leadership that demonstrates strength and refuses subjugation. They find the empire of Yotia too stodgy to take seriously and generally keep to their own territory, terrorizing travels and traders moving across the Kher ridges.

Korlis – The kingdom of Korlis still lives in world of knights and chivalry. Locked in the old world feudalist system, the agrarian kingdom is resource poor when it comes to Thran ruins and never really got itself into the scramble for resources that the rest of Terisiare quickly escalated into. Because of this Korlis found itself under tremendous pressure that was mounting from Argive to the north. Landlocked between the Kher mountains to the west and the ocean to the east Korlis had little in the way of outside support. When Argive finally invaded, the king had no choice but to lead the kingdom in one final desperate counter offensive to retain their sovereignty.

Lat-Nam – For ages a small academy existed on the tiny rocky archipelago of Lat-Nam just off Terisiare's western coast. Ancient scriptures from all across of Dominaria spoke of arcane abilities that could mold and conjure mana from the land and invoke spells of immense power from this innate power. Travels from many lands would come to Lat-Nam to learn these arcane spells. It always was a melting pot of all of Dominaria's customs and peoples. When word broke that Terisiare was in possession of a craft of artifice that rivaled even the strongest magic people came from far and wide to study to this newly developed concept of technology. With two schools of disciple being led by Drafna and Hurkyl technology and magic melded into a new era of power for the fledging academy.

Malpiri – The swamps, marshes and wetlands of the Malpiri delta were never of much concern for Terisiarie's denizens. The land wasn't suited for cultivation, and no one every viewed it as a great location for settlement. It was likely this isolation that Gix found so inviting when he began gathering followers to initiate a cult in his own name. feeble supplicants that would do his every bidding and usher in the arrival of Phyrexia when the day was finally right.

Ronom – The mountainous Northwest region of Terisiare was a bitterly cold place with massive glaciers lining the granite peaked horizon. The glaciers of the Ronom mountains met together and fed into the Ronom lake, one the largest bodies of fresh water in all of Dominaria. The shores of the lake were always bitter with winds that chilled you to the bone. It was a rather inhospitable location, the exact opposite of the roasting Zegon wastes, but just as deadly to unprepared.
Yotia – The vast lands of Yotia stretched the southern coast of Terisiare full of thick forests and winding rivers. It was a land rich in flora, fauna, and sunshine. Because the people of Yotia lived more closely with nature than any of the other great nations of Terisiare they better appreciated its gifts and understood that to remain on top of the food chain required discipline and strength.

Zegon – The vast desert wastelands of Zegon encompassed almost the entirety of the interior of Terisiare. The extent of the desert was too great to grasp for most of the people of Terisiare, and even fewer wondered why such a great desert existed in the first place, never aware that such a place wasn't the product of nature. It's here that the wellspring of Thran ruins littered the landscape. Some great calamity had befallen the Thran, but whatever the secret was to their downfall, they had taken it with them in the collapse.

Ashnod Karimotha – Ashnod is referred to in hushed tones by those that know to fear her. There are few that truly know her face as very few survive within her inner circle. Ashnod is a fearless, ruthless and cunning biological researcher. Knowledge at all costs is Ashnod's mantra. She does often wonder if it was fate that she was born into such times to see such rapid expansion of knowledge and technology.

Barl – The Messianic leader of the indigenous people and creatures on the island of Argoth. Rallying their forces, he leads the charge to repel the invaders from their land and preserve the paradise that Argoth represents.

Drafna Tribecca – A brilliant engineer who migrated to Lat-Nam when he heard about Terisiare's rapid technological revolution. He leads Lat-Nam's artifice programs and instructs the manufacturing of machinery. His skills are unrivaled in Lat-Nam. It's rumored that his engineering skills rivals even those of Urza of Yotia.

Feldon Walliman – Feldon grew up in the Argivan expeditions across Zegon and cut his teeth on decades of archeological digs, but it wasn't until the powerstones were revealed that Feldon truly understood what was laying in wait in the Thran ruins. Rumors had been spiraling for ages of a lost city perfectly preserved deep within the crevasses of the Ronom Glacier. Feldon never one to back down from a challenge, has embarked on discovering this lost city of the Thran.

Gix – What was once a man is now a twisted husk of flesh and steel. Gix is a demon the likes of which no one on Terisieare could have imagined. When the brothers opened the Hall of Taigsin, they inadvertently re-opened a portal to another plane of existence. From that portal emerged Gix, ready to take revenge on a world that knows nothing of its past. Taking foothold in the marshes of Malpiri, Gix has managed to build a fanatical death cult that worships the melding of metal and man. What Gix's end game is at this point, no one can say, but through his cult, his presence can be felt everywhere.

Hurkyl Tribecca – Hurkyl had been studying at Lat-Nam for some time learning the ways of the arcane magic that had once ruled the lands of Dominaria. Though never gifted in artifice herself, she was always captivated by it, and quickly fell in love with Drafna. They both eventually excelled into becoming the academy's deans of Magic and artifice. Unbeknownst to her, Gix's influencers had infiltrated the ranks of Lat-Nam and were slowly sabotaging its efforts. Drafna was killed in one of these attacks by his own machines that had been turned against him. Hurkyl vowed she would never rest until the scourge of artifice was wiped clean from the world and spent her every waking moment afterwards preparing her protégés to rise and join her in her fight.

King Lienre Preska VII – The king of the kingdom of Korlis. He is a noble leader, but naïve at the best of times. Korlis lacked the resources and ruins that many of the other nations had access to, and was still existing in an agrarian economic system that was being vastly outpaced in evolution and technology by its neighbors. It never occurred to the king until it was too late that Korlis needed to raise its defense potential against the possibility that it's neighboring nations may one day turn on it. After decades of build up, when Argive unleashed a full scale attack on the Kingdom, it's knights and soldiers were quickly outclassed as the king had no choice but to lead the charge for one last crusade the protect their sovereignty.

Loran – While the brothers are the most well known protégés of Tocaisa, Loran was her most faithful. Loran had already graduated onto leading her own expeditionary teams by the time Tocasia had taken up training the brothers. When news broke of Tocaisa's death Loran was devastated. Once she realized that her death was related the powerstones that everyone in Terisiare was rushing to gather she vowed to do everything in her power to stop artifice before it eventually consumed them all.

Kayla Bin-Kroog – The Heiress of Yotia and daughter of Ratha Bin-Kroog. Wild and willful Kayla cared not for the politics of the modern world. Yotia was a unique empire ruled by respect for strength and there was none stronger in the kingdom than Ratha. When a young brash artificer showed up in Yotia to respond to a challenge set forth by Rath to release a sword in the stone and win Kayla's hand in succession of the empire, Kayla found herself enamored with his brashness. Though not physically strong, he was fearless and intelligent in a way she was unfamiliar with. Though Ratha refuted him despite freeing the sword, Kayla stole the empire's treasure that was to be awarded to the victor and presented it to Urza along with herself. Young and foolish, it was a long while before Kayla realized that Urza never reciprocated the passion and love she felt for him. She often pontificated if that was always to be her fate.

Mishra Erdeli – In the war of the brothers Erdeli, Misha is most often looked at as the origin of the war's onset. While it's true that Mishra felt nothing but envy and rage for the gifts that Urza possessed, one can't help but wonder if things wouldn't have turned out very differently had Urza possessed a stronger sense of compassion for his only living relative. When the brothers discovered the powerstone in the Hall of Taigsin, it set off a series of events that would one day culminate in all out war that would devore the continent of Terisiaire. For the moment Mishra's tale is a little more self contained as he finds himself falling in the background noise of Terisiare's industrial revolution. After parting ways from Urza at the Cave of Korlis with the weakstone in hand, Mishra wandered the Zegon wastes eventually being captured by Fallaji marauders and pressed into the service of the Quadir. Every night bound by his shackles Mishra used the moonlight to tinker a little bit more with the weakstone slowly unravelling the secrets of its power for the day he would finally break free of the Fallaji and take revenge on his brother.

Ratha Bin-Kroog – Warlord of the empire of Yotia. Yotia has a long history of ruling through power alone, and there are none on Terisiare more powerful than Ratha. He has never been bested in a fight. Knowing that Yotia would need a successor named, Ratha established a contest to remove a sword he stuck into a rock. The winner would not just be named successor and marry the heiress, but they would be granted Yotia's greatest possession, an ancient scripture that has been in Yotia's possession since the dawn of the empire. Ratha had never expected a simple looking boy could beat his challenge where the strongest in the empire could not. He declared Urza's automaton a cheat and refuted Urza's claim to the throne. But when Kayla went behind his back and gifted the Thran tome to Urza he had a change of heart, finally understanding just how strong the nature of artifice truly was. With Urza now part of the empire, Ratha instructed him to build up the empire's strength through artifice and by producing even more mechanical men to ensure their place as the mightiest on Terisiare.

Tawnos Revella – shortly after Urza began Yotia's artifice development, word spread and people began showing up from far and wide to learn from him. Tawnos turned up and was just a boy himself, but was Urza's most gifted protégé. Tawnos could engineer the most magnificent designs, and though most of what he created were toys, through the mechanisms he created Urza was able to improve his own deigns in the manufacture of automatons.

Tocasia Infandel – A brilliant and skilled archeologist. Long before the notion of a powerstone entered the collective conscience, many a minds from Argive wandered the Zegon wastes discovering ruins full of strange metal contraptions. Whatever these ancient people that came to be labeled as the Thran were, they had left behind an entire civilization that seemed to have been suddenly stricken from the face of the earth. Tocasia was the ward of two orphaned brothers, Mishra and Urza. She taught them everything she knew about the history of the Thran and the mechanical nature of artifice. Mishra often seemed lost, but she sensed that Urza was capable of doing more than their current knowledge allowed. The three of them chanced upon a cave during an expedition, and when Urza and Mishra emerged from the cave they held a curious stone, glowing with energy. Tocasia could sense the unease in the brothers knowing they had always had a hidden rivalry with each other just under the surface, but she never expected that animosity to boil over as it did over this rock. That night the brothers broke out into a fight over who would possess the rock. Tocasia had always predicated herself on pacifying conflict, but as she put herself in the middle of this fight, it was one that could no be stopped. The powerstone cracked and exploded in the scuffle. The shockwave from the explosion knocked both brothers back, and when the dust settled Tocasia was dead. Each brother held a piece of that original powerstone, each possessing a polarity of power. Never one to be a sentimentalist, Urza was still shaken to the core that Mishra's actions had resulted in Tocasia's death. Urza vowed to never forgive Mishra for this transgression, and from that place both Brothers walked into the desert alone, setting their own paths into the saga of Antiquities.

Verdansk Treeck – Though Kher keep was not a castle with a king that anyone bowed to, or was ruled over by, Verdansk was viewed and regarded as a king in his own right as a man worth following. He maintained the keep and made it home and refuge for those of the Kher clans seeking aid. Verdansk was a natural born leader and warrior not to be taken lightly. In a sense, the duty of the ruler of the keep wasn't to lord over others, but to keep the beacons of the keep lit as a symbol of the freedom that those who rallied under its banners lived for. For ages the clans of the Kher mountains lived free and respected only power. They rarely clashed with the Yotia empire, but were no strangers to raiding the lands the Korlis which they saw as weak. But when Argive launched its assaults, the clans of the kher had to rally as Argive quickly took to siege against Kher keep. Outnumbered and underprepaired, Verdansk had no choice but to retreate knowing that if Kher keep couldn't be saved it would damn well be avenged.

Yawgmoth – though an unseen force at this point in time, Yagmoth and the nature of Phyrexia was the gravest threat that Terisiare would ever know. Gix may be an agent of Phyrexia, but once set free on Terisiare developed his own sense of revenge and did not necessary follow the path and intensions of Yawgmoth. Though the portal to Phrexia has been reopened, in it's current state it is far too weak to suit Yawgmoth's plans. Yawgmoth has spent millennia plotting and preparing, he knows he can afford to wait a little longer to fully realize his final revenge on the world that exiled him to oblivion.

Urza Erdeli – Though Urza was the driving force of all events that shaped Terisiare across the saga of Antiquities, he was a far cry from being a true hero. Too self centered to care about those around him, he only ever really saw the world through the designs and engineering that filled his mind. There would come a time when Urza finally overcame of these short comings, but like all tragedies when that moment finally presents itself the damage will already be done. For the moment Urza has hold up in Yotia, driving the empire's growth in the explosion of the industrial revolution.

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–– The Five Great Nations ––

Argoth – A lush jungle paradise that sits off the southern coast straddling Korlos and Yotia, Argoth was forced into conflict by the expansionist efforts of both nations. Where Argoth lacks in technology, it makes up effort and magical prowess. While Argoth’s warriors are less refined than the warriors of Zegon who are honed through the crucible of war, they make up for their inexperience with numbers. Don’t be fooled though, Argoth’s forces are FireIce and deeply devoted to protecting their land from the other nations. The Spirits of the Forest are keenly award of the wealth of resources that Argoth hides, and should the other nations discover the depth of Argoth’s wealth, there is nothing their foces could do to hold back the wave of aggression that would crash down upon them.

Korlos – After the nation of Argive had annexed the kingdom of Korlis, they took over the moniker, renaming their expansive empire Korlos. Argive did this to bring all the people of the eastern banks into their fold and integrate their new bretherin into their way of life. Argive had been the first to reach a high level of technology and was the first to successfully conquer a neighboring realm. Some of the former knights of Korlis dropped their swords in defeat, and joined Korlos’s ranks. Others defected to Yotia in the hope that nation of power could give them cause to continue their fight against their usurpers. Korlos is ruled by a triumvirate of clerics and nobles, and is caught in the space between preserving its old-world culture and giving into progress. Conservative forces within Korlos still cling to the past and the nation has become obsessed with preservation. It has ascribed this outlook to its expansion efforts as it seeks to overtake the other nations, and preserve all of Terisiare’s history, though mostly by force.

Malpiri – Every day Yawgmoth plots. He can feel the strength of Dominaria seeping through the planar portal in the cave of Korlos and grows more and more impatient with biding his time. Though he sent Gix to Terisiare to spearhead preparations for his return to Dominaria, it appears that Gix has taken it upon himself to manage his own plans. Gix cares not for Yawgmoth’s revenge, instead he sees the opportunity to supplant himself as a force to be reckoned with in Terisiare. Amassing power and followers into Malpiri, Gix has been gifting his cult Phyrexian technology to begin his own conquest of the rival nations of Zegon and Korlos.

Yotia – After Korlis fell to Argive, Ratha Bin-Kroog agreed to meet with the triumvirate and took Urza along to the summit. It looked like Argive was willing to strike a legitimate accord with Yotia, having stretched itself thin with its war against Korlis. But as the accord was being signed, a Fallaji raid struck the site of the summit. Aided by technology that Mishra had developed, Ratha was killed and Argive retreated. The attack on the summit resulted in Argive transforming into Korlos and becoming a direct competitor with Yotia. With the line of success passing down to Kayla, Urza was now the de-facto head of state of Yotia. Urza took up the mantle of putting Yotia’s defenses into full effect. With constant raids by the Zegon, Yotia became a police state and quickly acted in its own expansion efforts to feed its growing need for greater defensive positioning within Terisiare.

Zegon – The tribes of the Fallaji had always been a web of maurading bands loosely interconnected and heavily disorganized. Seeing first hand the power technology could grant the user in warfare, A Quadir rose from among the Fallaji and quickly sweapt up all the tribes of the Zegon wastes until they were all unified under a single banner. The Zegon empire was brutal and malicious, but not without honor. They understood strength, and that was about all they respected.

–– The Holdouts ––


Kher Keep – The Keep has fallen. Caught in a pincher move between Argivian expansion and Fallaji raids the site once held great reverence for the mountain tribes is now rubble smoldering in the cold smoke of the Kher Ridges. Kher Keep was a bastion of freedom, and though it now gone, one man refuses to let that legacy die with it. Hellbent, the nations of Terisiare will one last time know the full fury of the keep.

Lat-Nam – Situated on an island off the western coast, Lat-Nam is relatively protected geographically due to it’s remoteness. Though it’s not at the heart of Terisiare’s land wars, it has felt the tremors of war all the same. Nations have begun sending spies into Lat-Nam’s ranks, seeking to steal Lat-Nam’s technology and magic for themselves. In just such a provocation, Drafna is seriously wounded, sending Hurkyl into a rage. On the best of days Hurkyl rallied against technology, but now cause, Hurkyl is on her own warpath to end this arms race that has engulfed the whole of Terisiare.

–– The Major Players ––

Ashnod Karimotha – Ashnod was at best unscrupulous, but the power of machinery that the Malpiri wield was too much for Ashnod to ignore. Studying directly under Gix, Ashnod has learned how to weave machine and flesh, and transform that mass back into energy in a way that no one else on Terisiare could possibly understand. Gix’s deep rooted animosity towards human grows deeper as he his envy for Ashnod’s craft eats away at him.

Barl – Barl’s journey started as a trial, has turned into a journey. Failing to repel the early Argivian and Yotian advances into Argoth, what started as a cult following to fight, has become a religious experience Argoth’s warriors. They call themselves the Warriors of the True Path. Only the most devout warriors are granted the title of the Path, and suddenly where Barl was once Argoth’s greatest savior, he now finds himself on the outside looking in.

Feldon Walliman – Obsessed with the past, Feldon never truly appreciated the full horror of Terisiare until he found it. Discovering the frozen city of Halcyon, the true scope of desolation that technology would lead to was laid bare in front of him. Knowing that if Terisiare’s arms race was to be allowed to continue unabated, it would ultimately consume them all as it had done to the Thran. Feldon founded the secret society of the Third Path along with Loran. Together they began an effort to subvert the growth of technology however they could.

Gix – Gix has not just made Malpiri his home, but is actively seeking to conquer all of the other rival nations of Terisiare. Fueled by his hatred of human, Gix has been ramping up efforts to complete Terisiare, not for Yawgmoth, but to fuel his own selfish desire for control. Deep into the night, the screams of his sycophants echo across the moors as Gix and Ashnod work tirelessly to build a mechanized army for Malpiri to finally spread out across all of Terisiare.

Hurkyl Tribecca – With Drafna seriously wounded in a raid to steal his technology, something in Hurkyl snapped. She had always been a staunch advocate against the dangers of technology, but witnessing the person she loves most in the world nearly killed because of it, set her off on a whole new vector. Hurkyl vowed she would never rest until the scourge of artifice was wiped clean from the world and spent her every waking moment afterwards preparing her protégés to rise and join her in her fight. Where once she sought to protect against artifice, now she was the hunter, actively seeking out artifice and destroying it.

Loran – Though years had passed, the pain in her heart at losing her mentor Tocasia had never gone away. Aimless and wandering, Loran stumbled upon another soul that sought to undo the harm that artifice was having upon the world. Teaming up with Feldon, the two of them began the society of the Third Path, and sought to slow the march of artifices progress before it would consume them all.

Kayla Bin-Kroog – With her father dead, Kayla is the last of noble blood in Terisiare. The march of time moved quickly, and Kayla’s youthful defiance quickly evolved into obsession for Urza whom she married. With Ratha’s death, the burden of the nation fell on Urza’s shoulders. Though Kayla pined for Urza every day, he instead grew more and more distant, to the point that he nearly all but ignored Kayla and their young son Harbin. Though she was Heiress to a nation, Kayla’s relevance was being leeched away with every decree that Urza issued, pushing her further and further into obscurity.

Mishra Erdeli – Mishra’s journey is not proving kind. Unable to let go of his animosity for his brother, Mishra wandered amongst the Fallaji, picking up thran artifacts where ever he could find them, and rebuilding them into machines of war. With the Fallaji quickly coalescing into the Zegon nation, Mishra thought he finally had a chance to get the attention of someone at the top and finally start to make his way up. Gifting the Zegon Quadir several of his Ornithopters that he developed, he convinced the Quadir to try them out against the Korlos/Yotia summit. The problem was they were too successful. The Quadir was the power of Zegon, and he took what he wanted. Seeing the power of Mishra’s skills first hand, the Quadir ordered him locked up to toil away at building Zegon Machines of war to aid their conquest of Terisiare.

Tawnos Revella – Now a young man, Urza conscripted Tawnos into designing the ultimate defenses for Yotia to use against its rival nations. Tawnos had a gift that could distill every scrap of energy from a mechanical design. To say he designed with efficiency was an understatement. With Tawnos’s help, Yotia was rapidly becomes the most technologically superior nation.

Verdansk Treeck – Kher keep had fallen. Where Verdansk once had a purpose, a place, he was now just a wandering singularity of rage. Freedom was all that Verdansk knew, and as long as a nation still stood he would never again know that freedom. Verdansk’s fight was just with himself, but had evolved against the entire world.


Urza Erdeli – Though Urza was the driving force of all events that shaped Terisiare across the saga of Antiquities, he was no hero. The people of the nation of Yotia cheered his name in the streets, praising the protection his technology had granted them, but as Urza slowly stripped away their freedoms to build a police state, the people were non the wiser of just how much they were truly giving up to that man. While Mishra wore his power hunger on his sleeve, Urza was never truly in touch with his basic nature. Though he mostly ignored the people closest to him, he failed to realize just how much he craved the attention and adulation of the people of Yotia. Where once Urza was the brains guiding Yotia’s future, with Ratha’s death, his popularity status cemented him as the heart of Yotia and its people.

–– The Minor Players ––

Belbos – In order to keep human victims flowing into Malpiri, Gix needed to continually sow distrust and distress in the other nations. That’s where his minions came into play, and Belbos was one of the best. With a whisper he would wrench the mind into craving power, and with a flick of the wrist, twist the body into a wretched heap. Where Belbos went, only trouble followed.

Drafna Tribecca – Leads Lat-Nam's artifice programs and instructs the manufacturing of machinery. His skills are unrivaled in Lat-Nam. With the rise of nations seeking to gain every possible advantage, spies have been casing Lat-Nam, and in a raid, attempted to steal Drafna’s technology seriously wounding him in the process. Recovery has been slow, and though Hurkyl won’t admit it, Drafna fears he may never fully regain his composure again.

Hajar, The Ignoble – Hajar was just a quadir amongst a field of quadirs. But where most of the fallaji failed to understand their role in the greater field of Terisiare, Hajar had the ambition to claim his place. Were it not for an angry young boy with extraordinary gifts for artiface, he likely would never have realized his ambitions. Promising Mishra the means to exact his revenge, Hajar hooked the boy into his service and with horrifying technology at his disposal quickly swept his way across the Zegon wastes, banding together Fallaji tribes that would kneel to his command, and obliterating those that wouldn’t. Unfortunately for Mishra, Hajar is not a man of honor, and when the whole of the Fallaji were under the banner of the Zegon of Hajar, he imprisoned Mishra, forcing him to crank out greater and greater machines to fuel Zegon’s unending lust for conquest.

Harbin Erdeli – Though Urza pays little to no attention to Kayla these days, there was a brief moment in time where they two of them connected, and Harbin is the progency of that moment. Though Harbin lives in comform of the Yotian palace, it’s not an easy life for a child without a strong role model. Most of Harbin’s instruction comes from his mother. Despite this, Harbin retained much of Urza’s gifts for artifice and though a child, already show exemplary skill at machinery.

Kaysena – The True Path was the evolution of the warriors and druids of Argoth into a single entity that Kaysena led. Warriors by nature do not fear death in battle, but with the divine teachings of the True Path, the warriors of Argoth find the inner strength to feel no pain, to fear no fate. The ultimate monk, the True Path warriors protected their home better than any machine could. They were as cold and calculating as the machine, but far more flexible in their execution of their orders.

Marcus Illonia – A divergence within the ranks of Argoth, Marcus doesn’t follow the druidic teachings of the one path. A man with no divinity, Marcus believes only the in strength of the sword, and the warriors who have his back. He doesn’t doubt the devotion or conviction of the True Path, simply their likeliness for success. Marcus doesn’t care who gets the credit, as long as Argoth remains free.

Rallis Etonia – As nations rose, so too did individuals that found for their purposes. But in any war, there are always going to be those that simply fought for wealth and power. Rallis was an extremely charismatic individual with the gift to convince entire legions that following behind him would lead them to glory and purpose. Never once did Rallis raise his hand in battle if it wasn’t to his benefit. The only purpose Rallis fought for was himself.

Titania – While the True Path was aimed at strategies to wage war, Titania walked a different path of Argoth’s divinity. Titania was attenuated to the land, and spoke with the forest. She understood that nature better than anyone else in the True Path. Strength wasn’t a tree. It was the forest. And though not prophetic, Titania could hear the whispers of Argoth, and what is spoke of was a future of gray and ash, and that revelation chilled her to the core.

Yandra Ptoleem – As Argive transformed into Korlos, there was much turmoil amongst the Triumverate. Yandra emerged as a strong advocate for preservation of old ways. No matter how much technology changed the appearance of the world, there were those in Korlos who wanted to retain their power and had no intension to relinquish it. Yandra’s skills at divination proved useful in circumnavigating many of the pitfalls that befell other conservationists to the technosives that were gaining traction within Korlos.

Yawgmoth – Though Gix had been facilitating Yawgmoth’s will to pave the way for a full Phyrexian invasion of Terisiare, he was keenly aware of Gix’s waning loyalty. Though Yawgmoth was the ultimate source of power in Phyrexia, he lacked the infrastructure and support to leave his mechanized world. Should Gix forget his mission, Yawgmoth had a contingency ready to begin his great work.