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The fictional multiverse of Magic: The Gathering has many characters. This alphabetic list includes characters who appear in flavor-text on the cards, in games, comics or short stories as well as minor characters from the novels. Major characters have their own entry.
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[edit] Gabriel Angelfire
A legendary warrior with an indomitable will, deified by his followers. The Church of Angelfire arose to replace the somewhat similar Church of Serra, whose worship is condemned in Benalia. This condemnation dates back to the days of Benalia’s forerunner, the Sheoltun Empire. The Church of Angelfire is perhaps the most popular church in present-day Benalia. The main altar of every church glows with the red-green candlelight of his ‘spirit-flame’, which is almost impossible to snuff once lit.
[edit] Gabriella
A lady. Friend of Lady Evangela (Card: Lady Evangela)
[edit] Gaea
Nature Goddess of Argoth. After the destruction of Argoth she instilled some of her power in her more vengeful followers. (Card: Gaea's Avenger)
[edit] Galina III
Empress of Vodalia. Escaping the fall of her empire she traveled through a time portal to Atlantis. She still reigned during the Phyrexian. She´s one of the most importants monarch in the sea. Invasion.
[edit] Gallowbraid
A legendary demon from Urborg. Brother of Morinfen, plague of Crovax (Tempest)
[edit] Gamelen
An elder druid of the Citanul Forest. ((Urza's Saga)
[edit] Gatha
Gatha was an early bloodlines subject before there was an official project. He became a student at Tolaria and made his way up the ranks. He was then involved in the Bloodlines project that Urza and Barrin were working on. The results of his projects were often brutal and inhuman because he used too many Thran/Phyrexian genes. Because of this restrictions were placed upon him, and he left the island, taking an eugenics matrix, some slow water, Thran genes, and other materials.
He traveled around Dominaria, looking for a nation that would allow his experiments. He eventually stopped in Keld, and set up his own bloodlines. The Keldons welcomed his inhumane experiments, which made them even stronger than before. One in particular, Trohg, responded well to the experiments and they became allies. Trohg's grandson, Kreig, did even better, and became the first single ruler of Keld. The slow water preserved both of their lives for centuries until Phyrexians discovered them. Over the course of about a hundred and fifty years they slowly destroyed Keld. Gatha killed himself before the Phyrexian, Croag could extract his precious memories. (Urza's Destiny)
The extent of Gatha's tampering in the Keldons' bloodlines is unknown. In Time Spiral, a warhost of Keldons appears from the time rifts. They exhibited the qualities that Gatha had introduced, and were called Gathans.
[edit] Gemma
A priestess of the Autumn Willow. (Homelands)
[edit] Gerda Äagesdotter
Archmage of the Krovikan School of the Unseen. (Ice Age)
[edit] Gerrard Capashen
see Gerrard Capashen
[edit] Geth
A Moriok Lich. Geth is the current keeper of the Vault on Mirrodin. He is a warlord, necromancer, and the ruler of Mephidross. He controls countless nim, of which his favorite is a zombie-vampire (card: Mephidross Vampire). Geth usually works for Vedalken masters who, in return, pay him with a serum that increases the drinker's knowledge and heightens the drinker's senses. He guards the Shield of Kaldra (Cards: Promise of Power, Purge, Reiver Demon, Vault of Whispers, Terror, Barter in Blood, Plunge into Darkness)
[edit] Geyadrone Dihada
A planeswalker, she's a member of the House of Khone, who were rulers in part of Golthonor. Relative of Sol’Kanar the Swamp King.
She was also responsible for Dakkon Blackblade's millennia-old curse, and his transformation into Molimo. (Comics; Card: Lure)
[edit] Gix
see Gix
[edit] Glacian
A Thran genius who suffered from phthisis. He was healed by Yawgmoth. Glacian was the husband of Rebbec. His soul later became entrapped in Urza's powerstone eyes. (The Thran)
[edit] Glissa Sunseeker
An elf on Mirrodin, and the main character of the Mirrodin books. She is hunted relentlessly by Memnarch for the "spark" she contains which allows one to become a planeswalker.
[edit] Glok
A Goblin, a deceased friend of Squee (Card: Firestorm)
[edit] Gnerdel
An Ogre Philosopher (Card: Gray Ogre)
[edit] Godo, Bandit Warlord
Warlord of a ronin army, Godo`s raids against Konda`s outposts and fortress gained him a fearful reputation during the kami war. His weapon Tenza (a simple log with iron spikes and chains) became legendary and feared and his army included warriors suchs as the Yamazaki twins. His final fate is unknown. (Kamigawa)
[edit] Gosta Dirk
A mighty warrior hailing from Sheoltun, Gosta Dirk founded the Robaran Mercenaries (named after his elder brother, Robar, who was killed in a fire while Gosta was still very young), with the stated mission or becoming the single most elite fighting force in Terisiare. In truth, Dirk was a patriot, and planned to offer the services of the Robarans - free of charge - to Gendram Andrion (the Lord General of Sheoltun), should he ever be needed. Sheoltun, however, had such a mighty army that it was thirty years later (during the reign of Tobias Andrion, who was not so tactically savvy as his father) before the Robarans were needed in their homelands' defense.
Gosta, meanwhile, had travelled all across the continent, recruiting many of the greatest warriors of the time: Jedit Ojanen, the mightiest of the cat warriors; Jasmine Boreal, a Benalish beauty whose strength and determination knew no compromise; Kaisimir the Lone Wolf, a mysterious warrior who fought with a magic blade that could shift between being an axe and a sword, and was said to tell a different tale of his past to each foe who wounded him (for a grand total of seventeen versions of the story floating across the world); Bartel Runeaxe, the exiled Lord of Hammerheim, legendary in both his fury and his paranoia; and many others. Their exploits in the Battle of the Closed Fist, the Battle of Kher Keep, and the Battle of Three Isles had become the stuff of legends.
When he returned to Sheoltun, however, Gosta Dirk found not the bastion of brotherhood from his youth, but a harsh militaristic empire, under attack by a rag-tag coalition of refugees from the many nations it had crushed. After a few brief battles in which the Robarans devastated their foes, Dirk rode to Aoltas (the capital city), and told Tobias Andrion he could not continue fighting. The Lord General was sympathetic, and told Gosta that if he fought merely one more battle, the war would be won and he could leave, serving both his homeland and his conscience. This sounded reasonable enough to the aging captain, who marched the Robarans towards Efrava (the battleground Tobias thought key to victory) that very night.
What Lord Andrion had failed to mention, however, was the reason for Efrava being so crucial: the concentration of green mana there was only mystical power in the region still strong enough to disrupt the Lawbringer's Beacon, a terrifying application of pure white and blue mana Sheoltun had long been developing to obliterate their foes. While the Robaran and Sheoltunite armies camped near Efrava, however; Sunastian, the defender of Efrava, visited Gosta in a dream, and showed him the splendor of what he had been sent to destroy, and the terror of the Lawbringer's Beacon. When he awoke, Gosta realized that he had dedicated his life to preserving the power of war, and now was about to destroy something of real beauty in the name of a land which valued him as nothing more than a weapon. He ordered Robaran mercenaries to stand down, but they refused - as mercenaries, they saw no reason to break a lucrative contract when there only a single battle against outnumbered defenders left to be fought - and named Jedit Ojanen their new captain.
In despair, he decided to leave alone, giving his former friends only the cryptic clue that he would "face the fire annother way," and was gone well before the overwhelming victory at Efrava. He went instead to the desert steppes of Shiv, where he lived for some time trading salvaged goods to the local Viashino and Human nomads. Finally, some fifteen years later, an aged Gosta Dirk appeared one last time, in a duel fought with the mysterious Livonya Silone. He laid his blade against her throat seven times, but never spilled a drop of her blood. Finally, in aggravation, Silone shouted, "What do you want?" He laid down his rusted blade and said "Robar," meeting her eyes with piercing clarity. She left without response, but it should be noted that from that day forth, the previously merciless Silone gave her foes a chance to surrender, although it was one few of them ever took.
Hundreds of years later, the necromancer Nevinyrral sought Gosta's remains, following a prophesy that only the bones of a "warrior who won a battle through desertion and bested a duelist through surrender" could be used in the creation of mighty skeletal champion, however he was never able to locate this peaceful warrior's final resting place.(Legends)
[edit] Gowon
A Femeref Herder (card: Rampant Growth)
[edit] Grahlilah
A former Suq’Atan Trader of Amiqat (Card: Dissipate)
[edit] Grakk
A goblin at peace with himself (Card: Pacifism)
[edit] Grandmother Sengir
see Ravi
[edit] Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
Arbiter of the Azorius Senate, Augustin believes in the mainstream and only that. He feels that change is unnecessary, and will only cause chaos. The Azorius create the laws behind him, and enforce his will. Augustin manipulated the leaders of the other guilds (mostly Szadek and House Dimir) into manipulating each other, becoming the ultimate mastermind in the destruction of the Guildpact. He later imposes martial law on Ravnica before being defeated shortly afterwards.(Ravnica)
[edit] Greel
A Phyrexian Mind Raker under the employ of the Keldons. He is ultimately destroyed by Barrin.
"The Keldons would never admit it, but Greel unsettles them, too." (Prophecy)
[edit] Grebog
A goblin Swine Rider (Cards: Warthog, Goblin Swine-rider)
[edit] Greensleeves
A female Archdruid, sister of Gull the Woodcutter and Sparrow Hawk. A pair of dueling wizards destroyed their valley village on the eastern edge of the Whispering Woods. Their parents and many villagers were caught in the middle and felled by a rain of stones. Sparrow Hawk was captured and lost. Greensleeves and Gull met and worked for a wizard by the name of Towser who pretended to befriend them. They discovered later that the magic of the woods saturated Greensleeves being, giving her vast powers of wizardry.
[edit] Grenfell of Golthonor
Father of Gwendolyn Carthalion, grandfather of Jared Carthalion. Mage and adviser of the Queen of Corundis. Participant of the Summit of Minorad. After the surrender of Minorad he was banned to the sandseas of Golthonor where he was saved by the mother of Gwendolyn. Afterwards he lived in Telemar. He tried to kill Jared and Kristina in revenge for the death of Gwendolyn and the surrender of Minorad. (Comics)
[edit] Greven il-Vec
Greven is the commander of the Predator Flagship. When the Weatherlight arrived in Rath to rescue Sisay, the ship was immediately attacked by Volrath’s own ship, the Predator. The Commander of the Predator is Greven il-Vec, the evincar’s magically mutated enforcer. Greven is a hulking mismatch of metal plates, body parts, and protruding spikes. He burns with ambition and desire to destroy Volrath, who controls him through a horrific implanted Spine (Duelist online, cf. Card: Spinal Graft). The Predator capsizes and throws Gerrard overboard. After that the Predator returns to Volrath’s Stronghold. Furious that Greven failed to capture Gerrard, Volrath uses his dark magic to torture Greven. In return Greven took great pleasure in torturing the captured Karn and Tahngarth. He was temporarily defeated by Gerrard during his raid on the Stronghold and failed to capture the fleeing Weatherlight as it left through the portal to Mercadia. However, he did capture Ertai. Once Belbe arrived to choose the next evincar, he told her that he didn't want the position and that it was his role to serve. Also, once Volrath returned, after his defeat on Mercadia, Greven helped get him back into the Stronghold to starting planning his coup. Eventually, as Crovax became stronger, Greven was forced to obey him. When the Weatherlight tried to storm the Stronghold, during Planeshift, the Predator was destroyed and Greven was killed by Tahngarth. (Tempest Block)
[edit] Grizzlegom
A Talruum Minotaur who served as a general during the Phyrexian Invasion. (Planeshift)
[edit] The Guardian
An adept of Sahrmal on Shandalar. After the imprisonment of Azar’s and Lim-Dûl’s spirits together in Azar’s body, and the erection of the Great Barrier, he ended his training. Sahrmal chose to invest all his remaining power in him, making him immortal. Thereafter Sahrmal vanished. Known now only as The Guardian the young wizard took up his role of Protector of Shandalar. In time, Shandalar learned to trust the Guardian and accepted him in Sahrmal’s place. He established five guilds which were responsible for teaching and policing the use of the five colours of mana. In time, Lim-Dûl’s powerful spirit won out over that of the fatally inexperienced Azar. Emerging from the secret graveyard, he once again attempted to bend Shandalar to his will. This time, however, the necromancer found that Shandalar had organized, powerful protectors. In the great Wizards War he was defeated soundly. The Guardian removed Lim-Dul’s spirit from Azar’s former body and imprisoned it again, this time in a magical artifact, thus keeping the Great Barrier in existence. Later on, the Guardian became aware of an extraordinarily powerful planeswalker named Arzakon. Evidently, the magical emanations of Sahrmal’s fight with the planeswalkers, Lim-Dûl’s War and the Wizards’ War had been traced by this Arzakon who was stunned by the potential power inherent in Shandalar. His following attempt to penetrate the Great Barrier physically was easily repealed by the ever diligent Guardian. That seemed the end of it until during a conclave the five Guildlords, influenced by Azarkon, struck down the Guardian. (Microprose video game))
[edit] Guff
Commodore Guff was a planeswalker. An avid chronicler of knowledge, he made his niche in Dominaria by housing an ultimate library in an isolated realm of his creation.
He was one of the nine titans who attacked and destroyed Phyrexia. Guff subsequently met his demise from Yawgmoth's form sweeping over the combined planes of Dominaria and Rath.(Apocalypse) He allowed the victory of Dominaria by erasing Yawgmoth's victory from one of his books. He is a reflection of the author King.
Guff is quoted on Diversionary Tactics and Planeswalker's Mirth.
[edit] Gustha Ebbasdotter
Kjeldoran Royal Mage, enemy of Zur (Ice Age)
[edit] Gulsen
The matron of the Aysen abbey. A supportive, matriarchal ruler who helped the Abbot with most of his duties (Homelands)
[edit] Gwendlyn Di Corci
The legendary wily temptress of Urborg, (Cards: Gwendlyn Di Corci, Kismet 5th)
[edit] Gwendolyn Carthalion
Daughter of Grenfell of Golthonor, mother of Jared Carthalion (the builder of Telemar). She was killed by her husband Adam Carthalion. (Comics)
