Under one arm, he holds a helm that is fashioned with the same horn pattern he will have as a Demon. Ob Nixilis stands in front of a bloodstained altar. This was the most recent version of Ob Nixilis we'd seen prior to Battle for Zendikar , but, chronologically, it's his earliest known form. Prior to the Demon we've come to associate with Zendikar, Ob Nixilis was a full-fledged Planeswalker of the Human variety—and a pretty terrifying one at that.
The creeping roots of his swamp surroundings have wound around him and have actually grown under his skin, giving him a veiny, tattooed appearance. Show him brooding with hate and malice, a badass Demon lord again, no wings. He's not from this world, so keep his design different from the Demon in the style guide. Bio: Ob Nixilis is a cruel Demon who was once a Planeswalker. He was tempted by the powerful mana of this world, but the world fought back, fracturing part of his soul and leaving him stranded on the plane.
Now, bitter and spiteful, he schemes for a way to restore his power and escape the plane. Focus: The Demon Mood: He won't hesitate to destroy anything that doesn't help him escape this world. The first version of Ob Nixilis printed was when he was at, essentially, his "lowest" though being a terrifying Demon is hardly a low point. After years of plotting, he was finally able to remove the hedron that bound him to the plane.
Now, Ob Nixilis is unshackled, and he's directing his energies toward his next goal: rekindling his spark. This land of primal mana was lethal before its Eldrazi prisoners escaped. Nahiri is a kor Planeswalker from Zendikar. At the height of her power, she shaped the massive stone hedrons that cover Zendikar today.
Her ability to shape and craft stone earned her the title "the Lithomancer. This beast summoner was cursed by fellow Planeswalker Liliana Vess, tainting his green spells with black. Biography Centuries ago, Ob Nixilis was a ruthless human tyrant on a hellish plane of unending war.
How Planeswalker Cards Work. Nixilis is wickedly deceitful and able to leech the power from those he slays using anti-life magic. He is ruthless and selfish, but cares little for ruling over others or bowing heroes to his will though he is unwaveringly vengeful and will stop at nothing to destroy any who ruin his plans. His focus is more around acquiring power and inflicting death and suffering for the sake of death and suffering; truly the perfect epitome of chaotic evil.
While the planes visited in the storyline are mostly similar to Earth, they can be any size and consist of any set of physical and natural laws or none at all.
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His remaining soldiers did not believe Nixilis story of an honorable duel, however, and he was forced to fight his way to safety before escaping. As Nixilis and his soldiers fled, some were killed while some inevitably surrendered, until just two loyal soldiers were left.
The three escaped into a cave and sealed the entrance to bide their time. But this was no ordinary cave: they had stumbled upon an ancient abandoned summoning ritual. Out of desperation and a never-ending lust for continued life and power, Nixilis murdered his two remaining soldiers as sacrificial blood for the ritual.
He easily summoned the beings that lurked beyond, and they searched his mind for a purpose, a goal to fulfill. While Nixilis tried to guide them to rid him of the soldiers that came for his blood, they saw his true desire and did not hesitate to carry it out: the end of the world. Covenant of Blood. All at once, every being in his world save him dropped dead and he was left completely and utterly alone. After days spent wandering the now empty, desolate wasteland to be sure that he was truly alone, he realized the absurdity of it all.
That everything he had ever been, had ever done, had ever hoped to do, was for nothing. Here he found his spark and ascended to the mantle of a Planeswalker, finding the power to wreak his destructive fury on any other plane he wished. Also of note, this was many, many years before the current stories take place. Most importantly, Nixilis became a Planeswalker before the Great Mending when Planeswalkers were immortal and had god-like powers.
Having escaped an inevitable and solitary existence on his empty plane that would lead to only doom, Nixilis craved more. In an effort to lay claim to unimaginable power, he got his hands on a legendary artifact: The Chain Veil , a fine golden mask that would transform its wearer into a vessel for the resurrection of an ancient Ogre civilization.
You see, the Chain Veil kills those who wear it that lack the strength to wield its power. And while Nixilis proved to be strong enough, he was cursed for his efforts. His humanity was stripped from him and he transformed into the charred demon that we know him as today. This was not the kind of thing that he was OK with, so he began his search of the multiverse for a cure to his curse. His search eventually brought him to Zendikar, a plane where both mana and gravity seem to work differently than the rest of the multiverse.
This unique plane is home to powerful monoliths known as hedrons. They hold incredible power and thus require an incredible mind to access said power. Hedron Fields of Agadeem. Not long after this, he was confronted by the ancient Planeswalker who had created the hedrons: Nahiri, the Lithomancer. She watched over the plane to ensure no other Planeswalkers would accidentally or intentionally loose the trapped titans. To ensure Nixilis would not disrupt her plane-wide prison, Nahiri implanted a hedron into his forehead, binding him with the same magic that trapped the titans and suppressing his remaining power.
The bones in his shoulders crumbled and he lost his wings, now useless. This is how he became the legendary creature Ob Nixilis, the Fallen. Now trapped on Zendikar, Nixilis went about finding a way to regain his lost power. He studied the hedrons for centuries, becoming almost as familiar as their creator in their magic. He spent his time speaking with the other Planeswalkers who came to Zendikar, letting news of his predicament spread. And then, after centuries of waiting, his solution found him.
At this point, the demon became the legendary creature Ob Nixilis, Unshackled and started his quest to regain his spark by destroying Zendikar. Khalni Heart Expedition.
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