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Shilgengar's Ritual

Facts
Classification
Era
Time of Legends
Placement
Location
Stensia , Innistrad
People
Notable people
Shilgengar , Edgar Markov , Sorin Markov , Olivia Voldaren , Marycz
Other
Date
c. -2421 AR
Outcome
Creation of Innistrad 's vampire bloodlines ;; Edgar Markov , Sorin Markov , Olivia Voldaren and countless other nobles become vampires; Sorin Markov 's planeswalker spark ignites.
Storyline sources
Colin Kawakami (August 13, 2014). " The Lunarch's Journal ". magicthegathering.com . Wizards of the Coast. , Commander 2017 Commanders
Battle of the Null Sphere
Battle of the Null Sphere Shilgengar's Ritual Sivitri's War

Shilgengar's Ritual was an event on Innistrad that happened c. -2421 AR. It is the origin of vampires on Innistrad and would shape the future of the plane for millennia.

History

During this time, the demon Shilgengar caused a great famine in the lands of what would become Stensia and then manipulated the aging human alchemist Edgar Markov into turning to blood magic to find food for his kin. Edgar was experimenting with ways to achieve agelessness for himself and his only grandson, Sorin, and when Shilgengar's famine swept the land, the demon managed to convince Edgar to start his experiments with blood. Edgar and his sons trapped the angel Marycz in his laboratory and exsanguinated her, preparing a decoction from her blood and creating a ritual that caused his subjects to feed on the blood of other beings. It provided sustenance to those few, but the demand for blood also culled the overall population, reducing the number of hungry mouths to feed. However, when he forced his grandson to turn, the trauma of the transformation caused Sorin's planeswalker spark to ignite. Sorin soon left the plane and his grandfather for the first time. However, worried about the state of his homeplane, he would frequently return to visit his home.

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