| Tolaria West | |
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| Information | |
| Plane | Tolaria, Dominaria |
Tolaria West is a small artificial island in the Dominarian archipelago of the Spice Isles.[1][2][3]
History[ | ]
Founding[ | ]
Tolaria West was named by scholars of magic who wanted to honor legendary Tolaria. They built the campus of the academy of their own, approximately 300 years after the Phyrexian Invasion, and surrounded it with an artificial body of water to create a small island.[2] It seems to have reached the same fame as its predecessor.[4][5] The complex has similar white stone buildings and towers as the original Academy. To avoid repeating its predecessor's mistakes, the research of time magic is strictly forbidden.[2] The Academy at Tolaria West is just one of several campuses of the Tolarian Academy.[5]
Talas incursion[ | ]
At some point of time, the island had to deal with incursions from the Talas.[6]
Cabal infiltration[ | ]
Sixty years after the Mending, the Academy at Tolaria West was infiltrated by a Cabal agent, who tried to steal a powerful magical device for his master and killed nine students in the process with his dementia magic.[7] He was apprehended by the Weatherlight crew, who were in need of information about the Cabal.
Phyrexian take-over[ | ]
During the second phyrexian invasion the Society of Mishra took over Tolaria West. Most of the staff was replaced by Sleeper agents while Geyadrone Dihada replaced the Archmage.[8]
Staff[ | ]
- At some point after the Time Spiral crisis, Linessa became a member of Tolaria West's academy.[9]
- The Academy's president is an unknown woman.[10]
- Naban, Dean of Iteration
- Jodah
- Dr. Arongi
Department of Linguistics Research
- Martyn Nosinet, department head (deceased)[10]
- Dr. Valko Indorian, Raynian Associate Professor of Archaeology and Linguistics (deceased)[10]
Gallery[ | ]
In-game references[ | ]
- Represented in:
- Associated cards:
- Depicted in:
- Island (Dominaria) (#254)
- Memorial to Genius
- Tolarian Kraken
- Referred to:
References[ | ]
- ↑ Magic Arcana (May 30, 2007). "Tolaria West". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c Doug Beyer (September 02, 2009). "The Planes of Planechase". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Martha Wells (March 21, 2018). "Return to Dominaria, Episode 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Price (May 25, 2016). "The Prodigal Sorcerers". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b Blake Rasmussen (March 26, 2018). "Dominaria Card of the Day: Wizard's Lightning and Retort". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Flavor text for Sparring Construct
- ↑ Martha Wells (April 11, 2018). "Return to Dominaria: Episode 5". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Brian Evenson (August 15, 2022). "The Education of Ulf". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (August 28, 2007). "Linessa's Staff". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c Beadle & Grimm's (2023). "Tolarian Academy Department of Linguistics Research: Phyrexian Language Translation Guide", Wizards of the Coast.