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The Takenuma Swamp (tah-kay-NOO-mah;[1] Japanese:
Description[ | ]
A fetid swamp of rotten bamboo, poisoned water, and foul air, Takenuma was home to nezumi-bito, humans, o-bakemono and many other less-than-pleasant things.
The guardian spirit dragon of Takenuma is Kokusho, the Evening Star.
Locations[ | ]
Takenuma Swamp. Art by Jim Nelson.
- Miren (MEE-rehn).[2] A haunted well deep within Takenuma.
- Numai (NOO-meye; lit. “swamp home”),[1] once a prospering human city, now a loose group of half-deteriorated buildings. Many of the criminal masterminds of Kamigawa, such as Uramon, have their manors here. There is also a base of the mahotsukai cult, a group of powerful black jushi (wizards), the greatest of which was Kiku. Numai was also once the home of Toshiro Umezawa. The outskirts of the city reach near the western edge of the swamp. [3]
- Shizo. An ancient battlefield with many corpses mummified in the mud.
Notable residents[ | ]
- Toshiro Umezawa
- Boss Uramon
- Kiku, Night's Flower
- Marrow-Gnawer
- Myojin of Night's Reach
In-game references[ | ]
- Represented in:
- Associated cards:
- Quoted or referred to:
External links[ | ]
- Monty Ashley (May 24, 2012). "Looking at Takenuma". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
References[ | ]
- ↑ a b Magic Arcana (September 14, 2004). "A Kamigawa Glossary, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (May 31, 2005). "A Kamigawa Glossary, Part 3". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Guardian: Saviors of Kamigawa, Chapter 4