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Phyrexia is one of several planes featured in the trading card game Magic: The Gathering.

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* 1 Geography

* 2 History

* 3 Inhabitants

* 4 Religion

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Geography

Phyrexia is an artificial plane made of nine spheres.

The spheres are each distinctly different from each other:

* The first sphere is a mechanical parody of nature.

* The second sphere contains the metal waste sites as well as smokestacks.

* The third sphere is an impenetrable tangle of pipes.

* The fourth sphere is where the Furnaces and Warrior training grounds exist.

* The fifth sphere is home to the Boiling Sea of Glistening Oil.

* The sixth sphere are the chambers of Yawgmoth's Inner Circle.

* The seventh sphere is the punishment sphere, where those who defy Yawgmoth's will are tortured for ages.

* The eighth sphere is pure energy.

* The final, ninth sphere is the Sanctum of Yawgmoth himself.

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History

Phyrexia was created by an ancient Planeswalker who liked to take the form of a dragon; it was not named Phyrexia at that time. When he died, it was taken over by a Thran named Yawgmoth with the help of another planeswalker named Dyfed, whom he personally killed later. Yawgmoth had been artificially and magically modifying his Thran followers in a process that he called phyresis, the diametric opposite of the Powerstone Phthisis that he'd been working to cure. A war broke out between the Phyrexians and the other Thran, which both forced Yawgmoth's retreat to Phyrexia and caused the collapse of the Thran nation.

Yawgmoth was closed off from Dominaria for 5,000 years, until the brothers Urza and Mishra became involved in a power struggle over the powerstone used to close the portal, splitting it in half and igniting a continent-wide war. Mishra became tainted by Phyrexian intrigue, and was provided with dragon engines and Phyrexian modifications. Urza discovered what the Phyrexians were doing and blamed them for corrupting Mishra. After Urza generated the Sylex Blast, ended the war and turning Urza into a Planeswalker, he vowed to destroy the Phyrexians and avenge the loss of his brother.

Phyrexia suffered at least two direct attacks by Urza himself, each of which devastated small portions of Phyrexia but failed to cause permanent harm, and nearly cost Urza his life. During one of these attacks, Xantcha, a Phyrexian outcast assisting Urza, was able to recover her personality matrix, or "heart". This would have important ramifications later. Urza then changed tactics and began building up a military force on Dominaria.

Artificial planes are inherently unstable, and Phyrexia was no exception. Yawgmoth knew that he had to find a permanent home for himself and his Phyrexian followers. His focus was his home plane of Dominaria located in the Dominian Nexus. Thus the Phyrexians began planning for their eventual invasion of Dominaria. These invasion plans involved the use of another artificial plane, Rath, which would be fused with Dominaria. This Planeshift required Rath to first increase substantially in mass, so the Phyrexians set up a Flowstone Furnace that continuously synthesized matter out of nothingness. The Phyrexian-appointed ruler of Rath was titled the Evincar.

Years later, during the reign of Evincar Volrath, the crew of the flying ship Weatherlight invaded Rath in search of its captain, Sisay, kidnapped by Volrath in an attempt to gain control of Weatherlight and her Commander, Gerrard. During this incursion, Tahngarth, a minotaur warrior, was tortured and twisted in an attempt to convert him into a Phyrexian, Karn, the ship's engineer, was tortured and forced to slay other beings, the shipmate Crovax turned into a vampire and was left behind, while Volrath himself left the plane aboard the Weatherlight. This did not please the Phyrexians, who wanted their Evincars to stay in Rath instead of chasing after personal vendettas. So they enlisted Crovax to their cause and began modifying him. They killed the Elvish princess Avila and used her DNA to create Belbe, who would be their emissary to Rath and would choose a new Evincar. Belbe had four contenders to choose from. The first was Commander Greven il-Vec, Volrath's second-in-command and commander of the airship Predator, who did not want to be Evincar because he "would rather be the sword than the hand that wields it". The second was Ertai, another Weatherlight crewmember who'd been left behind, who was having an intimate relationship with Belbe at the time and who also did not want the title. The third was Crovax, who had become completely sociopathic and whom Belbe personally despised. The fourth was newly returned Volrath, who was reluctantly given a second chance. Ultimately, Crovax was chosen to be the new Evincar, Volrath was executed via flowstone injection, and Ertai fully joined the Phyrexians after Belbe was killed by Eladamri, leader of Rath's Skyshroud Elves.

Not long after this fiasco, the Phyrexians, led by General Tsabo Tavoc, launched their long-awaited invasion of Dominaria. The Phyrexians' most devastating weapons were engineered plagues, which were enhanced using Phyrexian nanotechnology. In a last-ditch attempt to stymie the invasion, nine planeswalkers (including Urza) entered the plane of Phyrexia, in gigantic titan engines of Urza's design, to set off bombs to destroy the plane. Urza was twisted by Yawgmoth into destroying a number of the other planeswalkers and pledging his loyalty to Phyrexia. Yawgmoth then pit Gerrard, who was lured to Phyrexia under the false hope of delivering his love, Hannah, from Yawgmoth, and Urza, against each other in a deul to the death, the outcome deciding who would become Yawgmoth's most powerful servant. Gerrard decapitated Urza, but not killing him, and being expelled from Phyrexia by Yawgmoth. Dominaria ultimately won the war with Phyrexia using the combined items of Urza's Legacy, namely the flying ship Weatherlight, assorted artifacts, Gerrard himself, and Urza's powerstone eyes to destroy Yawgmoth.

Phyrexia was thought to be destroyed during the Apocalypse, However, in Scourge, it was discovered that Phyrexia had survived the attack, and that some part of Yawgmoth had survived to rebuild the world.

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Inhabitants

The first stage of a Phyrexian lifecycle is the Newt. Newts are descended from the Thran, but have been bred to be genderless, among other things. Newts are grown in vats, from which they emerge in a fully adult state.

Once a Newt emerges, it is usually put through the process of Compleation, wherein most of its normal body parts are removed and given mechanical replacements. Organic weapons like stingers and venom sacs are often implanted as well.

Many Phyrexian soldiers are Compleated so thoroughly that they no longer resemble humans in the slightest. Generally speaking, the most heavily modified Phyrexians are also the most highly regarded, because destructive capability is valued above almost all else. For proof of this, look at the Phyrexian General, Tsabo Tavoc.

Phyrexians' most important values are efficiency and the search for perfection. One card says "Phyrexia wastes nothing. Its food chain is a spiraling cycle". Another says "Everything will find its use in Phyrexia. Eventually."

The outer layer of Phyrexia is also inhabited by completely mechanical flora and fauna, most notably the dragon engines, which are mechanical warbeasts in the form of dragons.

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Religion

The Phyrexians' holy documents are titled the "Phyrexian Scriptures", and speak of a "Grand Evolution". Some quotes follow.

"From void evolved Phyrexia. Yawgmoth, Father of Machines, saw its perfection. Thus the Grand Evolution began."

"Great Yawgmoth moves across the seas of shard and bone and rust. We exalt him in life, in death, and in between."

"Father of Machines! Your filigree gaze carves us, and the scars dance upon our grateful flesh."

"Let weak feed on weak, that we may divine the nature of strength."

"Ash is our air, darkness our flesh."

Additionally, there is an Oath of the West and an Oath of the East, which are taken by the Western and Eastern Paladins, and also refer to the Grand Evolution.

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Philosophy:

The Phyrexian way of life derives from the instinct for survival. Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest is seen represented here with yawgmoth as the directional co-ordinator. While it is without a doubt the most effective as well as effiient way of gaining superiority, it is one tracked and single minded in it's approach. Whereas Yawgmoth delved only in the aspect of "war" and it's applications to life, he had to forsake the aspect of art, exploration, thought....so we realise that while for the sole means of destroying another, "phyresis" is really insurpassable in it's sucess, yet it is a path to sterility, for in the end, you will be without adversary and will be forced to stagnate for lack of that which drives you, your inferiority to others.

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Yeah, so, um... Bali... I think you may need to goto the mall... take a walk in the park... hell, goto a grocery store and flirt with the cashiers... just something... please. I'm worried about you.

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Hey, show some respect to the King of Callahorn

Balinor Buckhannah

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Balinor Buckhannah

Shannara character

Race: Human

Gender: Male

Hair colour: Unknown

Eye colour: Unknown

Loyalty: Callahorn

First appearance: The Sword of Shannara

Birth Unknown

Death Died of natural causes some years after becoming King of Callahorn

Balinor Buckhannah was the prince (and later king) of Callahorn, a fictional city in the Shannara universe.

Biography

Balinor's first appearance was when he came to Shady Vale after Allanon left, to warn Flick and Shea Ohmsford once again of the impending danger and of the Skull Bearers.

Afterwards, he went back to Culhaven, where he became part of the small company that would look for the Sword of Shannara. The company journeyed to Paranor, where they found the room where the Sword was being held, though it turned out the Sword wasn’t there at all, and they were trapped in the room until Allanon freed them.

After being rescued, Balinor went back to Callahorn with Durin and Dayel to command the Border Legion and to give other nations enough time to prepare for The Warlock Lord’s attack. Upon returning to Tyrsis, however, the three were seized and locked in a dungeon below the palace at Palance Buckhannah’s orders. Hendel tried to rescue them, but ended up getting trapped himself, and it was Menion Leah who freed the four later. Stenmin's treachery was exposed at that point, but he got away after murdering Palance.

Palance’s death, combined with Ruhl Buckhannah’s, made Balinor the King of Callahorn, and so he was able to reactivate the Border Legion and prepare the city for the Warlock Lord’s assault. Balinor remained King of Callahorn until his death and was considered to be the greatest king the Borderlands ever had. He was also the last Buckhannah.

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Back to the topic, I see there is a storm giant called kalvob around. If I recall correctly there used to be a ogre warrior in warmaster/watcher called kalvob.

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