History Characters / MagicTheGatheringRavnica

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[[folder:Myczil Zunich]]
Agrus Kos's mentor and partner. He died fifty-seven years before the Decamillennial during Kos's first proper investigation, a fact that still haunts Kos decades later.

* SupportPartyMember: Two of his creature cards can buff your other creatures in various ways. "Agrus Kos, Wojek Veteran" gives your attacking red creatures +2/+0 and your attacking white creatures +0/+2 until the end of the current turn whenever he attacks, while "Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier" lets you spread the effects of any spell that targets only him to the rest of your creatures.

[[folder:Aurelia]]
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-> ''Color:'' Red and White
-> ''Race:'' Angel

The leader of the Boros since the death of the Guild's Parun, Razia, at the end of the original Literature/RavnicaCycle. She is a severe and warlike figure, with a sense of justice that verges on the [[TautologicalTemplar tautological]].

* TautologicalTemplar: The specific law the Boros enforce under Aurelia seems to shift from "basically identical to the current Azorius law" to "vaguely defined local statutes" to "just beat the shit out of anyone that looks suspicious" with little clear pattern.

->'''Color:''' Red and White\\
'''Race:''' Angel

[[folder:Agrus Kos]]
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-> ''Color:'' Red and White
-> ''Race:'' Spirit (formerly Human)
-> ''Class:'' Soldier, Detective

The {{Troperiffic}} protagonist of the original ''Literature/RavnicaCycle'', a HardBoiledDetective in the [[OccultDetective Wojek]], the Boros police force.

* MakeSomeNoise: Her Prime Speaker's Trident can release harmful blasts of GaleForceSound whenever it strikes a foe according to the Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:She is one of the murder victims in ''Mysteries at Karlov Manor''.]]

!Guildless
[[folder:Krenko]]
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[[caption-width-right:438:"Save that one! She looks rich!"]]
-> ''Color:'' Red
-> ''Race:'' Goblin
-> ''Class:'' Warrior

A guildless mob boss operating out of Tin Street, Krenko is a remarkably savvy organizer and opportunist ''par excellence'', two traits that allowed him to become arguably the most powerful non-Guild aligned person in all of Ravnica.

* BadassNormal: Krenko is the closest thing to a genuine power player that exists among the [[FantasticUnderclass Guildless]], a position he reached with little more than charisma, wiliness, and a bit of [[TheManBehindTheMan shadowy help]].
* KingmakerScenario: One of the reasons he and his gang are still around: Guilds looking to cause mayhem with plausible deniability (particularly the Dimir, but others as well, otherwise he would just become a full-time Dimir asset, which would kind of negate the whole "plausible deniability" thing) farm out work to them, and in turn ensure that the Azorius and Boros never fully eliminate them.
* ProperlyParanoid: After the incident at Karlov Manor, he tries to insert himself into the murder investigation by abducting and interrogating an Agency informant -- after all, the killer is targeting important people, and ''he's'' important, so he might be next. He's slightly off about the killer's motive, but he ''is'' correct about being a target.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Goblins, especially on Ravnica, have a reputation as dimwitted yes-men who largely [[TooDumbToLive live to sacrifice themselves in pointless spectacles]] dictated by their superiors. Krenko (while still somewhat impulsive and BookDumb) has a concept of biding his time and gathering information, which makes him disproportionately dangerous.

[[folder:Araithia "Rat" Shokta]]
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-> ''Race:'' Human

A guildless girl from Ravnica who gets swept up in the events of ''War Of The Spark'' via proximity to some of the main players. Araithia Shokta, or simply Rat to her friends, was born to Gruul parents, but can't decide whether's she'll join the Clans, the Selesnya Conclave, or the Cult of Rakdos, but has close friends in all three. She was also born with a unique form of magic that makes it so that only certain people can notice her, while others walk right past her unless she's pointed out to them. She doesn't let it get her down. Mostly.

* BadassNormal: She's not a Planeswalker, and, aside from her inmate invisibility, possesses no magic to speak of, but keeps up with Kaya and the others when it comes to fighting the Eternals.
* ByTheEyesOfTheBlind: As mentioned, some form of magic that she was born with makes it so other people don't even notice she's there, with a select few exceptions, like her mother, Teyo and Kaya. Her godfather Boruvo implies it has something do with a person's personality, but doesn't explain further; whatever it is was enough for him to trust Kaya and Teyo right after meeting them, though. Other people ''can'' see and hear her if they've been told she's there by someone else, but have to actively concentrate on her to do so.
* GenkiGirl: Energetic, and speaks endlessly without a thought to letting others get in a word. When you consider how seldom she actually gets to talk to someone else, this becomes a lot more understandable.
* ManchurianAgent: [[spoiler:Unfortunately, the Dimir guildmaster, Lazav, is also able to see and hear her, and has been conditioning her since childhood. She has a second personality called Aktos Tarr who thinks he's a male vampire, and is one of the Dimir's most effective assassins thanks to her invisiblity]].
* MsExposition: Spends most of ''War Of The Spark'' informing Teyo (and by extension, any new readers not familiar with Ravnica) on the finer points of each Guild, and what little she knows regarding Planeswalkers.
* ShipTease: With Teyo. Not only is he one of the few who can notice her, they spend most of ''War Of The Spark'' keeping each other safe.

[[folder:The Nephilim]]

-> ''Color:'' All but Green (Yore-Tiller), All but Red (Witch-Maw), All but Black (Ink-Treader), All but Blue (Dune-Brood), All but White (Glint-Eye)
-> ''Race:'' [[ShapedLikeItself Nephilim]]

An ancient species of [[StarfishAlien nigh-indescribable]] beings dating to [[TimeAbyss long before the Guildpact and the construction of the city of Ravnica]]. They are venerated as embodiments of primal power and mind-shattering knowledge by the [[ApocalypseCult Cult of Yore]].