Loran

This page is about the Argivian Scholar. For the scout in Havenwood, see Loren.

Loran
Details
Race	Human
Birthplace	Penregon, Argive, Terisiare, Dominaria
Lifetime	The Time of Legends-The Dark Age
Born	c. -5 AR
Died	74 AR, about 80 years of age
Colors
Sources
The Brothers' War, The Colors of Magic (Loran's Smile)

Loran (sometimes spelt Loren) was a scholar from Penregon, capital of Argive on Dominaria. She learned from Tocasia and knew both Urza and Mishra as children.

Description

Loran was a Penregon noble's daughter and one of Tocasia's best pupils. She wore cream-colored clothing, and wore her thick, black hair long in the fashion favored in the capital.

History

Loran spent three years at the dig site before Urza and Mishra arrived in 10 AR. She would eventually join the scholars of Terisia City in co-founding the Third Path, a research group dedicated to defending themselves from both Urza and Mishra's machines. This path had the first forays into magic as a force, although Loran had no success in this new force.

In 33 AR, Loran traveled from Penregon to Terisia City, a very long journey skirting war-torn lands and massing armies. She arrived at the Ivory Tower and there met Feldon, the Archimandrite, Drafna and Hurkyl.

Three years later, the Yumok delivered the Golgothian Sylex to Feldon. When Feldon and Loran touched it, they felt a darkness come over them as if the sun had fallen behind an eclipse, and they could hear a faint scream as if from a distant child.

Loran was interested in the meditation techniques of Hurkyl, where she recalled her island home of Lat-Nam, and caused "incidents" such as her office becoming clean and tidy without anyone having done anything, but Loran did not want to spend time thinking about her own home of Argive, which left her feeling uneasy.

In 45 AR, during the Fall of Terisia City, Feldon bid Loran to take the Sylex to safety. Loran managed to escape the besieged city and headed towards the Ronom Glacier with the sylex, where she had arranged to meet Feldon. She joined a band of fleeing Yumok, and made it as far as the Colekgan Mountains, but was struck by an avalanche and rockfall, which smashed and twisted her right side. The avalanche had been triggered by Ashnod, who discovered the Sylex and took both it and Loran into captivity. Ashnod forced Loran to share the secrets of the Terisian scholars, of magic, and mana. Ashnod would later use this knowledge to found a school of magic together with Tawnos.

After several years, Feldon found and rescued Loran, but Ashnod kept the Sylex, later delivering it to Tawnos without ever having shared its existence with Mishra.

Feldon and Loran were married, and in 64 AR, they were both at the foot of the Ronom Glacier when the Sylex Blast occurred. Realizing the war was over, Loran simply said "Good."

A few years after the blast, Urza appeared to Loran in the guise of a grieving widow. He learned from reading her mind that the Sylex had been a Thran artifact. Loran never learned the true identity of her guest.

Loran died ten years after the Sylex Blast, in part because of that devastation. She died in bed, weakened by wounds suffered over a decade previous by Ashnod. She had lost the use of one of her arms and was weakened by the lengthening winters and the cold mountain air, and by her great age. At length she died in bed in her sleep, Feldon sitting beside her, asleep as well from his long guardianship. When he awoke her flesh was cold and pale, and the breath had long since left her body.

After her death, Feldon went on a quest to gain the magical knowledge to resurrect her. He did so with white mana, but only long enough for him to say goodbye.

Gallery

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  Young Loran, disciple of Tocasia.

Story appearances

Title	Author	Publishing date	Set	Setting (plane)	Featuring
The Brothers' War	Jeff Grubb	May 1998	Antiquities	Dominaria	Urza, Mishra, Tawnos, Ashnod, Tocasia, Loran, Bly, Ahmahl, Richlau, Havack, Rahud, Hajar, Kantar, Kayla bin-Kroog, Rusko, Warlord of Kroog, Maurik, Gix, Sharaman, Rendall, Sanwell, Harbin, Jarin, Feldon, the Archimandrite, Drafna, Hurkyl, Martyrs of Korlis, Gwenna, Melana, Doril, Thaxus, Titania, Jarsyl
The Colors of Magic	Jess Lebow and various	February 1999	N/A	Dominaria	Kotara, Sabul Hajeen, [[List of Kotara, Sabul Hajeen, Finroy, Rothchild, Rhindle, Edgur, Temken, Gwenna, Armand Ar-Basinno, Latavino Bar-bassanti, Elkan, Groth Jonar, Crucias, Damon, Feldon, Loran, Drafna, Hurkyl (mentioned), the Archimandrite (mentioned)
Loran's Smile	Jeff Grubb	October 2014	N/A	Dominaria	Feldon, Loran, Drafna, Hurkyl (mentioned), the Archimandrite (mentioned)

In-game references

Represented in:

• Loran, Disciple of History
• Loran of the Third Path

Associated cards:

• Loran's Escape

Depicted in:

• Feldon of the Third Path (copy)
• Founding the Third Path (copy)