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'''Progenitus''' is the [[Avatar]] of the Alaran [[Worldsoul]]<ref>{{DailyRef|savor-flavor/soul-world-2009-01-21|The Soul of the World|[[Jenna Helland]]|January 21, 2009}}</ref>. It is a being of enormous power and worshiped as a [[Hydra]]-[[God]].<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/sketches-progenitus-2009-01-22|Sketches: Progenitus|[[Magic Arcana]]|January 22, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|feature/forebodings-progenitus-2009-02-24|Forebodings of Progenitus|[[Magic Arcana]]|February 24, 2009}}</ref> According to the [[Cylia|Anima's]] visions, it had become bored with creation and unleashed five storms to consume it: Wildfire, Earthquake, Windstorm, Flood, and Void. His actions were stopped by the [[elf]] Cylia who forced it, using a poisoned dagger, to assume the form of a five-headed [[hydra]] [[avatar]] to stop his plans. This tale is likely an apocryphal account of the events that took place during the [[Sundering]].
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'''Progenitus''' is the [[Avatar]] of the Alaran [[Worldsoul]]<ref>{{DailyRef|savor-flavor/soul-world-2009-01-21|The Soul of the World|[[Jenna Helland]]|January 21, 2009}}</ref>. It is a being of enormous power and worshiped as a [[Hydra]]-[[God]].<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/sketches-progenitus-2009-01-22|Sketches: Progenitus|[[Magic Arcana]]|January 22, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|feature/forebodings-progenitus-2009-02-24|Forebodings of Progenitus|[[Magic Arcana]]|February 24, 2009}}</ref> According to the [[Cylia|Anima's]] visions, it had become bored with creation and unleashed five storms to consume it: Wildfire, Earthquake, Windstorm, Flood, and Void. Its actions were stopped by the [[elf]] Cylia who forced it, using a poisoned dagger, to assume the form of a five-headed [[hydra]] [[avatar]] to stop his plans. This tale is likely an apocryphal account of the events that took place during the [[Sundering]].
   
 
Due to the lack of [[blue]] and [[black]] mana in the [[Naya#Notable location|Valley of the Ancients]], the place where Progenitus rested, two of its heads withered away, and the hydra was doomed to slumber under [[Naya]]'s soil for many years.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/ask-wizards-twitter-edition-2009-02-23|Ask Wizards: Twitter Edition|[[Magic Arcana]]|February 23, 2009}}</ref>
 
Due to the lack of [[blue]] and [[black]] mana in the [[Naya#Notable location|Valley of the Ancients]], the place where Progenitus rested, two of its heads withered away, and the hydra was doomed to slumber under [[Naya]]'s soil for many years.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/ask-wizards-twitter-edition-2009-02-23|Ask Wizards: Twitter Edition|[[Magic Arcana]]|February 23, 2009}}</ref>

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Progenitus
Hydra-God
Progenitus
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Race Hydra Avatar
Birthplace Alara

Progenitus is the Avatar of the Alaran Worldsoul[1]. It is a being of enormous power and worshiped as a Hydra-God.[2][3] According to the Anima's visions, it had become bored with creation and unleashed five storms to consume it: Wildfire, Earthquake, Windstorm, Flood, and Void. Its actions were stopped by the elf Cylia who forced it, using a poisoned dagger, to assume the form of a five-headed hydra avatar to stop his plans. This tale is likely an apocryphal account of the events that took place during the Sundering.

Due to the lack of blue and black mana in the Valley of the Ancients, the place where Progenitus rested, two of its heads withered away, and the hydra was doomed to slumber under Naya's soil for many years.[4]

Millenia later, he appeared to Mayael, the newly appointed Anima, and asked to speak with Cylia, unaware that she had perished millennia ago. His image was soon co-opted by Nicol Bolas, prior to the Conflux, to tell Mayael to build up an army to counteract Sarkhan Vol's invasion of dragons, thereby creating a greater expenditure of mana to fuel the Maelstrom.

Regardless of Bolas's plans, the reunification of Alara reawakened Progenitus.

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References

  1. Jenna Helland (January 21, 2009). "The Soul of the World". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. Magic Arcana (January 22, 2009). "Sketches: Progenitus". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. Magic Arcana (February 24, 2009). "Forebodings of Progenitus". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. Magic Arcana (February 23, 2009). "Ask Wizards: Twitter Edition". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.