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The Radix was one of the five lacunae on Mirrodin.[1] The Araneas Altar was built around it.[2]
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Originally, it appeared as a humming sphere of brilliant green metal in a circular clearing of burnished copper one hundred feet across at the heart of the Tangle.[3] No mold accumulates here, and the Radix is warm to the touch even at the black sun’s noon. It was considered sacred to the elves and Sylvok druids of the Tangle, as anything left on its surface slowly vanished in a matter of days - with the rare exception of the Heartwood Shard. It was the place where the Viridian elves sent their honored dead to the afterlife, and also where they banished the devices and machines they deemed unnatural.
However, once Glissa tapped a large amount of mana to destroy the Kaldra Champion, a surge of green mana from Mirrodin's Mana Core discharged through the Radix and ascended to become Mirrodin's fifth moon, effectively destroying the Radix and forming the Green Lacuna in its place.[4]
After the fifth dawn, strange, metallo-organic growths began to sprout around and within the lacuna.[1][5] The elves also consider these growths, called lamina, and the Radix itself, sacred. The Sylvok built a shrine around the Radix. They called it the Araneas Altar, an eight-sided construct to honor Lord Araneas. Crafted from found metal, the Altar resembles a giant metal spider when viewed from above. The "heart" of the spider is the giant hole that was formerly the Radix.
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References[ | ]
- ↑ a b (2004). Fifth Dawn Player's Guide. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Doug Beyer (September 1, 2010). "Moreover: Doing Sequels Right". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021.
- ↑ (2003). Mirrodin Player's Guide. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (June 10, 2004). "Lacunae and the Beacons". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Doug Beyer (November 17, 2010). "The Human Cultures of Mirrodin". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on May 1, 2021.
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