| Zimone Wola | |
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| Race | Human |
| Birthplace | Arcavios |
| Lifetime | Mending Era-present |
| Born | Betw. 4542 and c. 4548 AR[a] |
| Parents |
Dipo Wola Zihir Wola |
| Relatives | Nimiroti Wola (grandmother) |
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Zimone Wola is a female mage-student of Quandrix College at Strixhaven University on Arcavios.
Description[ | ]
Zimone is a brilliant and bright prodigy who entered Strixhaven at a younger age than most. Due to her high level of intellect, she flew through her studies in school, passing endless tests of magical study that were way beyond her years. In 4561 AR she became a second-year Quandrix mage student — much to the delight of her professors, who are keen for the talented whizz to attend their classes. By c. 4564, she had graduated and was working on her graduate thesis.[1] While part of Quandrix, she remains friends with two girls she met in her first year; one who has chosen Prismari and the other who will be attending Silverquill.[2]
Zimone wears patterned uniforms like the rest of Quandrix; it is layered and complex, reflecting what she loves. Her goal is to crack the Vorzani Conjecture; a famous and unsolved magical theorem that students and professors at Quandrix have been trying to figure out for decades. Zimone can often be found inside the great Biblioplex – finding books to help solve the theorem.
Her mind is her most powerful weapon which enables her intellectual expansion. Her physical magic is shown as fractals and mathematical interpretations of nature. Intellect runs in her family – her grandmother was once a Quandrix professor but due to unclear circumstances, she has not been seen at Strixhaven University for many years. Even though Zimone is smart, sometimes she can feel uncertain. She struggles to deal with unknown mysteries, particularly ones relating to her own family. Her time at Strixhaven will help her figure out who she is, but it will be the challenges she faces that will allow her to decide who she wants to be.[3]
History[ | ]
Youth[ | ]
Zimone was raised by two fathers, Zihir and Dipi.[4] They avoid talking about Zimone's grandmother Nimiroti. Unbeknownst to her parents, Nimiroti was sending Zimone little birthday notes and packages filled with blue/green ribbons. Over the years the number of ribbons increased in a Fibonacci sequence. Zimone plaited the ribbons into the braid.
Student[ | ]
When she was admitted to Strixhaven, the Deans spoke highly of her grandmother but didn't tell her what happened to Nimiroti either. Zimone discovered that one of the last things her grandmother did was check out a book titled The Vorzani Conjecture: Extended Reading on Fractal Theory. The book covers the unsolved Vorzani Conjecture, which holds the key to unlocking the very essence of the universe; a boundless infiniteness. Once Dean Kianne found out that Zimone had been reading this book, she blamed Dean Imbraham for negatively influencing her, and wanted Zimone to stop.
Captured by the Oriq[ | ]
A scribbled note in the book mentioning her ribbons told Zimone to find "living books". She found Codie, who finally told her exactly what had happened to her grandmother: Nimiroti had solved the Vorzani Conjecture. Afterward, the sinister mages known as the Oriq captured her. Nimiroti had to cast a memory loss spell on herself to erase her knowledge of the Conjecture from her mind, so the Oriq would have no use for her. The Oriq let her go, but Nimiroti's mind was confused and she left Strixhaven shortly after.
Because Zimone was close to solving the Vorzani Conjecture herself, she was also captured by the Oriq.[5] Extus Narr knew about the packages Nimiroti had been sending to Zimone and wanted to use her knowledge to "control time and space." The Oriq argued that Strixhaven is controlling access to magic on Arcavios and that the world would be better off without it. Extus also claimed that the story Codie had told her about Nimiroti was incorrect - that instead Nimiroti was driven mad by the conjecture and the Oriq tried to help her. Zimone rejected his advances. But when Dean Kianne and Zimone's friends came to the rescue, Zimone saved Extus and claimed that he was just about to let her go. In the process, she demonstrated that she had mastered time and space, and thus had solved the Vorzani Conjecture.
When Zimone came back to Strixhaven, word got out about her getting caught by the Oriq and stopping the fight. People began to believe she was in league with the Oriq, and even her friends distanced themselves from her. Dean Imbraham and Kianne were also suspicious. Zimone eventually found Nimiroti at a sanctuary for people damaged by magic. Nimiroti's mind is no longer what it was, and she has lucid and nonlucid days.
Phyrexian invasion[ | ]
When New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse started, the Phyrexians quickly burned through the defenses of Strixhaven. Professor Vess tasked a small group of surviving students - Zimone, Rootha Squallheart, Quintorius Kand, Dina and Killian Lu - to search for the Invocation of the Founders in the Biblioplex. The group found it and with a representative from each school they could activate it, but the compleated Nassari distracted Rootha enough that Quint could only try to make up her contribution with raw magic and lifeforce. The result was not entirely successful, and in the process, Quint's spark ignited and he planeswalked away.[6] Though the invocation managed to repel the main wave of attackers, Zimone broke her leg and Quint was missing.
Though Zimone and Dina had been friends before, they'd never collaborated on a cross-college project. Under the pressure of certain death, they blended their magics and found to their delight that the intersection of Quandrix mathematics and Witherbloom biology led to new interdisciplinary magics never before seen. Using mathematical theorems, Zimone enhances Dina's plant growths, allowing the two of them to deal exponentially more damage than they otherwise would have apart.[7]
On Duskmourn[ | ]
Zimone traveled to Ravnica to work on her graduate thesis on theoretical extraplanar spaces alongside the Izzet League.[1] She joined Kaito Shizuki, Niko Aris, Tyvar Kell, and the Wanderer in their efforts to find and save Nashi from the plane of Duskmourn.[8]
As their group delved into the House, they discovered that it was shifting its layout, making navigation increasingly complex.[9] When Tyvar impulsively ran towards a distress signal that turned out to be a trap, Zimone followed to pull him back, only to find that their path had been blocked by a wall where a door had been. The two were separated from the rest of the group and found themselves in an enormous, towering library that seemed to shift whenever they looked away. Despite the disorienting surroundings and Zimone's warnings about the labyrinth's trickery, Tyvar forcefully breached a wall to find a stairway. While he ascended, Zimone remained behind, using her knowledge to study the library's books. However, the staircase took Tyvar back into the library.
Zimone eagerly delved into the library's occult books, seemingly unconcerned with the dangers around them.[10] Tyvar, feeling out of place and protective, kept watch over her. Suddenly, the library's environment began to warp, and a grotesque, spider-like creature emerged from the twisting space, attacking Tyvar. Despite his efforts to defeat it using his transmutation, the creature regenerated, forcing Tyvar and Zimone to flee deeper into the library to escape the relentless threat.
Zimone and Tyvar fled through the labyrinthine house, pursued by the cellarspawn that suddenly stopped following them.[11] As they rested, an apparition of Zimone's deceased mentor, Dean Kianne, appeared, attempting to lure Zimone into her grasp. Tyvar, suspicious, protected Zimone, and the phantom revealed itself as another trick of the house. Tyvar discharged his fateshifter, and after narrowly escaping an attack, he used his magic to temporarily disguise them as part of the house's fabric, allowing them to evade further threats. However, this camouflage eventually began to transform their minds and bodies, leading Zimone to realize it was consuming them, blending them into the House itself. After briefly becoming a part of the house, discharging her fateshifter, she convinced Tyvar to release the disguise, and they continued their escape, seeking a way out before the house could consume them entirely.
When Zimone and Tyvar encountered Marina Vendrell in the House, she still appeared as a teenage girl, seemingly unaware of the true state of her surroundings or the passage of time.[12] The House responded to her presence in unusual ways, becoming a normal, peaceful environment when she was near. However, when confronted with the reality of what had happened, Marina became distressed and defensive, denying any wrongdoing. As she reacted, the House began to shift back to its nightmarish form, indicating her deep connection to the entity of the House. Zimone and Tyvar managed to retrieve Marina's diary, which confirmed the extent of her involvement in the House's transformation. Through her actions, Marina had enabled Valgavoth to grow and consume everything around him, turning the house into a living entity filled with darkness and horror. It became clear that Valgavoth had effectively taken over the entire plane, leaving no outside world untouched by his reach.
Artifacts acquired[ | ]
Planes visited[ | ]
Trivia[ | ]
- Zimone appears in the trailer for Strixhaven: School of Mages.[13]
Gallery[ | ]
Zimone in the Strixhaven trailer.
March of the Machine key art.
March of the Machine key art.
Magic: The Gathering Arena avatar.
Story appearances[ | ]
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Notes[ | ]
- ↑ Zimone was younger than 18 when she entered Strixhaven in 4560, and older than 16 when she met Marina Vendrell around 4564.
References[ | ]
- ↑ a b c d e Mira Grant (August 19, 2024). "Duskmourn: House of Horror - Episode 1: Don't Go Past the Old Dark House". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Fox Allison, Doug Beyer and Ari Zirulnik (April 13, 2021). "The Legends of Strixhaven". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Amanda Yeo (March 24, 2021). "'Magic: The Gathering' is adding math nerds and making them cool". Mashable.com.
- ↑ Innocent Chizaram Ilo (April 23, 2021). "Blue-Green Ribbons". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Flavor text for Solve the Equation
- ↑ Evelyn Teng (March 20, 2023). "March of the Machine - A Radiant Heart". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Emily Teng (April 13, 2023). "The Legendary Team-Ups of March of the Machine". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Jubilee Finnegan (June 28, 2024). "First Look at Duskmourn: House of Horror". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mira Grant (August 20, 2024). "Duskmourn: House of Horror - Episode 2: Don't Split the Party". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Duskmourn: House of Horror - Episode 3: Don't Look Back
- ↑ a b Mira Grant (Aug 26 2024). "Episode 4: Don't Give Up". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mira Grant (2024-08-28). "Duskmourn: House of Horror - Episode 5:Don't Give In". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Welcome to Strixhaven! (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (March 26, 2021).
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