Legend

Through the centuries there are a number of legendary figures that have come to us from the time of the Dark— figures, such as Ith, the horrific Rag Man, Vervamon the Elder, and Twadar of Thom. Yet one figure is an enigma among these enigmas. Time and again throughout the period of the Dark—and up to the end of the Ice Age itself—there is reference to a folk figure known as Jodah. It has been suggested that Jodah is the surname of a family of sorcerers, or a honorific title of respect, or that Jodah is a previously unknown Planeswalker. The fact remains that Jodah (be he one or be he many ) is today regarded as one of the founders of magic as we now know it.

—Arkol, Argivian scholar

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The Gathering Dark, Chapter 1