Gaea

Gaea
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Race	God
Birthplace	Dominaria
Lifetime	Myths place her as active from pre-history
Children	Lady of Otaria (created)
Relatives	Fiers (brother)
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Gaea is Dominaria's Worldsoul^[1], worshiped as a goddess.

Description[ | ]

Gaea is described physically as having emerald hair in tresses flowing like tendrils behind her luminous, pearl-skinned body.^[2]

Gaea is believed to be the plane's creator, and many elves and druids worship her. While never physically appearing outside of mythological descriptions, her existence seems to be confirmed by many individuals, and she is believed to have assisted directly in protecting Dominaria during the Phyrexian Invasion.

Character development[ | ]

In prerevisionist continuity, Gaea was a green based planeswalker revered as a goddess, similarly to Freyalise. Very little is known about her, which makes classifying her very difficult: in the early days, the name Gaea was often just added to cards that the designers wanted to be flavored around nature, without much thought given to the implications. Later, Gaea was re-thought of as Dominaria's "real" goddess, and references to druids and elves being able to hear her will started to appear, as well as implications that she created the elves of the plane.

According to dwarven myths in Otaria, Gaea created the world with the help of her brother Fiers, God of Fire.^[2]

During the Battle at Argoth, Titania absorbed the essence of Argoth to become an avatar of Gaea. Although this made her very powerful, it also drained the land's last remaining life, and the avatar was killed shortly after during the Sylex Blast.

In the novels, Multani prayed to her, and though she never answered directly, he said he always sensed her answer. Molimo also worshipped her, and the Citanul druids who followed Titania claimed to follow her will: this could be interpreted to mean that all Maro-Sorcerers of Dominaria were in contact with Gaea (being presumably created by her), and served as an intermediary on the plane between her and her worshippers. It is also said that during the Phyrexian invasion she transmuted fallen Phyrexians into elementals.^[3]

Other characters, like Urza and Freyalise, seem to confirm her existence in the way they speak of her. Yawgmoth believed she was in fact Rebbec who had gone through a similar transformation as he had experienced. Not many storyline fans believe Yawgmoth's claims, but it has muddled up the debate about Gaea. In the novel Scourge, Karona traveled to Phyrexia and Yawgmoth told her she was the "only true goddess in Dominaria": the meeting has been erased from continuity, as Phyrexia had already been destroyed at that point, and Yawgmoth was already dead.

In the Magic Story for The Brothers' War, Gaea is definitively featured as the plane's Worldsoul.^[1]

During the Second Phyrexian Invasion of Dominaria, Nissa Revane communicated with Gaea, and was judged worthy.^[1] Gaea aided her in the defense of Urza's Tower.

Story appearances[ | ]

Title	Author	Publishing date	Set	Setting (plane)	Featuring
The Myths of Magic	Jess Lebow and various	June 2000	N/A	Dominaria, Mercadia	Ferric, Erinny, Zaco, Pahartus Armagen, Ganto Danisal, Sirimiti, Junel, Esa, Yano, Tresus, Litiah, Mardio, Anza, Tosel, Daltran, Samal, Marik, Quetzan, Kleetok, Anelades, Godwyn, Mythopoeia, Yawgmoth, Rebbec, Kari, Emil, Gorden, Abathew, Bethanelle, Bragnon, Fennis, Lunow, Necros, Yant, Avarre, Jezal, Kradak, Astor, Treulk, Tajamin, Olvresk, Kreig, Fenrey, Lyrin, Dawar, Gaea, Fiers, Lady of the Mountain, Balthor, Gardill, Themis, Aberlard, Athanasia, Ermini, Shifrah, Prewitt, Torr, Pakihim, Binja, Tul, Arkos, Contas, Sabul Hajeen, Jenlo Din, Tartesk Hajeen, Hand of Justice, Naxos Ilmiera, Virtan Minsur, Jhossendea Ilmiera, Iachem-oath, Arabeka
The Brothers' War - Chapter 5: Exodus	Reinhardt Suarez	2022-10-26	The Brothers' War	Dominaria	Chandra, Nissa, Kaya, Saheeli, Teferi, Wrenn, Seven, Gaea, Nahiri, Jace, Jodah, Elspeth, The Wanderer, Kaito Shizuki, Tyvar Kell, Lukka, Vraska

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