MTG characters (R)
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The fictional multiverse of Magic: The Gathering has many characters. This alphabetic list includes characters who appear in flavor-text on the cards, in games, comics or short stories as well as minor characters from the novels. Major characters have their own entry.
MTG characters: A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
[edit] Rabindranath Tagore
A poet (Card: Underworld Dreams) He is quite famous in the real world.
[edit] Radha
A half-Skyshroud elf, half-Keldon warrior. During Time Spiral, Teferi enlists her services and skills in aiding him in repairing the time rifts that threaten to destroy the multiverse.
[edit] Radiant
see Radiant (Magic: The Gathering) Radiant was the archangel that took over Serra's realm after she left. Radiant, resolute in her belief that the realm was perfect, used military force and brutality to keep it pure of Phyrexian taint. In the end her zeal put her at odds with Serra herself and added to the tragedy when the realm was collapsed.
[edit] Raganorn
An archaeologist (Card: Murk Dwellers)
[edit] Raghib
Once a student of El-Hajjaj and betrothed to Nailah. During her quest to achieve power through the fusion of the five Taysirs, Nailah cursed Raghib with incurable leprosy and banished him. He was found by the Dervish and Nomad Taysirs, to whom he explained Nailah's plan.
[edit] Ragnar
A legendary barbarian (Legends)
[edit] Rakdos
Rakdos, the Defiler, is a demonlord who leads his own cult. He employs mainly goblins and minotaurs, and seeks to create chaos and anguish in the streets of Ravnica. His interpretation of a "good time" is usually all about crushing some little human. (Ravnica)
[edit] Raksha Golden Cub
A legendary leonin kha on Mirrodin. He was friends with Glissa.
[edit] Ramirez DePietro
A flamboyant pirate and shapeshifter too. (Legends; Assassin’s Blade)
[edit] Ramos
A dragon engine transported to Mercadia during the Sylex blast of the Brothers' War. Ramos wept, and there were seas. Ramos touched, and there was life. Ramos smiled, and there was day. Ramos fell, and there was night. Ramos bled, and there was fire.
[edit] Ramses Overdark
A legend, main character of the book The Assassin's Blade. read more about him in the BOOKS section of wizards.com. (Legends)
[edit] Rana
Suq’Ata market fool (Mirage)
[edit] Rashida Scalebane
Zhalfirin dragonhunter. As an idle young daughter of a wealthy family, she grew up quickly when several dragons send by Kaervek and Jolrael incinerated her village, leaving her the sole survivor. She swore to wipe dragons from Jamuura and took the name Scalebane after the family heirloom - a banesword. Rashida became a Zhalfirin hero, leading an army of commoners. She has slayed more than a dozen dragons, turning their hides into armor for her warriors. Driven by dreams and visions send by Teferi she united with the other leaders of Jamuura to rescue Mangara. For this mission, she was accompanied by an elite guard (Scalebane’s Elite: Kulinda, Jerran and Forena). The amber prison proved to be guarded by the Panther warrior Purraj and a number of foul creatures. Rashida saw the she and her troops were losing, so she donned a dragon mask to imbue her with superhuman strength and speed. After defeating Kaervek’s forces in a dizzying attack she sank to the ground, stunned and horrified at what she had to become in order to succeed.
[edit] Rashka the Slayer
A legendary vampirehunter. Legend tells of a lady whose family fell prey to a vampiric horde roaming the the wastelands of Singcang. She vowed that her family's soul will be released from the cures of the undead by eliminating all vampires. It was said she sought the blessing of Preets, the balding priest of Lopue's East, for such quest who blessed her with immunity to darkness. (Homelands)
[edit] Rasputin Dreamweaver
A legend, though there is nothing known about him (Legends)
[edit] Ratepe
A young dominarian recruited by Xantcha, Urza's Phyrexian assistant. Xantcha sought out Ratepe in order to impersonate Mishra, Urza's long dead brother. Urza was becoming increasing obsessed and guilt ridden over his role in his brother's death. So much so that he was abandoning his defense of Dominaria in the hopes of finding a way to undo his brother's death. Xantcha brought Ratepe, posing as Mishra, to Urza in the hopes of alleviating some of his guilt and allowing him to focus on defeating the Phyrexians. Thanks to Xancha's coaching and Ratepe's ability to hear Urza's Weakstone singing to him, Ratepe was able to help shock Urza out of his guilt. He continued to help Urza and eventually became Xantcha's lover. Both Ratepe and Xantcha were killed when Urza fought the Phyrexian Demon Gix in Koilos.
[edit] Ravi
A Planeswalker who ended the war between the Tolgath and the Elder Ones by sounding the Apocalypse Chime and by that almost destroyed Ulgrotha. She locked herself unwillingly away in a (Phyrexian?) Vault. Centuries later, old and raving mad, she was freed by Baron Sengir. He adopted her as a part of his unconventional family, dubbing Ravi "Grandmother Sengir".
[edit] Ravidel
A wilder planeswalker, untrained and dangerous.
Originated on Azoria, one of the twelve worlds of the Shard. Dragonfriend of Rhuell the chromium dragon. Mentored and later betrayed by Faralyn. Killed by Tevesh Szat and Leshrac and resurrected by Kristina of the woods.
In his wrath he became a wargod and battlemage. Swore revenge on Kristina for resurrecting him. Later he was mentored by Taysir and became ruler of Stonehaven in Corondor. In The year 1 according to the Mages in Minorad he disturbed the Summit of Minorad. He threatened to destroy the world with the Golgothian Sylex. As the leader of the Summit Kristina surrendered. After the Mages promised not to interfere with Ravidel they were banned from Minorad, so that the city could go on undisturbed for almost 1300 years.
Exactly 1276 years later Ravidel broke his promise, he returned and destroyed the city and western Corondor in search for the moxes which would help him to recall his master Taysir. He then was almost defeated by the shadowmage Jared Carthalion. He traced Liana who had the moxes but she managed to give them to Jared before she died. Jared then destroyed the Golgothian Sylex. But Ravidel regains the moxes and uses them to recall Taysir (and Daria?) (comics).
Later he battled Sandruu on an unnamed plane, then had a proposed free-for-all with the Minotaur planeswalker and other powerful entities after summoning them with his Mox Beacon. (Magic: Battlemage).
[edit] Rayne
Chancellor of the Tolarian Academy. Wife of Barrin, mother of Hanna. Known for putting oposition to many of Urza`s proyects contrary to the zealous-confidence of Barrin. She was killed by Greel during the war between Jamuraa and Keld. (Urza’s Destiny)
[edit] Razia
Boros Archangel. Guildmaster of the Boros guild, she is a firm believer in law and wishes all of Ravnica to live in harmony, even if blood must be spilled. Wielder of a flaming sword and capable of devastating fire and light magic, Razia was the mightiest of all the Boros angels and the Boros guild parun. Using foreign technology Razia and the other boros angels built the Parthelion, an immense flying fortress in order to investigate the limits of the Ravnica plane. After successfully planeswalking in the orbital spirit-plane of Ravnica, Razia and all the others Boros angels were killed by an angry spirit army led by a phantom Szadek due to the fact of the angels being a lot weaker in the spirit plane than in the physical Ravnica. (Ravnica)
[edit] Rebbec
A Thran ruler, wife of Glacian. Yawgmoth was enamored of her, but she exiled him after he grew power hungry and lust-driven. She later becomes the planeswalker Gaea after Glacian sacrifices himself to seal Yawgmoth
[edit] Reod Dai
A mercenary (Card: Goblin War Drums) and a former commander of Icatian troops under his birth name Robin Davies. Later, when joining the Order of the Ebon Hand, his name was changed to Reod Dai. A facilitator in the fall of the Sarpadian empires in the arming and training of orcs and goblins, rousing the thrulls to rebel, and unintentionally invoking life in the thallids.
[edit] Restela
An Alaborn Marshal (Portal Second Age)
[edit] Reveka
Female Sea-dwarven wizard savant, Head of the wizard’s school of the Homelands. She sought to establish treaties between Aysen and Sengir in a desperate effort to save her school from the flames of war. (Homelands)
[edit] Reya Dawnbringer
During the collapse of Serra's Realm, a number of angels followed Urza's request and had an exodus from the plane. Reya was considered one of the angels who escaped (Invasion)
[edit] Reyhan
A Samite alchemist (Homelands)
[edit] Rhirhok
A goblin archer on Jamuura (Mirage)
[edit] Rhuell, the Chromium Dragon
Not to be confused with the Elder Dragon Chromium, Rhuell was present during the Ice Age. Rhuell was skeletal in appearance, as terror had been cast on it at some point, shredding his skin. see Chromium
[edit] Rith the Awakener
Rith is the Primeval dragon of Yavimaya. Ever since she awakened she was held captive by the treefolk there. Instead of blowing fire, vines and saprolings spill from her mouth. (Invasion)
[edit] Robar
Erstwhile leader of the Robaran Mercenaries (Legends)
[edit] Rofellos of Llanowar
An elf, Llanowar emissary in Yavimaya. He was trained in the art of maro-sorcery by Multani and his classmates included Gerrard and Mirri. Rofellos formed part of the Weatherlight crew but was killed during the first fight with Gallowbraid and Morinfen, while trying to protect Crovax's family's estate.
[edit] Rohgahh of Kher Keep
The lord of Kher Keep and commander of the kobolds. (Legends)
[edit] Rokuan
Master monk of the sacred bell order and guardian of the Boseiju sanctum, master to Iwamori and Azusa. (Kamigawa(Magic: The Gathering))
[edit] Rokun
A black dragon killed by Darigaaz (Invasion)
[edit] Rorix Bladewing
A legendary dragon who wished to rekindle his Shivan heritage by participating in the Grand Coliseum.
Rorix died facing Phage the Untouchable and became reanimated as a zombie to serve the Cabal. (Onslaught)
[edit] Rubinia Soulsinger
A legendary female merfolk, maybe a siren (Legends)
[edit] Rusko
A clock maker in Kroog, the Capital of Yotia. He apprenticed Urza as a young man, and helped him gain Kayla bin-Kroog's hand in marriage. It is not known what happened to him when Kroog was destroyed by the Fallji.
[edit] Ruya
Zhalfirin Archer (Card: Longbow Archer)
