Etrata

Etrata is a vampire assassin from Ravnica, and a former champion of House Dimir.James Wyatt (January 2019). "The Art of Magic: The Gathering - Ravnica". Wizards of the Coast She is currently employed as a detective at the Ravnican Agency of Magicological Investigations.
==Description==
Etrata is a dark-skinned woman with impressive vampiric fangs. She is cold, fashionable, terrifyingly competent, and deeply nihilistic. She cares nothing for Ravnica, and barely for her guild. Her only drive is to be the best spy in existence. A professional assassin with dozens of kills, she never kills for free and remembers each of her victims.Flavor text of As a member of the Dimir, she infiltrated other Ravnican guilds with ruthless ease and killed when necessary.
Etrata has the vampiric ability to induce fear with her gaze, sobering her victims with psychic power. Her footsteps are silent.
==History==
===Phyrexian Invasion and aftermath===
Etrata fought in the resistance to the Phyrexian Invasion, serving as one of Teysa Karlov's contacts. Since House Dimir's seeming destruction and loss of leadership during the Phyrexian invasion, she lost her purpose. For a while, she acted as a free agent, driven by her hunger to be the best spy in existence to sell her services to anyone who could afford them, but soon grew irritated and dissatisfied with the lack of challenge these presented her.
===Murders at Karlov Manor===
A year and some months following the Invasion, she attended the celebration at Karlov Manor in disguise as a Selesnya guild member. After Zegana was assassinated, she was discovered and captured by Alquist Proft, with the assistance of Kaya Cassir and Kellan. Incarcerated and questioned in Azorius verity circles, she maintained her innocence, claiming that she either did not commit or had no memory of the assassination. Three days after her capture, Proft helped Etrata escape Azorius custody to assist in the investigation.The two retraced Etrata's path to the safehouse where she had spent the night before the party, which was also the last place she remembered being before she was arrested. They found a yellow-gray powder sprinkled on her bed, which Proft suspected to be some kind of drug. On their way out, they were attacked by Massacre Girl, who had been hired to kill Proft and managed to injure him before Etrata forced her to stand down. The duo set off to see Kylox, a friend of Proft's who he believed would be able to explain the evidence they had found.
Etrata and Proft reached Kylox's laboratory but noticed that it had been ransacked. They accessed a secret passage to find the scientist, who denied them his help unless they could get him to Ezrim. However, he was abducted by a gang of goblins shortly thereafter. The two tracked the goblins to one of Krenko's safehouses, where the criminal demanded everything Kylox knew about the murders. Etrata dispatched Krenko's minions, but before Kylox could divulge anything, a citizen burst into the window bound for Krenko and fatally stabbed Kylox. After the man was subdued, Etrata used her psychic abilities to remove the enchantment on him, revealing that he was oblivious to his actions.
Next, the two visited the undercity of the Sixth Precinct to see Izoni, still hoping that someone would be able to analyze the powder. She cooperated, revealing that the powder was derived from a living thing not native to Ravnica. After Etrata awakened an unconscious Proft, the two left the undercity for Karlov Cathedral, where Teysa Karlov's funeral was being arranged, for a debriefing. Once there, Kaya informed Proft of three clues he hadn't previously had and declared that he knew the true killer's identity. He then invited the guild leaders to Vitu-Ghazi to learn the truth of the murders, where the detective revealed that Oba, the central dryad of Trostani, had organized them in retribution for those she considered traitors to the plane during the Invasion. He also confirmed that Etrata was Zegana's killer, likely given her Selesnya robes by the guildmaster herself. When Oba attacked her accusers, Etrata jumped in the way to save the Gruul centaur Yarus and was stabbed through the chest with a branch of Vitu-Ghazi. She used the injury as an opportunity, pretending the hit had killed her until she saw an opportunity to strike and helped Kaya seal Oba in a stasis capsule.
After Oba was apprehended, Etrata told Proft that she had decided to continue serving as his aide, as they had become friends during the investigation. She claimed that her guild had become weak and Lazav had died, but Proft suspected that the latter was a lie.
===The Omenpath Project===
Etrata accompanied Proft to a meeting with Niv-Mizzet who had expressed an interest in the detective's work. Even with the death of Niv-Mizzet’s agent Kylox, Proft concluded that the dragon's attention had been focused on something much more important. With Omenpaths opening across Ravnica and other worlds, Niv-Mizzet recognized their patterns as a significant threat to the plane and began a secret experiment known as the "Omenpath Project." Etrata and Proft were ultimately contracted to assist the Firemind with his work.
When a door to Duskmourn opened on Ravnica, the two assisted Kaito Shizuki, Niko Aris, Tyvar Kell, the Wanderer, and Zimone Wola in retrieving Nashi from the plane. At some point after the expedition, Proft, Etrata, and Niv-Mizzet finished mapping and securing all of Ravnica's Omenpaths, leaving the duo to return to detective work.
==Trivia==
*In Murders at Karlov Manor, Etrata fills a "Watson" archetype to Proft's Sherlock Holmes.
==Gallery==
File:Etrata Deadly Fugitive.jpg|
File:EtrataEscape.png|Proft breaks Etrata out of Azorius custody.
File:MKMKeyArt1.png|Key art for Murders at Karlov Manor featuring Etrata, Kaya Cassir, and Alquist Proft.
File:MKMKeyArt2.jpg|Key art for Murders at Karlov Manor featuring Etrata, Kaya, and Proft
File:MKMKeyArt4.jpg|Key art for Murders at Karlov Manor featuring Judith, Krenko, Aurelia, Tolsimir, Voja, Proft, Etrata, and Massacre Girl.
File:MKMKeyArt5.png|Key art for Murders at Karlov Manor featuring Teysa Karlov, Kaya, Kellan, Proft, Agrus Kos, and Etrata.
File:ObaImprisoned.png|Etrata helps Kaya and Teysa capture Oba.
File:Etrata by Wesley Burt.jpg|Etrata by Wesley Burt
==Story appearances==
Title	Author 	Publishing date	Set 	Setting (plane) 	Featuring
 	Seanan McGuire	2024-01-08 	Murders at Karlov Manor 	Ravnica 	Teysa Karlov, Kaya Cassir, Ezrim, Aurelia, Zegana, Vannifar, Kellan, Alquist Proft, Etrata, Lavinia
 	Seanan McGuire	2024-01-09 	Murders at Karlov Manor 	Ravnica 	Etrata, Teysa Karlov, Kaya Cassir, Alquist Proft, Kellan, Ezrim
 	Seanan McGuire	2024-01-11 	Murders at Karlov Manor 	Ravnica 	Alquist Proft, Etrata, Massacre Girl, Kaya Cassir, Kellan, Tolsimir Wolfblood, Voja, Trostani
 	Seanan McGuire	2024-01-12 	Murders at Karlov Manor 	Ravnica 	Alquist Proft, Etrata, Kylox, Kaya Cassir, Kellan, Ezrim, Agrus Kos, Aurelia, Massacre Girl, Krenko
 	Seanan McGuire	2024-01-11 	Murders at Karlov Manor 	Ravnica 	Kellan, Kaya Cassir, Anzrag, Ezrim, Agrus Kos, Etrata, Alquist Proft, Izoni, Rakdos, Judith, Aurelia, Delney
 	Seanan McGuire	2024-01-16 	Murders at Karlov Manor 	Ravnica 	Judith, Kaya Cassir, Ezrim, Yarus, Krenko, Massacre Girl, Vannifar, Aurelia, Alquist Proft, Etrata, Lavinia, Trostani, Tolsimir Wolfblood, Ral Zarek, Izoni
 	Seanan McGuire	2024-01-17 	Murders at Karlov Manor 	Ravnica 	Ezrim, Kaya Cassir, Tolsimir Wolfblood, Alquist Proft, Trostani, Judith, Krenko, Izoni, Aurelia, Lavinia, Vannifar, Etrata, Ral Zarek, Massacre Girl, Yarus, Kellan
 	Seanan McGuire	2024-01-18 	Murders at Karlov Manor 	Ravnica 	Kaya Cassir, Trostani, Krenko, Alquist Proft, Etrata, Ral Zarek, Yarus, Aurelia, Tolsimir Wolfblood, Kellan, Teysa Karlov
 	Seanan McGuire	2024-02-14 	Murders at Karlov Manor 	Ravnica 	Alquist Proft, Etrata, Niv-Mizzet
 	Alison Lührs 	2024-04-02 	Outlaws of Thunder Junction	Vryn, Ravnica, Eldraine, Ixalan, Thunder Junction	Jace Beleren, Vraska, Ranna Beleren, Tezzeret, Tamiyo, Eriette, Breeches, Malcolm Lee, Alquist Proft, Etrata, Izoni, Loot
 	Mira Grant 	2024-08-19 	Duskmourn: House of Horror 	Duskmourn, Kaldheim, Kamigawa, Ravnica, 	Marina Vendrell, Kaito Shizuki, Himoto, The Wanderer, Yoshimaru, Tamiyo (mentioned), Nashi (mentioned), Genku (mentioned), Niv-Mizzet, Tyvar Kell, Kaya Cassir (mentioned), Niko Aris, Trygve, Zimone Wola, Etrata, Alquist Proft, Aminatou
 	Mira Grant 	2024-08-28 	Duskmourn: House of Horror 	Duskmourn, Ravnica 	Tyvar Kell, Zimone Wola, Koma (mentioned), Marina Vendrell, Rootha Squallheart (mentioned), Valgavoth, Nashi, Winter, The Wanderer, Niko Aris, Rill, Sunset, Tamiyo, Kaito Shizuki, Himoto, Jace Beleren, Aminatou, Etrata, Niv-Mizzet, Alquist Proft, Yoshimaru
 	Mira Grant 	2024-08-30 	Duskmourn: House of Horror 	Duskmourn, Ravnica 	Niko Aris, Nashi, The Wanderer, Tamiyo, Valgavoth, Marina Vendrell, Winter, Zimone Wola, Tyvar Kell, Kaito Shizuki, Himoto, Alquist Proft, Aminatou, Yoshimaru, Loot, Etrata
 	Mira Grant 	2024-08-30 	Duskmourn: House of Horror 	Duskmourn, Ravnica 	Niko Aris, Nashi, The Wanderer, Tamiyo, Valgavoth, Marina Vendrell, Winter, Zimone Wola, Tyvar Kell, Kaito Shizuki, Himoto, Alquist Proft, Aminatou, Yoshimaru, Loot, Etrata, Niv-Mizzet (mentioned)
==In-game references==
==References==
Category:Vampires
Category:Assassins
Category:Detectives
Category:Undead characters