Elenda of Garrano

Elenda of Garrano, also known as the first vampire, the Dusk Rose or Black Rose, and Saint Elenda the Venerable is the legendary ancestor of the vampires of the Legion of Dusk on Ixalan.Explore the Planes: Ixalan 
==Appearance and character==
Elenda has been described by Mavren Fein as being nine feet tall with hair like a raven's wings and nails like lightning's edge, but in truth, she is of average height, with long curling locks and a youthful face that belies the deadly nature of her kind. She has a wisp of gray in her long dark hair, and a gentle spray of freckles across the bridge of her nose. She carries herself with the posture of royalty. Her eyes glow a soft, warm gold, and her voice is light and quiet. The thin light of a crown of beads appears to float behind the back of her head, the sign of a Venerable. She is left-handed.
Elenda has the magical ability to travel by vanishing into a dark slice in the air.
==History==
===Warrior nun===
Elenda was born mortal, a warrior nun charged with her brothers and sisters of faith to guard the Immortal Sun in the mountains of Torrezon. The monastery was raided by Pedron the Wicked who killed most of its occupants. Elenda survived and ran outside to fight Pedron, but the Immortal Sun had been stolen from the fiend by a winged beast in the sky. The beast took the Immortal Sun to the west, and Elenda followed it.
===Vampire===
In the west, Elenda resorted to dark magic and took on the burden of immortality until the Immortal Sun could be retrieved once again. She searched for centuries and returned to Torrezon to teach her Rite to the nobles so that they could take up the sacrifice and join her in her search. Mavren Fein was one of her early converts. Long ago, he watched as she sailed back into the west. She had never been seen since.
===Return===
It turned out that Elenda had found the Immortal Sun at Orazca, but the city had been deserted and was heavily protected. Awaiting the awakening of the city, she put herself in an enchanted sleep in a tomb of the bat-god Aclazotz. This event had been preserved as the tale of "The Bat of the East" in the Sun Empire. When Kumena awoke the city, Elenda reappeared as well. She first met the planeswalkers Angrath and Huatli, and was appalled to hear that the Legion of Dusk had become cruel invaders in her absence. She had left the Church with the knowledge of the ritual to take on her burden, learn humility, and search for salvation for all. She decided to teach them what they had forgotten.
Elenda arrived in the <c>Sanctum of the Sun</c> to see the Immortal Sun vanish. Mavren Fein asked her aid to retrieve it again, but Elenda refused, telling the vampire that they were finally free from their ancient duty. An angry and confused Vona asked her why she had left them and denied them immortality. Elenda answered that immortality was not the purpose of her gift, but protection. Deference to forces greater than themselves and humility would lead them to salvation, not the Immortal Sun. She said that she had found the sun and decided to become its sentinel within the Golden City while awaiting the arrival of other members of her order. She asked to be brought to Queen Miralda. Vona denied her, but Mavren Fein punished her for speaking ill of the living saint. After reprimanding Vona, the three left.
After returning to Torrezon, Elenda began preaching a message of humility and restraint that some of her vampiric brethren, such as Vito, refused to heed.
Elenda fought alongside Azor in defense of Ixalan during New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse.
===Lost Caverns of Ixalan===
A year after the Invasion, Saint Elenda and a cadre of soldiers traveled to the continent of Ixalan where they met with Huatli, her partner Saheeli Rai and Caztaca Huicintli, aunt of the current child emperor of the Sun Empire, to negotiate an alliance. The meeting was interrupted by Admiral Beckett Brass who demanded these powerful political figures of Ixalan support her efforts to secure a free country for the Brazen Coalition.
==Story appearances==
Title	Author 	Publishing date	Set 	Setting (plane) 	Featuring
 	Alison Luhrs & Gregg Luben 	2017-10-11 	Ixalan 	Ixalan 	Mavren Fein, Mardia, Manuel, Elenda, Pedron, Vona de Iedo, Jace, Vraska, Edgar, Breeches, Malcolm, Huatli, Inti, Teyeuh, Tishana
 	Alison Luhrs & Gregg Luben 	2018-01-17 	Rivals of Ixalan 	Ixalan, Kaldheim	Huatli, Inti, Angrath, Elenda, Jace, Vraska, Zetalpa, Azor
 	Alison Luhrs & Gregg Luben 	2018-02-07 	Rivals of Ixalan 	Ixalan 	Huatli, Tishana, Vona de Iedo, Angrath, Mavren Fein, Malcolm, Breeches, Elenda, Pedron, Zacama, Apatzec Intli III, Inti
 	Nik Davidson, Kelly Digges, & Kimberly J. Kreines	2018-02-21 	Rivals of Ixalan 	Ixalan 	Tishana, Huatli, Vona de Iedo, Mavren Fein, Elenda, Malcolm, Breeches
 	Miguel Lopez 	2023-10-20 	The Lost Caverns of Ixalan	Ixalan 	Saheeli, Huatli, Apatzec Intli IV, Caztaca Huicintli, Chitlati, Elenda of Garrano, Beckett Brass
==Gallery==
Elenda DM.jpg|Double Masters 2022 Borderless Art
Elenda and Azor.jpg|March of the Machine art with Azor
==In-game references==
==References==
Category:Vampires
Category:Knights
Category:Undead characters