Innistrad

Innistrad is a plane first introduced in Innistrad, and last seen in Eldritch Sun.

A Gothic Horror inspired plane, the days on Innistrad are but a short reprieve for the monsters that lurk in the night. Each province faces it's own terrors, and few, but powerful angels are often the last line of defense for the innocent of the plane.

It has often acted as a prison of a plane, from Griselbrand, the contract holder of Liliana Vess, to Sorin Markov's entrapment, to Emrakul herself, being, albeit willingly, trapped in Innistrad's Moon.

## Planeswalkers

Sorin Markov was the first vampire on Innistrad, the creator of Avacyn, and is a legendarily powerful, but also reluctant planeswalker.

Tibalt is a devil planeswalker, a "researcher" of pain, and a general bastard. Fittingly for his home plane, he is obsessed with the pain and suffering of both himself and others, but sought other poor victims and methods of displeasure throughout the multiverse.

Arlinn Kord is a werewolf planeswalker, though one often scared to leave her home plane.

While not her birthplace, Liliana Vess has often taken Innistrad as her home, largely due to a lack of taboo regarding necromancy.

## Species/Races

Angels act as the winged protectors of the plane. They are immensely powerful, but few in numbers, often spread thin trying to defend the humans of the plane.

Demons are incredibly powerful evil forces on Innistrad that take many forms, and often keep other species, particularly devils and beasts, to do their bidding.

Devils are fiendish beings that quite literally feed off the misery of others, often seeking employ under Demonlords simply for new opportunities to wreak havoc, with little care for actual power.

Humans are often the unfortunate victims of Innistrad's many horrors, though also the species most willing to band together against them.

Spirits are the non-physical souls of the dead, often with varying degree of impact on the physical reality surrounding them. They are often created via a pact taken by the living, and a refusal to break their vow, even through death.

Vampires are the nigh-immortal aristocrats who live on the far reaches of the plane, often pulling the strings behind many of the plane's frequent crises.

Werewolves/Wolfir/Wolves are the forest-dwelling creatures who shift between wolf and human, acting as normal citizens during the day, but betraying their neighbors at night.

Zombies/Skaabs are creatures created from the corpses of the dead. Zombies are those risen through magic, and Skaabs are those stitched together through science. Typically, these necromancers and stitchers are humans themselves.

## Notable Groups

The Church of Sigarda, previously the Church of Avacyn, is the main religious body among the humans of Innistrad, where they come to pray, and arm themselves, against the threats of the world.

The Children of the Moon are a cult of vampires who had once struck a deal with Liesa, but their deal was broken after her death, and as such they became an isolated, but incredibly dangerous hive mind.

## Sets

The plane of Innistrad was first seen in the Innistrad block, composed of Innistrad, Dark Ascension and Avacyn Restored.

It then returned for the Shadows over Innistrad and Eldritch Moon, then Midnight Hunt and Crimson Vow.

Innistrad was one of the many planes invaded during the events of March of the Machine.

Blood of the Angels featured Innistrad as the main stage once again.

Most recently, Innistrad was the first plane of the multi-plane spanning Eldritch Sun set.