Chandra refused to accept that the failed strike was the end of the war. She returned to New Phyrexia with Wrenn and found the remaining Mirran resistance: Koth, Melira and a dwindling group of survivors prepared to gamble everything on the invasion tree.
Wrenn's gift had always been partnership with trees. Realmbreaker was vast, hostile and saturated with oil, but it was still a living intelligence with a desire to grow. With Chandra helping her master the fire inside her, Wrenn pushed through the tree's commands and formed a bond. She named this eighth partner Eight.
Nissa tried to stop them, and the praetors closed in. Then Elspeth returned as an angel, shaped by the choice she had made with the Sylex and by her connection to New Capenna's angelic legacy. She held Norn and Nissa back long enough for Wrenn to search along Realmbreaker's impossible network.