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, yet it was still a living intelligence with a desire to grow. Her own fire was spreading, and the bond she needed would demand both trust and a sacrifice she could not escape.
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.
At the trunk, Melira offers Wrenn a final measure of healing power so that she can endure contact with the infected tree. With Chandra helping her master the fire inside her, Wrenn reaches past Realmbreaker's imposed commands and recognizes a will to grow. She joins with this eighth partner and names it Eight. The bond opens its many crossings to her, while the fire consuming her wooden body makes her sacrifice inescapable.