Izolda
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| Name | Izolda/Lyzolda |
| Birthplace | Ravnica |
| Lifetime | Unknown |
| Race | Human |
| Sources | Dissension |
Since Rakdos the Defiler spends most of his time slumbering in the lava pit in Rix Maadi, several people took up the title of acting guildmaster in his absence. Izolda held the mantle of acting Guildmaster for a few hundred years, up until her death following the Decamillennial.
Izolda wanted to raise Rakdos and to take control of him to raise chaos on a massive scale herself. For the ritual to work, she used draconic cerebral fluid, provided by Momir Vig and the blood of a guildmaster--in this case that of Myc Savo Zunich, the son of the Golgari guildmaster Jarad and the ledev guard Fonn. Myc's parents intervened, however, unintentionally disrupting the spell, which resulted in a shared mind between Myc and Rakdos instead. Later Izolda finished the ritual by killing Jarad and took control of Rakdos herself.
Unbeknownst to her, Vig knew her plans and had planned to use Project Kraj to defeat Rakdos and use this victory to convince the inhabitants of Ravnica to give him control of the entire plane. Vig was killed by Agrus Kos, and in the ensuing battle Rakdos was trapped within Kraj. Kraj later fell still after putting Rakdos in a coma. Izolda recieved all injuries Kraj had inflicted upon Rakdos and thus fell into a coma as well, after which she was eaten alive by the surrounding cultists.
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Izolda is the name of the blood witch in Dissension. The card Lyzolda, the Blood Witch was originally going to represent Izolda, but the name of the card was changed after the novel was printed. The author of the novel, Cory Herndon, thought of an explanation for the similar names by saying that the "zolda" part of their names is added to the name of every acting guildmaster of the Rakdos. He later said that as far as he was concerned Lyzolda could be considered the acting guildmaster of the Rakdos after Izolda died.
- Note that this is not official, since "Lyzolda" wasn't mentioned in an official storyline source.
