Magic: The Gathering: Untold Stories--Liliana #1

Liliana Vess is the most powerful necromancer in the multiverse, but her power came at a cost. For her strength and her mastery of death, Liliana bargained her soul to four powerful demons: Kothophed, Razaketh, Belzenlok, and Griselbrand. But now, Liliana seeks to regain her freedom and destroy the pact she wears etched into her skin.

Liliana’s journey has brought her to Innistrad, the rumored location of Griselbrand, and a plane rife with corruption, chaos, and suffering. Determined to hunt the demon down and reclaim the piece of her soul he took, her task will not be an easy one—for Liliana Vess is not the only seeker of vengeance upon the plane of Innistrad.

An all-new untold story from the world of Magic: The Gathering written by Torunn Grønbekk (Jane Foster: Valkyrie, Red Sonja, Catwoman) and illustrated by Nataliia Rerekina (The Witcher).

• Discover an untold story of necromancer Liliana Vess.

• Four-issue series.

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