Ob Nixilis

"Conquering your first world is the hardest, after all. My power grew as I moved from world to world, taking anything that would make the next taking easier."

- Ob Nixilis

Ob Nixilis is a human Planeswalker who was cursed to become a demon and a secondary antagonist from Magic: the Gathering. He set his sights on Conquering the Multiverse, but met many enemies and problems on his quest. His Current fate is still unknown.

Conqueror
Ob Nixilis lived on an unnamed plane which was ravaged by cycles of war and peace. Every few decades, society will collapse due to war and will eventually return to peace. Because of this, he learned that society will eventually be destroyed and that the only thing that matters is to take everything you want before that happens. He became a warlord that managed to evade other warlords who sought to rule the plane as well, but soon found some assistance from an unlikely source. Ob Nixilis found a demon summoning chamber, slaughtered his remaining soldiers, and had a demonic army at his command. Seeing the desire and ambition in his heart, they slaughtered every other being on that world. After walking around an empty plane, Ob Nixilis' spark ignited and he was now more powerful and could travel through the blind eternities onto other planes. With this power, he sought to conquer the multiverse and started ruling multiple planes. Wanting to increase his power, Ob Nixilis went to the plane of Shandalar to find an artifact known as the "Chain Veil". This was an artifact that can unleash very powerful black magic and can increase one's power by a signifigant amount. But, there are negative consequences for using it. Ob Nixilis managed to find to hold the "Chain Veil" which filled him with black mana, almost killing him. After he let it go, he was transformed from a human into a demon. Now wanted to be cured, he went to the plane of Zendikar with the intention of becoming human again.

Trapped
Once on Zendikar, he slaughtered a few locals to absorb their mana. But, he was stopped by the Planewalker named Nahiri and had a hedron implanted in his head. This somewhat cured him of his demonic affliction, but it weakened him severely, destroyed his wings, and made him lose his spark. Now a prisoner of Zendikar, Ob Nixilis sought to be free from this plane, as well as revenge on Zendikar and its inhabitants. For centuries, Ob Nixilis studied the hedrons to the point where he knew more about them than anyone else. He learned that removing the hedron would help him restore some of his lost power. To do so, he acted as a tour guide to Planeswalkers who came to Zendikar. He would tell them about the hedron in his head and hoped that one remove it. Eventually, a young Planeswalker took his bait and the hedron was removed. Ob Nixilis gained some power back, but was not a Planeswalker yet. At this point, Ob Nixilis found out about the existence of the Eldrazi who were turning Zendkiar into a buffet. Wanting to conquer the Multiverse yet again he now sought to reignite his spark.

Reignited
In order to get his spark back, Ob Nixilis figured that the destruction of Zendikar would due the job. To do this, he fond the "Khalni Heart" and used a small hedron network to absorb the mana it produced to eventually drain the plane's mana. This would have worked, if not for a Planeswalker named Nissa Revane, who fought Ob Nixilis, defeated him, and left him to die. Later on in the story when a few Planeswalkers and Zendikar natives managed to re-imprison the Eldrazi titan Ulamog, Ob Nixilis returned and saw his chance for power. By absorbing the mana from the hedron network holding Ulamog, he not only freed Ulamog, but this helped reignited his spark in the process as well as awake Kozilek from his slumber. Soon he met opposition from three Planeswalkers, (Gideon Jura, Jace Beleren, and Nissa) but managed to both humiliate and defeat them fairly easily. Ob Nixilis took them to a cave and put them into a magical torture chamber where he taunted them more. He would of killed them if not for another Planeswalker named Chandra Nalaar freeing Gideon, Jace and Nissa. The five walkers engaged in combat which ended Ob Nixilis' defeat. He swore revenge on the heroes (Now named the Gatewatch) and Planeswalked away.

Powers and Abilities
Ob Nixilis is a master fighter and Strategist due to his studies in combat, wizardry, and the history of his world. His magical specialty was anti-life magic. This kind of magic was used to cause instant death to those who come in contact with it. He has been shown to be very intelligent. After becoming a demon, he gained wings, increased physical strength, and increased magical strength. As a Planeswalker, he could travel the Multiverse gains even more power.

Quotes
"I will secure my revenge on Zendikar on soul at a time."

- Ob Nixilis

"Take what solace you can in the knowledge that you will not be here to witness Zendikar’s demise."

- Ob Nixilis

"One little word was all it took. The world shook as I said it. The doom of Zendikar was here at last."

- Ob Nixilis

"I have suffered a thousand lifetimes of agony on this wretched world. I’ve far less time to share with you, but I assure you, no less pain."

- Ob Nixilis