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Which do you prefer, the heft of a femur or a graceful sharpness of a forearm? Decisions, decisions...
~ Gisa
Let those idiot priests tremble! A new era in unlife begins here and now. Oglor, raise the lightning vane!
~ Geralf

Gisa and Geralf are sibling necromancers and the main antagonists of the Innistrad block of Magic: the Gathering. They are both insane and spend most of their time battling each other. But, when the two decide to work together, they become threats to all life on the plane.

History[]

Innistrad Block[]

The Cecani family was regarded in high esteem. But after a scandal, the family moved from the human city of Thraben to the Moorland. When the two were children, they both practiced necromancy, but the methods they used were different. Gisa practiced ghoulcalling, an art of summoning zombies through singing and whistling. Geralf practiced stitching, the art of taking parts from dead beings or machines and combining them to create new monsters called skaabs. Due to their differences, the two grew to despise each other and often got into fights. They were responsible for burning their home to the ground in an accident. After this, the two went their separate ways with Geralf conquering Trostad and Gisa moving to Nephalia. As they grew up, their motivations for their actions changed. Geralf wished to conquer as much land as he could, while Gisa just wanted to mess with her brother. Due to their disagreements, the two went to war. Geralf made rules to their battle which are called The Five Laws of NecroWarfare.These laws are

  • No spontaneous awakenings
  • No luring, killing, or raising bystanders or livestock
  • Combatants face off at a predetermined place and time
  • Combatants must have at least three limbs in play
  • Headquarters are off limits

While Geralf followed them, Gisa didn't care for his rules and did what she desired (much to Geralf's dismay). Eventually, the two called off their feud to conquer Thraben together. The two created legions of undead minions and broke through Thraben's outer wall and killed many soldiers. Having a dark scheme in mind, Geralf gave Gisa control of his skaabs while he snuck into the Church of Avacyn. He entered the basement and murdered the Lunarch Mikaeus(a man who also was Gisa and Geralf's cousin). After a knight named Thalia joined the fight, the soldiers of Thraben used fire to combat the zombies. The horde was easily burnt to a crisp and Gisa was defeated. After the zombies were scattered, Geralf found assistance from a necromancer Planeswalker Liliana Vess and the two escaped unharmed, while Gisa was caught and arrested.

Shadows over Innistrad block[]

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Gisa and Geralf uniting to fight off the Eldrazi

A while after the siege of Thraben failed, Geralf(feeling bad for letting his sister get captured) sent an army of skaabs to free Gisa. After she escaped, she retreated to her lair and planned to continue battling her brother. Geralf on the other hand formed an alliance with another powerful necromancer named Ludevic of Ulm and the two worked together to create Geralf's Masterpiece. While this happened, Gisa resurrected their parents and made peace with them. She made friends with the kor Planeswalker Nahiri and she helped her make the cryptoliths to summon the Eldrazi. After Emrakul came to Innistrad, the two had to join forces again to survive this new threat.

Innistrad: Midnight Hunt and Crimson Vow[]

Two years after Emrakul was sealed in Innistrad's moon and the siblings worked together to fight the Eldrazi, the two went their separate ways yet again. While Geralf stayed with Ludevic to continue learning as his apprentice, Gisa gained control of Liliana Vess's undead forces and conquered Thraben on her own. Despite achieving her greatest goal, she realizes that she was more bored now than when she was feuding with her brother. She wrote for him to attack Thraben so she could be entertained(and because she genuinely misses her brother), but he was more focused on his studies. Not long after, Gisa's undead suitor, Wilhelt, arrived once again at the gates of Thraben wanting to make Gisa his queen.

Once again, Gisa didn't pay him any mind until he offered for their forces to do battle. Wilhelt thought winning this battle would earn him Gisa's hand, but she just wanted some excitement. Wilhelt's forces were easily bested and he left Thraben shortly after. Believing that Geralf missed her, she told him that she was leaving Thraben and was going to move in with him(much to his horror).

March of the Machine[]

Gisa moved into Havengul close to Geralf's lab since it was too small to house both of them and they noticed early signs of New Phyrexia's invasion of the plane. Gisa wanted to antagonize her brother, but Geralf and Ludevic were analyzing strange metallic corpses that had started to appear. Gisa was the first of the two to encounter the Phyrexians, mechanical and bio-mechanical lifeforms who wish to corrupt and transform all life in the multiverse into Phyrexians, though she thought they were skaabs his brother sent to fight her. She managed to briefly gain control of them before defeating them and sent an angry letter to her brother blaming him for this.

Geralf was aware of the Phyrexians and was assigned by Ludevic to be in charge of defending Havengul. He also reveals the undead of Innistard cannot be mentally warped by the glistening oil so Gisa would be a useful ally at this time(and Geralf would have trouble creating new skaabs without getting infected and compleated himself). Gisa upon learning about this new threat, proposed a new war against the invaders with Geralf to stop the Phyrexians so they couldn't destroy Innistrad before they could. Geralf easily agreed with no retorts of his own.

The two sent hordes of undead against the Phyrexians and though both ghouls and skaabs (including a giant undead lobster Gisa resurrected) proved effective against the metallic invaders, Gisa was unable to reanimate the deceased Phyrexians and Geralf couldn't stitch new soldiers together fast enough. Geralf suggested they should lure the Phyrexians to another location so his skaabs could retrieve their greatest creations who could finish them off. Gisa was distraught after the lobster monster was destroyed and agreed to her brother's plan. He finished working on what he considered his masterpiece and sent it upon the Phyrexian forces. The two were victorious and burned the remains of the defeated Phyrexians. The two bickered about who won this battle before agreeing that neither alone did.

Quotes[]

Geralf, must you always whine? I agreed to nothing. I’ll raise ghouls anytime I wish.
~ Gisa
The living are born small and weak. The dead rise ready to serve. The choice is obvious.
~ Gisa
Who am I to break up a family?
~ Gisa
In terms of intelligence, homunculi are somewhere between humans and skaabs—clever enough to follow more complex orders, but dim enough to not question them.
~ Geralf
The best skaabs are more powerful and more beautiful than the sum of their parts.
~ Geralf
As you inject the viscus vitae into the brain stem, don't let the spastic moaning bother you. It will soon become music to your ears.
~ Geralf

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Trivia[]

  • The twin's mother Gretchen was also a necromancer.
  • Skaabs are based on Frankenstein's Monster.
  • One of Geralf's creations was named Grimgrin because of Gisa's face.

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