Tibalt was lured to Ravnica by the Interplanar Beacon, and immediately became trapped there due to Bolas's use of the Immortal Sun. Tibalt decided that he had to interfere if for nothing else, just to torment the ancient walker. However, he soon encountered another of his kind, the vampire Sorin Markov who was attempting to spoil the diabolic fun of those that preyed on humanity. It was during one of these trips that he discovered the world in more peril than he could ever recall before, and it thrilled him. Sorin Together with Davriel Cane, Tibalt leads an army of devils during the War of the Spark.ĭespite the peril of returning, Tibalt continued to return to his homeplane, taking a special delight in the torment of the Innistradi population. The shock and trauma ignited Tibalt's spark and he was flung across the Blind Eternities, away from his executioners. Power flooded him, but at a cost at that moment he experienced all the suffering that he had inflicted upon others. The spell fused his own essence with the devils at his side. At that moment, cornered, he invoked a potent and hateful spell built from the devils' utterances and his own grim discoveries. However, though he may have ignored the townsfolk who whispered, he was not without foresight. His crimes would finally be answered, and the severity of them called for only one punishment: execution. Holy warriors poured into his workshop and found him in a room filled with jabbering devils and torture devices. It was only a matter of time before an inquisitor's boot kicked in the door of his laboratory. Tibalt continued on, oblivious to the rumors surrounding him. His neighbors began talking, whispers passed around between the townsfolk of the terrible things they suspected. Empowered with such horrible knowledge, Tibalt grew even more sadistic and more careless. As if summoned by the evil nature of these vile experiments, devils began to gather near Tibalt's laboratory at night, whispering in their diabolic, chittering tongue.įascinated with his work, they sought to assist him, offering Tibalt insights into his obsession, the very nature of pain. He took in vagrants, unwitting people stepping into their own deaths.

Tibalt began simply, using only common vermin, but the further he sank into his work, the bigger his subjects became, larger animals and eventually he moved onto people. His experiments sought the limits of living organisms to withstand pain. In frustration, he turned his talents toward the realm of the living, using what his master had taught him to explore the true thresholds of the mortal frame. His repeated failures drove him into isolation, and there he nursed a growing hatred. Tibalt began life in Nephalia, an apprentice to one of the province's many Skaberen, but he lacked the skills required for the work of stitching together the dead. Ascension After his spark is ignited, Tibalt begins tormenting victims throughout the Multiverse.

Tibalt wicked tormentor